{{B}}An Unusual Experience at Sea{{/B}}
It was early one morning in February 1972 when Mayoral and his partner
Santos Luis Perez set out to fish in Laguna San lgnacio. Hundreds of gray whales
were swimming in the three-mile-long, one-mile-wide inlet. This was usual
between December and April, for the whales breed in the protected inlets of
Baja, the final destination of their annual 6,000-mile migration from the
Arctic. Mayoral and Perez stayed as for as possible from the spouting (喷涌)
creatures, because the whales were said to smash boats with their powerful
flukes (鲸尾的叶). Mayoral, who had 16 years’ experience at sea, knew no one who had
been close to a healthy gray whale and lived. As Mayoral rowed
to catch the outgoing (退出去的) A. just to have a change in environment B. to give birth to baby whales in winter C. to escape from the cold water for a while D. to find a warm place to settle down
[单项选择]Do you need anybody to {{U}}assist{{/U}} you in your work A. inform B. aid C. direct D. instruct
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