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【题目】 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 (经济) 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 (物种) 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 (开发) 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】

这是一篇新闻报道。以经济标准衡量，厄瓜多尔并不富裕，但就动植物生命的多样性而言，它是地球上最富有的地方之一。Mr. Acosta的目的是阻止本国的石油开发，保护环境。

【1】词义指代题。根据第二段中Ecuador is not rich by economic (经济) standards, but in terms of the diversity of plant and animal life, it is one of the richest places on Earth.“以经济标准衡量，厄瓜多尔并不富裕，但就动植物生命的多样性而言，它是地球上最富有的地方之一。”由此推知this指代的是“厄瓜多尔野生动物的多样性。”故选C项。

【2】推理判断题。根据第二段中Mr. Acosta said he would rather the oil companies did not destroy these natural riches.“阿科斯塔说，他宁愿石油公司不要破坏这些自然财富。”可知，Mr. Acosta的真正目的是“保护环境”。故选B项。

【3】推理判断题。根据第二段中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.“他的想法是不动亚苏尼公园地下的石油储备，作为回报，国际社会将支付一半的补偿。”可知，国际社会支付石油公司3.5亿。故选D项。

【4】推理判断题。根据最后一段中Protecting biodiversity and preventing climate change means temporary loss, otherwise, we will all be losers — with consequences I’d rather not even think about.“保护生物多样性和防止气候变化意味着暂时的损失，否则，我们都将是输家——后果我甚至不愿去想。”可知，破坏自然就是惩罚自己。故选A项。

代词指代题要求同学们根据语境的逻辑关系、判断画线的人称代词或指示代词在文章中指代的对象，包括考查it（指动物，无生命的事物、特定的事件或人），they/them(指代人、物、事件的复数名词)，he/she等人称代词的指代意义，以及指示代词this，that，these，those等在文章中的指代意义，考查同学们对文章中叙述特定的人，物，事件的认知能力。解答这类题时，同学们要认真阅读画线词所在句和前后临近句的内容，分析人称转换和动作变换的详细过程，理清来龙去脉和前后的因果关系，从而准确推断其指代的对象。本题第1小题，根据第二段中Ecuador is not rich by economic (经济) standards, but in terms of the diversity of plant and animal life, it is one of the richest places on Earth.“以经济标准衡量，厄瓜多尔并不富裕，但就动植物生命的多样性而言，它是地球上最富有的地方之一。”由此推知this指代的是“厄瓜多尔野生动物的多样性。”故选C项。