题型:阅读选择 题类: 难易度:困难
浙江省嘉兴市平湖市2023-2024学年八年级人文(阅读)上学期英语期末抽测试卷(2023.12)
For the past years, Tokitae has been one of the biggest stars at the Miami Seaquarium(迈阿密水族馆). The blue whale has brought much fun to generations of Americans with her giant jump. Now, finally, people decided to release the whale to her" home waters. "
The decision came after years of efforts from animal lovers. An animal from the ocean, these people say, should not be kept in a seaquarium. Blue whales are known to stay with their birth families for their whole lives. Tokitae's skin becomes infected(感染) after such a long time in an aquarium. And because she is sometimes fed fish that go bad, the whale has also picked up some other illnesses. Tokitae stopped working last year because of her health problems.
Tokitae's sad story began in the calm waters of Whidbey Island, in 1970. Men made a group of blue whales get together. They separated the mothers from their babies. Many of these whales died during this process, and more than fifty were kept at the Miami Seaquarium. One of these baby whales was Tokitae.
Tokitae's family are still alive, including the 90-year-old whale believed to be her mother. But scientists are afraid that if Tokitae were to meet her family, she would infect her illnesses to the other whales. There are also worries about her ability to travel across the United States to a new, wild environment. The whale, after all, is already 57 years old and is not in excellent condition. And she will need to be taught how to catch fish again.
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