【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[听力原文]
{{U}}Whale sightings has broken the record in southern California{{/U}}. Tourists are flocking to the southern California coast for whale-watching tours. In the last month, a record number of the huge marine mammals have been seen off the coast of Long Beach, just south of Los Angeles.
Captain Dan Salas of Harbor Breeze Cruises has been seeing sprays of water coming out of the ocean, followed by splashes from giant tails.
"In the last month or so we have seen so many whales that it's been just absolutely incredible," he said.
Salas runs whale watching cruises off the coast of Long Beach seven days a week throughout the year. {{U}}He said typically visitors had a 75 to 80 percent chance of seeing a whale{{/U}}. He said they have been 100 percent of the time seeing whales in the last month. Not typical.
Marine biologist Kera Mathes is trying to solve this mystery. "I've been out there for a few years and I've never seen anything like that before, nor have I ever heard of anything like that before. I think a traffic jam is a good way to talk about it," she said.
Mathes said the reason for the increased sightings could be that {{U}}more people are out here looking for whales. The animals could also be swimming closer to shore. Oran increased food supply in these waters could be attracting more whales{{/U}}.
What has broken the record in southern California?
[解析] 细节理解题。文章第一句话提到whale sightseeing“观鲸”已经打破了加州南部的纪录。本题主要考查对于近音词的辨析。注意区分windmill(风车)、wheel(轮子)wilds(荒地)和whale(鲸鱼)的发音。故选D。