Question

【題目】In the past 300 years, more than 130 species of animals have become extinct. One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon (鴿子). At one time there were millions of these birds in North America, but now there are none. The last one died in Cincinati Zoo in 1914. Another extinct animal is the cape lion . This animal has been extinct since 1860.

What causes animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another.

Governments around the world have begun to protect endangered animals that could become extinct. In the United States, the Fish and Wildlife Service is responsible (負責(zé)) for endangered animals. It has printed a list of nearly 200 endangered species in North America.

【1】This passage is mainly about ______

A. how to protect wild animals

B. how wild animals become extinct

C. how American people killed wild animals

D. Cincinati 200

【2】The underlined word “extinct” in the first paragraph probably means____________

A. ill B. dying out C. becoming less D. changing

【3】There were cape lions in North America_____________.

A. in last century B. in the nineteenth century

C. more than two hundred years ago D. in 1914

【4】The following are seasons for the extinction of wild animals except _________

A. pollution B. too much killing

C. too much hunting D. wars

【5】The best title of this passage should be ________

A. A sad story B. Wild animal protection

C. Endangered animals D. The Fish and Wildlife Service

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】B

【4】D

【5】B

【解析】本篇文章難度適中，以旅鴿和開普獅為例，引出動物滅絕的原因以及世界各國所做的保護工作。

【1】根據(jù)第一段第一句In the past 300 years, more than 130 species of animals have become extinct以及第二段What causes animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another可知，講的是與野生動物滅絕有關(guān)的事情，故選B

【2】根據(jù)第一段第三句One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon (鴿子). At one time there were millions of these birds in North America, but now there are none可知，以前有很多旅鴿，現(xiàn)在沒有了，指的是滅絕，故選B。

【3】根據(jù)第一段最后一句This animal has been extinct since 1860可知，故選C。

【4】根據(jù)第二段What causes animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another可知，故選D。

【5】本篇文章主要講述野生動物的滅絕以及各個國家的保護措施，故選B。