Question

Did you know that a turtle（乌龟）can lay 12 eggs in one minute? A large sea turtle lays

around 150 eggs at a time. She lays all these eggs in just a few minutes.

Large sea turtles live in the warm seas of the world. Except for when they lay their eggs,

they spend their whole lives in the water. When it is time to lay their eggs, the females swim toland. They usually return to the place where they themselves were born. How they find theirway back there is unknown.When they reach shore, the big, heavy turtles crawl slowly up to the high water mark.Using their flippers, they pull themselves along the sand. They must struggle like mountainclimbers. When they finally reach dry sand, they rest before beginning the difficult task oflaying eggs.The turtles lay the eggs in deep holes and cover them with warm sand. The sand protectsthe eggs from harm. Then the females leave them. After a few weeks, if you happened to be walking along the beach, you might see the sand begin to shake. You may see tiny black ballscoming out of the sand. The tiny heads of baby turtles!

Which sentence expresses the main idea?

A. Sea turtles have interesting life habits.

B. Sea turtles swim to shore to lay their eggs.

C. Large sea turtles lay their eggs in special ways.

D. Sea turtles enjoy staying in the sand.

Turtles bury their eggs to protect them from ____________.

A. deep water   B. danger     C. heat       D. bad weather

We can conclude from this passage that ___________.

A. many turtles die while swimming to shore

B. female turtles protect their babies

C. once turtles land, they never return to the sea

D. the job of laying eggs takes great strength

The writer compares turtles to climbers ___________.

A. because they lay their eggs in mountain areas

B. to give you a picture of how hard they work

C. to tell you that they like to climb

D. to show that mountain climbers are as slow as turtles

Answer 1

【小题1】C

【小题2】B

【小题3】D

【小题4】B

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