Do’s and Don’ts in Whale(鲸) Watching The Department of Fisheries and Oceans has

Do’s and Don’ts in Whale(鲸) Watching

    TheDepartment of Fisheries and Oceans has developed guidelines for whale watchingin Johnstone Strait, where killer whales are found on a daily basis eachsummer. It is strongly recommended that vessel(船只) operators follow these guidelines for allkinds of whales.

    · Approach whales from theside, not from the front or the back.

· Approach no closer than 100 metres, then stopthe boat but keep the engine on.

· Keep noise levels down — no horns, whistles or racing of engines.

· Start your boat only after the whales are morethan 100 metres from your vessel.

· Leave the area slowly, gradually moving fasterwhen you are more than 300 metres from the whales.

· Approach and leave slowly, avoiding suddenchanges in speed or direction.

· Avoid disturbing groups of resting whales.

· Keep at low speeds and remain in the samedirection if traveling side by side with whales.

· When whales are traveling close to shore, avoidcrowding them near the shore or coming between the whales and the shore.

· Limit the time spent with any group of whalesto less than 30 minutes at a time when within 100 to 200 metres of whales.

· If there is more than one vessel at the sameobservation spot, be sure to avoid any boat position that would result insurrounding the whales.

· Work together by communicating with othervessels, and make sure that all operators are aware of the whale watchingguidelines.

1.Forwhom is this text written?

  A. Tour guides.                  B.Whale watchers.     

C. Vessel operators.             D.Government officials.

2.Whenleaving the observation areas, the vessel should ______.

  A. move close to the beach       B. increasespeed gradually

  C. keep its engine running slowly    D. remain at the back ofthe whales

3.Whengoing side by side with whales, the vessel should ______.

  A. keep moving in the same direction

  B. surround the whales with other boats

  C. travel closer and closer to the shore

  D. take a good viewing position

4.Whatis the shortest safe distance from the whales?

  A. 400 metres.       B. 300 metres.      C.200 metres.      D. 100 metres.

试题答案

【答案】

1.C. 从第一段最后一句话可知：这些对各种各样的鲸都必须遵守的操作规则被强烈地推荐给船只操作员。

2.B. 从操作规则第四、五条可知：在一百米之外，才能启动船只；三百米之外，才逐渐加速。

3.A. 从操作规则第八条可知：当船只和鲸并排前进时，保持低速且应同一个方向前进。

4.D. 从操作规则第二条可知：靠近鲸不能低于一百米，然后停止，但要让发动机开着。所以最近的安全观察距离应是100米。