Haikou: A shark was killed after being dragged to shore at Yalong Berth beach in

Haikou: A shark was killed after beingdragged to shore at Yalong Berth beach in Sanya, South China’s Hainan Province,on Sunday afternoon.

It was the first time a shark had beencaught in the beach area, a popular tourist site in Hainan.

Local fishermen said they caught the3-meter-long, l-ton shark by chance When they were fishing in sea water 1,000metres deep near the beach.

Police temporarily（暂时）protected the shark whileoceanographers decided whether it was a species belonging to State protection.

Fishermen later killed and sold the sharkafter oceanographers confirmed that it was a whale shark and therefore notunder State protection.

The shark was believed to have drifted intothe area from the deep sea due to strong waves caused last week by TyphoonImbudo. It had no open injuries but experts said they believed it suffered frominternal（内部的）bleeding.

Local police officer Fu Chenggeng saidbeachgoers should not feel threatened by sharks because the fish never attackhuman beings on their own initiative. Fu said he had never heard of any sharkattacks at the Sanya beach since he first started work there eight years ago.

However, police said they will improve thesecurity system to safeguard tourists’ safety on the beach.

1．A possible title of the article should be     .

A．Tourists inDanger             B．Killing WhaleShark

C．Shark Caught in Beach Area      D．Whale Shark in Danger

2．From the article it can be learned      .

A．the shark was caught because of obvious injuries 

B．the number of the whale shark may be small

C．typhoon Imbudo may have brought the shark to the area

D．it’s not unusual to see a shark on the beach

3．The underlined word “confirmed” probablymeans      .

A．said      B．believed       C．thought       D．made sure

试题答案

【答案】

 C

 C

 D

【解析】略