Unit 2外刊阅读拓展-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年七年级上册英语 译林版

外刊阅读拓展 ▶ “答案与解析”见P8 太平洋灰鲸,漫长迁徙路 Each year, Pacific(太平洋的) gray whales (鲸 鱼) come to these waters to spend the winter months. For some mother whales, it is time to give birth to a baby. The young grow strong ... Just weeks after their birth, the whales wil have to go north for food off the beach of Alaska in summer. Pacific gray whales finish a round trip of about 10,000 miles. They make it one of the longest trips every year in the whole animal kingdom(王国). In the warm waters of San Ignacio Lagoon, the end of December is the beginning of the calving(繁殖) season. The lagoon is the perfect place for young gray whales. These waters are not deep. They swim in the open ocean. Weighing about 2,000 pounds at birth, the young whales wil spend their first months living on their mother􀆳s milk and growing strong enough to begin their first trip to the north. A By March, it􀆳s time to leave the lagoon. The trip wil take about two months and it is about 5,000 miles. B Adult(成年 的) whales don􀆳t eat during the trip, but their babies stil have milk from mother whales. C Finaly, the young whales wil be about 80,000 pounds. D From late March to May, smal groups of gray whales pass Northern California and move past Oregon. During this trip, people can easily near the beach. But how whales know where they􀆳re going is stil a secret. (素材来源: Muse) 根据短文内容,完成任务。(每题答案不超 过4个词) 1. When do Pacific gray whales stay in these waters? 2. What does the underlined word “it” refer to in