【阅读理解“Thenoisemadebyboatsofwhalewatchingtouristsmaybecausingcommunicationproblemsfortheanimals”Britishresearcherssaidlastweek．Whale-watchingisapopulart】|小学英语问答-字典翻译问答网

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【阅读理解“Thenoisemadebyboatsofwhalewatchingtouristsmaybecausingcommunicationproblemsfortheanimals”Britishresearcherssaidlastweek．Whale-watchingisapopulart】

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阅读理解

“Thenoisemadebyboatsofwhalewatchingtouristsmaybecausingcommunicationproblemsfortheanimals”Britishresearcherssaidlastweek．

Whale-watchingisapopulartouristactivityinplaceswheregroupsofkillerwhales(虎鲸)live．Everydaydozensofboatsfilledwithtouristsgotowatchthebeautifulanimals．UnfortunatelytheenginesoftheboatsmakealotofnoiseandthatmaybecausingproblemsforthewhalesaccordingtoareportintheUSsciencemagazineNature．

Thewhalestravelingroupsandcommunicatewitheachotherthroughsonic(声波的)callsthatsomescientistsrefertoassinging．Thesoundsoftheboatenginesmaybecreatingtoomuchbackgroundnoiseforthewhalestobeabletoheareachother．

Theresearcherslistenedtorecordingsofwhalecallsmadebetween15and25yearsagobeforewhalewatchingbecamepopular．Thesewerecomparedtomorerecentrecordings．

Theyfoundthattheanimalshavestartedtosingforlongerthantheyusedtolikeapersonshoutingtoafriendacrossanoisyroom．

Itisbelievedthatthewhalesaretryingtocommunicatehuntingorbreeding(繁殖)information．Scientistssaidthatifthisispreventedthefutureoftheworld’swhalepopulationcouldbeindanger．

“Animalsbecomeslowinmindandrepeatthemselvesinnoisyareas”saidVolkerDeeckeaCanadianbiologist．“Theyhavetosaythingstwiceorthreetimesinordertobeunderstood．”?

ThekillerwhalesstudiedwerelivingoffthecoastofnorthwesternAmerica．Thenumberofkillerwhalesinthisareahasbeenfallingforseveralyearsbutscientistsarenotsurewhy．

Thepassagemainlytellsus________．

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A．

theproblemsofwhale-watching

B．

howkillerwhalescommunicatewitheachother

C．

thereducedpopulationofkillerwhalescausedbywhale-watching

D．

金树山回答：

　　答案：1．D;2．C;3．D;4．A; 　　解析：　　(1)主旨归纳题。概括文章第一段可得出答案。观鲸船的噪音给虎鲸的信息交流造成了麻烦。A项所涉范围过大；B项仅仅是文章的细节；C项与原文信息不符，因为文章最后说明虎鲸数量下降的原因不明。(2)细节理解题。文章第五段说明，因为受噪音干扰，现在虎鲸“唱”的时间比原来长。(3)细节理解题。文章倒数第三段有说明，虎鲸的“唱歌”是为了交流捕食或繁殖信息。(4)推理判断题。文章介绍观鲸船的噪音给虎鲸的交流造成了困难，从文章最后的叙述看，虎鲸数量在下降，而科学家也不明白其中原因，因此显然作者对虎鲸的生存状况感到“担忧”。

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