第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)
第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
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You never forget your first whale．The impact it makes upon you is huge and life is never quite the same again,My first whale was a 40ft gray，off the coast of California in 1979,and I've been a whale addict ever since．Now I have to go whale watching regularly just to survive normal daily life．
I may be crazy but I am certainly not alone．The world is filled with whale watchers：since its beginnings in the mid-fifties，whale watching has grown dramatically and now more than 13 million people join organized whale watching trips every year．
As a faithful whale watcher，all your holidays center on whales．The only books you read are ones about whales；you wear whale T-shirts，and every time you meet your friends you talk about whales.
So what is it about these larger-than-life animals that makes them so special?Their enormous
