题目内容
Bears and humans often meet in National Parks. Although campers and hikers are warned not to feed the bears, many people ignore these warnings and feed the beasts anyway. When bears are used to people’s food, problems soon arise.
Bears like to eat a large variety of things, both meat and vegetable. Without human assistance, bears live nicely on roots, twigs, leaves of trees, insects and small animals. With people around, the bears’ tastes quickly expand to include sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, and anything else they can temp humans into giving up.
Bears often develop clever strategies for getting people to let go their food supplies. More often than not, an unsuspecting hiker has taken off his or her pack for a rest only to have a bear charge out of the woods, grab the pack and quickly disappear into the underbrush with it. Hanging the pack on a tree branch won’t help. Bears have been known to climb up, jump off, and catch the pack on the way down. One mother bear stretched up with her baby on her shoulders to reach a pack stored on a pole. Many bears threaten people into giving up their supplies. Although a bear is unlikely to attack a person and would probably run away if screamed at, few people are willing to do so. Most people drop the pack and run the other way. This, of course, delights the bear. In some places, the Park Service installed some metal barrels with lids to help campers keep their supplies safe from bears. Although the bears were unable to open these containers, the effort was less than successful. Most campers, unable to tell the metal drums from rubbish cans, never used them for the intended purpose.
1.Feeding bears on people’s food .
A.brings the people a lot of fun |
B.can cause problems |
C.often causes injuries and deaths |
D.helps bears survive |
2.If people had never fed bears, the bears .
A.might be satisfied with what they had originally |
B.would have starved long before |
C.wouldn’t have enough food supply |
D.would have hunted for other kind of food |
3.Which of the following is TRUE?
A.If fed on sandwiches and hot dogs, the bears would no longer eat roots, twigs and insects . |
B.It’s likely that bears would hurt people if the people didn’t give up their food. |
C.Most people would frighten away the bears that would temp their food. |
D.Seeing a pack, the bear would quickly snatch it and run away with it. |
4.Bear-proof containers didn’t work because .
A.bears were clever enough to get the food in them |
B.they were left open in the open air |
C.people were not sure of their use |
D.they were once used as rubbish cans |
1.B
2.A
3.D
4.C
【解析】略
Could a grizzly bear move to your neighborhood? If you live in the U.S. West, the answer may be yes. People and grizzly bears are living closer together now.
The grizzly bear is one of the largest meat-eating land animals in North America. In the early 1800s, about 50,000 grizzly bears lived there. Today there’re far fewer bears. Settlers built cities and roads where bears lived. Many bears were hunted and killed. Now only 1,200 to 1,400 grizzly bears have remained.
In and around Yellowstone National Park, grizzly bears have been making a comeback because of people’s efforts to protect them. Some bears are moving to areas where people live. People are also moving into grizzly countries.
People there have to learn how to live with their new, furry (毛皮的) neighbors peacefully. If someone leaves their barbecue grill(烤肉架)out overnight, or leaves their pet food or rubbish where a bear can get it, the bear will learn to come to their house for food. Grizzly bears that learn to eat people’s food can become dangerous, and they often have to be killed or moved. Also, it’s important not to surprise a grizzly. Besides, if you are hiking in a grizzly country, you should go with others and make a noise to make bears hear your coming and get out of the way. You may not want to invite grizzly bears to your next neighborhood party, but with a little effort, grizzly bears and people can live together peacefully.
【小题1】Why does the number of grizzly bears get smaller, according to the text?
A.Settlers’ buildings break the balance of their living environment. |
B.Land for them to live on is limited and they are hunted in large numbers. |
C.Yellowstone National Park wants to control the number of them. |
D.Living closer to humans makes them die from serious diseases. |
A.One. | B.Two. | C.Three. | D.Four. |
A.exactly 26﹪ | B.over 36﹪ | C.nearly 64﹪ | D.about 96﹪ |
A.Grizzly bears are always friendly to the people living in grizzly countries. |
B.It is certain that grizzly bears and people can live together peacefully. |
C.Grizzly bears are protected only in and around Yellowstone National Park. |
D.The grizzly bear is one of the largest meat-eating animals in North America. |
A.How to protect yourself from grizzly bears. |
B.How to get grizzly bears out of your way. |
C.How to invite grizzly bears to your party. |
D.How to live with grizzly bears peacefully. |