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When I was a child, things were not good for animals. People liked visiting zoos, but I didn't. Some people might find the dolphins' tea parties funny or the bird shows enjoyable, but I didn't. It seemed that the animals were in a circus(马戏团).
I was upset when circus people played games on animals—men making fun of lions, girls walking on elephants, monkeys playing football and so on. I thought those things were just cold and cruel. However, we didn't have the law to stop the bad things.
Happily, as time went by, laws were starting to play their roles in animal care and people began to stand on the animals' side. Circuses could not use wild animals for making money any more and zoos couldn't either.
When my children were young, I sometimes took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in small cages and the monkeys looked bored as they sat peeling bananas. As a result, animal lovers are often against zoos. They say animals should get back to nature. However, zoo animals have a longer life. They are just not free. Yes, they are not free to be killed, not free to die of hunger or thirst. Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isn't so bad.
There are even bigger changes. Many kinds of animal-care groups keep joining in and giving help. Our thanks should go to BIAZA, an association for saving wildlife across the world. BIAZA tells zoos what to do in special situations; it keeps an eye on how animals live both in and out of the zoos; it studies animals and helps other animal-study programmes, both in the UK and abroad; it gives animal-care talks to teach people about animals. Also, it organizes animal exchange programmes between zoos to help people around the world see different animals.
Today, most zoo animals are born and grow up in large comfortable places. Kind and experienced zoo workers look after them. Sometime in the future these animals may get back to nature and really share this planet with humans. We should always care about them and remember that humans aren't the owners of this planet.
1. From Paragraph 2, we can see that the writer believed circus animals
A. were talented in games
B. lived a terrible life
C. were cold and cruel
D. liked working with people
2. According to the passage, BIAZA probably can't
A. share ideas about how to care for animals
B. help some animal-study programmes
C. close zoos when animals die due to something special
D. borrow a panda from China and bring it to London Zoo
3. According to the passage, the writer would agree that
A. zoo animals should go back to nature at once
B. humans are not good at taking care of animals
C. humans are the owners of the planet
D. zoos now have better living environment for animals
4. What is the structure of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1, ... )
A. ①②/③④/⑤⑥
B. ①②/③④⑤/⑥
C. ①/②③④⑤/⑥
D. ①/②③④/⑤⑥
When I was a child, things were not good for animals. People liked visiting zoos, but I didn't. Some people might find the dolphins' tea parties funny or the bird shows enjoyable, but I didn't. It seemed that the animals were in a circus(马戏团).
I was upset when circus people played games on animals—men making fun of lions, girls walking on elephants, monkeys playing football and so on. I thought those things were just cold and cruel. However, we didn't have the law to stop the bad things.
Happily, as time went by, laws were starting to play their roles in animal care and people began to stand on the animals' side. Circuses could not use wild animals for making money any more and zoos couldn't either.
When my children were young, I sometimes took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in small cages and the monkeys looked bored as they sat peeling bananas. As a result, animal lovers are often against zoos. They say animals should get back to nature. However, zoo animals have a longer life. They are just not free. Yes, they are not free to be killed, not free to die of hunger or thirst. Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isn't so bad.
There are even bigger changes. Many kinds of animal-care groups keep joining in and giving help. Our thanks should go to BIAZA, an association for saving wildlife across the world. BIAZA tells zoos what to do in special situations; it keeps an eye on how animals live both in and out of the zoos; it studies animals and helps other animal-study programmes, both in the UK and abroad; it gives animal-care talks to teach people about animals. Also, it organizes animal exchange programmes between zoos to help people around the world see different animals.
Today, most zoo animals are born and grow up in large comfortable places. Kind and experienced zoo workers look after them. Sometime in the future these animals may get back to nature and really share this planet with humans. We should always care about them and remember that humans aren't the owners of this planet.
