Question

There are only about 1,000 Hawaiian monk seals(夏威夷僧海豹) left and its population is going down 4% a year. Hawaiian monk seals are found in the northwest part of the Hawaiian Islands. They spend a lot of time at sea. They are able to dive 600 feet deep, and can stay under water for up to 20 minutes. Adults grow up to seven feet long, and weigh between 400 and 600 pounds. They can live as long as 30 years.
These seals are born on land. Every year, usually in May or June, females find sandy beaches and give birth to a single baby. The female seals avoid beaches where the water becomes deep very quickly because this lets sharks swim close to land and catch the seals.
Mothers stay with their babies for six weeks. During that entire time, they do not leave the beach even to eat. Instead, they live off fat that they have stored up over the previous year and feed their babies with fat-rich milk. After six weeks, mothers go back to the sea. The young have to live on their own.
Human disturbance(打擾) has been regarded as the important factor in the decrease of the monk seals. In fact, if human come too near a mother seal too often, she will go out to the sea. Unfortunately, this usually means death for the baby. It is now against the law for people to come within 100 yards of a seal on a beach.
Recent research has shown that the decrease in the Hawaiian monk seal population is due to lack of survival of these seals at one of the most important breeding(繁殖) beaches at French Frigate Shoals. Also, seals often get trapped in fishermen and by changes in weather patterns. If these threats(威脅) were not enough, during the breeding season, males will attack females until they are badly injured or finally killed

1. 1.
   What can we learn about Hawaiian monk seals?
   1. A.
      They are in danger of dying out
   2. B.
      They spend most of the time on the beach
   3. C.
      They are the largest animals on the Hawaiian Islands
   4. D.
      They can stay under water as long as they like
2. 2.
   According to the text, a seal baby______
   1. A.
      is born at sea
   2. B.
      is fed on fat by the mother
   3. C.
      stays with its parents all life
   4. D.
      is looked after by its mother for 6 weeks
3. 3.
   It can be inferred from the text that______
   1. A.
      sharks are a threat to Hawaiian monk seals
   2. B.
      male monk seals fight each other for females in the breeding season
   3. C.
      when disturbed by people, the mother seal will protect the baby seal
   4. D.
      Hawaiian monk seals give birth usually in July
4. 4.
   What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?
   1. A.
      Ways to protect Hawaiian monk seals。
   2. B.
      The struggle of Hawaiian monk seals to survive
   3. C.
      The reasons for the decline(減少) of Hawaiian monk seals
   4. D.
      The influence of climate change on Hawaiian monk seals

Answer 1

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試題分析：本文主要講述的是夏威夷僧海豹現(xiàn)在所遇見的滅絕的危險，講述了這種海豹的生活習性，并分析了即將滅絕的具體的原因。
1.A 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一句There are only about 1,000 Hawaiian monk seals(夏威夷僧海豹) left and its population is going down 4% a year.可知現(xiàn)在這種動物數(shù)量稀少，而且還在不斷減少。處于滅絕的危險之中，故A正確。
2.D 細節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段Mothers stay with their babies for six weeks. During that entire time, they do not leave the beach even to eat. Instead, they live off fat that they have stored up over the previous year and feed their babies with fat-rich milk. After six weeks, mothers go back to the sea. The young have to live on their own.可知母海豹照顧孩子6個星期。故D正確。
3..A 推斷題。根據(jù)文章第二段最后一句The female seals avoid beaches where the water becomes deep very quickly because this lets sharks swim close to land and catch the seals.可知鯊魚對海豹來說也是一個巨大的威脅。故A正確。
4.C 段落大意題。根據(jù)文章最后2段Human disturbance(打擾) has been regarded as the important factor in the decrease of the monk seals.和Recent research has shown that the decrease in the Hawaiian monk seal population is due to lack of survival of these seals at one of the most important breeding(繁殖) beaches at French Frigate Shoals. 可知這兩段都是分析出現(xiàn)這種情況的原因。故C正確。
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點評：本文主要講述的是夏威夷僧海豹現(xiàn)在所遇見的滅絕的危險，講述了這種海豹的生活習性，并分析了即將滅絕的具體的原因。考察推理題較多，推理判斷題不僅要求考生讀懂文章中的每個句子的意思還要推理它們之間的關系，結合自己的生活常識和經驗，再通過邏輯推理和判斷，理解文章的言外之意，從而揭示文章的深層涵義。任何一篇文章都有其特定的寫作目的，讀者應當知道如何去做或按照某種方式傳遞思考問題。推理判斷題的答案不可能在文章中直接找到，因此推理時我們務必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分－推論的前提，從中推測出未知部分－推理的結論，切忌妄加評論，把自己的觀點當成作者的觀點。