题目内容
10.They are strange-looking creatures,covered with hard scales(鳞).They can roll up into a ball to protect themselves from enemies and have tongues that are longer than their bodies.(36)D.However,pangolins (穿山甲) have recently become the focus of Chinese people,after social media posts of the strange animal being eaten at dinner caused public anger.Earlier this month,a photo of a micro blog post showing some people in Guangxi eating pangolins at a feast spread.A few days later,people were angered again by pictures posted on a woman's weibo account showing her eating protected animals,including pangolins.
(37)B.Many more pangolins have been hunted or killed.According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),more than 1million of them have been killed or sold in the last 10years.(38)F.In September,the IUCN added the pangolin to the world's"endangered animals list".They are now more endangered than pandas.
(39)G.Many people in Asia and Africa consider pangolin meat is delicious.Some people even think pangolin scales have medicinal qualities.However,their scales are made of keratin,the same material human fingernails are made of.
(40)A.World Pangolin Day is on the third Saturday of February each year.This year,it fell on Feb 18.It's a day to help people know more about pangolins.The government now stops anyone from buying and eating pangolins in China.
A.Luckily,the situation is getting better.
B.Yet this is only the tip of the iceberg.
C.The trade of pangolins across the world is also not allowed.
D.They rarely get the attention of people,and some even don't know they exist.
E.I hope more people will join us to protect pangolins from such a sad situation.
F.It also said that they are the most illegally traded mammals (哺乳动物)in the world.
G.A growing trade of their scales and meat is the main reason for their decline in numbers.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了穿山甲越来越多的被捕杀吃掉,变成濒危动物,幸运的是人们正在努力保护他们.
解答 36.D.推理判断题.根据后文However,pangolins (穿山甲) have recently become the focus of Chinese people,after social media posts of the strange animal being eaten at dinner caused public anger可知他们原来很少引起人们的注意,有些人甚至不知道他们的存在;故选D.
37.B.推理判断题.根据后文Many more pangolins have been hunted or killed.According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),more than 1million of them have been killed or sold in the last 10years可知以上的只是冰山一角;故选B.
38.F.推理判断题.根据前文Many more pangolins have been hunted or killed.According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),more than 1million of them have been killed or sold in the last 10years可知这也表示,他们的大多数非法交易的哺乳动物(哺乳动物)在世界上;故选F.
39.G.推理判断题.根据后文Many people in Asia and Africa consider pangolin meat is delicious.Some people even think pangolin scales have medicinal qualities可知他们的规模和肉类贸易的增长是其数量下降的主要原因;故选G.
40.A.推理判断题.根据前文This year,it fell on Feb 18.It's a day to help people know more about pangolins可知幸运的是,情况正在好转;故选A.
点评 七选五阅读是完成性阅读,和完形填空很类似,不同的是一个选词,一个选句子.解题时,要注意上下文语境,充分考虑信息词(选项中和空格前后句子中相同或相近的词),选出最符合语境的句子.
-Yes.It was not yet 2o'clock I got there.( )
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