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天鵝蛋放置于家中的一盞燈的光熱下。 2. A. realized B. expected C. imagined D. admitted 答案: A 句意:過了一段時間,女孩意識到那只雌性野天鵝不會再回來孵化這些天鵝蛋,她決定把它們帶回家。 happen to do “ 碰巧做某事 ” 。但是隨著小天鵝們的日漸成長,女孩的擔(dān)心卻與日俱增:野天鵝在家養(yǎng)的環(huán)境下根本不會飛行。一天,女孩無意中在湖邊撿到了數(shù)枚天鵝蛋并把它們帶回了家。本文主要介紹了導(dǎo)致動物滅絕的情景及其發(fā)生的原因,因此選A。 4. What is the best title for the passage? A. What Makes the Animals in Danger B. How to Save the Endangered Animals C. Pollution and Animals D. Don39。 3. Paragraph 5 mainly talks about ________. A. how excessive hunting led to endangerment of animals B. when foreign species entered the island of Mauritius C. the human activities caused the loss of habitats of animals D. pollution played a main role in the worsening of the environment 答案: C 推理判斷題。 2. What does the underlined word “dreadful” (in Paragraph 4) mean? A. Surprising. B. Exciting. C. Unpleasant. D. Quick. 答案: C 詞義猜測題。 Ⅳ .閱讀理解 What do the following animals have in mon? Pandas, rhinoceros, Mexican burrowing snakes, pink pigeons and small tooth sawfish. They are all endangered animals! Animals bee endangered for a variety of reasons. Sadly, humans are behind every one of them! For centuries, humans have hunted elephants for their tusks, and killed tigers for their beautiful fur, caught fish for food. While we still have elephants, tigers, and fish in the wild, we cannot say the same about many others that have simply died out! Year 1505 was a dreadful turning point in the natural history of the island of Mauritius— European sailors discovered this beautiful island in the Indian Ocean and brought dogs, pigs, monkeys with them. The arrival of humans and those introduced animal species were bad news for dodo birds. About 50 pounds and flightless, dodo birds did not have any natural enemies until then. They picked fruit fallen from trees and built their nests on the ground. Shortly after humans set foot on Mauritius, however, dodo birds realized that they were in big trouble— men killed them for their meat, and those introduced animal species destroyed their nests and ate their eggs. The effects of excessive (過度的 )hunting and foreign species drove dodo birds to first bee much fewer and then die out. The last dodo bird was killed in 1681. Humans and animals have always peted for land and other natural resources. We clear an area of a forest for farming. We cut down trees and use wood to build beautiful houses. We build reservoirs (水庫 ) to make sure that we have enough water to use. At the same time that we are trying to m