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1、944b444b-a9bf-468d-b011-bfaa40c92368.doc 200804阅读理解1.While plant植物 and animal动物 species种类 are disappearing消失 at a rapidly迅速 increasing增长 rate比率 throughout the world, scientists科学家 note记录 some success stories成功故事. For example, the number of elephants象 killed illegally不法地 in Africa has fallen sharply急

2、剧下降. 89 thousand were killed in 1983. 46thousand were killed one year later.This happened because African countries国家 agreed to establish建立 export limits出口限制 on ivory象牙 from elephants. Ivory is the hard white material物质 that forms an elephants two long teeth, or tusks长牙. Countries that import进口 ivor

3、y are refusing谢绝 to accept ivory shipments装船 that do not have legal export documents合法的出口公文. The Convention大会 on International Trade in Endangered Species in a treaty条约 signed by 91 nations国家 led to the program for saving endangered计划拯救的 elephants in Africa. Successful成功 efforts成就 also同样 have been m

4、ade in protecting Africas endangered濒临灭绝的 mountain山 gorillas大猩猩. Almost差不多 400 of the gorillas survive幸存 in a volcano火山 area范围 on the border边境 of Rwanda卢旺达, Uganda乌干达 and Zaire扎伊尔. The mountain gorilla population人口(数量) has remained剩余 about the same for 15 years. This happened partly部分, because Rwand

5、a developed发展 an important business重要商业 that depends依赖 on protecting保护 the gorillas. Visitors游客 there can pay to get close to watch the gorillas in the animals traditional传统的 home area区域. Another successful program is to take endangered animals out of their natural homes. The animals are put into zo

6、os or other protected areas where they can reproduce in safety. The goal目标 of many of these programs is to produce引起 enough animals to put back into the wild野性. 1.What is the best title for this passage? B 2.The number of elephants killed illegally in Africa has decreased减少 greatly in that _A_. 3.In

7、 Africa, the number of elephants killed illegally in 1983 and 1984 was_C_. 4.The number of mountain gorillas has remained about the same for many years partly部分 because of _C（A）_. 5.The phrase短语 the wild荒野 in Paragraph 5 refers to _C_. 第1空:A. Wild Plants and Animals野生动植物 B. B. Protecting Endangered

8、Species保护临危物种 Saving Endangered Elephants and Mountain Gorillas拯救临危象和山猩猩 Successful Efforts Made in Protecting Africas Endangered Mountain Gorillas成功努力保护非洲山猩猩第2空: A. African countries agreed to establish export limits on ivory from elephants同意限制象牙出口 B. countries that import ivory from elephants are

9、refusing to accept ivory shipments C. there are less elephants now in Africa D. there is a program for saving endangered elephants in Africa 第3空: A. 89 000 B. 13 500 C. 135 000=89000+46000 D. 153 000 第4空: A. the development of an important business that depends on protecting the gorillas B.the prote

10、ction of gorillas C. Rwanda developed an important business that depends on protecting the gorillas D. the protection from the gorillas第5空: A.the animal world动物世界 林B. the natural areas full of animals and plants天然的充满动物的和植物 C. the wild nature野性的自然 D. the wild animals 野生动物阅读理解2In 1848, gold was discov

11、ered in California; from all over the nation, thousands of young men set out出发 for California. People called this the time of the Gold Rush淘金热. A gold miner矿工 came into a city looking for a pair of pants短裤. He wanted pants strong坚固 enough to stand up to 勇敢地抵抗the rough粗暴 work of mining矿业. He met a yo

12、ung man named Levi, who sold heavy粗重 cloth衣料 for tents帐篷 and wagon货车 tops顶. They asked a tailor裁缝 to use heavy cloth for their pants. Then Levi went into进入 the business of making work pants. He asked his brothers to send him some strong blue cotton cloth called denim (斜纹粗棉布). With this blue denim cl

13、oth, Levi started making the kind of pants we call blue jeans today. They were sewed up解决 in the same way as other pants. In 1860, a miner said that the pockets口袋 werent strong enough to hold the pieces of gold he found. The pockets kept pulling拉loose松from the pants. The cloth was all right. It was

14、the thread线 that wasnt strong enough. So Levi used rivets (铆钉) to attach系上 the pockets onto the pants. Cowboys needed tough pants, too. They liked their pants to fit tightly. But the rivets marked the cowboys saddles承受. So Levi covered隐藏 the rivets with cloth. Then everybodywas happy. 1.This article

15、 as a whole is about _A_. A. how people got blue jeans B. the Gold Rush C. denim, rivets and blue jeans D. cowboys and blue jeans 2.While not stated in the article, you can tell that _B_. A. everybody who went to California got a lot of gold B. Levi found riches in the gold fields矿区 C. Levi made more money than many gold miners D. Levi sold more jeans to cowboys than to gold miners 3.The word this in the first paragraph, last sentence, refers to引用 _C_. A. California B. gold C. many people lookin