Protecting wildlife has become a tough problem in today’s world. As one of the effort, many countries formulate(制定) related laws to protect wildlife. The need for such protection was realized centuries ago in India.
About 300 BC an India writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The game of killing animals was carefully controlled. Some animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park.
The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand kinds of animals are in danger of extinction(灭绝), and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been increasing. With mammals(哺乳动物), for example, the speed of extinction is now about one kind every year. From AD 1 to 1800, the speed was about one kind every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the world’s growing population(人口).
1.“Protect wildlife” means ______.
A.保护野生动物 B.保护每一个生命
C.猎杀野生动物 D.关爱野生动物
2.The reporter says that the need for protecting wildlife ______.
A.was understood in India centuries ago
B.was described by an India writer about 3,300 years ago
C.is not met in many centuries ago
D.is not carried out in the forests as well as in national parks
3.The reporter says that in India forests of long ages, ______.
A.hunters were given permits to hunt games
B.all animals were to be killed
C.the game of killing animals was controlled
D.no killing of animals was allowed
4.According to the report, men trying to save wildlife are thinking about ______ as well.
A.the animals in national parks B.stricter laws against hunting
C.the trees in the forests D.the growth of the population
How does a place become a World Heritage Site ( 世 界 遗 产 )？ It takes a lot of people to decide.
1) If a country wants one of its places to be on the World Heritage List, it has to ask JUESCO (联合国教科文组织).The place must be important and special. UNESCO put the Great Wall on the list in 1987 because it said it was great part of Chinese culture and beautifully made to go with the land. When a country asks, it must also make a plan for taking care of the place.
2) The World Heritage committee of UNESCO talks about different places and decides whether to put them on the list. The committee meet every June. Many experts help the committee to decide.
3) After a new place goes on the list, UNESCO gives money to help keep it looking good. If a place is in serious danger, it may be put on the List of World Heritage Sites in Danger. UNESCO gives special care and help to those places.
4) Countries have to give UNESCO regular reports about places on the list. If UNESCO thinks a country isn't taking good care of a place, the site will be taken off the list.
1.When did the Great Wall became a World Heritage Site?
A.1987 B.1988 C.1997 D.1977
2.The passage mainly discusses ______.
A.what the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO is
B.how the World Heritage Committee of UNESCO protects a World Heritage Site
C.how the Great Wall becomes a World Heritage Site
D.how a place becomes a World Heritage Site
3.The purpose of putting a place on the World Heritage List is ______.
A.to attract more tourists from other countries
B.to get more money and help from other countries
C.to have it taken better care of
D.to make it known to other countries
Baron Pierre de Coubertin was a Frenchman. At his time sports were not taught in French schools. De Coubertin believed that sports should go hand in hand with studies. He had an idea. His idea was to begin the Olympics all over again.
Sports teachers of other countries liked De Coubertin ideas. So in 1896, the modern Olympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. Since then the Olympics have been held once every four years, except three times, when there were wars.
The modern Olympic games have many foot races and field sports programs. The longest race in the games is called marathon.
Before the start of the Olympic Games, runners carry lighted torch( 火炬 ) through many nations towards the stadium where the games will be held. These sportsmen are from different countries. Yet they work together to carry the Olympic torch. It is passed from runner to runner, When the last runner enters the stadium, he or she places the torch in a special basin filled with oil. It catches fire. It is then, only then, that the Olympic Games can begin.
The Olympic flame burns throughout the games. It is the flame of peace.
1.Before 1896 French schools didn't teach ______.
A.match B.history
C.sports D.physics
2.Where were the first Olympic Games held?
A.In Athens,Greece B.In German
C.In French D.In Russia
3.According to this passage, the third modern Olympic Games should have been held in ______.
A.1896 B.1904
C.1915 D.1924
After she found she had lost the car, she and her husband ______ to find it.
A.made up their minds B.made their minds
C.made up our minds D.made minds
They will finish the work ______ the help of his friends.
A.with B.under C.of D.for
______ catch the first bus, he got up very early this morning.
A.In order to B.In order that C.So to D.So that
