3.The human population of Sri Lanka is now believed to be over 20million.As a result,large areas of trees are being turned into farmland,highways are being built over centuries-old elephant migration routes,and elephants are being driven out of their habitats.This change causes turmoil,resulting in an increased number of uncontrollable events between elephants and humans.
The good news is that there is one place called the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) in Udawalawe National Park,the main purpose of which is to protect and care for baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wild.A day at the ETH begins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk.During the course of the day,each baby will drink an average of 13gallons of milk.Older elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plants.Then the elephants are set free to wander in the park,eating growing grass and forming a herd.
The ETH spends almost $125,000each year on powered milk for these baby animals.To help pay for food and medical supplies,the ETH has a foster(领养)parent program.Anyone,even schoolchildren,can help a lot by giving money to care for a baby elephant.While some foster parents are too far away to visit the baby elephant being cared for at the ETH,local schoolchildren play an important part in the program.Foster parents can name their elephants,take photographs of them,and even help send them back into the wild.
Now visitors are not encouraged to get close to the elephants.The goal of the ETH is for the elephants to return to the wild in the end.It usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be sent back into its natural habitat.The elephants are often set free together with other animals with whom they have close relationships.This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with each other and take care of each other.
28.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1probably mean?C
A.A condition of harmony.
B.A phenomenon of pollution.
C.A state of disorder.
D.A feeling of confusion.
29.According to the passage,the elephants at the ETHA.
A.are taken care of by different means
B.don't get along well with other animals
C.mainly live on coconut leaves
D.are fed separately all the time
30.As a foster parent at the ETH,you canB.
A.take photos with the elephant
B.give the elephant you care for a name
C.take the elephant home for better care
D.visit Udawalawe National Park free of charge
31.The last paragraph mainly deals withC at the ETH.
A.the process of raising a young elephant
B.the life of the baby elephants
C.the future of the elephants
D.the requirements for being a foster parent.
分析 本文是记叙文.文章主要介绍了斯里兰卡为保护小象而设立的一个保护区--the Elephant Transit Home(大象过渡家园).为了照顾好这些小象,保护区采取了多种不同的方法.
解答 28.C 词义猜测题.根据第一段中的"resulting in an increased number ofuncontrollable events between elephants and humans"可知,导致大象和人类之间无法控制的事件增多.所以这些变化最终引起了人类与大象之间混乱的状态,故选C.
29.A 细节理解题.根据第二段的"…n the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk…Olderelephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plants.Thenthe elephants are set free to wander in the park,eating growing grass and forming a herd."可知早上给小象喂牛奶,大一的象吃椰子叶等天然植物,然后大象自由地在公园里游荡,吃着生长的草,形成了一大群.根据第三段中的"the ETH has a foster(领养)parent program.Anyone,even schoolchildren,can help a lot by giving money to care for a babyelephant."可知,保护区有领养项目,任何人都可通过捐钱来帮助照顾小象.所以保护区采取多种不同的方式照顾小象,故选A.
30.B 细节理解题.根据第三段中的"Foster parents can name their elephants"可知,领养的父母可以给小象起名字.故选B.
31.C 主旨大意题.文章最后一段主要介绍了生活在Elephant Transit Home的小象今后的去向问题.故选C.
点评 本文是政治经济类阅读,考查学生对细节的理解把握和推理判断能力,做题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.