题目内容
17.What's black and orange and growing for the first time in decades?India's tiger population!On Monday,officials announced the results of the latest tiger count.The census(统计) totaled 1,706tigers in forests across the Asian country-about 300more than four years ago."These numbers give us hope for the future of tigers in the world,"said Jim Leape,international director of the World Wildlife Fund.A century ago,about 100,000tigers lived in India's forests.But by 2002,a count showed that there were only 3,600left.The number dropped to 1,411in 2007.What caused India's tiger population to shrink so dramatically?
More than anything else,experts say,development has taken a toll.People have moved into tiger territory and destroyed much of the animal's habitat.Today,tigers live on a just small part of the land they occupied 100years ago.
Illegal hunting has also contributed to the decline.Poachers(盗猎者) can demand high fees for tiger parts,which are a key ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine.The parts from one tiger can sell for tens of thousands of dollars.
India's news is a step in the right direction.But while the number of tigers has increased there in the last four years,the animals'habitat has shrunk.Roads and construction projects have blocked off many tiger corridors-routes used by the big cats to go from one forest to another."Securing these corridors should be taken up as a priority,"says Rajesh Gopal,of the National Tiger Conservation Authority.
Last November,leaders from the 13countries that are home to wild tigers met in St.Petersburg,Russia,to develop a plan to help the endangered cats.They set a goal to double the world's tiger population by the year 2022.Will we reach that goal?With India's tiger population on the rise and conservationists around the world focused on helping the big cats,it seems it just might happen.
63.The underlined word"shrink"in Paragraph 2most probably meansB.
A.develop B.reduce C.disappear D.remove
64.Which is one of the reasons why India's tiger population declines?A
A.Some living areas of India's tigers are destroyed by humans.
B.Roads and construction projects have bridged tiger corridors.
C.Some India's tigers have been hunted for to attract visitors.
D.Too many tigers are used in making traditional Chinese medicine.
65.It can be inferred from the passage thatD.
A.1,411India's tigers were killed between 2002and 2007
B.Rajesh Gopal is in charge of the World Wildlife Fund
C.the world's tiger population will surely be doubled by 2022
D.international efforts are being made to protect India's tigers
66.What is the author's attitude towards the future of India's tigers?C
A.Critical B.Objective C.Optimistic D.Concerned.
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印度老虎的一些生活区被人类破坏,数量下降的十分厉害,国际社会正在努力保护印度的老虎.
解答 63.B.词义猜测题.根据第一段:What caused India's tiger population to shrink so dramatically是什么导致了印度的老虎数量下降得那么厉害,可知意为下降;故选B.
64.A.推理判断题.根据第三段:People have moved into tiger territory and destroyed much of the animal's habitat可知印度老虎数量下降的原因之一是印度老虎的一些生活区被人类破坏了;故选A.
65.D.推理判断题.根据最后一段:With India's tiger population on the rise and conservationists around the world focused on helping the big cats,it seems it just might happen可知国际社会正在努力保护印度的老虎;故选D.
66.C.推理判断题,根据最后一段:With India's tiger population on the rise and conservationists around the world focused on helping the big cats,it seems it just might happen可知国际社会正在努力保护印度的老虎,作者对此的态度是乐观的;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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