Save the Wild Tiger

When people think of tigers, they think: strong and dangerous. But now, the big animal is calling for our help.

There were once eight kinds of 　43 in the world, but three died out during the 20th century. In the last 70 years, the 　44 of Siberian tigers（东北虎）has gone from as many as 300 to_____45____22 somewhere The Siberian tiger has been___46____ dying out completely. If the government doesn’t make any efforts, it’s quite___47____ that there will be no more Siberian tigers in China in the to twenty years.

In order to double the number of wild tigers in the __48___ ten years the World Wildlife Fund (世界自然基金会) has started a program recently It ___49___save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China together with twelve other____50___, has joined in.

Wild animals, such as red deer and wild pigs, are the main ____51____ of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat(威胁)to tigers. So the most important thing is ___52____ the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers, we need to call on more people to stop eating and hunting wild animals.

（　 ）43. A. pigs　　　　　　　 B. tigers　　　　　　　 C. deer　　　　　　　　 D. lions

（　 ）44. A. name　　　　　　 B. kind　　　　　　　　 C. number　　 　　　 D. type

（　 ）45. A. less than　　　 B. more than　　　　 C. bigger than　　　 D. over

（　 ）46. A. in need of　　 B. in danger of　　　　　　 C. in front of 　　 D. out of

（　 ）47. A. possible　　　　 B. impossible　　　　 C. necessary 　　　 D. sure

（　 ）48. A. last　　　　　　　 B. next　　　　　　　　　 C. past 　　　　　　　 D. later

（　 ）49. A. aims to　　　　 B. used to　　　　　　 C. refuses to 　　　 D. in order to

（　 ）50. A. cities　　　　　　 B. provinces　　　　 C. countries 　　　　 D. towns

（　 ）51. A. friends　　　　　 B. food　　　　　　　　 C. members 　　　　 D. groups

（　 ）52. A. to sell　　　　　 B. to kill　　　　　　　　 C. to save 　　　　　 D. to keep