Question

Can dolphins talk? Maybe they can’t talk with words, but they talk with sounds. They show their feelings with sounds.
Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”. They don’t study, but they travel together.
Dolphins are mammals（哺乳動物）, not fish, but they swim together in a school. Dolphins talk to the other dolphins in the school. They give information. They tell when they are happy or sad or afraid. They say“welcome”when a dolphin comes back to the school. They talk when they play.
They make a few sounds above water. They make many more sounds under water. People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. Scientists make tapes of the sounds and study them.
Sometimes people catch a dolphin for a large aquarium.(An aquarium is a zoo for fish.) People can watch the dolphins in a show. Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.
There are many stories about dolphins. They help people. Sometimes they save somebody’s life. Dolphin meat is good, but people don’t like to kill them. They say that dolphins bring good luck. Many people believe this.
【小題1】A school of dolphins means_____.

A．a zoo for dolphins	B．a show by dolphins
C．a group of dolphins	D．a library of dolphins

【小題2】 A dolphin feels _____in an aquarium.

A．afraid

B．happy with people watching them

C．lucky

D．sad and lonely

【小題3】Which sentence is true?

A．Dolphins talk with words.

B．Dolphins always bring good luck.

C．Dolphins make more sounds above water.

D．Dolphins can’t breathe（呼吸） under the water.

【小題4】People can’t hear the dolphins’ sounds because they are         .

A．low

B．high

C．soft

D．quiet

【小題5】From the passage we know_____.

A．Dolphins travel together.

B．Dolphins talk with words when they play.

C．Dolphins like to live in aquariums.

D．All people want to catch dolphins and eat them.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】D
【小題3】B
【小題4】B
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：這篇短文重點介紹了海豚的生活習性及他們不同于其它動物的特點。它們一般集體活動，是哺乳動物，他們通過聲音彼此交談，也具有人類的情感，并且被人們認為是會帶來幸運的動物。
【小題1】根據Dolphins travel in a group. We call a group of fish a “school”.描述，可知選C。
【小題2】根據倒數第二段Dolphins don’t like to be away from their school in an aquarium. They are sad and lonely.描述，可知選D。
【小題3】根據最后一段They say that dolphins bring good luck. 描述，可知選B。
【小題4】根據People can’t hear these sounds because they are very, very high. 描述，可知選B。
【小題5】根據Dolphins travel in a group.描述，可知他們集體活動。故選A。
考點：關于海豚的說明文閱讀
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