Question

Known as “wolf girl” at her West Warwick, R.I., school, Alyssa Grayson has spent much of her young life teaching others to protect and respect animals. After starting a wolf club in second grade, Alyssa learned all she could about her favorite animals. Today, she gives presentations about protecting wolves at libraries and schools — she’s even spoken at a university. In fact, she’s become such a wolf expert that she was appointed as the first junior advisor to the National Wolfwatcher Coalition.

When she’s not teaching others about wolves, Alyssa can be found volunteering at her local animal shelter, taking care of dogs and cats. She’s also trained as a citizen scientist for Frog Watch USA. In short, Alyssa Grayson proves that you are never too young to make a difference for animals.

When asked how she got interested in saving wolves, Alyssa says, “I’ve loved wolves since I saw them in a movie when I was 2 or 3 years old. Then one day I saw a commercial about wolf hunting. I asked my mother why people do this, and she told me because people don’t like wolves. I decided from then that I wanted to save wolves.”

Today, wolves are hunted, trapped, or poisoned. Hunters chase wolves for miles in an airplane until the wolves are too exhausted to run anymore. Then they shoot them. The animal doesn’t have a chance to escape. Animals are also trapped for their fur. They are left to suffer in a trap with no food, water, or shelter. Alyssa thinks the fur looks better on the animal in the wild, where it’s meant to be, than on a human.

Alyssa believes wolves are important to our worlds. She says, “Wolves are an apex predator, which means they are at the top of the food chain. Removing them from the ecosystem is a big mistake. The ecosystem is like a chain of dominoes (多米诺骨牌)—with the apex predator as the one in front. If you were to knock down that domino, the rest of the chain would go down too.”

People usually think of “the Big Bad Wolf” when they hear about wolves. However, Alyssa says, “If they would base their thoughts on facts, not fairy tales, we wouldn’t have people wanting to kill wolves.”

1.Alyssa is known as “wolf girl” at her school because       .

A. she keeps wolves as pets

B. she was raised by wolves

C. she does a lot to protect wolves

D. she started a wolf club at her school

2.According to the first and second paragraphs, Alyssa       .

A. gained knowledge about wolves at libraries

B. cares about other animals besides wolves

C. started to give presentations since second grade

D. is the first junior citizen scientist for Frog Watch USA

3.Paragraph four is mainly about       .

A. why wolves are killed

B. why wolves are trapped

C. the tools used to hunt wolves

D. how wolves are treated

4.From the last paragraph we can infer that Alyssa       .

A. doesn’t need fairy tales

B. doesn’t believe in fairy tales

C. encourages people to find out the facts about wolves

D. believes that more people will work to save wolves

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.C

【解析】文章主要讲述了艾丽莎在二年级开始一个狼俱乐部之后，她开始知道她最喜欢的动物是狼。她呼吁人们客观的去对待这种动物，不要因为童话故事对它存在偏见。

1.细节理解题。根据文章“Known as “wolf girl” at her West Warwick, R.I., school, Alyssa Grayson has spent much of her young life teaching others to protect and respect animals.” Alyssa Grayson，在West Warwick, R.I.学校众所周知被称为狼女，因为她用她的青春教会了其他人保护和尊重动物。根据题意，故选C。

2.推理判断题。根据“After starting a wolf club in second grade, Alyssa learned all she could about her favorite animals. Today, she gives presentations about protecting wolves at libraries and schools — she’s even spoken at a university.” 在二年级开始一个狼俱乐部之后，艾丽莎知道了她最喜欢的动物。今天，她在图书馆和学校做关于保护狼的演讲——她甚至在一所大学里演讲过。可知选项C错误；根据“In fact, she’s become such a wolf expert that she was appointed as the first junior advisor to the National Wolfwatcher Coalition.” 事实上，她成为了一个狼的专家，她被任命为国家狼观察者联盟第一初级顾问。选项D错误；根据文章第二段描述她除了关心狼之外，她还照顾其他的动物：猫、狗，还成为青蛙观察者。根据题意，故选B。

3.主旨大意题。文章第四段主要讲述了狼被猎杀、被困或中毒。人们甚至为了它的皮毛不断地去猎杀，不给它逃生的机会，可知该段讲述了狼是如何被对待的。根据题意，故选D。

4.推理判断题。根据“People usually think of “the Big Bad Wolf” when they hear about wolves. However, Alyssa says, “If they would base their thoughts on facts, not fairy tales, we wouldn’t have people wanting to kill wolves.””当人们提到狼的时候往往说“大坏狼”。如果人们把想法建立在事实的基础上，而不是童话上，我们人类就没有人想要杀死他们。可推知艾丽莎鼓励人们要客观的去对待，看到狼真实的一面。根据题意，故选C。