高中英语高考复习经典阅读专项练习（保护动物主题）（共三组附参考答案）.docx

高中英语经典阅读专项练习练班级 考号 姓名 总分 （保护动物主题）（一）When clouds of radiation began streaming into the air around the Fukushima nuclear plant, 160, 000 residents were told to simply cut and run. However, it seems only 159, 998 residents listeneD. The other two — Naoto Matsumura and Sakae Kato — remaineD. The two men would give up everything rather than let other beings starve.Living within the 12.5-mile exclusion zone around the damaged reactor, the two men, unrelated to one another, both live alone while taking care of dozens of animals that were left behind when the evacuation order was given.Reports from Reuters and DW state that 57-year-old Kato has 41 cats who live with him in his home in the mountains—along with a dog he adopted named Pochi. Kato says he will stay with his cats and ensure they are comfortable all through their lives.Matsumura left the city at first, but returned shortly after for his own animals. Once returned, the now 55-year-old realized that everyone else's pets and livestock were still there, so he began taking care of a broad community of animals including pigs, cats, dogs, ponies, ostriches, and cows.GNN reported that he went back inside the exclusion zone and realized local pet dogs had not eaten in several days. After it became clear that no-one was coming back to the neighborhood, he went around unchaining dogs from trees, letting cows out of their barns, and feeding anything in need, earning him the nickname the “Guardian of Fukushima's Animals”.Everything both Kato and Matsumura are doing is risky. Though proud of what Kato and Matsumura have done, their friends and families hope that they can leave the dangerous area. Yet they seem to be determined in what they are doing and both plan to stay there with their animals, come what may.1.What does the phrase “other beings” in paragraph 1 probably refer to?A.Animals.B.People.C.Plants.D.Residents.2.What kind of person is Sakae Kato?A.Curious. B.Caring.C.Ambitious.D.Lonely.3.What do we know about Naoto Matsumura?A.He is 57 years olD.B.He knows Kato very well.C.He has dozens of animals to look after.D.He lives 12. 5 miles from the exclusion zone.4.What can we infer about the two men from the text?A.They will follow the advice of their families.B.They will call on more people to protect animals.C.They stay in the mountains to enjoy loneliness. D.They have no regard for their own safety.（二）Throughout history, many species of animals have been threatened with extinction. When Europeans first arrived in North America, more than 60 million buffalo (水牛) lived on the continent. Yet hunting the buffalo was so popular during the 19th century that by 1900 the animal’s population had fallen to about 400 before the government stepped in to protect the species. In some countries today, the elephant faces a similar challenge, as illegal hunters kill the animals for the ivory in their tusks.Yet not all animals with commercial value face this threat (威胁).The cow, for example, is a valuable source of food, but no one worries that the cow will soon be extinct. Why does the commercial value of ivory threaten the elephant. while the commercial value of beef protects the cow?The reason is that elephants are a common resource, while cows are private goods. Elephants wander freely without any owners. The hunter has a strong motivation to kill as many elephants as he can finD. Because illegal hunters are numerous, each has only a slight motivation to preserve the elephant population. By contrast, cattle live on farms that are privately owneD. Each farmer makes great effort to maintain the cattle population on his farm because he harvests the benefit of these efforts.Governments have tried to solve the elephant’s problem in two ways. Some countries, such as Kenya and Uganda, have made it illegal to kill elephants and sell their ivory. Yet these laws have been hard to put into effect, and elephant populations have continued to dwindle. By contrast, other countries, such as Malawi and Namibia, have made elephants private goods and allowed people to kill elephants, but only those on their own property.With private ownership and the profit motive now on its side, the African elephant might someday be as safe from extinction as the cow. The ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle pointed out the problem with common resources: “What is common to many is taken least care of, for all men have greater regard for what is their own than for what they possess in common with others.”5.Why does the author mention buffalo in paragraph 1?A.To introduce a similar threat to elephants.B.To provide an example of species extinction.C.To offer an explanation for government policies.D.To present the statistics of the buffalo in America.6.Why do elephants face threats while cows are safe?A.They are under different law protectionB.They attract different groups of huntersC.They contain differ。