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2、with some coworkersSuddenly，the restaurants owner came into the dining room and asked，“Is there a Scott Kraus? Theres a phone call for youThey were in southern Nova Scotia，about l50 kilometers(93 miles)southeast of Main It was practically the middle of nowhere，Kraus thought .Wh0 could possibly know
3、he was there，and what could be so important？ After taking the call，he returned with terrible newsA dead right whale had been seen near Grand Manan island，on the western side of the Bay of FundyThis is near the border between Maine and Canada Kraus and Brown are biologists with the New England Aquari
4、um in BostonThey study the North Atlantic right whale，one of the worlds rarest speciesSome travel along the coastlines of North America, others live off EuropeTogether，their numbers totaled fewer than 350 in l 992，so losing even one was troubling The next mornin9，the scientists set sail to view the
5、whale，hoping they could figure out how it diedAs her carcass came into view，they sadly recognized that they knew this whaleIt was one they had earlier named Delilah It appeared the l3一meter-long animal had been accidentally hit by one of the ships that regularly salt through the Bay of FundyThe bigg
6、est ones can be as tall as l0一story buildings，span more than 300 meters and weigh tens of thousands of tonsThese ships cruise much faster than a 37metric-ton right whale can swim Later that day，one storekeeper brought out pictures he had taken .The biologists could make out a small baby whale in the
7、 photosIt had been swimming beside Delilahs body 1How did Kraus probably feel when hearing about a call for him? A. Confused B. Delighted C Calm D.Angry2The underlined word“carcass”in the fourth paragraph probably means “_” A. clear picture B. dead body C baby whale D.detailed reD0rt 3According to t
8、he passage，we can know that A. the biggest right whale can be as tall as l0story buildings Bright whales only live off America C. Delilah is a whale trained by biologists DNova Scotia is a remote place in Canada4Delilah must have been killed by A. shortage of food B. water pollution C. a passing shi
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