2021-2022学年浙江省温州市高二（上）期末英语试卷
一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共25.0分）
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In 1868.six-year-old Laura and her family t sail from New Bedford.The little girl was taken to share the adventure and the danger of life at a by his father,Captain Jernegan,who was unwilling to be parated from his family when he was going to hunt the mightiest animal on earth.Laura was a keen obrver and writer,who diary offers a look into her unusual childhood.
初次见面英语怎么说Laura was fascinated by her father's job.When the ship's lookout spotted a whale, "I hope we shall get him," she wrote.She watched as the men rushed to their whaleboats and chad the whale to within harpooning校训英文（鱼叉）distance.Once,they harpooned a whale so huge that his head was "as big as four whole rooms and his body as long as one ship," Laura wrote.
Hunting whales was only one part of a whaleman's job.As soon as a whale was caught,the
crew began the hard and dirty work of processing it.The whale body smelled "dreadfully," noted Laura.The processing of the whale was finally finished when the cooled oil was spooned into barrels.One huge whale produced enough oil to fill venty-five barrels,she noted in disbelief.When the Jernegans returned home,the oil would be sold for the best price possible.Whale oil was important during the nineteenth century when it was ud to light lamps and to make candles.
Whaling was both exciting and exhausting. Yet it also had its slow moments. Weeks could go by without so much as a glimp of a whale.Then Laura filled her days with school lessons and wing.
When Laura was grown,she never went whaling again.By then,petrol had already replaced whale oil.This era,called the golden age of whaling,was over.So was the era of entire families going to a.Yet Laura's diary has helped to ensure that this chapter in America's afaring history won't be forgotten.
1.Why did Laura t sail with her father？ ______
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A. She was a keen obrver and writer.
B. She was fascinated by his father's job.
C. His father would hunt the mightiest animal.
D. Her father wanted the family to stay together.
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2.ice cubeWhat do we know from the underlined ntence in paragraph 4voanews？ ______
A. Laura was tired of school lessons.
B. It took weeks to hunt a huge whale.
C. No whales could be spotted for weeks.
北京夜大D. The processing of the whale was slow.
3.Which of the following words best describes Laura's diary？ ______
A. Significant.长翅目 B. Dreadful. C. Conventional. D. Practical.
