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Being surrounded by sharks may sound like a bad thing，but scientists say sharks are actually a good sign of ocean health.__1__ knowing that，Enric Sala，a marine ecologist and National Geographic Fellow，was a little __2__ when he first dived at Kingman Reef，the heart of a massive，newly __3__ area south of Hawaii now called the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument.
“The __4__ time I jumped in the water，as soon as the bubbles __5__，my heartbeat doubled—there were a dozen sharks swimming around us and so __6__ corals on the bottom that there was not even __7__ for sand between them，” says Sala.
Sala led a series of __8__ to the region's coral reefs over the past several years，__9__ part of his work at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla，Calif.His team's __10__ about sharks and corals there helped __11__ the U.S.government to set up the new monument，where fishing for sharks or anything else is now __12__.Groups around the world are working to __13__ other huge protected ocean areas in hopes of __14__ some of the planet's most incredible and important spots.
President George W.Bush set up another new marine __15__，or protected area，__16__ the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument just before he __17__ office in January.The reserve __18__ waters around several groups of islands near Kingman Reef，__19__ is 1,000 miles south of Hawaii，and it covers 86,888 square miles.That's bigger than the size of Virginia and Tennessee __20__.
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marine ecologist海洋生態(tài)學(xué)家
【語篇解讀】 科學(xué)家們對(duì)海洋生物的發(fā)現(xiàn)促成美國(guó)建立了海洋生物保護(hù)區(qū)。保護(hù)區(qū)發(fā)揮了極大的作用，不僅有利于科學(xué)家的研究，更重要的是保護(hù)了一些稀有的種類，其他一些國(guó)家也紛紛效仿。
1.A.Ever B.Even C.Without D.Instead of
答案 B [聯(lián)系下文“my heartbeat doubled”可知，“即使”知道鯊魚是海洋健康的標(biāo)志，Enric Sala也是有些緊張的。]
2.A.excited B.happy C.nervous D.sad
答案 C [聯(lián)系到鯊魚是兇猛的動(dòng)物，在鯊魚附近也是有些緊張的。A有一定的干擾性，excited的意思是“興奮的”，不符合面臨兇猛動(dòng)物時(shí)的心情。]
3.A.protected B.built C.surrounded D.founded
答案 A [聯(lián)系下文可知，“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是一個(gè)保護(hù)區(qū)。]
4.A.last B.early C.first D.good
答案 C [聯(lián)系下文的“my heartbeat doubled”可知，這是Sala第一次到洋底時(shí)的情況。]
5.A.gathered B.appeared C.passed D.cleared
答案 D [聯(lián)系下文的“there were a dozen sharks swimming around us...”可知，這是氣泡散盡后看到的景象，因此用cleared。]
6.A.many B.few C.large D.frightening
答案 A [聯(lián)系下文的“there was not even __7__ for sand between them”可知，珊瑚很多。]
7.A.water B.light C.space D.sight
答案 C [因?yàn)轷忯~和珊瑚很多，幾乎沒有容納沙子的空間。]
8.A.dives B.expeditions C.experiments D.discoveries
答案 B [聯(lián)系空后的“to the region's coral reefs”可知，他領(lǐng)導(dǎo)了幾次去珊瑚礁的遠(yuǎn)征。]
9.A.as B.with C.like D.under
答案 A [這些遠(yuǎn)征作為他工作的一部分。]
10.A.findings B.information C.research D.cares
答案 A [聯(lián)系空后的“about sharks and corals”可知，他們對(duì)鯊魚和珊瑚有了一些發(fā)現(xiàn)。C有一定的干擾性，research意為“研究”。]
11.A.force B. inspire C.beg D.allow
答案 B [在那里的發(fā)現(xiàn)敦促政府建立保護(hù)區(qū)。]
12.A.permitted B.limited C.forbidden D.measured
答案 C [因?yàn)檫@里是保護(hù)區(qū)，因此捕殺鯊魚和其他動(dòng)物是禁止的。] 13.A.set out B.start out C.set off D.set up
答案 D [聯(lián)系空后的“huge protected ocean areas”可知，是建立保護(hù)區(qū)。set out意為“開始，著手”;start out意為“開始”; sef off意為“出發(fā)”。] 14.A.making B.saving C.building D.seeing
答案 B [建立保護(hù)區(qū)是希望挽救一些重要的地方。]
15.A.reserve B.spot C.area D.space
答案 A [聯(lián)系空后的“or protected area”可得答案。]
16.A.called B.named C.told D.given
答案 A [“the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument”是保護(hù)區(qū)的名字，因此用called。]
17.A.took B.left C.controlled D.lost
答案 B [布什總統(tǒng)在一月份離開白宮前建立了這個(gè)保護(hù)區(qū)。聯(lián)系空前的“before”和空后的“in January”可得答案。]
18.A.excludes B.covers C.includes D.makes答案 C [聯(lián)系空后的“waters around several groups of islands”可知，保護(hù)區(qū)包含幾個(gè)島的水域。]
19.A.it B.which C.where D.that
答案 B [which引導(dǎo)了非限定性定語從句，并在從句中作主語。]
20.A.separated B.combined C.divided D.connected
答案 B [聯(lián)系空前的“bigger than the size”可知，這個(gè)保護(hù)區(qū)比Virginia和Tennessee兩個(gè)加起來還要大。]
