creatures in the sea答案解析

Ben Southall, from Britain, got the world’s best job, as an island caretaker on Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia. Towards the end of his six-month contract, he had an incident. Please read his blog issued on Dec. 29, 2009 to find out more about the incident.

Now I’ve spent nearly six months here in Queensland and so far I thought I’d done particularly well at avoiding any contact with any of the dangerous critters that consider this part of the world their home. I’ve avoided being boxed by a kangaroo, nibbled by a shark and bitten by a spider or a snake—but then in my final few days on Hamilton Island I seemed to be punished by a little creature known as an Irukandji.

Irukandji jellyfish are tiny and extremely poisonous jellyfish that are in the tropical waters of the Queensland coast between early October and May, and which cause symptoms collectively known as Irukandji syndrome(綜合癥). Its size is roughly no larger than a fingernail of an adult’s little finger.

I was enjoying a post Christmas jetski session with some friends at a quiet beach on Hamilton Island. As I climbed off the back of the ski and onto the beach I felt a small bee-like sting on my forearm. I didn’t think too much of it at the time at it disappeared very quickly and left the beach to head to a sports massage appointment I had. As I arrived I noticed that my feet and hands were tingling(刺痛) slightly. The member of staff immediately suggested that I get the symptoms checked out and within minutes had the security there to escort(陪同) me to the doctor’s room, only a few hundred metres away.

I was feeling pretty hot and sweaty, had a headache and felt pretty sick too, together with pain in my lower back and a tightness in the chest and really high blood pressure all classic symptoms of Irukandji syndrome! This was not what I’d wanted at all and had caught me a little off guard to say the least--I’m supposed to be relaxing in my last few days on Hamilton Island.

The doctor knew instantly what it was and straight away started the course of treatment to get me on the mend. I had a couple of injections which immediately took away the uncomfortable pain I was feeling and I slipped into a comfortable sleep after an hour or so, waking to say hello to a couple of friends who came to see if I was OK! Bre was there the entire time tending to me like a little Florence Nightingale!

Once I’d recovered sufficiently I was discharged that evening and allowed to go home to sleep the effects off and only really knew what had happened when Bre told the full story the next morning--I had been very lucky.

I’d had a minor brush with what can be a very serious jellyfish and has led to people being hospitalized for a number of days, my slight knock was enough to tell me that it’s not something to be messed around with and I really should have been wearing a full stinger suit, as it recommended at all beaches here at this time of year.., even if you’re in the water for just a couple of seconds as I was!

66. We now know that people who suffer from Irukandji syndrome usually ___________.

A. have headache, backache, chest pain, sweat heavily and feel sick

B. have headache, backache, chest pain, breathe quickly and cough a lot

C. is not very painful in the beginning, but can be very painful the next day

D. play with these beautiful jellyfish while swimming in the sea

67. What have we learnt from Ben’s blog EXCEPT that _______________?

A. Ben Southall knows how to take care of himself

B. Ben Southall doesn’t look after himself well enough

C. Ben Southall has been in hospital for some days

D. Ben Southall’s friend, Bre tends to him well

68. What lesson can we learn from Ben’s incident?

A. All rules must be strictly obeyed all the time.

B. All recommendations should be seriously taken into consideration.

C. Always have yourselves covered when you are in the sea.

D. Never play with creatures in the sea.

69. Which of the following is the correct order of the events?

a. Keep an appointment  b. See a doctor              c. Go jetskiing                     d. Get home

A. a,c,d,b              B. c,a,b,d             C. c,b,a,d             D. d,b,a,c

70. How do islanders deal with Ben Southall’s incident?

A. Politely, certainly and successfully.      B. Nicely, slowly and carefully.

C. Hopefully, carefully and skillfully.       D. Kindly, quickly and efficiently.

Ben Southall, from Britain, got the world’s best job, as an island caretaker on Hamilton Island, Queensland, Australia. Towards the end of his six-month contract, he had an incident. Please read his blog issued on Dec. 29, 2009 to find out more about the incident.

Now I’ve spent nearly six months here in Queensland and so far I thought I’d done particularly well at avoiding any contact with any of the dangerous critters that consider this part of the world their home. I’ve avoided being boxed by a kangaroo, nibbled by a shark and bitten by a spider or a snake—but then in my final few days on Hamilton Island I seemed to be punished by a little creature known as an Irukandji.

Irukandji jellyfish are tiny and extremely poisonous jellyfish that are in the tropical waters of the Queensland coast between early October and May, and which cause symptoms collectively known as Irukandji syndrome(綜合癥). Its size is roughly no larger than a fingernail of an adult’s little finger.

