欢迎来到天天文库
浏览记录
ID:20972105
大小:27.50 KB
页数:3页
时间:2018-10-18
《after years of heated debate, gray wolves were reintroduced to 阅读理解答案》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在应用文档-天天文库。
1、Afteryearsofheateddebate,graywolveswerereintroducedto阅读理解答案 Afteryearsofheateddebate,graywolveswerereintroducedtoYellowstoneNationalPark.FourteenwolveswerecaughtinCanadaandtransportedtothepark.Bylastyear,theYellowstonewolfpopulationhadgrowntomorethan170wolves. Graywolvesoncewere
2、seenhereandthereintheYellowstoneareaandmuchofthecontinentalUnitedStates,buttheyweregraduallydisplacedbyhumandevelopment.Bythe1920s,wolveshadpracticallydisappearedfromtheYellowstonearea.TheywentfarthernorthintothedeepforestsofCanada,wheretherewerefewerhumansaround. Thedisappearanc
3、eofthewolveshadmanyunexpectedresults.Deerandelkpopulations—majorfoodsources(来源)forthewolf–grewrapidly.Theseanimalsconsumedlargeamountsofvegetation(植被),whichreducedplantdiversityinthepark.Intheabsenceofwolves,coyotepopulationsalsogrewquickly.Thecoyoteskilledalargepercentageofthepar
4、k’sredfoxes,andcompletelydroveawaythepark’sbeavers. Asearlyas1966,biologistsaskedthegovernmenttoconsiderreintroducingwolvestoYellowstonePark.Theyhopedthatwolveswouldbeabletocontroltheelkandcoyoteproblems.Manyfarmersopposedtheplanbecausetheyfearedthatwolveswouldkilltheirfarmanimal
5、sorpets. Thegovernmentspentnearly30yearscomingupwithaplantoreintroducethewolvers.TheFishandWildlifeServicecarefullymonitorsandmanagesthewolfpacksinYellowstone.Today,thedebatecontinuesoverhowwellthegraywolfisfittinginat,deer,andcoyotepopulationsaredown,whilebeaversandredforeshavem
6、adeacomeback.TheYellowstonewolfprojecthasbeenavaluableexperimenttohelpbiologistsdecidewhethertoreintroducewolvestootherpartsofthecountryaswell. isthetextmainlyabout? A.WildliferesearchintheUnitedStates. B.PlantdiversityintheYellowstonearea. C.Theconflictbetweenfarmersandgraywo
7、lves. D.ThereintroductionofwolvestoYellowstonePark. doestheunderlinedword“displaced”inparagraph2mean? A.Tested.B.Separated.C.Forcedout.D.Trackeddown. didthedisappearanceofgraywolvesbringabout? A.Damagetolocalecology.B.Adeclineinthepark’sincome. C.Preservationofvegetation.D.A
8、nincreaseinthevarietyofanimals.
此文档下载收益归作者所有