A rescue center in Alaska has taken in an orphaned baby seal (海豹) that was still in the body when a

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A rescue center in Alaska has taken in an orphaned baby seal (海豹) that was still in the body when a hunter killed its mother on Easter Sunday.
The Alaska Sea Life Center says a hunter killed the baby’s mother in a village on Nelson Island in the Bering Sea. The hunter then realized there was a live baby inside the seal and successfully delivered (接生) it.
The hunter’s daughter found a hotline of the Seward Rescue Center and called to report the incident. Guided by center staff, a village teacher helped transport the baby to the local airport, and the animal was flown to Anchorage. The Alaska Sea Life Center members met the baby, now called Maxwell, at the Anchorage airport and drove him to Seward on Monday. Staff members say the baby has responded well to food and care, but his condition is still considered very serious.
“Maxwell was close to full-term, and everything looks fairly normal,” said Pam Tuomi, a center vet. “But babies that have never received antibodies (抗体) from their mothers’ milk are at higher risk of infection (感染), so we will keep Maxwell in a separate place and watch him closely for the next few weeks.”
The Sea Life Center is Alaska’s only permanent facility licensed to house stranded marine mammals and seabirds. The staff choose a theme each year for naming animals admitted there, and this year the names are related to caffeine.
“We hope to give Maxwell a second chance to live as a wild sea,” said Brett Long, the center’s director.
24. What can we learn from the passage?
A. The mother seal was killed in order to protect the baby seal.
B. The mother seal was killed before the baby seal was born.
C. The cruel hunter was unwilling to save the baby seal.
D. Both the mother seal and the baby seal were in good condition now.
25. What did the hunter’s daughter do with the baby seal?
A. She helped to feed it. B. She delivered it successfully.
C. She reported it to a rescue center. D. She persuaded her father to save it.
26. The underlined “him” in the third paragraph probably refers to __________.
A. The hunter B. The baby seal
C. a member of the center D. the village teacher
27. What do we know about the baby seal’s condition now?
A. It still faces the danger of dying young. B. It is only half of the normal size.
C. It is found to be difficult to feed. D. It will be set free into the sea soon.
【答案】24. B    25. C    26. B    27. A
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了阿拉斯加海洋生物中心收留一个海豹孤儿的故事。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。文中第三段：“The Alaska Sea Life Center says a hunter killed the baby’s mother in a village on Nelson Island in the Bering Sea. The hunter then realized there was a live baby inside the seal and successfully delivered (接生) it.”猎人杀死海豹后，意识到在母海豹体内还有一个活的小海豹，所以小海豹出生前，母海豹就已经死了，选项B正确，故选B。
【25题详解】
细节理解题。文中第三段：“The hunter’s daughter found a hotline of the Sea Life Rescue Center and called to report the incident.”猎人的女儿找到了海洋生物救援中心的热线电话，给他们打电话报告了小海豹的事。所以选项C正确，故选C。
【26题详解】
指代猜测题。第三段画线代词him前：“The Alaska Sea Life Center members met the baby……”，阿拉斯加海洋生物中心的人员见到这只小海豹，所以him指代的是小海豹，故选B。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。第四段中：“But babies that have never received antibodies (抗体) from their mothers’ milk are at higher risk of infection (感染),……”从来没有喝过母体的奶就没有接收来自母体的抗体，这些小动物就会面临更高的感染的风险，因为小海豹没有喝过母奶，所以会面临更高的感染的风险，一旦感染就会死亡，小海豹就面临早逝的危险。故选A。