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生物保護
大學聯考曾用材料：2010重慶卷E篇
選材相似度：★★★★
設題相似度：★★★
難度係數：★★★★
Being surrounded by sharks may sound like a bad thing，but scientists say sharks are actually a good sign of ocean health.__1__ knowing that，Enric Sala，a marine ecologist and National Geographic Fellow，was a little __2__ when he first dived at Kingman Reef，the heart of a massive，newly __3__ area south of Hawaii now called the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
“The __4__ time I jumped in the water，as soon as the bubbles __5__，my heartbeat doubled—there were a dozen sharks swimming around us and so __6__ corals on the bottom that there was not even __7__ for sand between them，” says Sala.
Sala led a series of __8__ to the region's coral reefs over the past several years，__9__ part of his work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla， team's __10__ about sharks and corals there helped __11__ the rnment to set up the new monument，where fishing for sharks or anything else is now __12__ps around the world are working to __13__ other huge protected ocean areas in hopes of __14__ some of the planet's most incredible and important spots.
President George set up another new marine __15__，or protected area，__16__ the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument just before he __17__ office in reserve __18__ waters around several groups of islands near Kingman Reef，__19__ is 1,000 miles south of Hawaii，and it covers 86,888 square 's bigger than the size of Virginia and Tennessee __20__.
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marine ecologist海洋生態學家
【語篇解讀】 科學家們對海洋生物的發現促成美國建立了海洋生物保護區。保護區發揮了極大的作用，不僅有利於科學家的研究，更重要的是保護了一些稀有的種類，其他一些國家也紛紛效仿。
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答案 B [聯繫下文“my heartbeat doubled”可知，“即使”知道鯊魚是海洋健康的標誌，Enric Sala也是有些緊張的。]
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答案 C [聯繫到鯊魚是兇猛的動物，在鯊魚附近也是有些緊張的。A有一定的干擾性，excited的意思是“興奮的”，不符合面臨兇猛動物時的心情。]
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答案 A [聯繫下文可知，“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是一個保護區。]
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答案 C [聯繫下文的“my heartbeat doubled”可知，這是Sala第一次到洋底時的情況。]
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答案 D [聯繫下文的“there were a dozen sharks swimming around us...”可知，這是氣泡散盡後看到的景象，因此用cleared。]
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答案 A [聯繫下文的“there was not even __7__ for sand between them”可知，珊瑚很多。]
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答案 C [因爲鯊魚和珊瑚很多，幾乎沒有容納沙子的空間。]
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答案 B [聯繫空後的“to the region's coral reefs”可知，他領導了幾次去珊瑚礁的遠征。]
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答案 A [這些遠征作爲他工作的一部分。]
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答案 A [聯繫空後的“about sharks and corals”可知，他們對鯊魚和珊瑚有了一些發現。C有一定的干擾性，research意爲“研究”。]
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答案 B [在那裏的發現敦促政府建立保護區。]
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答案 C [因爲這裏是保護區，因此捕殺鯊魚和其他動物是禁止的。]
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答案 D [聯繫空後的“huge protected ocean areas”可知，是建立保護區。set out意爲“開始，着手”;start out意爲“開始”;sef off意爲“出發”。]
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答案 B [建立保護區是希望挽救一些重要的.地方。]
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答案 A [聯繫空後的“or protected area”可得答案。]
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答案 A [“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是保護區的名字，因此用called。]
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答案 B [布什總統在一月份離開白宮前建立了這個保護區。聯繫空前的“before”和空後的“in January”可得答案。]
