样子奇异的巨大翻车鱼惊现澳洲海滩

A strange-looking, enormous sunfish was discovered by two fishermen on the shore at Coorong National Park in South Australia over the weekend. The ocean sunfish was spotted at the mouth of the Murray River by Steven Jones and his colleague Hunter Church.
“He thought it was a piece of driftwood as they were driving past on the work truck,” Jones’ partner Linette Grzelak, who posted the photos of the fish on Facebook, said. “Neither of them had seen anything like this before. They find all sorts of sea life along the beaches but it has been mostly sharks and seals. This was something very different,” Grzelak added. 
National Parks South Australia said these sunfish are the world’s largest bony fish and they can weigh more than a car. The fish feed largely on jellyfish and can grow well over 2 meters—although this one was “only” 1.8 meters long, putting it on the smaller end of the scale, according to the South Australian Museum. “The sunfish is known for its large size, odd flattened body shape,” the museum’s fish collection manager Ralph Foster said. He added that he was able to identify the fish from the markings on its tail and the shape of its head.
Foster added that the fish is called sunfish because it enjoys basking in the sun. Their size and sun bathing habit mean they can be hit by boat. “Researchers have found they will come to the surface and lay on their side on the surface,” Foster said. “Once they are warm enough they dive down several hundreds of meters and feed on jellyfish and stay down there for some time. We know very little about them. It’s only in the last few years that technology has allowed us to start learning about them.”

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1.Which can replace the underlined word in Paragraph 1?

A Killed.

B Discovered.

C Stranded.

D Shoot.

解析：选B。词义猜测题。根据第一段第一句可知，两名渔夫在海岸上“发现”了一条样子奇异、体型巨大的翻车鱼，再根据画线单词所在句子的语境可知，此句是在对“发现”这条鱼的具体地点和发现者作进一步的说明，由此可知spotted的意思即为“发现”。故选B。

2.What was the least likely reaction when they found the fish?

A Excited.

B Shocked.

C Lucky.

D Uninterested.

解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第二段第二句至第四句“Neither of them had seen anything like this before. They find all sorts of sea life along the beaches but it has been mostly sharks and seals. This was something very different,” Grzelak added. 可知像这样的海鱼他们此前从未见过，与常见的鲨鱼和海豹等海洋生物相比，这种鱼对他们而言非常特别，由此可推知他们应该会对这条鱼表现出极大的兴趣。故选D。

3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in Paragraph 3?

A The category of the fish.

B The physical characteristics of the fish.

C The living environment of the fish.

D The eating habit of the fish.

解析：选C。细节理解题。通读第三段可知，此段提到了这种鱼的类别、体型特征、饮食习性和识别这种鱼的根据等，并未提及它们的生活环境。故选C。

4.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A What are the life habits of the fish like.

B The reason why the fish is called sunfish.

C Why the fish is easy to be hit by boat.

D How the researchers learn about the fish.

解析：选A。主旨大意题。通读第四段可知，此段主要介绍了研究人员观察到的这种鱼的生活习性。故选A。