题目内容
Zoology（动物学）is the part of science that deals with the study of the animals’ growth, home and behavior. It has nothing to do with people, so many students are left wondering why they have to learn it.
Our nature includes not just humans but plants and animals as well. Everything in our environment is connected in a complex cycle. If you have a better understanding of how animals would behave and work with us, then you would value nature better.
Some animals are actually misunderstood by people like sharks and snakes. These creatures are thought of as human killers, and this is mainly because we don’t understand why they behave that way. In zoology you would be able to learn natural behavior as well as their homes so you would completely understand why they would behave in a defensive(防御的) manner when they seem to be threatened. Studying zoology would help people achieve clearness over the common myths we have on different wild animals.
Studying zoology would help people know the real facts about animals. One of the negative facts is the decreasing numbers of some species of animals. It makes people realize that there is a need for nature to be always balanced. We need animals to keep the balance in our environment and for humans to survive as well. It would help us learn the needs that animals lack and we can respond by thinking of solutions we can give to the endangered species of animals.
Modern progress is needed for a country to grow in terms of its economy; however, it should not force us to destroy our rainforests and oceans. People should realize that our modern lives should include the lives of the animals that live with us. They should not be contained in zoos but in their natural homes as well. We will learn that every living creature on the earth has the right to own a home and we need to fight for them to have permanent(永久的) homes.
1.According to the text, nature should be .
A. left alone B. treated seriously
C. taken for granted D. taken lightly
2.It is implied in Paragraph 4 that animals play a role of .
A. making our world beautiful B. protecting species of plants
C. providing food for humans D. keeping nature in balance
3.To animals, humans should act as .
A. caretakers B. killers C. competitors D. trainers
4.The best title for the passage may be “ ”.
A. The Ways of Protecting Animals
B. The Importance of Studying Zoology
C. The Introduction to Zoology
D. The Advantages of Learning Zoology
1.B
2.D
3.A
4.B
【解析】
试题分析：很多人都认为动物学和人类没有关系，为什么我们要学习动物学呢？本文接着就对这个问题进行了回答。也就是说本文是说明研究动物学的重要性的。
1.B 推理题。根据文章第二段Everything in our environment is connected in a complex cycle. If you have a better understanding of how animals would behave and work with us, then you would value nature better.可知自然界里的一切都是联系在一起的，所以我们一定要认真对待我们的大自然。故B正确。
2.D 推理题。根据本段2,3，4行It makes people realize that there is a need for nature to be always balanced.. We need animals to keep the balance in our environment and for humans to survive as well.可知在这个大自然里，我们需要动物来保持平衡。动物的作用也就是帮助人类维护大自然的平衡。故D正确。
3.A 推理题。根据文章最后3行They should not be contained in zoos but in their natural homes as well. We will learn that every living creature on the earth has the right to own a home and we need to fight for them to have permanent(永久的) homes.可知我们不应该把动物关在笼子里，我们应该关注每一种动物的发展，做关心动物的有心人。故A正确。
4.B 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段最后一句It has nothing to do with people, so many students are left wondering why they have to learn it.可知很多人都认为动物学和人类没有关系，为什么我们要学习动物学呢？本文接着就对这个问题进行了回答。也就是说本文是说明研究动物学的重要性的。故B正确。
考点：考察教育类短文阅读
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As a boy, Charles Robert Darwin collected anything that caught his interest: insects, coins and interesting stones. He was not very clever, but Darwin was good at doing the things that interested him.
His father was a doctor, so Darwin was sent to Edinburgh to study medicine, and was planned to follow a medical career. But Charles found the lectures boring. Then his father sent him to Cambridge University to study to be a priest. While at C
ambridge, Darwin’s interest 
in zoology and geography grew. Later he got a letter from Robert Fitzroy who was planning to make a voyage around the world on a ship, the Beagle. He wanted a naturalist to join the ship, and Darwin was recommended(推荐). That voyage was the start of Darwin’s great life.
As the Beagle sailed around the world, Darwin began to wonder how life had developed on earth. He began to observe everything. After he was home, he set to work, getting his collection in order. His first great work The Zoo
logy of the Beagle was well received, but
he was slow to make p
ublic his ideas on the origin of life.
Later Darwin and Wallace, another naturalist who had the same opinions as Darwin, produced a paper together. Darwin’s great book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (《物种起源》) appeared. It attracted a storm. People thought that Darwin was saying they were descended from monkeys. What a shameful idea! Although most scientists agreed that Darwin was right, the Church was still so strong that Darwin never received any honors for his work.
Afterwards, he published another great work, The Descent of Man. His health grew worse, but he still worked. “When I have to give up observation, I shall die,” he said. He was still working on 17, April, 1882. He was dead two days later.
【小题1】Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
| A．Charles Darwin’s ideas |
| B．Charles Darwin’s works |
| C．Father of modern biology: Charles Darwin |
D．The  greatest scientist: Charles Darwin |
| A．make him like natural history |
| B．make him become a doctor |
| C．let him change his hobbies |
| D．have him give up his collection |
A．his study at Cambr idge University |
| B．his collection of coins |
| C．the naturalists at Cambridge |
| D．the voyage of the Beagle |
| A．they gave monkeys life |
| B．they were different from monkeys |
C．they were developed from monkeys |
| D．they had to live with monkeys |