Question

    Scientists say only enlarging the world’s nature reserve to help protect plants and animals may be useless. The main reason is that levels of human activity are rising in and around the nature reserves. In fact, recognizing spaces as protected areas is not reducing human activity there.

The researchers found that a lack of money to pay for land conservation（保护）is affecting conservation efforts. And it is a lack of communication between people who live in protected natural areas and outsiders. About 17 percent of the world is within protected areas, including the national parks, nature reserves and wilderness areas. Protected areas are important for supporting environments with many different kinds of plants and animals.

The researchers again found increasing human activity in most protected areas in every country. However, they said that human activity appeared to be more of a problem in nations with fewer roads and lower life standards on the Human Development Index（指数）. The index uses information about life length, education and earnings to grade countries on human development.

Across the northern Australia, protected areas often proved effective at slowing human activity when compared with unprotected areas. But in South America, Southeast Asia and African countries, pressure from human activity inside protected areas was higher.

Experts say governments need to provide fund support to help protected areas. Simply recognizing a place as a protected area can’t be the beginning and the end of a conservation effort. Working with local people to take efforts is also important. If they’re not partners in the protected areas, then wildlife conservation is much more difficult.

1.What are protected areas mainly affected by according to the text?

A.Human activity. B.Climate change.

C.Population growth. D.Environmental pollution.

2.What’s the Human Development Index used to do?

A.Record more roads in the world.

B.Improve education in all countries.

C.Grade countries on human development.

D.Lead more people to make more money.

3.What can be the best title for the text?

A.People May Cause Harm to Plants and Animals

B.Nature Reserves May Not Protect Wildlife Safely

C.Nature Reserves in the World Should Be Increased

D.Local People Should Focus on the Natural Environment

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。作者提出了扩大世界自然保护区以帮助保护植物和动物可能毫无用处的观点。简单地将一个地方确认为保护区，既不是保护工作的开始和也不是就此万事大吉，应该有足够的资金支持，还有当地人的共同参与，才能真正使保护区发挥其作用。

1.细节理解题。第段中的The main reason is that levels of human activity are rising in and around the nature reserves. In fact, recognizing spaces as protected areas is not reducing human activity there. 主要原因是人类活动水平在自然保护区内和周围都在上升。事实上，划定地方为保护区并没有减少那里的人类活动。可知，自然保护区主要是受人类活动影响的，选项A人类活动，切题，故选A。

2.细节理解题。第三段中的The index uses information about life length, education and earnings to grade countries on human development. 该指数使用有关寿命、教育和收入的信息对各国人类发展水平进行分级。可知，the Human Development Index就是对国家人类发展水平进行分级。选项C根据人类发展对国家进行评级，切题，故选C。

3.主旨大意题。文章一开始的Scientists say only enlarging the world’s nature reserve to help protect plants and animals may be useless. 科学家们认为扩大世界自然保护区以帮助保护植物和动物可能毫无用处。接着文章给出了相关的论据：人类活动在自然保护区有增无减，保护资金短缺，还举了the northern Australia、 South America、Southeast Asia和African countries这些具体国家和地区的实例来论证论点，所以这篇议论文的开头就是它的论点，就是文章的主旨，做为文章标题最合适。选项B自然保护区不能安全保护野生动物。切题，故选B。