Certainly no creature in the sea is
odder than the common sea cucumber(海参). All living creatures, especially human
beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber
seems unusual. What else can be said about an odd animal that, among other
eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can
live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous hut is considered
supremely edible by gourmets(美食家) For some fifty million years, despite all its eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud fiats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to suck up .mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are presen A. the reason for the sea cucumber’s name B. ways to identify the sea cucumber C. places where the sea cucumber can be found D. the peculiarities that make the sea cucumber unusual [单项选择]Certainly no creature in the sea is odder than the common sea cucumber. All living creatures, especially human beings, have their peculiarities, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. What else can be said about it is: a bizarre animal that, among other eccentricities, eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered supremely edible by gourmets.
For some fifty million years, despite all its eccentricities, the sea cucumber has subsisted on its diet of mud. It is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tubefeet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud flats. Common in cool water on both Atlantic and Pacific shores, it has the ability to suck up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present. Sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, ranging from black to reddish-brown to sand-color and white. One form even has vivid purple tentacles. A. dangerous. B. edible. C. poisonous. D. bizarre. 我来回答: 提交
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