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【題目】 One thing you do not expect an oil minister to do is to block the development of his own country’s oil fields. But that is exactly what Alberto Acosta did when he was appointed Ecuador’s Oil Minister.

For a relatively poor country whose main income is from oil exports, this idea seemed like madness. Ecuador is not rich by economic (經(jīng)濟(jì)) standards, but in terms of the diversity of plant and animal life, it is one of the richest places on Earth. For this, scientists studied trees in the Yasuni National Park in Ecuador’s undamaged rain forest, and they found over 650 different species (物種) of tree in just one acre — more than the total number in all of the US and Canada combined. Mr. Acosta said he would rather the oil companies did not destroy these natural riches. His idea is to leave the oil reserves beneath Yasuni Park untouched, in return for compensation of half their value, which will be done by the international society. The oil is worth more than $7 billion.

Ecuador is not the only country trying to get richer nations to pay for not exploiting (開(kāi)發(fā)) their forests. Both Nigeria and Guatemala are hoping they will be able to make similar deals. A spokesperson for local environmental groups explained, “This is fantastic though the plan has met with problems, both from within Ecuador and from outside. If only people in developed countries appreciated that these forests absorb a lot of the CO2 that their industries produce. I just wish they would take a longer-term view of this problem. Protecting biodiversity and preventing climate change means temporary loss, otherwise, we will all be losers — with consequences I’d rather not even think about.”

【1】What does the underlined word “this” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The total number of tree species.

B.Ecuador’s oil storage quantity.

C.Ecuador’s diversity in wildlife.

D.The undamaged rain forest.

【2】What was Mr. Acosta’s real aim?

A.Importing more oil.B.Protecting the environment.

C.Building more natural parks.D.Compensating the Yasuni Park.

【3】What will the international society do?

A.Guide companies to protect the oil.

B.Develop oil fields near the park.

C.Study the rain forest further.

D.Pay oil companies 3. 5 billion.

【4】What does the spokesperson indicate in the last paragraph?

A.Destroying nature means punishing ourselves.

B.Natural forests can stop climate change totally.

C.Developed countries will become losers.

D.It’s impossible to carry out Acosta’s plan.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】B

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】

這是一篇新聞報(bào)道。以經(jīng)濟(jì)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)衡量，厄瓜多爾并不富裕，但就動(dòng)植物生命的多樣性而言，它是地球上最富有的地方之一。Mr. Acosta的目的是阻止本國(guó)的石油開(kāi)發(fā)，保護(hù)環(huán)境。

【1】詞義指代題。根據(jù)第二段中Ecuador is not rich by economic (經(jīng)濟(jì)) standards, but in terms of the diversity of plant and animal life, it is one of the richest places on Earth.“以經(jīng)濟(jì)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)衡量，厄瓜多爾并不富裕，但就動(dòng)植物生命的多樣性而言，它是地球上最富有的地方之一。”由此推知this指代的是“厄瓜多爾野生動(dòng)物的多樣性。”故選C項(xiàng)。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中Mr. Acosta said he would rather the oil companies did not destroy these natural riches.“阿科斯塔說(shuō)，他寧愿石油公司不要破壞這些自然財(cái)富。”可知，Mr. Acosta的真正目的是“保護(hù)環(huán)境”。故選B項(xiàng)。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段中His idea is to leave the oil reserves beneath Yasuni Park untouched, in return for compensation of half their value, which will be done by the international society.“他的想法是不動(dòng)亞蘇尼公園地下的石油儲(chǔ)備，作為回報(bào)，國(guó)際社會(huì)將支付一半的補(bǔ)償。”可知，國(guó)際社會(huì)支付石油公司3.5億。故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段中Protecting biodiversity and preventing climate change means temporary loss, otherwise, we will all be losers — with consequences I’d rather not even think about.“保護(hù)生物多樣性和防止氣候變化意味著暫時(shí)的損失，否則，我們都將是輸家——后果我甚至不愿去想。”可知，破壞自然就是懲罰自己。故選A項(xiàng)。

代詞指代題要求同學(xué)們根據(jù)語(yǔ)境的邏輯關(guān)系、判斷畫(huà)線的人稱代詞或指示代詞在文章中指代的對(duì)象，包括考查it（指動(dòng)物，無(wú)生命的事物、特定的事件或人），they/them(指代人、物、事件的復(fù)數(shù)名詞)，he/she等人稱代詞的指代意義，以及指示代詞this，that，these，those等在文章中的指代意義，考查同學(xué)們對(duì)文章中敘述特定的人，物，事件的認(rèn)知能力。解答這類題時(shí)，同學(xué)們要認(rèn)真閱讀畫(huà)線詞所在句和前后臨近句的內(nèi)容，分析人稱轉(zhuǎn)換和動(dòng)作變換的詳細(xì)過(guò)程，理清來(lái)龍去脈和前后的因果關(guān)系，從而準(zhǔn)確推斷其指代的對(duì)象。本題第1小題，根據(jù)第二段中Ecuador is not rich by economic (經(jīng)濟(jì)) standards, but in terms of the diversity of plant and animal life, it is one of the richest places on Earth.“以經(jīng)濟(jì)標(biāo)準(zhǔn)衡量，厄瓜多爾并不富裕，但就動(dòng)植物生命的多樣性而言，它是地球上最富有的地方之一。”由此推知this指代的是“厄瓜多爾野生動(dòng)物的多樣性。”故選C項(xiàng)。