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【题目】Old tennis balls are being used in an unusual way to help us learn more about one of the rarest mammals (哺乳动物)in the country.

Harvest mice are only about 2 inches ( 5 cm) long. This spring and summer, wildlife experts are encouraging people to report sightings of harvest mice so that records can be built up about numbers and locations.

Meadows and grassland are animals' traditional homes but as farming methods change over time, the habitats are being lost and numbers are thought to be declining.

Old tennis balls, complete with penny-sized holes, make a strong and popular choice of home for the mice and around 200 are available for surveyors to distribute and monitor, after being donated by a local tennis club.

The project, supported by the Leicestershire County Council, is thought to be the biggest of its kind ever run in Leicestershire.

County Council wildlife expert, Helen O'Brien; said, “ Little is known about the creature's present situation locally so we need people to look in tall grass and fields and send in their information. The information will help us track numbers and tell us where we need to focus our attention to safeguard(保障)their future. ”

Anyone interested in getting involved (参与), can pick up tips and learn more about harvest mice on a training day. This is taking place between 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm on Monday, 14th June at the County Council's Environmental Resource Centre in Birstall. People living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland can get span>involved with the survey or book a place on the training day by calling Gareth Price at 0116-267-1950.

【1】The underlined word" declining" in Para. 3 is closest in meaning to __________.

A. dropping

B. increasing

C. keeping

D. moving

【2】According to the passage, old tennis balls are __________.

A. seriously polluting harvest mice's homes

B. being used to kill harmful animals in the fields

C. being provided for harvest mice as homes

D. being collected to raise money to save animals

【3】The County Council needs local people to __________.

A. donate food for harvest mice

B. keep harvest mice as pets at home

C. raise more cats to kill harvest mice

D. collect information about harvest mice

【4】What is the best title for the passage?

A. Harvest mice like old tennis balls

B. The importance of tennis balls

C. The rarest animal ：harvest mice

D. Harvest mice's homes are being lost

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

【1】词义猜测题。联系本段的the habitats are being lost可推知,巢鼠的数量在减少。

【2】细节理解题根据第四段Old tennis balls. . . make a strong and popular choice of home for the mice 可知，旧网球是给巢鼠筑巢用的。

【3】细节理解题。根据第六段so we need people to. . . 可知，郡议会需要人们收集有关巢鼠的信息。

【4】主旨大意题。本文主要讲述了在英国，为了保护巢鼠，人们向它们提供旧网球作巢穴，故A作为标题最合适。

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