Question

It was a Sunday and the heavy storm had lasted all night. The morning after the storm, though, was beautiful: blue skies, warm air and a calm, inviting sea touching the shore gently.

    My father realized it was a good day for fishing and invited my sister and me to go with him. I was only 14 and fishing had never been my thing, but I decided to go all the same. I ’m so glad I did.

    On the road to the harbour we could see the terrible destruction on the coast, but the harbour itself was in fairly good shape. After all, it was protected by the arms of a bay that only one tiny channel to the sea. As we got on board, we noticed two big humps(里脊）in the distance.

    On approaching them, we saw it was a mother whale with her baby. We couldn’t believe it---there aren’t any whales along the coast here. The storm must have driven them across the ocean into the bay, in which the still water was so badly polluted that nothing could survive.

    The little baby whale--- actually as big as our boat-- was obviously stuck and could not move. The mother dived under the water and camp up suddenly, making big whirlpools(旋渦）and waves. “ she’s trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side,” my father said. At this point , my father moved our boat in a semicircle to the other side and, heading the boat towards the baby whale, pushed it gently. With our several gentle pushes the big hump turned over and disappeared under water. Then it swam up right beside its mum. They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction. We hurried up to the whales and tried to lead them towards the bay channel. Slowly, they let us lead them, sometimes rising from the water right beside us to breathe---and to give us a trusting look with those huge eyes. Once they hit their first part of clean water flowing straight from the sea, the mum gave us a wave with her tail and off they swam into the distance.

    In the excitement it had felt like only a few minutes, but we had been with those wonderful animals for almost an hour and a half. That was the simple and lasting beauty of the day. Nearly four decades later, I still look back fondly to that golden day at sea.

1.The author says “ I’m so glad I did”(in Para.2) because_________

A. he witnessed the whole process of fishing

B. he enjoyed the beauty of the calm sea

C. he spent the weekend with his family

D. he experienced the rescue of the whales

2. The harbour survived the storm owing to____________

A. the shape of the harbour

B. the arms of the bay

C. the still water in the channel

D. the long coast line

3. The mother whale failed to help her baby because___________

A. she had stayed in the polluted water for too long.

B. the whirlpools she had made were no big enough.

C. the waves pushed her baby in the wrong direction.

D. she had no other whales around to turn to for help

4.What is the theme of the story?

A. Fishing provides excitement for children.

B. It’s necessary to live in harmony with animals.

C. It’s vital to protect the environment.

D. Saving lives brings people a sense of happiness.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D  

【解析】

試題分析：文章大意：我本來是準備和爸爸妹妹去釣魚的，后來卻成了救援擱淺鯨魚的行動。這使得我非常高興。我們成功地將鯨魚母子送歸大海，同時也感受到了動物的信任和感激之情。

1.D推理判斷題。實際上我們沒有釣魚，而是遇到了擱淺的鯨魚母子，排除A.文章主要是描寫了救援鯨魚的過程，而不是海邊的美景，也不是描寫怎么和家人度過那一天的。排除B和C. 故D正確。

2.B細節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段After all, it (the harbour)was protected by the arms of a bay that had only one channel to the sea.可知，狹長形的海灣只有一條水道通向大海，那么這個海灣就成了天然的避風港，位于這個海灣的港口就免遭了大風的襲擊。故B正確。

3.C推理題。細節(jié)理解題。從第五段中的She(the mother whale) is trying to help her baby, but on the wrong side以及They struggled in their desperate attempts to escape but missed the exit and started heading in the wrong direction可知鯨魚媽媽雖然想盡辦法幫她孩子下水，但是卻向了相反的方向。 故C正確。

4.D主旨大意題。文章的最后一段為點名主題的段落。我們雖然救助鯨魚用了一個半小時，然而我們覺得只是過了幾分鐘，接著說那是幾十年來留在心中最美的風景，說明救助鯨魚脫險的愉悅之情。故D正確。

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