【语篇解读】　本文是一篇应用文，讲述了几个埃及好玩的城市及它们的特色。

　　1．Visitors flood to Hurghada mainly because it can offer them ________．

　　A．the funniest botanic gardens

　　B．choices of water activities

　　C．a brief history of Egypt

　　D．the mix of culture and art

　　解析：细节理解题。根据Hurghada-A Water Sports Paradise中的"the main attraction of staying here is the activities in and on the warm waters"可知，这儿主要吸引人的是其水里或水上的活动。故选B。

　　答案：B

　　2．Which of the following cities do most tourists visit first in Egypt?

　　A．Cairo.　　　　　 B．Luxor.

　　C．Thebes. D．Hurghada.

　　解析：细节理解题。根据Gairo-The Capital City中的"It's definitely a starting point for most of Egypt holidaymakers"可知，开罗一定是去埃及度假的游客最先游览的地方。故选A。

　　答案：A

　　3．This passage is most probably taken from ________．

　　A．a historical document B．a science magazine

　　C．a travel guide D．a book review

　　解析：推理判断题。根据第一段可知，本文介绍了几个埃及好玩的城市，所以应该出现在旅游指南上。故选C。

　　答案：C

　　B

　　Blue whales are the largest animals ever known to have existed on the planet，and they can grow to a length of 100 feet and weigh more than 330，000 pounds.But recently researchers have found that these whales are on the move and they have migrated from California waters to areas off Canada and Alaska for the first time since commercial whaling ended in 1965.

　　The researchers identified 15 blue whales that have appeared off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska since 1997.Four of these whales were recognized as ones that were once sighted off California shores，suggesting that the whales are returning to an old migration pattern between the coasts.

　　Before commercial whaling began in the early 1900s，blue whales were found widely throughout the North Pacific and California waters.But from the 1920s to the 1960s，whaling severely reduced the whale populations.Blue whales never recovered in the North Pacific，making sightings in this area rare.However，much larger groups of whales have been observed close to California since the 1970s.

The scientists had previously thought that the California population was separate from the population that had historically lived in the North Pacific waters.But the current study shows that whales off the coast of British Columbia and the Gulf of Alaska are likely part of the California