While I was on a trip to Papua New Guinea to take underwater photographs, I asked a local dive guide to help me find a pygmy sea horse(侏儒海马). I wanted to take a picture of it. These sea horses can be red or yellow-and-orange. The red pygmy sea horse lives on only one type of coral, a red sea fan that grows at depths below ninety feet.
This depth made the job even tougher. As the pressure on my body increased, I had to breathe harder, which used my air supply faster. So the deeper I dived, the shorter my time underwater.
I had a lot to do. First, I had to find the pygmy sea horse’s special type of fan .Then I had to look over the whole fan with my magnifying glass(放大镜) to see if a sea horse lived on it. If not, I had to find another fan—all the while keeping an eye on my oxygen supply. The second fan rewarded me with a find. The dive guide held the magnifying glass so I could have my first look at the tiny fish.
My next challenge was to focus my camera on such a small subject. The dive guide pointed at the tiny creature. I looked through the viewfinder(取景物) on my large underwater camera housing(相架), found the guide’s finger, and followed it to the sea horse.
It was hard to hold ourselves steady because both of us were floating in mid-water, but our system worked. I could hardly contain my excitement as I focused on the eyes of the cutest sea horse imaginable.
【小题1】What do we learn about the red pygmy sea horse?A．It lives on red sea fans only. B．It swims very quickly.C．It lives nine feet deep. D．It usually floats in mid-water.【小题2】From Paragraph 3 we learn .A．how the author swam under waterB．how the author found a sea horseC．why the author dived with a guideD．why the author used a magnifying glass【小题3】While the author was taking pictures of the sea horse, .A．she felt extremely nervousB．her camera didn’t work wellC．the guide helped focus the cameraD．the sea horse was swimming away【小题4】Why did the author write the passage?A．To study the natural habitat of sea animals.B．To explain why sea horses are endangered.C．To tell us how to be an underwater photographer.D．To show us how she took pictures of a sea horse.A
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(答案→)A
解析：本文主要讲了作者在巴布亚新几内亚的一次有趣的经历—在海底给侏儒海马拍照。
【小题1】根据The red pygmy sea horse lives on only one type of coral, a red sea fan that grows at depths below ninety feet，故选A。
【小题2】 第三自然段主要讲了作者是如何发现这种侏儒海马的.故选B。
【小题3】根据The dive guide pointed at the tiny creature. I looked through the viewfinder(取景物) on my large underwater camera housing(相架), found the guide’s finger, and followed it to the sea horse.可知答案为C。
【小题4】作者写这篇文章的目的就是告诉我们她是如何给侏儒海马拍照的，可知答案为 D。