Question

【题目】B

The cost of keeping tigers alive in the wild is about $80 one square meter per year, say conservationists(自然资源保护论者) — but only about $50m per year is being guaranteed. The figures come from a new assessment(评估) that suggests targeting efforts in 42 selected breeding sites.

About 3,500 tigers remain in the wild, and only about 1,000 breeding females. Although conservation programmes are operating in some countries, notably India, the tiger has actually disappeared from vast areas of Asia where it used to live.

Once found from Turkey to the eastern coast of Russia, it is now concentrated in small areas of South and East Asia, though even here it is extinct in some countries such as Pakistan and down to fewer than 50 individuals in others, including Cambodia, China, Laos and Vietnam.

The animals are found in only about 7% of their historical range. But the new study suggests conservation would benefit from concentrating efforts into still smaller areas — specifically, into 42 ＂source sites＂ that make up only about 6% of the tiger’s current range, or about 0.5% of the area it used to span.

＂The immediate priority, however, must be to ensure that the few breeding populations still in existence can be protected and monitored. The figure of $80m per year is the cost of safeguarding and monitoring populations in these key sites. More than half of the figure is already being provided by the range states themselves, by international donors and by conservation groups.

The big hope this year is the Tiger Summit, to be hosted by Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin in St Petersburg. Originally planned for this week, it has been postponed until November in the hope of attracting a greater number of national leaders.

【1】Tigers have disappeared in ___________.

A. India B. Cambodia C. China D. Pakistan

【2】 What’s the primary task of conservationists according to this passage?

A. Enlarging the areas of tigers

B. Assessing the situation of tigers further

C. Providing more money for tiger protection

D. Protecting and monitoring the breeding female tigers

【3】How much is lacking to protect one tiger in the wild one square meter per year?

A. About $80. B. About $50.

C. About $30. D. About $20.

【4】 What can we know from the last paragraph?

A. Russia does best in tiger protection in the world.

B. Plans for tiger protection are difficult to carry out.

C. Some national leaders pay less attention to tiger protection.

D. More money is sure to be provided by Asian countries to protect tigers.

【5】 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. There are about 3,500 tigers in the world.

B. Tigers mainly appear in South and East Asia nowadays.

C. The tiger’s current range decreased by 99.5% than it used to be.

D. More than half of the money used to protect tigers comes from the governments at present.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】C

【5】B

【解析】

【语篇解读】本文是夹叙夹议类的文章。老虎的数量在不断地减少。保护老虎的费用也不断地在增长。文章倡议世界各国人们要重视老虎的保护。

【1】细节理解题。根据第三段中的＂…it is extinct in some countries such as Pakistan…＂可知在巴基斯坦，老虎已灭绝。

【2】 细节理解题。根据第五段中的＂The immediate priority, however, must be to ensure that the few breeding populations still in existence can be protected and monitored＂可知目前自然资源保护论者的主要任务是保护与监管具有繁殖能力的雌性老虎。

【3】细节理解题。根据第一段中的＂The cost of keeping tigers alive in the wild is about $80 one square meter per year, say conservationists — but only about $50 one square meter per year is being guaranteed＂可知保护每只老虎还差约$30。

【4】推理判断题。通读本段可知推迟峰会的目的是吸引更多的国家领导人参加会议，由此很容易推测出一些国家的领导人不重视老虎保护。

【5】细节理解题。根据第三段中的＂…it is now concentrated in small areas of South and East Asia…＂可知目前世界上的野生老虎主要集中在南亚和东亚的较小的地区。