【英语】浙江省平湖市当湖中学2015-2016学年高一3月阶段考试

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1、当湖高级中学2015学年第二学期阶段考试英语试卷命题人：彭宝芳一、阅读理解30%(A)Itisreportedthatconservationgroups（自然环境保护小组）inNorthAmericahavebeenarguingaboutthebenefitsanddangersofwolves.Somegroupsbelievewolvesshouldbekilled.Otherpeoplebelievewolvesmustbeprotectedsothattheywillnotdisappearfromthewilder

2、ness(荒野)ForKillingWolvesInAlaska，thewolfalmostdisappearedafewyearsago，becausehunterswerekillinghundredsofthemforsport.However,lawswereestablishedtoprotectthewolvesfromsportsmenandpeoplewhocatchtheanimalsfortheirfur．Sothewolfpopulationhasgreatlyincreased.Nowthereareso

3、manywolvesthattheyaredestroyingtheirownfoodsupply．Awolfnaturallyeatsanimalsinthedeerfamily.Peopleinthewildernessalsohuntdeerforfood．Manyoftheanimalshavebeendestroyedbytheverycoldwintersrecentlyandbychangesinthewildernessplantlife．Whenthedeercan’tfindenoughfood，theydi

4、e．Ifthewolvescontinuetokilllargenumbersofdeer，theirprey(猎物)willdisappearsomeday．Andthewolveswill．too．Sowemustchangethecycleoflifeinthewildernesstobalancetheecology（生态学）．Ifwekilledmorewolves，wewouldsavethemandtheirpreyfromdyingout．We’dalsosavesomefarmanimals．Inanother

5、northernstate，wolvesattackcowsandchickensforfood．Farmerswantthegovernmenttosendbiologists（生物学家）tostudytheproblem．Theybelieveitnecessarytokillwolvesinsomeareasandtoprotecttheminplaceswherethereisasmallwolfpopulation．AgainstKillingWolvesIfyouhadlivedlongago，youwouldhav

6、eheardmanydifferentstoriesaboutthedangerouswolf．Accordingtomoststories，hungrywolvesoftenkillpeopleforfood．Eventoday，thestoriesofthe“bigbadwolf'＂willnotdisappear．13Butthefactisthatwolvesareafraidofpeople．andtheyseldomtravelinareaswherethereisahumansmell．Whenwolveseato

7、theranimals，theyusuallykilltheveryyoungorthesickandinjured.Thestrongestsurvive.Nokindofanimalwouldhavesurvivedthroughthecenturiesiftheweakmembershadnotlived．Andhasalwaysbeenalawofnature.Althoughsomepeoplesayitisgoodsensetokillwolves，wesayitisnonsense!Researchershavef

8、oundwolvesandtheirpreylivinginbalance．Thewolveskeepthedeerpopulationfrombecomingtoolarge,andthatkeepsabalanceinthewildernessplantli