I was enjoying a post Christmas jetski session with some friends at a quiet beach on Hamilton Island. As I climbed off the back of the ski and onto the beach I felt a small bee-like sting on my forearm. I didn’t think too much of it at the time at it disappeared very quickly and left the beach to head to a sports massage appointment I had. As I arrived I noticed that my feet and hands were tingling(刺痛) slightly. The member of staff immediately suggested that I get the symptoms checked out and within minutes had the security there to escort(陪同) me to the doctor’s room, only a few hundred metres away.

I was feeling pretty hot and sweaty, had a headache and felt pretty sick too, together with pain in my lower back and a tightness in the chest and really high blood pressure all classic symptoms of Irukandji syndrome! This was not what I’d wanted at all and had caught me a little off guard to say the least--I’m supposed to be relaxing in my last few days on Hamilton Island.

The doctor knew instantly what it was and straight away started the course of treatment to get me on the mend. I had a couple of injections which immediately took away the uncomfortable pain I was feeling and I slipped into a comfortable sleep after an hour or so, waking to say hello to a couple of friends who came to see if I was OK! Bre was there the entire time tending to me like a little Florence Nightingale!

Once I’d recovered sufficiently I was discharged that evening and allowed to go home to sleep the effects off and only really knew what had happened when Bre told the full story the next morning--I had been very lucky.

I’d had a minor brush with what can be a very serious jellyfish and has led to people being hospitalized for a number of days, my slight knock was enough to tell me that it’s not something to be messed around with and I really should have been wearing a full stinger suit, as it recommended at all beaches here at this time of year.., even if you’re in the water for just a couple of seconds as I was!

66. We now know that people who suffer from Irukandji syndrome usually ___________.

A. have headache, backache, chest pain, sweat heavily and feel sick

B. have headache, backache, chest pain, breathe quickly and cough a lot

C. is not very painful in the beginning, but can be very painful the next day

D. play with these beautiful jellyfish while swimming in the sea

67. What have we learnt from Ben’s blog EXCEPT that _______________?

A. Ben Southall knows how to take care of himself

B. Ben Southall doesn’t look after himself well enough

C. Ben Southall has been in hospital for some days

D. Ben Southall’s friend, Bre tends to him well

68. What lesson can we learn from Ben’s incident?

A. All rules must be strictly obeyed all the time.

B. All recommendations should be seriously taken into consideration.

C. Always have yourselves covered when you are in the sea.

D. Never play with creatures in the sea.

69. Which of the following is the correct order of the events?

a. Keep an appointment  b. See a doctor              c. Go jetskiing                     d. Get home

A. a,c,d,b              B. c,a,b,d             C. c,b,a,d             D. d,b,a,c

70. How do islanders deal with Ben Southall’s incident?

A. Politely, certainly and successfully.      B. Nicely, slowly and carefully.

C. Hopefully, carefully and skillfully.       D. Kindly, quickly and efficiently.

Some beach creatures are wonderful ----- like dolphins, but others are dangerous. Find out more about the dangerous ones -----the blue ringed octopus, puffer fish, the Blue Bottle, and stingrays.

The blue ringed octopus

The blue ringed octopus is not a very big creature but it is very dangerous. These octopuses are found all around Australian coast. They often lie in rock pools close to shore. The blue ringed octopus is usually a dull color but it shows its bright blue rings when it is in danger. If it is taken out of the water, it is able to bite a person and poison them. If this creature bites someone, they will feel numbness (麻木) around the mouth, face and neck.

Puffer Fish

Puffer Fish are found in all Australian seas. They are very easy to catch but must not be eaten because their flesh and internal organs contain a poison. Anyone who does eat the flesh can become sick very quickly. They may even stop breathing.

The Blue Bottle

The Blue Bottle is found in most Australian waters. Blue Bottles float lightly on the surface of the water but their tentacles (觸須) can be as long as 10 metres. Blue Bottles are much less dangerous than some other jellyfish but they can give a swimmer a bad sting (刺) if the swimmer accidentally touches them.

Stingrays

     There are many different kinds of stingrays in Australian waters. They usually swim and feed on the bottom of the sea. Accidents can happen if people stand on them or try to pick them up. Stingrays have a sting on their tail. These stings have poison on them. If someone is stung the wound can easily become infected.       

65．If you swim in the Australian waters, you will probably _____.

   A. be bitten by the blue ringed octopus       B. stop breathing because of Puffer Fish

   C. get a bad sting by the Blue Bottle           D. be poisoned by stingrays

66．Which of the following is less aggressive according to the passage?

   A. The blue ringed octopus                       B. Puffer Fish

   C. The Blue Bottle                                    D. Stingrays

67．Which is TRUE according to the passage?

   A. All creatures along the coast of Australia are dangerous.

   B. Poisonous creatures change the body color when in danger.

   C. No accident will happen unless people touch these creatures.

   D. If people stand on the beach, accidents can happen because of the creatures.

68．The passage is mainly about _____.

