Question

【题目】

Unable to stand, and suffering from a number of serious diseases in his advanced age, the world's last male northern white rhino(犀牛)was euthanized by a rescue team in Kenya on 19th March, 2018.Only two of the northern white rhinos remain on Earth-his daughter,Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu.

“We are all saddened by Sudan's death.He was an amazing rhino,and will be remembered for the work he did to raise attention of the sad situation facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other endangered annals,”Ol Pejeta Conservancy chief executive said.

Sudan was born in 1972, in what is now South Sudan, when there were still about 1.000 northern white rhinos living in the wild.But their home was then destroyed by human.As The Washington Post's Kevin wrote in a report of Sudan in 2015:“When wars broke out, the rhinos were largely killed for their meat or their horns (角), or sometimes exchanged for money or guns.”

Rhino horn being highly prized is another reason for the killing of this kind of animal.The horn is considered to have medicinal qualities and is sold at very high prices.Even a recent drop in the price of rhino horn did not come soon enough to save the northern white rhino from near-certain disappearing in the world.

But Sudan was saved from the horrible situation by people from a zoo in the Czech Republic when he was 3 years old.After the death of Suni in 2014, the second-to-last male, Sudan became the only male northern white rhino in the world.He spent the last years of his life under 24-hour protection.His horn had been cut off just in order to stop people from killing him for it, though it had began to grow back.But the effort to save the northern white rhino seems to have come too late for a real turnaround.

Sudan's death is a cruel symbol of human not caring about nature and it saddened everyone who knew him.Hopefully it will call on human beings to save the endangered animals in the world.

【1】What does the underlined word“euthanized”in paragraph I mean?

A.KilledB.HurtC.Saved.D.Found

【2】What will Sudan be remembered for?

A.His big family.B.His unusual long lite.

C.His work to encourage animal protection.D.His courage of fighting against serious illnesses.

【3】In what order did the following events take place?

a.Sudan died in Kenya.

b.Sudan was rescued by people.

c.Sudan was reported by The Washington Post.

d.Sudan became the last male northern white rhino.

e.Sudan lived with about 1,000 northern white rhinos in the wild.

A.e,b,d,c,aB.b,a,c,d,eC.b,c,a,e,dD.e b,c,d,a

【4】What made the northern white rhino almost disappear in the world?

A.People didn't cut off their horns,B.Human beings destroyed their homes,

C.The price of the rhino horn dropped rapidly.D.There was no female northern white rhino left on Earth.

【5】What is the writer's purpose of writing this passage?

A.To introduce the northern white rhino.

B.To do a research on the northern white rhino.

C.To raise people's attention to save endangered annals.

D.To find out the reasons why the northern white rhino was dying out.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文报道了世界上最后一只雄性北方白犀牛Sudan在2018年3月19日被肯尼亚救援队实施安乐死的消息，回顾了Sudan艰难的生存环境和经历，藉此唤起人们对拯救濒危动物的关注。

【1】题意：第1段下划线的“euthanized”一词是什么意思?考查词义理解。A. 被杀；B. 受伤；C.被救；D. 被发现。根据下文Only two of the northern white rhinos remain on Earth-his daughter, Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu.（地球上仅存两只北方白犀牛——它的女儿娜金和孙女法图）可知世界上最后一只雄性北方白犀牛死了，故选A。

【2】题意：苏丹将因什么而被铭记?考查细节理解。根据首席执行官的评价He was an amazing rhino, and will be remembered for the work he did to raise attention of the sad situation facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other endangered annals（他是一头神奇的犀牛，他所做的工作将被人们铭记，不仅是他唤起了人们对犀牛所面临的悲惨处境的关注，还有成千上万的其他濒危物种）可知苏丹致力于动物保护的工作，His work to encourage animal protection（他鼓励动物保护的工作）符合题意，故选C。

【3】题意：下列事件是按什么顺序发生的?考查细节排序。a. 苏丹死于肯尼亚。b. 苏丹被人们拯救了。c. 《华盛顿邮报》报道了苏丹的情况。d. 苏丹成为最后一只雄性北方白犀牛。e. 苏丹生活着大约1000头野生的北方白犀牛。根据短文内容：Sudan诞生于1972年，那时还有大约1000头北方白犀牛生活在野外；然后人们大肆捕杀白犀牛，在它3岁时，捷克共和国一家动物园的人把它从可怕的处境中救了出来；2014年，倒数第二的雄性的苏尼死亡，苏丹成为世界上唯一的雄性北方白犀牛；《华盛顿邮报》2015年报道了Sudan的情况；2018年3月19日，它因年老体弱，身患多种严重疾病，在肯尼亚被救援队实施安乐死。可知e, b, d, c, a是正确顺序，故选A。

【4】题意：是什么让北方的白犀牛几乎从世界上消失?考查细节理解。根据But their home was then destroyed by human.（他们的家园随后被人类摧毁）结合下文《华盛顿邮报》的报道可知是人类摧毁了他们的家园，Human beings destroyed their homes符合题意，故选B。

【5】题意：作者写这篇文章的目的是什么?考查主旨理解。根据最后Sudan's death is a cruel symbol of human not caring about nature and it saddened everyone who knew him. Hopefully it will call on human beings to save the endangered animals in the world.（苏丹之死是人类不关心自然的残酷象征，让认识他的人感到悲哀。希望它将呼吁人类拯救世界上濒临灭绝的动物）可知短文意在通过苏丹之死唤起人们对拯救濒危动物的关注，To raise people's attention to save endangered animals（提高人们对拯救濒危动物的关注）符合文意，故选C。