1. From Paragraph 2, we can see that the writer believed circus animals
B
.A. were talented in games
B. lived a terrible life
C. were cold and cruel
D. liked working with people
2. According to the passage, BIAZA probably can't
C
.A. share ideas about how to care for animals
B. help some animal-study programmes
C. close zoos when animals die due to something special
D. borrow a panda from China and bring it to London Zoo
3. According to the passage, the writer would agree that
D
.A. zoo animals should go back to nature at once
B. humans are not good at taking care of animals
C. humans are the owners of the planet
D. zoos now have better living environment for animals
4. What is the structure of the passage? (①=Paragraph 1, ... )
A. ①②/③④/⑤⑥
B. ①②/③④⑤/⑥
C. ①/②③④⑤/⑥
D. ①/②③④/⑤⑥
答案
1.B 2.C 3.D 4.B
解析
【分析】这是一篇关于动物保护的阅读理解题，需结合原文细节、作者观点及段落结构解题：
1. 第1题：定位到第二段，作者描述马戏团动物被人类捉弄，认为相关行为“cold and cruel”，可推断马戏团动物生活糟糕，据此选答案。
2. 第2题：查找第五段中BIAZA的职责，逐一排除符合职责的选项，剩余的即为BIAZA不能做的事。
3. 第3题：结合全文作者观点，逐一分析选项，排除与原文不符的，选出符合作者态度的选项。
4. 第4题：梳理各段落内容，划分段落层次，确定文章结构。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据第二段“I thought those things were just cold and cruel.”可知，作者认为马戏团的动物生活糟糕；A项“有游戏天赋”、D项“喜欢和人工作”与原文不符，C项“是cold and cruel的主体而非动物”，故选B。
2. 第2题：第五段明确BIAZA的职责：告知动物园特殊情况的处理方式、监督动物生活、帮助动物研究项目、做动物保护讲座、组织动物交换项目；C项“因动物特殊情况死亡关闭动物园”未提及，故选C。
3. 第3题：最后一段提到“Today, most zoo animals are born and grow up in large comfortable places.”说明现在动物园动物生存环境更好，D正确；A项“立刻回归自然”与原文“may get back to nature”不符，B项“人类不擅长照顾动物”原文未体现，C项与最后一段“humans aren't the owners of this planet”不符，故选D。
4. 第4题：①②段讲过去动物（马戏团、动物园）的糟糕状况；③④⑤段讲动物保护的变化（法律、BIAZA等）；⑥段讲未来展望及作者观点，结构为①②/③④⑤/⑥，故选B。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.D 4.B
【知识点】阅读理解、细节理解、文章结构
【点评】本题围绕动物保护主题，考查学生对原文细节的定位、作者观点的把握及文章结构的梳理能力，需学生仔细阅读原文，准确提取关键信息。
【难度系数】0.5
1. 第1题：定位到第二段，作者描述马戏团动物被人类捉弄，认为相关行为“cold and cruel”，可推断马戏团动物生活糟糕，据此选答案。
2. 第2题：查找第五段中BIAZA的职责，逐一排除符合职责的选项，剩余的即为BIAZA不能做的事。
3. 第3题：结合全文作者观点，逐一分析选项，排除与原文不符的，选出符合作者态度的选项。
4. 第4题：梳理各段落内容，划分段落层次，确定文章结构。
【解析】
1. 第1题：根据第二段“I thought those things were just cold and cruel.”可知，作者认为马戏团的动物生活糟糕；A项“有游戏天赋”、D项“喜欢和人工作”与原文不符，C项“是cold and cruel的主体而非动物”，故选B。
2. 第2题：第五段明确BIAZA的职责：告知动物园特殊情况的处理方式、监督动物生活、帮助动物研究项目、做动物保护讲座、组织动物交换项目；C项“因动物特殊情况死亡关闭动物园”未提及，故选C。
3. 第3题：最后一段提到“Today, most zoo animals are born and grow up in large comfortable places.”说明现在动物园动物生存环境更好，D正确；A项“立刻回归自然”与原文“may get back to nature”不符，B项“人类不擅长照顾动物”原文未体现，C项与最后一段“humans aren't the owners of this planet”不符，故选D。
4. 第4题：①②段讲过去动物（马戏团、动物园）的糟糕状况；③④⑤段讲动物保护的变化（法律、BIAZA等）；⑥段讲未来展望及作者观点，结构为①②/③④⑤/⑥，故选B。
【答案】1.B 2.C 3.D 4.B
【知识点】阅读理解、细节理解、文章结构
【点评】本题围绕动物保护主题，考查学生对原文细节的定位、作者观点的把握及文章结构的梳理能力，需学生仔细阅读原文，准确提取关键信息。
【难度系数】0.5
