阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案。Aquestionoftenputtospecialistsonfishesis"Howlongdofisheslive?"Specialistsfinditdifficulttogiveanexactanswerthoughits
阅读下列短文,从所给的四个选项中,选出最佳答案。
Aquestionoftenputtospecialistsonfishesis"Howlongdofisheslive?"Specialistsfinditdifficulttogiveanexactanswerthoughitseemstobeaverysimplequestion.Actuallythisquestionisnotsosimpleasitseems.Therearethousandsofdifferentkindsoffishesandtheyaredifferentfromoneanotherinsizeandlife-span(寿命).Moreover(此外)itisnoteasytofindoutjusthowlongafishlivesinitsnaturalstate.
Wecanfindouthowoldafishisbystudyingitssizebutwecannotsayhowmuchlongeritwouldhavelivedifwehadnotcaughtit.
Wemayfeedfishesandrecordtheirlife-spanbutwecannotbesurethatthisisthelengthoftimetheywouldhavelivediftheyhadbeenleftalone.
Wemaymakemarkingstoshowhowfastthefishesgrowsothatwecancalculate(计算)theageofthelargestonrecordbutunlessthislargefishdiesofoldagewearestillnotinapositiontoknowitsnaturallife-span.
Unlikehumanbeingsfishesdonotstopgrowingwhentheyreachmaturity(成年).Theycontinuetogrowaslongastheylivealthoughtherateofgrowthslowsdowningrown-upfishes.
(1)Whatspecialistsfeeldifficulttoknowis________.
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A.theageoffishes
B.thesizeoffishes
C.thelife-spanofthefisheshefeeds
D.thelife-spanoffisheslivingfreely
(2)Wemayknowafish'sagebystudying__________.
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A.howheavyitis
B.howbigitis
C.itsrateofgrowth
D.thepositionitlives
(3)Whichofthefollowingistrue?
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A.Theheavierafishistheolderitis.
B.Ifweletafishalonewecanhardlyknowitslife-span.
C.Oldasafishisitwillkeepgrowingfastbeforeitsdeath.
D.Whenamanisoldhewillgrowmuchmoreslowlythananoldfish.
(4)Whichofthefollowingisnottrue?
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A.Ifwefeedafishfromitsbirthtoitsdeathwecorrectlyrecorditslife-span.
B.Afish'sweighthasnothingtodowithitslife-span.
C.Humanbeingsstopgrowingwhentheyhavegrownup.
D.Specialistscanknowhowfastafishgrowsbuttheydonotknowhowlongitwilllive.
(5)Whichofthefollowingdo