Question

    This year, German environmentalists collected 1.75 million signatures for a “save the bees” law requiring an immediate change toward organic farming. But to create healthy ecosystems worldwide, people in communities across the globe will need to take similar action based on sympathy for insects — and not only for bees and butterflies. The environmentalists presented immediate, science-based actions to slow down the insect decline.

“It takes specific law to preserve the amazing variety of insects in the world and we need to stop the destroying of natural habitats, limit road building in parks and reserves and produce food without the use of pesticides,” said Basset, an entomologist, “Conserving insects is not the same as conserving big animals or rare frogs. You can’t keep millions of insects in a zoo.”

A recent article in Entomology Today suggests that successful programs to save insects have a clear and simple objective and a strategically chosen audience. By focusing on bees and butterflies and other beautiful, familiar insects, it is possible to enact the law to protect the habitat of lesser known, less attractive, but equally important species.

But there are still huge gaps in information about how different species of insects are doing, especially in the tropics. “It is next to useless to weigh insects collected in an area and say that insect communities are increasing or declining.” Basset said. “We need much more specific information. That is expensive and difficult because of the effort that it takes just to identify the species, especially in the tropics. What we are doing now is to group insects by their main function, and then to determine how each group is doing in a specific area of the world.”

1.What should people do to protect insects according to the text?

A.Stop building roads in parks and reserves.

B.Open up more natural habitats.

C.Avoid using pesticides for crops.

D.Keep them in a zoo.

2.What can we learn from the successful programs to save insects?

A.They have set up laws.

B.They focus on specific species.

C.They conserve important species.

D.They protect the habitat of lesser known species.

3.What are the environmentalists doing now?

A.Classifying the insects.

B.Identifying the species of insects.

C.Doing research on insects’ function.

D.Weighing insects collected in an area.

4.What is the best title for the text?

A.Helping Insects Is Helping Ourselves!

B.Take Action! Insects Need Protection!

C.Save the Bees — They Need Your Help!

D.Insect Decline: Where Have All the Insects Gone?

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲述了全球的昆虫正面临着巨大的威胁，需要大家共同努力来保护他们；文中还阐释了如何更有效地保护昆虫。

1.细节理解题。根据第二段中“It takes specific law to preserve the amazing variety of insects in the world and we need to stop the destroying of natural habitats, limit road building in parks and reserves and produce food without the use of pesticides,”(保护世界上种类繁多的昆虫需要具体的法律，我们需要停止对自然栖息地的破坏，限制公园和保护区的道路建设，生产食物不使用杀虫剂)可知，我们可以通过“停止对自然栖息地的破坏，限制公园和保护区的道路建设，生产食物不使用杀虫剂”这些措施来保护昆虫。C. Avoid using pesticides for crops. (避免在农作物上使用杀虫剂)符合题意。故选C项。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段中A recent article in Entomology Today suggests that successful programs to save insects have a clear and simple objective and a strategically chosen audience. (今日昆虫学》最近发表的一篇文章指出，成功的昆虫拯救计划有一个明确而简单的目标和精心挑选的受众)可知，成功的昆虫拯救计划在于目标非常明确。B. They focus on specific species. (他们专注于特定的物种)符合题意。故选B项。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段中What we are doing now is to group insects by their main function, and then to determine how each group is doing in a specific area of the world. (我们现在所做的是根据昆虫的主要功能对它们进行分类，然后确定每一群昆虫在世界某个特定地区的活动情况)可知，科学家们现在主要是对昆虫进行分类。A. Classifying the insects. (分类昆虫)符合题意。故选A项。

4.主旨大意题。根据文章第一句This year, German environmentalists collected 1.75 million signatures for a “save the bees” law requiring an immediate change toward organic farming.(今年，德国环保人士收集了175万个签名，支持一项“拯救蜜蜂”的法律，该法律要求立即向有机农业转变) 开篇点明主题，以“拯救蜜蜂”活动开始，号召全世界的人们关注昆明，拯救昆虫。B. Take Action! Insects Need Protection! (采取行动！昆虫需要保护！) 符合题意。故选B项。