Quest 3: Black Hole

1. 1. Based on the article, you can infer that a marine biologist mainly studies ______.

• A. ocean animals

• B. ocean water

• C. the ocean floor

• D. beaches

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2. 2. After reading the article, you can conclude that scientists ______.

• A. will continue trying to capture a giant squid.

• B. are satisfied with photos of giant squid.

• C. still are not sure if the giant squid exists.

• D. think giant squid should be left alone.

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"Monster of the Deep" is mainly about____________.

• A. what oceanographers do.

• B. where to find imaginary sea creatures.

• C. the behavior of the giant squid.

• D. efforts to find and study the giant squid.

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4. 4. This image from the text suggests that-

• A. scientists have only found giant squids that are dead.

• B. pollution in the water caused the giant squid to die.

• C. giant squids can be more than double the height of a person.

• D. giant squids are no bigger than the size of a person.

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5. 5. Which line from the text supports the idea that scientists will continue trying to capture a giant squid?

• A. "But to this day, no one has been able to catch a living specimen to study."

• B. They live...far deeper than any human can go."

• C. "Before it got away, the scientists snapped more than 500 photos."

• D. "But by the time he reached shore, all the babies were dea."

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6. 6. What problem did sailors face when they told others about the giant squid?

• A. people did not understand what they were talking about.

• B. Many were too afraid to listen.

• C. Experts did not believe their stories.

• D. No one was interested.

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6. 7. Which line from the text supports the idea that experts did not believe sailors' stories about the giant squid?

• A. "The creature was like something out of a horror movie."

• B. " 'But I didn't have an answer for this.' "

• C. "Scientists thought these stories were little more than tall tales-or hallucinations..."

• D. "Sea monsters have captured our imaginations for thousands of years."

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