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高考英语二轮复习课后训练:第11讲阅读理解2013新题赏析第11讲 阅读理解2013新题赏析题一: tail spin two dolphins race around in a big pool in the ocean park. the smaller dolphin grace, shown off a few of her tricks, turning around and waving hello to the crowd. the most amazing thing about her, however, is that she’s even swimming at all. she doesn’t have a tail. grace lost her tail as a baby when she got caught up in a fish trap. when the dolphin arrived at the ocean park in december 2005, she was fighting for her life. “is she going to make it?” her trainer, abbey stone, feared the worst. grace did make it --- but her tail didn’t. she ended up losing her flukes and the lower part of her peduncle. over the past six years, she has learned to swim without her tail. dolphins swim by moving their flukes and peduncle up and down. gra