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　　unusual experience

　　There has been, in history, a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived to tell the tale. The man's name is James Bartley.

　　The records to prove his unusual experience are in the British Admiralty.

　　Bartley was making his first trip on the whaling ship Star of the East. Suddenly the lookout found a huge whale . The whalers knew it was a huge whale by the size of the spray it blew into the air. They lowered their small boats. James Bartley was in the first longboat . The men rowed until they were close to the whale. A harpoon(鱼叉) was thrown and it found its mark. It sank into the whale' s flesh. The maddened beast jumped out of the water and broke the boat into pieces. When the survivors were picked up, James Bartley was missing.

　　Shortly before sunset, the whale was finally caught. The sailors tied the whale' s carcass to the side of the ship.

　　Because of the hot weather it was important that they cut up the whale right away. Otherwise, the meat would begin to rot and the oil would begin to spoil. When they got to the stomach, they felt something moving about wildly. They thought it would be a big fish still alive inside. But when they opened the stomach they found James Bartley. After this trip, Bartley settled in Gloucester, England, and never returned to sea.

　　1.This passage is mainly about

　　A.how to hunt whales for their oil and meat.

　　B.the hard and dangerous lives that whalers had to live.

　　C.the duties of each man on a whaling ship.

　　D.a man who was swallowed by a whale and lived.

　　2.The sailors knew that something was in the whale' s stomach because

　　A.they could feel it moving about wildly.

　　B.the whale seemed very heavy .

　　C.the whale was bulging(鼓起来) at one spot.

　　D.the captain heard Bartley crying for help.

　　3.James Bartley never went to sea again because

　　A.he wanted different kinds of adventures

　　B.of fright and shock.

　　C.he was hurt by the whale.

　　D.he often got seasick.

　　4. The author, in telling James Bartley's story, gives us information by

　　A.making us laugh

　　B.talking about whaling in general.

　　C.comparing whaling to other fishing.

　　D.dramatically(戏剧性地) telling what happened.

　　5. The word carcass refers to the

　　A.whale' s tail . B.whale' s stomach.

　　C.dead body of the whale. D.whale' s side

　　参考答案

　　DABDC

　　Motivation

　　Motivation(动机) to satisfy one‘s needs is brought about by ―drives‖, These ―drives‖ do not determine man‘s behaviour, but rather direct man‘s energy towards certain aims. For example, man‘s body requires food, which is a biological need, when this need comes up, man feels uncomfortable and his thoughts turn to getting food or satisfying that need. If he is very hungry, it will difficult for him to pay enough attention to anything except his need for food.

　　While all men feel hungry, there is more than one method for helping free people of this uncomfortable feeling. How needs are satisfying depends on what we have been taught or what we have learned from our experiences. As we grow, we learn shat foods our society considers acceptable, and how they should be prepared and eaten. In some societies, for example, pork is considered a special food while in other societies it is strictly forbidden. In some societies fish is always cooked, but in other societies raw (生的) fish is preferred. The way in which we satisfy a drive is a learned response. Nature has not built a food – getting response into man. He cannot just eat whatever he wants of whenever there is food, his satisfaction of the hunger drive, for example, is limited by the rules of a society. Although we are hunger, according to the rules of society, we should not steal food, even if it belongs someone weaker than we are.

　　1.According to the passage, ―drives‖ _____.

　　A.can be brought about by motivation B..can always decide man‘s action

　　C.direct man‘s energy toward certain goals D.follow man‘s motivations

　　2. ____ is a biological need.

　　A.Motivation B. Drive C. Hunger D. Experience

　　3. The writer hopes to tell us that ____.

　　A. man should satisfy his biological needs whenever necessary

　　B.man‘s needs should always be satisfied without any condition

　　C.what man should do if he feels hungry

　　D.man‘s satisfaction of needs is limited by the rules of a certain society

　　参考答案

　　CCD