[填空题]The grey whale lives on small shrimp-like animals called amphipods.

[填空题]The grey whale lives on small shrimp-like animals called amphipods.

[单项选择]Fate has not been kind to the western grey whale. Its numbers have dwindled to 130 or so, leaving it “critically endangered” in the eyes of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature. Fishing-nets, speeding ships, pollution and coastal development threaten the few that remain. Most recently, drilling for oil and gas in their main summer feeding grounds, near Sakhalin island off Russia’s Pacific coast, has brought fresh risks for the luckless creatures. Yet the rush to develop Sakhalin’s offshore fields may yet be the saviour of the species.
When drilling was first discussed in the 1990s, there were muted complaints. When a consortium called Sakhalin. Energy, led by Royal Dutch Shell, announced plans to build an oil platform and lay pipelines in the only bay where the whales were known to congregate, these protests proliferated.
In response, the consortium established an independent panel to advise it on how best to protect the whales and promised to fund its work.
A. Because they instantly endanger the animal’s summer habitat.
B. Because drilling for oil and gas may cause new pollution to the sea.
C. Because they need more ships which are dangers to the animal.
D. Because offshore development may result in more harm.

[填空题]The ______ of California grey whale is about sixty years.

[单项选择]Mrs. Read lives in a small village. Her husband is dead, but she has one son named Jack. He is twenty-one. In the past, he worked in the shop in the village and lived with his mother, but then he found a better job in a far away town named Greensea and moved to live there. But Mrs. Read was unhappy about it.
Last Sunday, Mrs. Read was very angry with Jack. She got on a train and went to her son’s house in Greeasea. Then she said to him, "Jack, why do you never telephone me"
Jack laughed, "But, Mum, you haven’t got a telephone."
"No," she answered, "I haven’t, but you have got one!/
Mrs. Read’s home is in ______ .
A. Greensea
B. a small village
C. a city

[单项选择]Tom lives in a small town in England. He used to stay in his own country for his holidays. But last year he thought, "I’ve never been outside this country. All my friends have been to Spain, and they all said it was nice there. So I’m going there this year."
So he went to Spain and stayed in a small hotel(旅馆) for a few days. One day, he went out for a walk. In England, people drive on the lea, but in Spain they drive on the right, Tom forgot about this. While he was crossing a busy street, a bicycle knocked him down (撞倒).
Tom lay on the ground for a few seconds. Then he sat up and said, "Where am I " An old man was selling maps at the side of the street, and he ran to Tom at once and said, "Maps of the city, sir./

Why did Tom get hit by a bike7
A. He was in a hurry.
B. He walked on the wrong side.
C. He was careless.