《2025年5年中考3年模拟英语湖南专版》

Passage 2(2024江苏扬州)
阅读短文,回答下面5个问题,将答案写在横线上。(每题答案不超过10个词)
A total of 23 spotted seals(斑海豹) were put back into the waters off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China’s Liaoning Province on Tuesday, Dec. 12,2023 as part of China’s continuous efforts to protect endangered wildlife.
The seals were hunted and sold, but have now been saved and marked for future protection. A fishery law enforcement ship arrived at the sea area near Dalian in the morning, carrying the spotted seals. The seals were let go free one by one into the sea. They swam freely in the water, returning to their natural home.
Spotted seals are nationally protected animals in China. They are the only kind of seals that can breed(繁殖)in Chinese waters. Like migratory(迁徙的) birds, they appear around October every year in Liaodong Bay, and take the long journey back to the Northwest Pacific in May after breeding. They are often considered as the “panda of the sea”.
Thanks to China’s top - class national protection in recent years, the population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000, while the global population is between 400,000 and 600,000. Studies have shown that these 2,000 spotted seals are of great importance for the study and research on spotted seals.
To protect this rare animal and its ecological environment, the Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands were set up in 1992. In January 2002, they were included in the List of Wetlands of International Importance. Covering an area of 560,000 hectares with a coastline of about 370 kilometers, the wetlands are rich in biological resources. They have become home to nationally protected animals such as the spotted seal, finless porpoise, killer whales, false killer whales, common dolphins, bottlenose dolphins, and East Asian river dolphins.
Since 1992, researchers in Dalian have successfully saved 388 spotted seals and put 299 of them back into the wild.
1.Where were the 23 spotted seals put back into the sea?
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2.What is the other name of the spotted seal?
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3.With China’s protection, what has happened to the spotted seals in Chinese waters?
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4.What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 5 refer to(指的是)?
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5.As a student, what can you do to protect wildlife?
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答案： 语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文。斑海豹是在中国海域繁殖的唯一一种海豹，享有“海洋熊猫”之称。近年来，得益于中国的保护，其数量已逐渐增加。
1. Off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province. 根据文章第一段第一句可知答案。
2. They are often considered as the “panda of the sea”. 根据第三段最后一句可知答案。
3. Their number in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000. 根据第四段第一句可知答案。
4. The Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands. 根据画线词的上一句可知答案。
5. As a student, I can learn more about wildlife./I will ask people not to hunt wildlife. 开放性试题，言之有理即可。