Question

    Darrell Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, received a call from the philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (渔业与水产资源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.

When the necropsy (尸检) was performed, Blatchley told NPR, he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale’s stomach. “It was full of plastic- nothing but nonstop plastic,” he said. “It was filled to the point that its stomach was as hard as a baseball.” “That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more.” Blatchley added.

Blatchley is the founder and owner of the D’ Bone Collector Museum, a natural history museum in Davao. In the coming days, the museum will display all the items found in the whale’s system.

Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery of marine animals.

“Within the last 10 years, we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf,” he said. “Of them, 57 have died due to man --whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste, or gotten caught in pollution-- and four were pregnant.”

Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. “If we keep going this way, it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic.” he said.

1.What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A.The whale was starved to death.

B.Blatchley didn’t make preparations for the necropsy.

C.The dead whale must have swallowed a baseball.

D.Blatchley was shocked at what he found.

2.What does Blatchley think of plastic pollution in the Philippines?

A.Uncommon. B.Inspiring.

C.Worrying. D.Puzzling.

3.What is the best title for the text?

A.Natural Death or Merciless murder.

B.Stand Up for Protecting Whales.

C.Plastic Threatening Our Existence.

D.A Whale Found Dead of Plastic.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

【解析】

本文是一篇新闻报道。一只鲸鱼因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，这引发了人们对海洋污染的担忧。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中的“he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale's stomach ”可知，布拉奇利在鲸鱼的胃里发现了大量的塑料，他对此毫无准备，这是他意想不到的。由此可知，布拉奇利对他的发现感到震惊，故选D。

2.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe “If we keep going this way, it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic,” 布拉奇利说，他希望这一最新事件能在菲律宾乃至全球引发塑料污染问题。布拉奇利说如果我们继续这样下去，动物因吃塑料死亡的情况比自然死亡更为常见，由此判断出，他对菲律宾的塑料污染很担忧，故选C。

3.主旨大意题。纵观全文本文的主旨句在第一段“Darrell Blatchley,…received a call from the philippines’ Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (渔业与水产资源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.” 海洋生物学家和环保人士达雷尔·布拉奇利周五一早接到菲律宾渔业和水产资源局的电话，报告一头幼鲸死亡”。接着下文对这只鲸的解剖发现，这只鲸鱼因吞食大量的塑料而死亡，这引发了人们对塑料污染的担忧。由此可知，全文围绕一只死于塑料的鲸鱼展开。而且从文章的高频词来说鲸鱼whale以及plastic在文章中反复出现，故A和C没有涉及到whale，而B没有涉及到plastic，只有D项“ 一头鲸鱼被发现死于塑料”为最佳标题。故选D。