Question

Animals are natural resources that people have wasted all through our history.

Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.

Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.

Animals are more than beautiful or interesting or a source of food. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.

For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks(鹰), the farmers’ stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied(繁殖) quickly.

Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.

Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.

1.Why do people kill animals?

A. They kill animals for something they need.

B. They kill animals to raise some money.

C. Animals destroy their natural resources.

D. Animals create many problems.

2.Animals are important to us mainly because ______.

A. they give us a source of food      

B. they are beautiful and lovely

C. they keep the balance of nature    

D. they give us a lot of pleasure

3.Which of the following is NOT true?

A. People care much about animals because they need them.

B. Once a certain kind of animal is gone forever, there will never be any more.

C. Killing all rats and mice may cause some new problems.

D. People must not kill any animal or plant.

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

【解析】

试题分析:动物是人们的好朋友，也是一种人们一直在挥霍着的自然资源，由于动物的大量被猎杀，许多动物都已经灭绝了。如果人类不保护动物，那么就会破坏生态平衡，人们将受到大自然的惩罚。

1.细节理解题。根据文章第二段内容 Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers, for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way.判断人们杀死动物的原因是因为他们的需要，选A。

2. 细节理解题。根据文章第四段Every animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying one kind of animal can create many problems.内容可知动物会帮助保持生态平衡，答案选C。

3.细节理解题。从文章末段These laws forbid the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list.可以判断法律只是禁止人们猎杀那些在濒危动物，选D。

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