Question

   When people think of tigers,they think： strong and dangerous. But now,the big animals are calling for out help.

   There were once eight kinds of 1  in the world,but three died out during the 20th century. In the past 70 years,the 2 of Siberian Tigers (东北虎) reduced from as many as 300 to less than 22 3 in some areas. The Siberian Tiger is 4 dying out completely. If the government doesn’t make any effort,it’s quite 5 that there will be no Siberian Tigers in China in ten to twenty years.

   In order to double the number of wild tigers in the 6 ten years,the World Wild Fund for Nature (世界自然基金会) started a programme. It 7 save wild tigers and put an end to tiger hunting and killing. China,together with twelve other  8 ,joined in.

   Wild animals,such as red deer and wild boars,are the main 9 of the tigers. The hunting of these animals is the greatest threat (威胁) to tigers. So the most important thing is 10 the animals that tigers eat. To protect the wild tigers,we need to call on more people to stop hunting and eating wild animals.

() 1. A. pigs   B. tigers   C. deer   D. zebras

() 2. A. name   B. kind   C. weight   D. number

() 3. A. somewhere   B. anywhere   C. nowhere   D. everywhere

() 4. A. in need of   B. in danger of   C. in front of   D. dangerous

() 5. A. possible   B. impossible   C. necessary   D. polite

() 6. A. last   B. next   C. past   D. over

() 7. A. aims to   B. used to   C. refuses to   D. helped

() 8. A. cities   B. provinces   C. countries   D. areas

() 9. A. friends   B. food   C. members   D. enemies

() 10. A. to sell   B. to kill   C. to save   D. to keep

Answer 1

1. B   2. D   3. A   4. B   5. A   6. B   7. A   8. C   9. B   10. C