Question

Every month, junior high schools in China choose one hero of the month. This person is a hero because he or she has done something to help protect animals in danger. Huang Jing decided to write a letter to the President of China.

Dear Mr. President, I have been doing a project at school recently about animals in danger. I think the situation all over the world is really terrible. I am writing to you to suggest what China should do to help protect animals more. I know that there are nearly 2,000 nature reserves in China, which is good. I live in Beijing and there are about 30 reserves outside the city. We visited one of them last month to see for ourselves. I feel so sorry for the giant panda. It’s one of the most popular animals in the world and a real symbol of China. We learned that pandas mainly live on bamboo, and that a panda can eat half its body weight of bamboo in 24 hours! That’s a lot of bamboo. I think we should try to do more to stop cutting down forests. Pandas are already a rare animal and it would be so sad if they became extinct (灭绝) forever. The other animal we should try to protect more is the Chinese alligator (扬子鳄). These creatures live in some parts of eastern China. These beautiful animals live in freshwater rivers and lakes but the water in some places isn’t clean enough for them to live in. It’s really dirty in fact. The government should stop factories polluting the lakes and rivers. If we protect these beautiful animals in China, more foreigners may wish to visit China to see them. They could be an important tourist attraction. It would be good if more people came to visit our beautiful country, especially to see the quieter areas in the country. Now most visitors just see the cities. I hope you will encourage more people to think about such an important subject. Sincerely yours, Huang Jing

 
小题1:What’s Huang Jing’s project at school about?
小题2:What animals did Huang Jing talk about in his letter?
小题3:How much bamboo can a panda eat in 24 hours?
小题4:Why is the water in some places too dirty for alligators to live in?
小题5:If you are a hero of the month like Huang Jing, what else will you possibly do to help protect the animals in danger?   （请自拟一句话回答）

Answer 1

小题1:(It’s about) Animals in danger. / Protecting animals in danger.
小题2:The giant panda and the Chinese alligator. 
小题3:Half its body weight.    
小题4:Because factories pollute/ are polluting the lakes and rivers.
小题5:We’ll build more nature reserves to protect animals./ We’ll try to make everyone realize the importance of protecting animals. / … (Any reasonable answers are accepted.)

试题分析：这封信当中作者主要谈到了大熊猫和扬子鳄面临的生存困境，并就此提出了自己的建议。
小题1:根据I have been doing a project at school recently about animals in danger. 描述，可知答：(It’s about) Animals in danger. / Protecting animals in danger.
小题2:根据信的内容 描述，可知他谈到的主要是大熊猫和扬子鳄。故答：The giant panda and the Chinese alligator. 
小题3:根据and that a panda can eat half its body weight of bamboo in 24 hours! 描述，可知答：Half its body weight.    
小题4:根据but the water in some places isn’t clean enough for them to live in. It’s really dirty in fact. The government should stop factories polluting the lakes and rivers. 描述，可知答：Because factories pollute/ are polluting the lakes and rivers.
小题5:根据短文描述，保护这些动物的主要措施就是改善他们的生存环境，故答：We’ll build more nature reserves to protect animals./ We’ll try to make everyone realize the importance of protecting animals. / … (Any reasonable answers are accepted.)
点评：本文浅显易懂，层次分明，学生很容易把握文中中心内容。答题中注意带着问题阅读短文，一般就能顺利找出答题依据。书写答案时，注意首字母大写，因为是回答问句，即使只有一个单词也是一个句子。为避免不必要的错误，只要能使用原文的就尽量使用原文回答问题，即使自己总结也尽量使用短句。同时并注意人称和数的变化。