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回答题False Fear of Big Fish
Many people believe sharks (鲨鱼) are dangerous and will always try to hurt or even kill humans._________ ( 46 )
A shark exhibition at the National Aquarium (水族馆) in Baltimore, US, proves this.Visitors can touch young sharks, seetheir eggs develop and watch a dozen different speciesswim smoothly around ahuge tank. Most people fail to realize that shark attacks don't happenveryoften. Humans are mote likely to be killed by lightning than by a shark._________ (47)There, kids can learn, from an early age, not to fear sharks.
"People fear what they don't know," saidNancy Hotchkisso an organizer of theexhibition. "Sharks have been aroundfor 400 million years and play 1 til important role in theocean's food chain.We want people to discover that sharks are amazing animals that need ourrespectand protection. "
_________ (48) A study , published in January inthe US magazine, Science, found that almost all recorded shark species havefallen by half in the past eight to 15 years.
Thousands of sharks are hunted in Asia for specialfoods, such as shark fin (鱼翅) soup.And many others getcaught in nets, while fishermen are hunting other fish. _________(49)"Some fishing methods are actually cleaning out the ocean forsharks," said DaveSchofield, the manager of the aquarium's ocean healthprogram me. (50)
请在第____处填上正确答案。 A.They call watch them develop inside their eggsand feel the skin of the older swimmers.
B.A shocking 100 million sharks are 'killed everyyear around the world by humans.
C.In fact, 94 percent of the world's 400 speciesare harmless to humans.
D.It is a worrying situation and some areas haveput measures in place to protect these special fish.
E.And to make this point clear, the museum has setup a special touching pool for children.
F.More than half of the sharks caught are smallerthan 1 meterlong.
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