第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D) 中,选出最佳选项。

                                        A

                          

             When I was little,I'd see tons of bats flying around streetlights at night in my neighborhood in upstate New York.

             By the time I turned 7,I noticed something strange: All the bats in my neighborhood had vanished,and I wondered why. Later I learned what hy happened to my town's bats. A disease called “white nose syndrome(白鼻综合征) ” had killed 93 percent of New York State's bats (and about 6 million bats across the country)!I was shocked. I asked the bat biologist what I could do to help,and she said, “Tell others what's been happening. Help people understand that bats are important to our environment and need to be protected."

             I thought I must teach people about bats. My first stop? The library,where I eventually checked out every book on bats they had. Next,I started a Facebook page called Buddies for Bats and posted any photos,facts,and videos that I could find. Then I wrote a letter to the host of an environmental program on my local radio station,asking if they'd do a show on bats. (They did!)

             But I still wanted to find a way to educate people face to face. I managed to make a presentation to a school. I also used tools to describe how bats help farmers (and protect our food supply) by eating crop-damaging insects.

             I practiced my presentation until it shone like a polished stone. It went over so well that other teachers started requesting me. Over the past three years,I ve talked in front of everyone from 5-year-olds to senior citizens!The more I present,the more I notice that I am changing minds. I have watched people go from dismissing bats as “disgusting(令人厌恶的)” to truly understanding them and advocating their protection.

             Right now,I'm thinking of becoming a marine biobgist (海洋生物学家) someday.As long as I'm helping animals,I'11 be happy.

21. When the author was little,bats .

   A. lived mainly in the south of America

   B. were well protected in upstate New York

   C. did great harm to the natural environment

   D. existed in large quantities in upstate New York

22. The underlined word “vanished” in Paragraph 2 can best be replaced by .

   A. reproduced   B. disappeared

   C. starved      D. expanded

23. Paragraphs 3 and 4 mainly talk about.

   A. the author's efforts to help protect bats

   B. how the author started Buddies for Bats

   C. why the author did a radio show on bats

   D. the difficulty the author had in educating people

24. What can we infer about the author's presentation?

   A. It was ignored by the audience.

   B. It was far from satisfactory.

   C. It was effective.

   D. It was boring.

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