The leaders(领导人)of 13 countries had a big meeting in St Petersburg, Russia from November 21 to 24, 2010.The meeting was about tigers.They talked about the ways to protect the animals in their countries.They agreed to spend more money protecting tigers and they wanted to double the number of tigers in the world before 2022.
Tiger is one of the world’s most endangered animals.The World Wildlife Fund(WWF)says, there are only about 100,000 wild tigers now.And the number is becoming smaller and smaller.‘If nothing happens, tigers will face disasters,’ said WWF spokeswoman Marie von Zeipel.
Nine types of tigers lived 100 years ago, but now at least three of them have died out.‘If people leave tigers alone and don’t kill them, then the number of tigers will double in 10 years,’ said Jean-Christoph Vie, a French tiger expert(专家).
China is one of the 13 countries where tigers live.There are about 50 wild tigers in China now.They are the Bengal tigers in Tibet, Indochinese tigers in China’s southwest, and Siberian tigers in the northeast.The South China tigers lived in southeast China many years ago but disappeared in the 1970s.Many experts think they have already died out.
(1)
What’s the meeting in St Petersburg mainly about?
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A.
How to help tigers find a better place to live.
B.
How to protect tigers in their countries.
C.
How to stop people from hunting the wild animals.
D.
How to count the number of tigers in the world.
(2)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the WWF?
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A.
Many tigers have died only because people hunt them.
B.
About 3,200 tigers have died in the past 100 years.
C.
There are more and more tigers these years.
D.
There are about 100,000 wild tigers in the world now.
(3)
In Jean-Christoph Vie’s opinion, the best way to double the number of tigers in
10 years is _________.
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A.
to do nothing
B.
to keep all of them in the zoo
C.
to stop people from killing them
D.
to build more nature reserves for tigers
(4)
How many types of tigers were there in China 50 years ago?
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A.
3
B.
4
C.
13
D.
50
(5)
The Chinese meaning of ‘die out’ in the 3rd paragraph is _________.
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A.
死亡
B.
灭绝
C.
变弱
D.
死于
根据短文内容,判断下列句子的正误,正确的用“
T”,错误的用“F”。
Can you imagine keeping an alien dog as a pet?
This is what happens in CJ7-the so-called“first Chinese sci-fi(科幻)mo vie”.It came out in January, 2008.The movie is about a poor man Ti, his son Dicky and
their alien dog CJ7.
Dicky, a 10-year-old boy, lives a poor life with his father Ti, a worker.One day, his father discovers a ball is the trash(垃圾)and he gives it to Dicky.The ball becomes a cute alien dog.It's a small dog with big eyes and green hair.It can talk and do magic.Soon the dog comes to love Ti and his son.It goes to school with Dicky.It makes him laugh, but it makes trouble, too.
When Ti falls off a building and dies, CJ7 saves his life.Because the dog loses all its power, it becomes a doll.But Dicky still wears the dog around his neck.He hopes that CJ7 will come back to life one day.
(1)
The movie CJ7 came out in January, 2008.
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(2)
Dicky's father is so rich that he buys an alien dog for him.
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(3)
CJ7 is a cute alien dog with small eyes and gray hair.
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(4)
CJ7 can not only make Dicky laugh but also make trouble.
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(5)
At last Ti comes back to life because his son and CJ7 save him.