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正确答案：C
[听力原文]WelcometotheNewBedfordInstitute'sseriesoflecturesonthemysteriesofthesea.Youmayhavenoticedthedrawingonthecoveroftheprogramfortoday'spresentation.Itdepictsaseacreaturetha.tscientistshavebeeninterestedinformanyyears.[26]Itissaidthatinthe19theenturyagroupoffishermenweresurprisedbyseeingahugesquidthattheysaidwasasbigasahouseandhadenormoustentacles.Thefishermenwerefrightenedoutoftheirwitsaccordingtoreportsfromthattime.Thecreaturesankbackintotheoceanandwasneverseenagain.Marinebiologistsbelievedthatthisspeciesofgiantsquidcalledarchituthstillexits.[27]Andit'scometorepresenthowlittleweknowaboutseacreatures,comparedwithwhatweknowabouttheanimalsontheland.Wedoknowthattherearemanymoredifferentkindsofmarinespeciesthantherearelandspecies.Butwejustdon'thavethetechnologyyettodosustainedresearch.Evenshortunmannedtripsaresohardtoaccomplish.[28]Infact,researchinginthedeepoceanshasbeencomparedtoflyinganairplaneoverlandthrowingdownanetandseeingwhatyouget.Inotherwordsit'sveryhardtopicturethewholesituationwhenthat'sthewayyouhavetogetyoursamples.Mostofwhatisknownaboutdeepseacreatures,whichasIsaidisactuallyverylittle,comesfromoceanbedsthatdrieduplongago.We'refortunatetohaveafewsamplesofthesefossilremainsondisplayonthesecondfloor.We'lltakealookatthemafterawhile.26.Whywerethefishermenfrightenedofthesquid?27.Whatdoesthegiantsquidsymbolizetobiologists'?28.Whatdoestheairplaneexampleillustrateaboutthedeepsearesearch?C【解题思路】1．四项均以Becauseof开头，考查原因。2．比较选项可知本题考查it(可能是海洋动物)的某项特点(形状、皮肤、大小或行为)。结论：考查原因，可能与某海洋动物的某项特点有关。【解析】短文在提到信息词squid的时候用了两个形容词huge和big，很明显指的是大小，因此答案为C。