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1、2019年职场英语考试模拟题 CraigRogerswassittingonhissurfboard,scanningthedistanceforhisnextwave,whenhisboardsuddenlystoppedmoving.helookeddownandwasterrifiedtoseeagreatwhitesharkbitingthefrontofhisboard.”Icouldhavetoucheditseyewithmyelbow,”saysCraig.Thesharkhadsurfacedsoquietlythathehadntheardathing. Inhishorr
2、orandconfusion,hewavedhisarmsandaccidentallycuttowofhisfingersonthesharksteeth.Hethenslidofftheoppositesideofhissurfboardintothewater.Then,withCraiginthewaterandbloodflowingfromhisfingers,thefive-meter-longsharksimplyswamaway,disappearingintothewaterbelow. Althoughsharksareoftencategorizedaskillerst
3、hathuntandeatasmanyhumansasthencan,thisisfactuallyinaccurate.Sharksveryrarelykillhumans,Apersonhasagreaterchanceofbeingstruckbylightningordrowninginabaththanofbeingkilledbyashark.Only74peoplehavebeenreportedkilledbygreatwhitesinthelastcentury.Butgreatwhitesharkscanreachsixmetersinlengthandweigh2200k
4、ilogramsormore.Withfrighteningjawsthatcanholdupto3000teetharrangedinseveralrows,theycouldveryeasilykillandeatahelplesshumaninthewater.Whyisit,then,thatmostpeoplesurviveattacksbygreatwhites?Sharkresearchersaretryingtoprehendthereasonsthatallowpeopletoescapewithoutbeingeaten. Themostmonexplanationisth
5、atgreatwhitesdontseewell.Ithasbeenthoughtthattheymistakepeopleforthesealsorsealionswhichmakeupalargepartoftheirdiet.Thereisreasontodoubtthis,however.Recentinformationshowsthatgreatwhitescanactuallyseeverywell.Also,whenattackingseals,greatwhitesshootuptothesurfaceandbitewithgreatforce.Whenapproaching
6、humans,however,theymostoftenmoveinslowlyandbitelesshard.Theysoondiscoverthathumansarenotahigh-fatmeal.”Theyspitusoutbecauseweretoobony,”saysAidanMartin,directorofReefQuestCenterforSharkResearch. SharkresearcherslikeMartinhypothesizethatgreatwhitesareactuallycuriousanimalsthatliketoinvestigatethings.
7、Itspossiblethattheyusetheirbitenotonlytokillandeat,butalsotogatherinformation,AlthoughsuchanexperienceisunluckyforpeoplelikeCraigRogers,whensharksbitesurfboardsorotherobjectsorpeople,theyarelikelyjusttryingtolearnwhattheyare. 词汇: scanvt.审视,细看,浏览sealn.海豹 elbown.肘,肘部reefn.礁,暗礁 surfacen.表面外表,vi.浮出水面que
8、stn.搜索,寻求,追求 drownvi.淹死,溺死 练习: 1.AfterCraigRogersfellintothewater,theshark A)bithissurfboard B)bithisfingers C)swamaway D)attackedhim 2.Itisdifficultfortheauthortounderstandwhygreatwhites A)oftenlethumansescape B)killhumans C)havesomanyteeth D)growtosixmetersormore 3.Whichofthefollowingisclosestinmeaningtomakeupinline2ofparagraph4? A)create. B)are. C)increase. D)dependupon. 4.Thewordtheirinline2ofparagraph4means A)peoples B)greatwhites