【同步测控】2015-2016学年高一英语北师大版必修3同步练习：Unit 7　The Sea 过关检测 Word版含答案.docxVIP

第七单元过关检测Ⅰ.阅读理解AMany people believe sharks are dangerous and will always try to hurt or even kill humans.In fact,94 percent of the world’s species are harmless to humans.A shark exhibition at the National Aquarium(水族馆) in Baltimore,US proves this.Visitors can touch young sharks,see their eggs develop and watch a dozen different species swim smoothly around a huge tank.Most people fail to realize that shark attacks don’t happen very often.Humans are more likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark.And to make this point clear,the museum has set up a special touching pool for children.There,kids can learn,from an early age,not to fear sharks.They can watch them develop inside the eggs and feel the skins of them.“People fear what they don’t know,”said Nancy Hotchkiss,an organizer of the exhibition,which runs till December.“Sharks have been around for 400 million years and play an important role in the ocean’s food chain.We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need our respect and protection.”It’s shocking that 100 million sharks are killed every year by humans around the world.A study,published in January in the US magazine Science,found that almost all recorded shark species have fallen by half in the past eight to fifteen years.Thousands of sharks are hunted in Asia for special foods,such as shark fin soup.And many others get caught in nets,while fishermen are hunting other fish.More than half of all sharks are smaller than one metre long.“Some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean,”said Dave Schofield,the manager of the aquarium’s ocean health program.“The fishermen threw them away like rubbish.”It is a worrying situation and some areas have taken measures in place to protect these species of fish.1.The main purpose of the shark exhibition is to 　.?A.show how sharks are born and develop in the oceanB.let people know more about sharks and protect themC.let children learn not to fear sharks from an early ageD.show how shark sp