Known for their huge size, whales are important sea animals. The organizations of the world are calling all nations not to kill or eat whales any more.

After the Japanese government made its decision clear on Nov. 8, 2016 to catch 100 more whales in 2017, many animal experts in the world voiced their angry answers. Japan’s new whaling (捕鲸) plan is a great danger to the living of these large animals. It will also do harm to the sea interests (利益) of other surrounding countries including China, experts said.

According to a Japan News report, Japan caught 174 minke whales and 140 sei whales totally in the northwest Pacific Ocean in 2017. “After years of overfishing (过度捕捞), the population of minke whales in the northwest Pacific Ocean has been reduced to a dangerous level. Therefore, Japan should stop whaling in the area,” said Wang Yaming, a leader of the International Whaling Organization.

According to Wang, most whales living in the northwest Pacific Ocean are migratory (迁徙的) animals, and their traveling way is very close to the land of Russia, South Korea, North Korea, Japan and China. Japan’s whaling will also have a terrible influence on those countries.

Although the world has stopped to catch and kill whales, Japan lies to others that its killing of whales is just for scientific purposes. However, many experts don’t agree with it completely. “Japan should not kill more whales, as doing so would harm the international whale resources (资源). Japan’s whaling in the northwest Pacific Ocean hasn’t drawn much more attention because it hardly influences the interests of western countries.” Wang explained.

It is really high time for Japan to stop its whaling from now on.

【小题1】What is animal experts’ attitude towards the Japan’s whaling plan?

A．Surprised.

B．Interested.

C．Angry.

D．Happy.

【小题2】According to the Japan News report mentioned in the passage, how many whales did Japan catch in the year of 2017?

A．About 314.

B．About 274.

C．About 240.

D．About 414.

【小题3】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A．Whales travel far from the land of Japan when they are migrating.

B．Western countries strongly oppose to Japan’s whaling in the northwest Pacific Ocean.

C．Japan’s whaling has nothing to do with the neighboring countries.

D．Overfishing has made certain whales in the northwest Pacific Ocean fewer.

【小题4】What is the purpose of its whaling according to Japanese government?

A．Food supply.

B．Scientific study.

C．Zoo interests.

D．Sea balance.