《2025年新坐标名题汇高中英语必修第二册外研版》

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In a world-record effort to help save a valuable sea creature，Australian scientists have
released hundreds of baby seahorses into the wild. The tiny seahorses are endangered，and the scientists hope the new seahorses will help their numbers grow.
Seahorses get their name because they look a bit like horses. They aren't great swimmers，
even though they're fish. They often use their tails to hold onto something in the water. They mostly live in warm，shallow waters around the world. They are often found in coral reefs，in beds of seagrass，and areas where rivers empty into the sea. Seahorses form an important part of the ocean's food chain. They eat tiny sea creatures and are eaten by bigger sea animals.
Many kinds of seahorses are often threatened by the human actions. Sometimes they're
caught and sold as pets. They are also caught by accident when people are trying to catch other fish.
To begin the project，scientists collected three pregnant seahorses in January. Those
seahorses were brought back to the aquarium(水族馆) in Sydney. After the babies were born，the scientists kept them there for five months，feeding the baby seahorses shrimps(小虾) to help them grow strong. Scientist Mitchell Brennan says，“They don't have a stomach，so they have to eat constantly.”
About a month before the young seahorses were released，the scientists created eight
underwater“hotels”for them. The hotels look like cages，providing a safe place for the seahorses to develop. Putting the hotels into the sea early allowed the cages to be covered with small sea life that can help provide food for the seahorses.
This is the fifth time the scientists have released seahorses into the area，and this time was
a record. Around 380 seahorses were released. The researchers put tiny tags(标记) under the skin of many of the seahorses to help track them in the future.
8. What can be learned about seahorses from Paragraph 2?
A. They look exactly like horses.
B. They have a gift for swimming.
C. They mostly live in the deep sea.
D. They feed on small sea creatures.
9. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?
A. The types of the seahorses.
B. Living conditions the seahorses need.
C. Areas the seahorses live in.
D. Dangers the seahorses face.
10. Why are the eight“hotels”put into the sea early?
A. To differ the project from the former ones.
B. To avoid danger the seahorses may face.
C. To offer food to the seahorses.
D. To help track the seahorses in the future.
11. What can be the best title for the text?
A. A New Study on Endangered Seahorses
B. Underwater“Hotels”for Baby Seahorses
C. A Record Number of Baby Seahorses Were Released
D. New Methods of Finding Endangered Seahorses

答案： 8.D 9.D 10.C 11.C