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Thought to be 2.7m wide, a creature was photographed by Fish SA Magazine after it was spotted lying dead on the sand at Petrel Cove near Encounter Bay on SA’s south coast. The South Australia Museum said the creature was likely to be a Mola alexandrini, also known as a bump-head sunfish. “You can tell it’s a bump-head sunfish rather than one of the other two types (Mola tecta, the Hoodwinker sunfish and Mola mola, the Ocean sunfish) because of the prominent chin you can see in the photo,” a museum spokesman said.

Sunfish, which can grow as long as three metres and weigh as much as 2000kg, are found worldwide, with the species found at Petrel Cove being one of the most commonly spotted in South Australia.

Curious locals have since flocked to the beach to take photos of the fish, despite it now starting to smell very bad. Social media users have expressed awe as well as sadness over the find. “Amazing. I wonder how prolific (多产的) they are,” one person wrote. “What a shame. They are beautiful. This makes me feel really sad,” said another. Another social media user, Dani Brown, shared a photo of herself lying next to the fish for a size comparison. “This is me with it today – for reference, I’m 164cm tall!” she captioned the photo.

Danish marine biologist Dr Marianne Nyegaard previously said that it was difficult to figure out why the creatures die. “Stranded sunfish typically appear to have been healthy with no obvious cause of death, or impairment to explain why they ended up on the beach,” Dr Nyegaard said.

The sighting comes years after a Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, made news across the world when it washed up near the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia in 2019. At the time, Linette Grzelak, shared a photo of the creature to social media after her partner spotted the fish, which had already died, while out fishing. “A sunfish found by my partner along the Coorong a couple nights ago ... I thought it was fake,” the post read.

1.What makes people identify the species of the creature?

A Its expression.

B Its movement.

C Its appearance.

D Its behavior.

解析：选C。C推理判断题。根据第一段中的“You can tell it’s a bump-head sunfish...because of the prominent chin you can see in the photo”你可以分辨出它是一条隆头翻车鱼，因为它的下巴隆起突出。即从它的外表可以分辨它的种类。故选C。

2.How did people react to the washed up sunfish?

A They tried to save it.

B They felt greatly upset.

C They didn’t care much.

D They kept away from the smell.

解析：选B。B细节理解题。根据第三段中的“Social media users have expressed awe as well as sadness over the find.”社交媒体用户对其表达了敬畏和悲伤。故选B。

3.What caused the sunfish to die?

A Lack of water.

B Stormy weather.

C Human activity.

D It’s unknown.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段丹麦海洋生物学家所说的话可知，很难弄清楚这些生物死亡的原因，搁浅的翻车鱼通常看起来很健康，没有明显的死亡原因。故选D。

4.What’s the last paragraph mainly about?

A The last washed up sunfish.

B Linette Grzelak caught a sunfish.

C A fake sunfish was found along the Coorong.

D A shock happened in 2019 in South Australia.

解析：选A。A段落大意题。根据最后一段第一句“The sighting comes years after a Mola mola, or ocean sunfish, made news across the world when it washed up near the mouth of the Murray River in South Australia in 2019.”几年前，一条翻车鱼在2019年被冲上南澳大利亚默里河河口附近，在世界各地引起了轰动。由此可知，最后一段主要讲的是上一条被冲上沙滩的翻车鱼。故选A。