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【题目】 For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas, John C. Lilly tried to teach a six-year-old dolphin to speak English. Margaret Howe, an experiment (试验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe (洗澡), sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday, with only Saturdays off for Margaret. She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings—and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.

After a few days, Peter was becoming more and more interested in winning her attention. He threw a ball against her shower towel to get her to play. As time went by, he only wanted to play ball with her and not on his own.

The problem was that, just at the time Peter and Margaret began to get on well just as two best friends, the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.

Dolphins may not speak English—but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.

【1】Peter is the name of .

A.a doctorB.a dolphinC.an experiment helper

【2】Margaret worked days a week during the experiment.

A.fourB.fiveC.six

【3】To live with the dolphin, Margaret couldn't .

A.cut her hair shortB.have a common life like others

C.wear swimming clothes

【4】The ending of the story was that .

A.Dr John C. Lilly was satisfied with the experiment

B.the lab was closed and the dolphin died

C.the dolphin could speak English at last

【5】From this passage, we can learn that .

A.dolphins aren't worth studying

B.dolphins can't be humans' good friends

C.dolphins may have feelings just like humans

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了十个星期以来John C. Lilly在St Thomas岛上设法教6岁大的海豚说英语，一个实验助手将和海豚吃，睡，玩在一起，随着时间的推移，海豚只和实验帮助者一起玩，就在这时，实验突然终止，几个星期后，海豚死了，这个实验告诉人们，海豚也是有感情的。

【1】推理判断。a doctor医生； a dolphin海豚； an experiment helper实验助手。根据上文“For ten weeks, in a great house on the island of St Thomas, John C. Lilly tried to teach a sixyearold dolphin to speak English.” 十周来，在圣托马斯岛上的一所大房子里，约翰·C·莉莉一直试图教一只六岁的海豚说英语。及下文“She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings—and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.” 在寒冷的夜晚，她穿着游泳衣，穿着外套，把头发剪短，以便能更容易地和彼得相处。可知，Peter是那只海豚的名字。故选B。

【2】细节理解。four四； five五； six六。根据文中“Margaret Howe, an experiment (试验) helper, would live day and night with Peter, a dolphin. And they would eat, bathe (洗澡), sleep and play together from Sunday to Friday” Margaret Howe，一个实验助手。从星期天到星期五，他们一起吃饭、洗澡、睡觉和玩耍，玛格丽特只有星期六休息。可知是一周工作6天。故选C。

【3】推理判断题。根据文中“She lived her life in swimming clothes—with a coat on colder evenings—and cut her hair short so that she could get on with Peter more easily.” 她穿着游泳衣，穿着外套，把头发剪短，以便能更容易地和彼得相处。可推断出Margaret不能像别人一样正常的生活。故选B

【4】细节理解。根据文中“the experiment ended and the lab was closed. After a few weeks, Margaret received the sad news that Peter had killed himself by refusing to breathe, and sinking to the bottom of his pool.”可知，最后实验室关闭，海豚死了。故选B。

【5】推理判断。根据文中“Dolphins may not speak English—but, just like humans, they know all about broken hearts.” 海豚可能不会说英语，但是，就像人类一样，它们知道所有关于破碎的心。可知，海豚可能和人类一样有感情。故选C。