Question

Famous people have a lot of influence on cultural trends, like it or not. When Amal Clooney wears a Stella McCarney dress, sales go way up. However, one trend that seems harmless—but is actually damaging—is the pressure on stars to have their photos taken with rare animals.

Famous people who are asked to have photos taken with wild animals for a magazine spread or who do so while on vacation always have good intentions and even love animals. This makes them easy targets for the often greedy amusement parks and fake animal centers. These businesspeople love the thought of sharing pictures of a star hugging a baby tiger or a whale. Kind people are naturally drawn to places that claim to offer rare animals safety and are eager to see elephants paint, to hug baby bear or to swim with dolphins. However, it has shown that many of these businessmen are breeders, dealers or exhibitors that are using Hollywood’s goodwill for their own ends.

At the recently closed Tiger Temple in Thailand, 40 dead tiger cubs(幼崽) were found in a freezer, secretly killed to make tiger wine and other folk medicine for sale on the black market. But it isn’t just the “tiger temples” that are being closed down. The number of tourist traps using word like “rescue” in their names has increased greatly in recent years.

Many businessmen continually breed the animals just so they’ll have a constant supply of young animals in order to charge money for photos to people. Of course the babies are cute but they grow fast, and within a few weeks they are too big to handle. They’ll spend the rest of their lives, sometimes decades, in small and empty cages — or even be killed.

In some Asian countries, elephants are kept in camps. A few camps are working to help elephants in trouble, but the vast majority are not, and training methods are cruel. As soon as the cameras are gone after someone like Prince William takes 0a photo with an elephant, the chains go back on.

Fans, tell the stars: Stay away from rare animal photos, and the animals will be grateful. Of course, you don’t have to be famous to make a difference. Whether right here at home or at a place abroad, every one of us must fight the temptation to take a photo with an elephant or hug a baby tiger.

1.The author intends to make an appeal that ________.

A. all people including stars should refuse to take photos with rare animals

B. measures should be taken to protect the rare animals

C. bans should be issued to limit celebrities’ behavior

D. warns of wild animals should be given to the public

2.It can be inferred that ________.

A. tiger wine and folk medicine made from tiger babies are sold in the supermarket

B. most of the elephants in Asia are treated well in camps

C. people are attracted to amusement parks and fake animal centers where celebrities share photos

D. when the baby animals that take photos with tourists grow up, they will be set free

3.Businessmen use the following tricks to make profits EXCEPT ________.

A. in the name of rescuing rare animals

B. take advantage of famous people to take photos with animals

C. claim to offer rare animals safety

D. protection of rare animals

4.Which of the following do you think is the best title?

A. Tell stars to stop!

B. Be careful when sharing photos on media!

C. No sale, no killing!

D. Rescue the endangered animals!

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】一些贪婪的商人利用明星对社会有巨大的影响，请明星和稀有动物拍照片，然后把人们吸引到名人和动物拍照片的游乐场和假的动物中心，以获得高额利益，私下里却做着残害动物的事情。文章告诉人们，特别是明星：远离稀有动物，不要和它们拍照片，它们将感激不尽。

1.推理判断题。文章最后一段陈述了文章的目的：Fans, tell the stars: Stay away from rare animal photos, and the animals will be grateful.（粉丝们，告诉明星：远离稀有动物，动物们将不胜感激。），故选A。

2.推理判断题。根据第二段的描述This makes them easy targets for the often greedy amusement parks and fake animal centers. These businesspeople love the thought of sharing pictures of a star hugging a baby tiger or a whale. Kind people are naturally drawn to places that claim to offer rare animals safety and are eager to see elephants paint, to hug baby bear or to swim with dolphins.可知，一些贪婪的商人把人们吸引到名人和动物拍照片的游乐场和假的动物中心，以获得高额利益，故C正确。

3.推理判断题。根据三四五段可知，这些贪婪的商人打着拯救稀有动物的旗号，利用名人和动物拍照以及宣称给稀有动物提供安全的环境来谋得利益，但是他们并没有真正的保护动物，故选D。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，一些贪婪的商人利用明星对社会有巨大的影响，请明星和稀有动物拍照片，获得高额利益，私下里却做着残害动物的事情。最后一段总结的句子Fans, tell the stars: Stay away from rare animal photos, and the animals will be grateful. （粉丝们，告诉明星：远离稀有动物，动物们将不胜感激。）。故本文标题用A（告诉明星停止和动物拍照！）合适，故选A。

【名师点睛】

关于推理判断题

推理判断题是在掌握文章大意基础上看出作者的“言外之意”(between the lines)。这既要求学生透过文章表面文字信息推测隐含意思，又要求学生对作者的态度、意图及文章细节的发展作正确的推理判断。这类试题常以如下句式发问：

What can you infer /learn/conclude from the passage?

What’s the author’s attitude toward...?

What does the passage suggest?

The author in this passage intends to ___。

答推理题时，一般无法直接从文中找到答案，但绝不可凭空猜测，也要找到答题依据。如本文的第2小题 It can be inferred that __________. 很明显，这是一道推理判断题，我们首先把题目给的A、B、C、D四个选项仔细阅读一遍，在文章中找到其相对应的内容，依次排除。如：根据第三段的句子secretly killed to make tiger wine and other folk medicine for sale on the black market.可知，A选项说的在超市中销售表述错误，是在黑市中销售；根据第五段介绍亚洲大象的段落，可知对大象们的训练很残酷，还会给他们栓铁链子，故C错误；根据第四段描述的关于和游客拍照的baby animals的内容，可知这些和游客拍照的小动物们长大之后，会被丢到小的空笼子里，或者被杀害，故D错误；根据第二段的描述This makes them easy targets for the often greedy amusement parks and fake animal centers. These businesspeople love the thought of sharing pictures of a star hugging a baby tiger or a whale. Kind people are naturally drawn to places that claim to offer rare animals safety and are eager to see elephants paint, to hug baby bear or to swim with dolphins.可知，一些贪婪的商人把人们吸引到名人和动物拍照片的游乐场和假的动物中心，以获得高额利益，故C正确。