Question

【题目】根据短文内容完成短文后的思维导图，并将答案写在答题卡（纸）的相应位置。

Many have heard of shark fin soup. This famous and expensive dish is especially popular in southern China. But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?

When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the sharks back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment. Without a fin, a shark can no longer swim and slowly dies. Sharks are at the top of the food chain in the ocean’s ecosystem. If their numbers drop too low, it will bring danger to all ocean life. Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain. But in fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year. The numbers of some kinds of sharks have fallen by over 90 percent in the last 20 to 30 years.

Environmental protection groups around the world, such as WildAid and the WWF, are teaching the public about “finning”. They have even asked governments to develop laws to stop the sale of shark fins. So far, no scientific studies have shown that shark fins are good for health, so why eat them? Help save the sharks!

Save the Sharks!	Why?	◆Shark fin soup especially popular in southern China. ◆People make famous and expensive dishes with【1】. ◆In fact, they kill a whole shark.
	What happens?	◆People cut off sharks’ fins and throw the sharks back into the ocean. ◆It is 【2】 to the environment. ◆Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are 【3】 than the others in their food chain. ◆People【4】 sharks in this industry every year.
	How to protect them?	◆Environmental protection groups teach the public about “finning”. ◆They ask governments to develop laws to stop 【5】sharks.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】shark fins

【2】harmful

【3】stronger

【4】catch and trade

【5】catching

【解析】

本文主要讲述了人们为了吃鱼翅而杀害了大量的鲨鱼，致使鲨鱼处于濒临灭绝，作者呼吁人们不要再伤害鲨鱼，要挽救鲨鱼。

【1】根据文中But do you realize that you’re killing a whole shark each time you enjoy a bowl of shark fin soup?但是你有没有意识到，每次你享用一碗鱼翅汤的时候，你都在杀死一整条鲨鱼？以及When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the sharks back into the ocean. 当人们捕捉鲨鱼时，他们割下鲨鱼的鳍，把鲨鱼扔回海里。可知这个食物是用鲨鱼鳍做的，并且是很多鲨鱼鳍，故答案为shark fins。

【2】根据文中When people catch sharks, they cut off their fins and throw the sharks back into the ocean. This is not only cruel, but also harmful to the environment.当人们捕捉鲨鱼时，他们割下鲨鱼的鳍，把鲨鱼扔回海里。这不仅残忍，而且对环境有害。可知，这样做对环境是有害的，故答案为harmful。

【3】根据文中Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain.许多人认为鲨鱼永远不会受到威胁，因为它们是食物链中最强壮的。可知，人们认为鲨鱼是食物链中最强壮的，也就是在食物链中比其他的都要强，故答案为stronger。

【4】根据文中But in fact, around 70 million sharks are caught and traded in this industry every year.但事实上，每年约有7000万条鲨鱼在这个行业被捕捞和交易。可知人们在这个行业每年都在捕捞鲨鱼并进行交易，故答案为catch and trade。

【5】根据文中They have even asked governments to develop laws to stop the sale of shark fins.他们甚至要求政府制定法律来阻止鱼翅的销售。可知这里是说他们要求政府制定法律阻止卖鱼翅，也就是说要求阻止捕捞鲨鱼，而英语中表达“停止做某事”是stop doing sth，故答案为catching。

任务型阅读理解在做题的时候，首先要先阅读所给的任务，明确任务是什么，再带着任务去阅读，这样就能做到心中有数，有针对性地去读，才能提高阅读效率。像这种完成图表类的文章，首先要略读文章了解大意，然后在对应到表格中，找到文中对应的句子，看缺哪一部分就填哪一部分，但是有些题目并不是完全与文中的句子一样，有些是需要归纳总结才能得出答案的，比如第三空◆Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are ______3______ than the others in their food chain.而对照原文中的句子是Many believe that sharks can never be endangered because they are the strongest in their food chain.原文是最高级，而题目中用的是比较级，要注意转换。