Question

【题目】根据短文理解选择正确答案。
C
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?
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?
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 __________.
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?
A.3
B.4
C.13
D.50

Answer 1

【答案】
（1）B
（2）D
（3）C
（4）B
【解析】短文大意：老虎是世界濒危动物之一，世界野生动物基金会声明目前世界上只剩下100,000 只老虎了。2010年11月21至24日，13国首脑会议在 St Petersburg, Russia 召开，专门讨论了如何保护老虎的问题。
（1）根据文章的第一段内容The meeting was about tigers. They talked about the ways to protect the animals in their countries. 可知十三国首脑会议主要是讨论如何保护老虎的，故选B。
（2）根据文章内容The World Wildlife Fund （WWF） says, there are only about 100,000 wild tigers now. 可知只有选项D描述正确。
（3）根据第二段的最后一句话'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).可知选项C正确。
（4）根据最后一段的内容可知中国的老虎品种有the Bengal tigers, Indochinese tigers，Siberian tigers，以及最后一句 The South China tigers lived in southeast China many years ago but disappeared in the 1970s. Many experts think they have already died out.可知“华南虎”是20世纪20年代消失的，到现在不足50年，故50年以前有“华南虎”生存，可以推断中国50年以前有4中老虎，选B。