Bob Lemons has seen a few sharks attack victims in the oceanside Florida town of Boca Raton, but he says Sunday’s incident was a first for him. Paramedics rushed a beach goer to the hospital with a two-foot-long nurse shark clinging to her arm after efforts to disengage(使松开) it failed.
Lemons, spokesman for the Boca Raton Fire Rescue, said the 23-year-old woman was already out of the water when rescuers reached the beach. “She was sitting calmly and seemed to handle it pretty well, ”Lemons told USA TODAY on Monday.
But rescuers could not get the shark to release—even though it had died. So they loaded the woman and the shark into the ambulance and headed for Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
“This was a unique situation for us, ” Lemons said. “I haven’t heard of something like that before, and I’ve been here for almost 30 years. ” The woman was treated for her injuries and released. Nurse sharks, common off of Florida’s coast, are about 1 foot in length at birth and generally grow to about 7 feet long. The maximum length recorded is about 13 feet, according to a National Park Service report on the sharks. The Park Service says people swim near nurse sharks every day without realizing it and without incident. “Attacks”are rare and typically are results of the shark being bothered with a hook, spear or hand. Nurse sharks have razor-sharp but small teeth that seldom penetrate deeply: “Holding still reduces damage to both sharks and men. Leaving sharks alone is the best tactic, ”the Park Service says.
【语篇概述】女子在佛罗里达州一小镇的海滩上被鲨鱼袭击, 鲨鱼啃咬其手臂不肯松口, 而后该女子被送往医院。最后作者引用公园管理人员的话: 要避免鲨鱼的攻击, 远离鲨鱼是最好的办法。
1. What we can know from the first paragraph?
A. Bob Lemons has never seen sharks.
B. Bob Lemons saw the accident for the first time.
C. A nurse’s arm was two-foot long.
D. The nurse was frightened with the shark.
【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知Bob Lemons说周日发生的事件是他第一次看到。再结合下文可知周日事件是指鲨鱼咬住了一位23岁的女士且没有松口。
2. What happened to the nurse shark when rescuers reached the beach?
A. It is attacking the 23-year-old woman.
B. The woman was sitting on the beach, crying.
C. The nurse shark had been dead.
D. The woman had been loaded into the ambulance.
【解析】选C。 细节理解题。根据第三段第一句可知C项正确。
3. How long is the adult nurse shark generally according to the passage?
A. 1 foot. B. 7 feet. C. 13 feet. D. 14 feet.
【解析】选B。 细节理解题。根据最后一段可知护士鲨一般会长到七英尺左右。
4. What should people best do to avoid the attack from sharks according to the worker in the park?
A. Kill the shark with a spear.
B. Dive into the sea deeply.
C. Call the emergency number 120.
D. Stay away from the shark.
【解析】选D。 细节理解题。根据文章最后一句可知公园的服务人员建议防止鲨鱼攻击的最好的办法是远离鲨鱼。