   A. dangerous creatures in the sea                B. interesting creatures in the ocean

   C. pleasant creatures in Australia                 D. big creatures in Australian waters

All the oceans of the world will be dead in the future unless action is taken at once. How can this happen?

We have already seen that people allow all sorts of waste products to flow into the sea. It is almost impossible to measure how much waste water and industrial waste in our oceans, but we can find out how much oil is poured into them legally and illegally. It is illegal to pour oil into the sea close to the shore, but when a ship is many miles out to sea, there are no such rules. Scientists have different ideas as to the amount of oil putting into the sea, but the lowest figure for oil poured in European waters alone is nearly 200 000 tons every year. Some people say the figure could be ten times as high.

It is not only our coasts that suffer from oil pollution. Many shell fish, for example, now have high amounts of poisonous substances(物質(zhì)). Next time you have shell fish to eat, how can you be sure that they are free from oil pollution? You cannot see the effects and you cannot taste them, either. It is really quite a problem.

51. This passage is mainly about_________________.

A. pollution in the oceans                          B. oil pollution in the waters

C. the amounts of poison in shell fish            D. the amounts of oil in the sea

52. According to the passage, what is the main cause of oil pollution?

A. Oil ships which meet and strike each other.

B. Oil poured at sea when the oil tanks are cleaned out.

C. Oil from waste water and industrial waste.

D. Oil coming out of the bottom of the sea.

53. Which of the following is illegal according to the passage?

A. Pouring oil into the sea from land, especially when there is no other choice.

B. Pouring oil at seaside.

C. Allowing waste materials to flow into the waters.

D. Going fishing when the water is polluted by oil.

54. According to the passage, which one is TRUE?

A. The amount of oil put into the sea is nearly 2000 000 tons in the globe.

B. Every year, the figure for oil poured in the ocean is 1000 000 tons in Europe.      

C. Some people think the figure for oil poured is estimated too low.

D. The highest amount of oil put into the oceans reaches 1000 000 tons in globe.

55. Which of the following statements is WRONG according to the passage?        

A. The water body of the earth will be dead by the year 2010 without any effective measure.

B. All the Oceans in the world are polluted by oil.

C. It's possible that all the creatures in the sea will die out if no action is taken.

D. Some kinds of the living things in waters have been poisoned and we must be careful of them.

Unless action is taken immediately, there is a good chance that all the oceans of the world will be dead by the year 2010.How can this possibly happen?

We have already seen that people allow all sorts of waste products to flow into the sea. It is almost impossible to measure how much waste water and industrial waste end up in our oceans, but we can find out how much oil is poured into them legally and illegally. It is illegal to pour oil into the sea close to the shore, but when a ship is many miles out to sea there are no such rules. Scientists have different ideas as to the amount of oil put into the sea, but the lowest figure for oil poured in European waters alone is nearly 200 000 tons every year. Some people say the figure could be ten times as high.

It is not only our coasts that suffer from oil pollution. Among other things, many shell fish(creatures which live in water),and have a hard shell—oysters and mussels, for example—now have high amounts of poisonous substances. Next time you have shell fish to eat, how can you be sure that they are free from oil pollution? You cannot see the effects and you cannot taste them, either. It is really quite a problem.

This passage is mainly about_______.

A. pollution in the oceans

B. the amounts of oil in the sea

C. the amounts of poison in shell fish

D. oil pollution in the waters

According to the passage, what is the main cause of oil pollution?

A. Oil ships which meet and strike each other.

B. Oil poured at sea when the oil tanks are cleaned out.

C. Oil coming out of the bottom of the sea.

D. Oil from waste water and industrial waste.

Which of the following is illegal?

A. Pouring oil into the sea from land, especially when there is no other choice.

B. Allowing waste materials to flow into the waters.

C. Pouring oil at seaside.

D. Going fishing when the water is polluted by oil.

Japanese scientists have taken the first photographs of one of the most mysterious creatures in the deep ocean — the giant squid^①.

Until now the only information about the behavior of the creatures which measure up to 18 meters (59 feet) in length has been based on dead or dying squid washed up on shore or captured^② in commercial fishing nets.

But Tsunemi Kubodera, of the National Science Museum, and Kyoichi Mori of the Ogasawara Whale Watching Association, both in Tokyo have captured the first images of Architeuthis attacking bait^③ 900 meters below the surface in the cold, dark waters of the North Pacific. “We show the first wild images of a giant squid in its natural environment,” they said in a report in the journal Proceedings B of the Royal Society.

Little is known about the creatures because it has been so difficult to locate and study them alive. Large ships and specialist equipment, which is costly, are needed to study deep sea environments.

