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Two dolphins race around in a big pool in the Ocean Park. The smaller dolphin Grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. The most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. She doesn’t have a tail.

Grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. When the dolphin arrived at the Ocean Park in December 2005, she was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst. Grace did make it --- but her tail didn’t. She ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle.

Over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. Dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. Grace taught herself to move another way---like a fish! She pushed herself forward through the water by moving her peduncles from side to side.

The movement put harmful pressure on Grace’s backbone. So a company offered to create a man-made tail for her. The tail had to be strong enough to stay on Grace as she swam but soft enough that it wouldn’t hurt her.

The first time Grace wore the artificial tail. She soon shook it off and let it sink in the bottom of the pool. Now, she is still learning to use the tail. Some days she wears it for an hour at a time, others not at all. “The tail isn’t

necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(動作) and build muscles(肌肉).”

Now, the dolphin is about to get an even happier ending. This month, Grace will star in Dolphin Tale, a film that focus on her rescue and recovery. Her progress has inspired more than just a new movie. Many people travel from near and far to meet her. Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.

1. When Grace first arrived at the Ocean Park, her trainer worried about her        .

A．physical build                          B．potential ability

C．chance of survival                       D．a(chǎn)daptation to the surroundings.

2.A man-made tail is created for Grace to   _.

A．let her recover faster                    B．make her comfortable

C．a(chǎn)djust her way of swimming                D．help her perform better tricks

3.The story of Grace inspires people to_      .

A．stick to their dreams                     B．treat animals friendly

C．treasure what they have                  D．face difficulties bravely

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.C

3.D

【解析】

文章大意：本文介紹了海豚Grace曾嚴(yán)重受傷，失去了尾巴并且危機(jī)生命，但是它堅強(qiáng)的活了下來，并且在訓(xùn)練員和醫(yī)生的幫助下裝了一個假尾巴，幫助它更好的游泳和鍛煉肌肉。它的故事對人們也有很大的激勵作用。

1.根據(jù)第二段中“...she was fighting for her life. “Is she going to make it?” Her trainer, Abbey Stone, feared the worst可知當(dāng)Grace海豚剛到海洋公園的時候它正在為生命奮斗著，訓(xùn)練員擔(dān)心它能否能撐過去，因此選C，擔(dān)心它生存的幾率。

2.根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中“The tail isn’t necessary for her to feel comfortable,” says Stone, “but it helps to keep that range of motion(動作) and build muscles(肌肉).”可知這個人造尾巴未必會讓Grace感到舒服，但是會幫助他保持動作的幅度和鍛煉肌肉，因此可推斷此題ABD錯誤，選C即“調(diào)節(jié)它游泳的方式”。

3.根據(jù)文章最后一句“Seeing Grace swim with her man-made tail gives people so much courage.”即Grace的故事給人們更多的勇氣，可推斷出這個故事激勵著人們要勇敢的面對困難。因此選D。