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In a surprising interaction at sea, huge whale sharks follow fishing nets ne

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问题     In a surprising interaction at sea, huge whale sharks follow fishing nets near the island of New Guinea—and fishermen distribute snacks to the stealing beasts in small【C1】______.
    The biggest fish in the sea is as long as a school bus, weighs as much as 50,000 pounds, and has a【C2】______ that looks, head-on, wide enough to suck down a small car.【C3】______ this distinctive profile, scientists know very 【C4】______ about the whale shark. Sharks breathe like fish. They are coldblooded, like fish. The "whale" , part of the name,【C5】______ size and how the animals eat. They are one of the only three known shark【C6】______that filter feed,【C7】______ some whales do, swimming slowly through water. Water goes in carrying【C8】______ of all sizes, and water without food flows out.
    The giant fish is hard to study 【C9】______because it is hard to find and 【C10】______. By tagging individual specimens, scientists have learned that whale sharks can log thousands of miles in years-long trips.【C11】______they sometimes disappear for weeks,【C12】______ more than a mile down and resting in the chilly deep for a【C13】______. No one has ever found their【C14】______or birthing grounds.
    Whale sharks are【C15】______ loners. But not in one corner of Indonesia. The photographs on these pages, 【C16】______ some eight miles off the province of Papua,【C17】______ a group of sharks that【C18】______ fishermen each day, zipping by one another, looking for【C19】______ near the surface, and nosing the nets—a【C20】______ instance when the generally gentle fish act, well, like the rest of the sharks. [br] 【C1】
选项 A、quotation
B、qualification
C、quality
D、quantity
答案 D
解析 名词辨析题。句意为：船上的渔民向这些偷食者投放了少量吃食。根据上下文语境可知，这里指投放鱼食的数量。in small quantity“较少数量的”，作snacks的后置定语，故答案为[D]quantity“数量”。[A]quotation“引用，引证”；[B]qualification“资格，条件”；[C]quality“质量”，均不符合语境，应排除。
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