阅读短文,用括号内单词的适当形式填空。

Last Sunday the elephant keeper at London Zoo, Jim Robson, 1. (kill) by one of the elephants he loved. This was terrible, and it could be a big problem for the future of London Zoo—and maybe for all of Britain’s city zoos.

London Zoo said that it 2. (move) its three elephants to a wild animal park outside London. Its director-general(总经理), Michael Dixon, said, “We are sorry that the elephants 3. (leave); there 4. (be) elephants at London Zoo since 1831.”

One British newspaper said that though many small animals were very interesting, most people wanted to see big animals—and most of all elephants.

London Zoo is not only losing its elephants. The tigers will also leave soon and most of the bears have already gone. Outside the elephant house at London Zoo, a woman 5. (call) Mary said she wished the zoo 6. (keep) big animals. “This is the only way the young people can see animals without 7. (travel) to other countries,” she said.

Zoos are not very good places for animals, but they can help to well keep them. Children can also learn a lot about the animals when they visit zoos.

Another visitor, a man called Alan, was very angry. “If the elephants 8. (send) back to the wild, they will die. If you take away big animals, people will stop 9. (visit) London Zoo. It can survive (继续生存)at the moment, but it 10. (not survive) in the future. "

However, Mary Rosevear, director of the Federation of Zoos, believes that city zoos can survive without keeping large animals.

 

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It seems that eating snakes is now in fashion, and if you ( A ) ___________ (not eat) any snakes yet, you’re considered out-of-date.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? ____________________________________________________

 

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