书面表达（满分25分）

根据下面提供的信息介绍一下Republic of Ireland 的基本情况：

国名　　Republic of Ireland

位置　　英国西面

首都　　都柏林

历史　　超过5 000年

面积　　7万多平方千米

气候　　温带海洋性气候

人口　　300万

语言　　英语和爱尔兰语

货币　　欧元

要求：1.词数100左右；

2.叙述清楚，连贯自然。

阅读理解

　　Colour helps you see things. But man and some monkeys and apes (猿)are the only mammals (哺乳动物) that can see colour. To any other mammal, such as the dog, the world looks like a black-and-white photo. Dogs hunt mainly by listening and sniffing (闻).

　　Like other animals, dogs see best when things move. The animals they hunt seem to know this. A hunted rabbit or deer will “freeze”. Then the dog may not see it at all.

　　Birds can see colour. They need to, because they fly and need to find places to land．Colour helps them judge distance and shape. In this way they are able to catch bugs (昆虫) in the air or to light on branches.

　　Some birds see things even better than you do. The birds that eat bugs can see them from far away. And even a very young bird can see a hawk high in the sky. So sharp eyes and a sense of colour help birds find food and also help them find where their enemies are.

(1)________can see colour.

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A．All the animals

B．All the mammals

C．Man and dogs

D．Birds and monkeys

(2)In order to find their food, dogs mainly use their _______

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(3)The word “freeze” in the passage means _________.

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A．the hunted animals are frozen on the ground because of cold weather

B．the hunted animals' temperature is becoming lower and lower until it drops below 0℃

C．the hunted animals will stop running and stay in the same place without movement 

D．the hunted animals are so frightened that they can't move any longer

(4)Colour helps birds_______

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A．see better than man

B．see better than dogs

C．see how colourful the world is

D．see clearly where food and enemies are

(5)To dogs,they see best when things are ________

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阅读理解

　　In many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago. About 300 B. C. an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of game beasts was carefully watched and directed. Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut timber (木材), bum wood for charcoal (炭), or trap (设陷阱捕获) animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park, so that other animals would not become uneasy.

　　The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand species (=sorts) of animals are in danger of extinction (灭绝), and the rate at which they are being destroyed has increased. With mammals (哺乳动物), for example, the rate of extinction is now about one kind every year; from A. D. 1 to 1800, the rate was about one species every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of protecting wildlife while caring for the world’s growing population.

1．Cutting timber in these forests was ________.

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A．allowed to nobles only

B．not allowed

C．limited to a certain kind of trees

D．considered as a crime

2．Caring for animals in these forests included ________.

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A．taking dangerous animals out of the park before killing them

B．to employ men to take care. of injured animals

C．to permit the hunters to take away ill animals

D．to raise the dangerous animals

3．According to the last sentence, men trying to preserve wildlife are thinking about ________.

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A．much more national parks

B．stricter laws against hunting

C．the needs of herdsmen

D．the needs of people

4．This passage implies that ________.

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A．the growth of the world’s population has meant greater danger to wildlife

B．about a thousand species of animals are in danger of extinction

C．the rate of extinction of mammals is lower now than it was from A. D. 1 to 1800

D．hunters who kill species are severely punished by law