Question

    Many of the Earth's creatures die because of humans' choices. These choices have nothing to do with food or shelter or anything else that helps humans survive. What kills millions of animals all over the world is that humans want to make money by doing so.

People use parts of animals for everything from hats to handbags, from jewelry to ashtrays and to make powders that supposedly improve a person's life. Deciding that a species is endangered and protecting it by law are not always enough. People who kill wildlife illegally rarely get caught.

During the late 1980s, saving elephants became a popular cause. Wildlife protection groups made sure everyone saw pictures or films of elephants with their faces cut off for their ivory. These groups also proved that certain populations of elephants were decreasing. As a result, most people stopped buying objects made of ivory. Laws against poaching (偷猎) were made stronger. Many countries made importing ivory illegal. Killing elephants for their Ivory became more risky and less profitable (有利可图的).

However, concern for certain species will become weak after a while. In the late 1970s, people protested (抗议) against the killing of seal babies. Everyone was shocked to see young seals being killed in their icy habitat. The cruel activity stopped. But ten years later, the number of seal babies killed was higher than ever.

Other animal protection movements have come and gone, such as saving the whales and protecting dolphins. The whale population appears to have increased for now. And the laws are finally changed in America to protect the dolphins that swim with tuna fish in parts of the Pacific Ocean.

In the years to come, people's attention will probably turn to some other endangered species. Plenty of them urgently need attention. During this time, will the elephants be forgotten?

1.What leads to the disappearance of millions of wild animals?

A.The growing human population.

B.Humans’ hope for making a fortune.

C.Humans’ too much need for wild food.

D.Not having enough laws on wildlife protection..

2.What can you infer from the text about what happened in the late 1980s?

A.Wildlife protection groups did make great efforts.

B.Importing ivory in all countries is illegal.

C.Those who killed elephants all got caught.

D.Hunting was completely not allowed.

3.Why are seal babies mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A.To show the effort to protect seal babies.

B.To show an increasing number of seal babies.

C.To show the decrease of worry about certain species.

D.To show people’s protest against the killing of seal babies.

4.What does the author mean by using the underlined sentence?

A.Humans should choose some rare animals to protect.

B.Attention must be paid to saving some endangered wildlife.

C.Success has been achieved in quite a few cases of wildlife protection.

D.Concern and movements for animal protection should be always kept.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.D

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。人类猎杀动物获利，当野生动物保护组织让人们了解到野生动物被非法捕杀数量不断减少时，人们才行动起来抵制用野生动物制作的产品，法律更加严厉制裁偷猎者。但是人们对动物的保护运动和关注力一直在改变，作者希望对动物保护的关注和行动应该一直保持下去。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“What kills millions of animals all over the world is that humans want to make money by doing so.”（世界上数百万动物死亡的原因是人类想赚钱），可知，人类希望发财导致了数百万野生动物的消失，文中“kills millions of animals”（ 数百万的动物死亡）和问句中的“the disappearance of millions of wild animals”（数百万野生动物的消失）相呼应；文中“humans want to make money”（人类想赚钱）和B选项“Humans’ hope for making a fortune”（人类希望发财）相呼应。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第三句中的“During the late 1980s, saving elephants became a popular cause. Wildlife protection groups made sure everyone saw pictures or films of elephants with their faces cut off for their ivory...As a result, most people stopped buying objects made of ivory. Laws against poaching (偷猎) were made stronger. Many countries made importing ivory illegal. Killing elephants for their Ivory became more risky and less profitable (有利可图的).”（ 20世纪80年代末，拯救大象成了一个流行的事业。野生动物保护组织确保每个人都看到大象的照片或电影：它们的脸被切掉以获取象牙……结果，大多数人不再购买象牙制品。禁止偷猎的法律变得更加严格。许多国家禁止进口象牙。为得到象牙而捕杀大象变得更危险，利润也更低。），可知，在20世纪80年代末，野生动物保护组织确实做出了巨大努力。故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“However, concern for certain species will become weak after a while.”（ 然而，对某些物种的关注会在一段时间后减弱。），可知，第4段提到了海豹宝宝，目的是表明对某些物种的担忧减少了。文中的“concern for certain species”与C选项中“worry about certain species”相对应；文中的“become weak”和C选项中“the decrease”相对应。故选C。

4.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段中的“Other animal protection movements have come and gone...”(其他动物保护运动来了又去……)和最后一段第一句“In the years to come, people's attention will probably turn to some other endangered species.”（在未来的几年里，人们的关注力可能会转向其他一些濒危物种。），可知，对动物的保护运动和关注力一直在改变，那么在人们关注其他濒危物种时，大象会被遗忘吗？可以推断，作者说这句话的意思是，对动物保护的关注和行动应该一直保持下去。故选D。