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In a surprising interaction at sea, huge whale sharks follow fishing nets near the island of New Guinea—and fishermen distribute

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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.
【C14】
选项 A、eating
B、resting
C、mating
D、residing
答案C
解析 动名词辨析题。句意为：没有人发现过鲸鲨交配和产卵的地方。根据本句中or birthing grounds可以推断出本题指的是“交配”，故答案为[C]mating。[A]eating，[B]resting和[D]residing虽然也可以和grounds搭配，但分别指的是“觅食地”，“休憩地”和“居住地”，不符合句意，故均排除。
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