The Japanese scientists found the squid by following sperm whales, the most effective hunters of giant squid, as they gathered to feed between September and December in the deep waters off the coast of the Ogasawara Islands in the North Pacific. They used a remote long-line camera and depth logging system to capture the giant squid in the ocean depths.

The most dramatic character of giant squids is the pair of extremely long tentacles^④, distinct from the eight shorter arms. The long tentacles make up to two-thirds of the length of the dead specimens^⑤ to date. The giant squid appear to be a much more active meat-eating animals than researchers had thought.

Notes:

① squid  n. 魷魚(yú)

② capture  vt. 捕獲

bait  n. 魚(yú)餌

tentacle  n. 觸角，觸須

specimen  n. 標(biāo)本，樣本

The passage mainly tells us that ________.

      A. Scientists captured a giant squid alive

      B. Scientists captured a giant squid on camera

      C. giant squids are special meat-eating animals

      D. giant squids mainly live in the deep sea

According to the passage, we can infer that the word “Architeuthis” should refer to ________.

      A. a scientist        B. the sperm whale       C. a big ship      D. the giant squid

Which of the following about giant squids is TRUE?

      A. They like living the cold and deep waters.

      B. They mainly feed on the dead fish.

      C. They like playing, using their tentacles.

      D. They have only eight arms around the mouth.

According to the passage, the scientists located the giant squid ________.

      A. through a remote long-line camera

      B. by using depth logging system

      C. by following sperm whales

D. by using the bait to attract them

Believe it or not, oceans and seas are easy to be harmed by the development of human society. They are also influenced by man-made pollution easily. It is human beings that do great harm to the ocean ecosystems(生態(tài)系統(tǒng)).
The coral reefs(珊瑚礁)are fine ecosystems that provide food and protection for many ocean creatures. The coral in almost all of the oceans is in danger from pollution.Chemicals from factories end up in the seas and oceans and destroy coral reefs. If the coral systems die some ocean creatures will be sure to die out.
Protecting the ocean also has something to do with the protection of ocean wildlife like dolphins. The fishing industry depends on modern ways to catch many fish in order to earn more money. But the nets for fishing also seize other sea animals. The fishing boat workers are advised to check their nets and set other ocean animals free. But the boats are in a hurry to make money and often other ocean animals are caught with fish.
Offshore oil spills(近海石油泄露) can destroy the ocean environment because oil kills all ocean life. The world depends on oil and because there is a great amount of oil off the shore of many countries, the need for oil is more important than the risk of the oil spill. However, the fact is that one human mistake can lead to an ocean environmental accident that will cause years of damage to the fine ocean ecosystems. Oil spills will kill all the creatures in the area of the spill. The oil will be washed up on shore and destroy the ecosystems along the shore including birds.
Everyone who cares about the environment should be interested in protecting the ocean, and all of us should do something for the protection of the ocean.
【小題1】According to the passage, the ocean is harmed easily as a result of      .

B
As a result of pollution, Lake Erie, on the borders of the USA and Canada, is now without any living things.
Pollution in water is not simply a matter of “poisons” killing large numbers of fish overnight, Very often the effects of pollution are not noticed for many months or years because the first organisms（生物體）to be affected are either plants or plankton(浮游生物). But these organisms are the food of fish and birds and other creatures. When this food disappears, the fish and birds die too. In this way a whole food chain can be wiped out, and it’s not until dead fish and water birds are seen at the river’s edge or on the seashore that people realize what is happening.
　　Where do the substances which pollute the water come from? There are two main sources of sewage（下水道污物）and industrial waste. As more detergent（洗滌劑）is used in the home, so more of it is finally put into our rivers, lakes and seas. Detergents harm water birds, dissolving the natural substances which keep their feathers water-proof (防水). Sewage itself, if not properly treated, makes the water dirty and prevents all forms of life in rivers and the sea from receiving the oxygen they need. Industrial waste is even more harmful as there are many highly poisonous things in it, such as copper and lead.
　　So, if we want to stop this pollution, the answer is simple: sewage and industrial waste must be made clear before flowing into the water. It may already be too late to save some rivers and lakes, but others can still be saved if the correct action is taken at once.
70. Pollution of water is noticed________.
　　A. when the first organisms are affected　     
B. when a good many fish and birds die
　　C. when poisonous things are poured into water　
D. as soon as the balance of nature is destroyed
71.The living things die because there is no ________in the lake or river.
　　A. water　　　　　            B. fish           　 C. poison　　　　　  D. oxygen
72. Which of the following is harmful according to the passage?
　　A. Organisms              　B. Plants and plankton in the water
　　C. Waste water from cleaning    D. Industrial waste made clear before flowing into the water
73. The way to stop water pollution is to________.
　　A. realize the serious situation clearly
　　B. put oxygen into the river
　　C. make the waste material harmless before flowing into the water
　　D. make special room in the sea for our rubbish