Whale shark conservation field trip

题目与答案

1. Whale shark conservation field trip

   Background

   • Whale sharks are the world's biggest fish.

   • Comparison with whales:

   • Similarities: They're large and they feed on plankton and krill.

   • Differences: They stay near the 31_____

   答案：surface

   原文定位：Unlike many whale species, they prefer to swim close to the surface of the water rather than cruising the depths of the ocean

   同义替换：「stay near」↔「close to」

2. and they lack any actual 32_____ .

   答案：bones

   原文定位：Another one relates to their physical makeup. Their skeleton is made entirely of cartilage in comparison to whales that have skeletons made of real bones

3. • A large number head to the waters off Ningaloo, Western Australia, each year.

   • The coral reef, where the whale sharks feed, is unusually close to the 33_____ .

   答案：shore

   原文定位：It's great for divers too, because although it's in relatively deep waters, the reef is in close proximity to the shore, unlike some reefs that you have to travel miles to get to

   同义替换：「close to」↔「close proximity to」

4. Research Centre Activities

   • Existing methods of monitoring whale sharks are imperfect:

   • tracking devices attached to the whale shark's 34_____ .

   答案：fin

   原文定位：One way is to use an electronic tracking device or tag, which researchers have to attach manually to the fin

   同义替换：「tracking devices」↔「an electronic tracking device」，「attached to」↔「attach manually to」

5. • from a 35_____

   答案：drone

   原文定位：Another way of monitoring whale sharks is with a special drone to spot the animals in the ocean

6. • New research project on whale shark feeding habits:

   • Analysis of plankton shows different amounts of 36_____ varieties.

   答案：carbon

   原文定位：Apparently, plankton from different places contains different quantities of carbon types

   同义替换：「amounts」↔「quantities」，「varieties」↔「types」

7. • Researchers are comparing plankton data using special maps.

   • Study on the impact of humans on whale shark behaviour: noise caused whale sharks to 37_____ .

   答案：dive

   原文定位：We noticed that the resulting noise affected the behavior of the animal. As soon as it heard the sound, we saw it dive

   同义替换：「noise」↔「heard the sound」，「caused whale sharks to」↔「saw it dive」

8. • Community outreach programme - the whale shark race:

   • A mature whale shark is tagged and assigned to a 38_____ to follow.

   • Results are displayed on the research centre website.

   答案：school

   原文定位：The researchers select a mature whale shark which has been tagged, and they allocate it to a school

   同义替换：「mature whale shark is tagged」↔「mature whale shark which has been tagged」，「assigned to」↔「allocate it to」

9. Conservation and Management

   • Record any 39_____ to whale sharks in photo-identification libraries.

   答案：injuries

   原文定位：While these events may be rare, all injuries which whale sharks suffer must be documented with information such as date and location and a photograph if possible. The Fisheries Department has agreed to keep these records in their digital image library

   同义替换：「Record」↔「documented」，「photo‑identification libraries」↔「digital image library」

10. • Ban scuba activities as whale sharks are affected by the 40_____ the activities produce.

    答案：bubbles

    原文定位：Scuba diving is not going to be allowed anymore, as previous research has found that whale sharks find bubbles disturbing

    同义替换：「Ban scuba activities」↔「Scuba diving is not going to be allowed anymore」，「are affected by」↔「disturbing」