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四、阅读理解。
新素养 社会责任 ①The world has done a lot to protect elephants, but many of them are still losing lives for their ivory(象牙). At the end of the 1970s, over 1.3 million elephants walked around Africa. But today, there are only 450,000 left. This is mainly because of people's hunting for ivory. With need for ivory in markets growing, people keep killing elephants. Now at least 20,000 African elephants die each year.
② People call ivory “white gold”. Because of its unusual look, people often use it to make expensive things, such as jewellery and works of art. And the ivory material itself is so strong that people can store it for long. That's why many people are willing to pay high prices for things made of ivory.
③However, no matter how expensive the ivory is, it's wrong of humans to kill elephants.
So some scientists are working hard on making the same beauty of ivory with no killing.
④Thaddaa Rath, from a college of Austria has created the man-made ivory called “Digory” with her team. The chemical structure(化学结构) of Digory is completely different from that of the natural ivory, but it looks so real that it is hard to tell the difference by eye.
⑤Another scientist, Fritz Vollrath from the UK, who is also working to protect elephants, felt excited that Digory could save many elephants from danger. He said, “We still need to do more work to improve Digory so that people around the world will accept Digory and like to buy and use it. And I believe that technology like this will help protect more wildlife.”
1. How does the writer tell us elephants are in danger in Paragraph 1?
A. By showing us numbers.
B. By introducing Africa.
C. By telling us a story.
D. By giving an example.
2. Which of the following does Fritz Vollrath agree?
A. Digory will save all the elephants from danger.
B. It's impossible for the world to accept man-made ivory.
C. Technology will help support the protection of wildlife.
D. Scientists have already found ways to make better Digory.
3. 新考法 篇章结构 Which is the right structure of the article?
A. ①②/③④/⑤
B. ①/②/③④⑤
C. ①②③/④/⑤
D. ①/②/③④/⑤
新素养 社会责任 ①The world has done a lot to protect elephants, but many of them are still losing lives for their ivory(象牙). At the end of the 1970s, over 1.3 million elephants walked around Africa. But today, there are only 450,000 left. This is mainly because of people's hunting for ivory. With need for ivory in markets growing, people keep killing elephants. Now at least 20,000 African elephants die each year.
② People call ivory “white gold”. Because of its unusual look, people often use it to make expensive things, such as jewellery and works of art. And the ivory material itself is so strong that people can store it for long. That's why many people are willing to pay high prices for things made of ivory.
③However, no matter how expensive the ivory is, it's wrong of humans to kill elephants.
So some scientists are working hard on making the same beauty of ivory with no killing.
④Thaddaa Rath, from a college of Austria has created the man-made ivory called “Digory” with her team. The chemical structure(化学结构) of Digory is completely different from that of the natural ivory, but it looks so real that it is hard to tell the difference by eye.
⑤Another scientist, Fritz Vollrath from the UK, who is also working to protect elephants, felt excited that Digory could save many elephants from danger. He said, “We still need to do more work to improve Digory so that people around the world will accept Digory and like to buy and use it. And I believe that technology like this will help protect more wildlife.”
1. How does the writer tell us elephants are in danger in Paragraph 1?
A. By showing us numbers.
B. By introducing Africa.
C. By telling us a story.
D. By giving an example.
2. Which of the following does Fritz Vollrath agree?
A. Digory will save all the elephants from danger.
B. It's impossible for the world to accept man-made ivory.
C. Technology will help support the protection of wildlife.
D. Scientists have already found ways to make better Digory.
3. 新考法 篇章结构 Which is the right structure of the article?
A. ①②/③④/⑤
B. ①/②/③④⑤
C. ①②③/④/⑤
D. ①/②/③④/⑤
答案
1. A 【解析】根据第一段中“over 1.3 million elephants”“there are only 450,000 left”“at least 20,000 African elephants die each year”可知,作者通过列数字的方式直观地展示大象的数量在急剧减少这一事实,告诉我们大象正处于危险中。
2. C 【解析】根据第五段中Fritz Vollrath所说的“We still need to do more work... I believe that technology like this will help protect more wildlife.”可知,他认为技术可以帮助保护更多的野生动物。
3. B
2. C 【解析】根据第五段中Fritz Vollrath所说的“We still need to do more work... I believe that technology like this will help protect more wildlife.”可知,他认为技术可以帮助保护更多的野生动物。
3. B
解析
【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含3道小题，分别考查细节理解和篇章结构分析。第1题需定位第一段，判断作者说明大象濒危的方式；第2题要找到Fritz Vollrath的观点；第3题需梳理各段内容，划分文章结构。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据第一段中“over 1.3 million elephants”“there are only 450,000 left”“at least 20,000 African elephants die each year”等具体数字，作者通过列数字的方式展示大象数量锐减，说明其处于危险中，故选A。
2. 第2题：根据第五段Fritz Vollrath的表述“I believe that technology like this will help protect more wildlife”，可知他认为技术有助于保护野生动物，对应选项C，故选C。
3. 第3题：梳理文章段落：①段介绍大象濒危现状及原因；②段说明象牙受追捧的原因；③段转折提出不该猎杀大象，④⑤段介绍人造象牙的研究，因此文章结构为①/②/③④/⑤，故选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、篇章结构分析
【点评】
本题结合社会责任素养，围绕保护大象的主题设题，考查学生的信息定位能力和篇章逻辑梳理能力，题型常规，符合初中英语阅读理解的命题特点，引导学生关注野生动物保护的重要性。
【难度系数】
0.6
本题为英语阅读理解题，包含3道小题，分别考查细节理解和篇章结构分析。第1题需定位第一段，判断作者说明大象濒危的方式；第2题要找到Fritz Vollrath的观点；第3题需梳理各段内容，划分文章结构。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据第一段中“over 1.3 million elephants”“there are only 450,000 left”“at least 20,000 African elephants die each year”等具体数字，作者通过列数字的方式展示大象数量锐减，说明其处于危险中，故选A。
2. 第2题：根据第五段Fritz Vollrath的表述“I believe that technology like this will help protect more wildlife”，可知他认为技术有助于保护野生动物，对应选项C，故选C。
3. 第3题：梳理文章段落：①段介绍大象濒危现状及原因；②段说明象牙受追捧的原因；③段转折提出不该猎杀大象，④⑤段介绍人造象牙的研究，因此文章结构为①/②/③④/⑤，故选B。
【答案】
1.A 2.C 3.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、篇章结构分析
【点评】
本题结合社会责任素养，围绕保护大象的主题设题，考查学生的信息定位能力和篇章逻辑梳理能力，题型常规，符合初中英语阅读理解的命题特点，引导学生关注野生动物保护的重要性。
【难度系数】
0.6
