Question

Snake dishes have become popular in recent years. Snake meat is often seen in restaurants. It seems that eating snakes is now in fashion, and if you ( A ) ___________ (not eat) any snakes yet, you’re considered out-of-date. But I wonder whether it is worth following.

Some people think that eating snake meat is good for their health. But these people don’t know that snakes usually eat mice and worms. Therefore, there are many parasites（寄生虫）found inside snakes’ bodies. ( B ) 它们可能对我们的健康有害。 Apart from this, we’re sorry to see that more snakes are being killed by a butcher’s knife. According to the newspaper, Shanghai Star, about 1,000 tons of snakes are eaten by people every year in China. In Shenzhen of Guangdong Province, sometimes as many as 10 tons of snakes are served on dinner tables in a single day. ( C ) If we still turn a blind eye to this, a vicious circle（恶性循环）will be created — if more snakes are eaten by people, the number of snakes will drop, and the number of mice will increase, which will result in a decrease in crop output. This will make more people hungry. Who wants to see such a tragedy?

 ( D ) Therefore, let’s not eat snakes any more! To protect the snakes is to protect ourselves.

1.用 ( A ) 处所给词的正确形式填空。 ________________________

2.将 ( B ) 处的句子翻译成英语。

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3.将 ( C ) 处翻译成汉语。

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4.改写 ( D ) 处的句子，句意不变。

Therefore, let’s ___________ ____________ eating snakes!

5.根据短文内容回答问题：

What will happen if people eat more snakes? ____________________________________________________

 

Answer 1

1.have eaten

2.They may do harm to our health./They may be bad for our health.

3.如果我们对此视而不见，那将会产生恶性循环。

4.give up

5.It will make more people hungry at last./

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了蛇的菜肴在最近几年已经成为一种流行时尚食品。蛇肉经常会出现在餐馆。但是如果过多的蛇被杀死老鼠会增多，庄稼会遭到破坏，人们的生存环境会受到威胁。

1.

2.……有害，故填They may do harm to our health./They may be bad for our health.

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4.

5.if more snakes are eaten by people, the number of snakes will drop, and the number of mice will increase, which will result in a decrease in crop output. This will make more people hungry.可知吃蛇导致的后果，故填It will make more people hungry at last./

考点：环境保护类短文。