题目内容
We human beings haven’t been good friends to animals. For thousands of years, we have been polluting the environment, making it hard for animals to live on the planet. We have been killing animals for their fur, feathers or meat, or simply because they are dangerous. As a result, many kinds of animals have disappeared forever. Hundreds more are on the endangered list today.
Should we care about animals? Of course we should. If animals of a certain kind all disappear, they will never come back again. Animals are more than just resources of things we need. Every kind of animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying any kind of animal can lead to many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the corn and grain that the farmers stored were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With less and less hawks to keep down their numbers, rats and mice multiplied quickly. And if people kill too many birds, more and more insects will eat the crops.
Luckily, we’ve realized that we shouldn’t kill animals any more. And people are working hard to save those animals that would disappear soon. The government also passed laws to protect the endangered animals. In fact, quite a few countries have passed such laws. These laws forbid the killing of any kind of animal on the endangered list. We should try our best to protect and save the endangered animals.
【小题1】The text calls on us to__________.
A.keep animals at home | B.protect the environment |
C.protect the endangered animals | D.know more about the balance of nature. |
A.Animals cause many serious problems. |
B.They kill animals for something they need. |
C.Animals destroy their natural resources. |
D.They kill animals to protect the environment |
A.there were too many rats and mice |
B.hawks are the most important in the nature |
C.animals are good food resources |
D.every kind of animal is important in nature |
【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】D
解析试题分析:本文告诉我们地球上的动物已经越来越少,号召大家一起来拯救动物。
【小题1】写作意图题:从最后一段的句子:We should try our best to protect and save the endangered animals.可知作者是想号召我们保护动物。选C
【小题2】细节题。根据Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers(羽毛), for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way.可知答案为B。
【小题3】细节题:从第一段的句子: Every kind of animal has its place in the balance of nature. 可知每个动物在自然中都是很重要的。选D
考点:考查环保类短文
点评:本文要求考生读懂文章中的每个句子的意思还要推理它们之间的关系,结合自己的生活常识和经验,再通过逻辑推理和判断,理解文章的言外之意,从而揭示文章的深层涵义。任何一篇文章都有其特定的写作目的,读者应当知道如何去做或按照某种方式传递思考问题。推理判断题的答案不可能在文章中直接找到,因此推理时我们务必要忠于原文,在文章中寻找并确定可推论的依据,即:已知部分-推论的前提,从中推测出未知部分-推理的结论,切忌妄加评论,把自己的观点当成作者的观点。
The computer, ______________ help we human beings have stepped into the information age, should be made full use of to promote the social development.
A.which |
B.whose |
C.with its |
D.with whose |
When you think of the tremendous technological progress we have made, it’s amazing how little we have developed in other respects. We may speak scornfully of the poor old Romans because they enjoyed the seemingly excited killing that went on in their arenas(竞技场). We may despise them because they mistook these goings on for entertainment. We may forgive them because they lived 2000 years ago and obviously knew no better. But are our feelings of superiority(优越)really justified? Are we any less blood-thirsty? Why do boxing matches, for instance, attract such universal interest? Don’t the audience who attend them hope they will see some violence? Human beings remain as bloodthirsty as ever they were. The only difference between ourselves and the Romans is that while they were honest enough to admit that they enjoyed watching hungry lions tearing people apart and eating them alive, we find all sorts of arguments to defend sports which should have been banned long ago.
It really is incredible that in this day and age we should still allow hunting or bull-fighting, that we should be prepared to sit back and watch two men punch each other in a boxing ring, that we should be relatively unmoved by the sight of one or a number of racing cars crashing and bursting into flames. Any talk of ‘the sporting spirit’ is merely hypocrisy(虚伪). People take part in violent sports because of the high rewards they bring. Audience are willing to pay vast sums of money to see violence. A world heavyweight championship match, for instance, is front page news. Millions of people are disappointed if a big fight is over in two rounds instead of fifteen. They feel disappointment because they haven’t experienced the exquisite pleasure of witnessing continuous violence.
Why should we ban violent sports if people enjoy them so much? You may well ask. The answer is simple: they are uncivilized. For centuries man has been trying to improve himself spiritually and emotionally—though with little success. But at least we no longer tolerate the sight madmen imprisoned in cages, or public punishment of any of the countless other barbarous (野蛮的) practices which were common in the past. Prisons are no longer the harsh forbidding places they used to be. Social welfare systems are in operation in many parts of the world. Big efforts are being made to distribute wealth fairly. These changes have come about not because human beings have suddenly improved, but because positive steps were taken to change the law. The law is the biggest instrument of social change that we have and it may exert great civilizing influence. If we banned dangerous and violent sports, we would be moving one step further to improving mankind. We would recognize that violence is unworthy of human beings.
1.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s opinion of nowadays’ human beings is ________________
A.not very high. |
B.high. |
C.scornful. |
D.neutral |
2.Why does the author mention the old Romans in this article?
A.To reveal that the old Romans first started violent sports. |
B.To prove that the old Romans were not civilized. |
C.To show human beings in the past knew nothing better. |
D.To indicate human beings today are as bloodthirsty as the old Romans. |
3.How many dangerous sports does the author mention in this passage?
A.Three. |
B.Four. |
C.Five. |
D.Six. |
4. What does the author want to illustrate in this article?
A. By banning the violent sports, we human beings can improve ourselves. |
B. By banning the dangerous sports, we can improve the law. |
C. We must take positive steps to improve social welfare system. |
D. Law is the main instrument of social change. |