underwater pumpkin carving competition是什么意思

While I was on a trip to Papua New Guinea to take underwater photographs, I asked a local dive guide to help me find a pygmy sea horse(侏儒海马). I wanted to take a picture of it. These sea horses can be red or yellow-and-orange. The red pygmy sea horse lives on only one type of coral, a red sea fan that grows at depths below ninety feet.
This depth made the job even tougher. As the pressure on my body increased, I had to breathe harder, which used my air supply faster. So the deeper I dived, the shorter my time underwater.
I had a lot to do. First, I had to find the pygmy sea horse’s special type of fan .Then I had to look over the whole fan with my magnifying glass(放大镜) to see if a sea horse lived on it. If not, I had to find another fan—all the while keeping an eye on my oxygen supply. The second fan rewarded me with a find. The dive guide held the magnifying glass so I could have my first look at the tiny fish.
My next challenge was to focus my camera on such a small subject. The dive guide pointed at the tiny creature. I looked through the viewfinder(取景物) on my large underwater camera housing(相架), found the guide’s finger, and followed it to the sea horse.
It was hard to hold ourselves steady because both of us were floating in mid-water, but our system worked. I could hardly contain my excitement as I focused on the eyes of the cutest sea horse imaginable.
小题1:What do we learn about the red pygmy sea horse?

A．It lives on red sea fans only.	B．It swims very quickly.
C．It lives nine feet deep.	D．It usually floats in mid-water.

小题2:From Paragraph 3 we learn .

A．how the author swam under water	B．how the author found a sea horse
C．why the author dived with a guide	D．why the author used a magnifying glass

小题3:While the author was taking pictures of the sea horse, .

A．she felt extremely nervous	B．her camera didn’t work well
C．the guide helped focus the camera	D．the sea horse was swimming away

小题4:Why did the author write the passage?

A．To study the natural habitat of sea animals.

B．To explain why sea horses are endangered.

C．To tell us how to be an underwater photographer.

D．To show us how she took pictures of a sea horse.

larry was on another of his underwater expeditions(探险)but this time, it was different. he decided to take his daughter along with him. she was only ten years old. this would be her first trip with her father on what he had always been famous for.
larry first began diving when he was his daughter’s age. similarly, his father had taken him along on one of his expeditions. since then, he had never looked back. larry started out by renting diving suits from the small diving shop just along the shore. he had hated them. they were either too big or too small. then, there was the instructor. he gave him a short lesson before allowing him into the water with his father. he had made an exception. larry would never have been able to go down without at least five hours of theory and another similar number of hours on practical lessons with a guide. children his age were not even allowed to dive.
after the first expedition, larry’s later diving adventures only got better and better. there was never a dull moment. in his black and blue suit and with an oxygen *** fastened on his back, larry dived from boats into the middle of the ocean. dangerous areas did not prevent him from continuing his search. sometimes, he was limited to a cage underwater but that did not bother him. at least, he was still able to take photographs of the underwater creatures.
larry’s first expedition without his father was in the cayman islands. there were numerous diving spots in the area and larry was determined to visit all of them. fortunately for him, a man offered to take him around the different spots for free. larry didn’t even know what the time was, how many spots he dived into or how many photographs he had taken. the diving spots afforded such a wide array of fish and sea creatures that larry saw more than thirty varieties of creatures.
larry looked at his daughter. she looked as excited as he had been when he was her age. he hoped she would be able to continue the family tradition. already, she looked like she was much braver than had been then. this was the key to a successful underwater expedition.
小题1:in what way was this expedition different for larry?

a．his daughter had grown up.

b．he had become a famous diver.

c．his father would dive with him.

d．his daughter would dive with him.

小题2:what can be inferred from paragraph2?

a．larry had some privileges.

b．larry liked the rented diving suits.

c．divers had to buy diving equipment.

d．ten-year-old children were permitted to dive.

小题3:why did larry have to stay in a cage underwater sometimes?

a．to protect himself from danger.

b．to dive into the deep water.

c．to admire the underwater view.

d．to take photo more conveniently.

小题4:what can be learned from the underlined sentence?

a．larry didn’t wear a watch.

b．larry was not good at math.

c．larry had a poor memory.

d．larry enjoyed the adventure.

小题5:what did larry expect his daughter to do?

a．become a successful diver.

b．make a good diving guide.

c．take a lot of photo underwater.

d．have longer hours of training.