Unit 2 学霸新视野外刊阅读-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年七年级上册英语 人教版

外刊阅读 ▶ “答案与解析”见P7 太平洋灰鲸漫长迁徙路 Each year, Pacific gray whales(鲸鱼) come to these waters to spend the winter months. For some mother whales, it wil be time to give birth to a baby. The young wil grow strong ...and they􀆳l need to. 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 over 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(生仔) season. The lagoon is the perfect place for young gray whales. These waters are not deep, with many dangers like great white sharks. They swim in the open ocean. Weighing about 2,000 pounds at birth, the young calves wil spend their first months living on their mother􀆳s milk, 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 over 5,000 miles. B Adult(成年 的) whales don􀆳t eat during the trip, but their babies stil have milk from Mom. 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) 按要求完成下列各题。每题答案不超过3个词。 1. When do Pacific gray whales stay in these waters? 2. What