Question

【题目】In the past 300 years, more than 130 species of animals have become extinct. One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon (鸽子). 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 (负责) 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】本篇文章难度适中，以旅鸽和开普狮为例，引出动物灭绝的原因以及世界各国所做的保护工作。

【1】根据第一段第一句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，讲的是与野生动物灭绝有关的事情，故选B

【2】根据第一段第三句One of these extinct species is the passenger pigeon (鸽子). At one time there were millions of these birds in North America, but now there are none可知，以前有很多旅鸽，现在没有了，指的是灭绝，故选B。

【3】根据第一段最后一句This animal has been extinct since 1860可知，故选C。

【4】根据第二段What causes animals to become extinct? Too much hunting is one cause; pollution is another可知，故选D。

【5】本篇文章主要讲述野生动物的灭绝以及各个国家的保护措施，故选B。