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 money.

3.What do experts advise governments to do for protected areas?

A.Enlarge protected areas.

B.Offer extra money and work with locals.

C.Attract more people to travel there.

D.Allow local people to farm there.

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

A.People May Cause Harm to Plants and Animals

B.Local People Should Focus on the Natural Environment

C.Nature Reserves in the World Should Be Increased

D.Nature Reserves May Not Protect Wildlife Safely

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.B

4.D

【解析】

本文是议论文。作者提出了“只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，政府还应该有足够的资金支持，需要当地人的共同参与，才能真正使保护区发挥作用。

1.细节理解题。根据第1段中“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(主要原因是自然保护区内和周围的人类活动水平正在上升。 事实上，划定某个地方是保护区并不能减少那里的人类活动)”可知，保护区最主要的是受到人类活动的影响。故选A项。

2.细节理解题。根据第3段中“The index uses information about life length, education and earnings to grade countries on human development”可知，the Human Development Index是用来根据有关人的寿命、教育和收入的信息对各国人类发展水平进行分级的。故选C项。

3.细节理解题。根据第五段“Experts say governments need to provide fund support to help protected areas”和“Working with local people to take efforts is also important”可知，专家建议政府要提供资金支持，要与当地人民一起努力才能保护野生动物。故选B项。

4.主旨大意题。文章第1段提出观点：Scientists say only enlarging the world’s nature reserve to help protect plants and animals may be useless（科学家们认为只通过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中增加，保护资金缺乏；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上面的观点，所以这篇文章的开头就是文章的主旨。文章标题应该为“自然保护区不能安全地保护野生动物”。故选D项。