Sharks frighten most of us, but Daniel Weaver, a shark scientist, swims with them for a living! We asked him some questions about this unusual job.
So Daniel, what’s it like to be a shark scientist?
Well, it’s a great job. I often travel to faraway places like South Africa and Fiji to study sharks. On the other hand, a shark scientist sometimes does boring desk work, such as writing reports. Also, shark scientists don’t usually get paid a lot.
What qualities (品質(zhì)) do you need to become a shark scientist?
Shark scientists need to be wise and strong. They enjoy working outdoors and they have to be cool and patient (耐心). They also have to be quite brave!
So do you think it’s a dangerous job?
Well, sharks have up to 15 rows of sharp teeth. However, sharks hardly attack (攻擊) humans. There are over 350 kinds of sharks in the world and only about 10 are dangerous to us. In fact, dogs kill more people every year than sharks! Humans kill over 12 million sharks a year for food and sport!
How do you become a shark scientist?
A shark scientist usually studies Marine Science or Zoology at university. It’s also good to get some work experience in an aquarium (水族館). In my opinion, I have the best job in the world!
小題1:_______ questions were asked about Daniel’s unusual job.
A．OneB．TwoC．ThreeD．Four
小題2:As a shark scientist, Daniel _______.
A．studies sharks in his neighbourhoodB．makes lots of money
C．swims with sharks for a living D．only writes reports on sharks
小題3:In Daniel’s opinion, one needs to be _______ to become a shark scientist.
①excited   ②patient      ③brave    ④strong   ⑤wise
A．①②③④B．①③④⑤C．②③④⑤D．①②④⑤
小題4:The underlined “Marine Science” and “Zoology” must be two _______ at university.
A．subjectsB．booksC．scientistsD．prizes
小題5:From the passage we can know that _______.
A．sharks are likely to attack humans
B．dogs are as dangerous as sharks to humans
C．sharks are not dangerous to humans at all
D．humans do more harm to sharks than sharks do to humans

小題1:D
小題1:C
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:D

【主旨大意】本文介紹鯊魚科學(xué)家Daniel Weaver的生活，鯊魚科學(xué)家具備的品質(zhì)，以及如何才能成為鯊魚科學(xué)家。
小題1: 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從文章知道我們問了一共4個問題。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。 從文章第一段直接可知答案。
小題1: 細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從第二個問題的回答可知鯊魚科學(xué)家需要具備patient, brave, strong, wise等品質(zhì)。
小題1:詞義猜測題。從上下文可知“Marine Science” and “Zoology”是大學(xué)的兩門學(xué)科。
小題1:推斷理解題. 從回答第三個問題的地方可以推斷出人傷害鯊魚遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出了鯊魚傷害人類。
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