重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编（19）附答案解析

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1、重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编（19）（附解析） 阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。(2013·西安市标准化考练，D)Upto45rarespeciesofAustraliananimalsareindangerofbecomingextinctwithin20years,scientistswarnedinareport.Buthopeisnotlost!Accordingtothereport,thespeciescanbesavedifimmediateacti

2、onistakentocontroltheirnaturalpredators(天敌)andotherthreats.ThethreatenedanimalscanbefoundinthefarawayKimberleyregionofnorthwesternAustralia.TheregionissimilarinsquaremilestoCalifornia.Thirtypercentoftheendangeredspeciesareuniquetotheregion,whileothersha

3、vealreadydisappearedinotherpartsofAustralia.Dr.TaraMartin,aresearchscientistsaidinthereport,“AlargeextinctioneventishappeninginAustralia.Thenorthhasreallybeenthelaststronghold(主要栖息地)formanyspeciesofbirdsandmammalsandreptiles.TheKimberleyisreallytheirlas

4、tchanceonearth.”Manyofthespeciesareunderthreatbecausetheyarehuntedbywildcats.Thesecatskillaround500000nativeanimalsintheKimberleyregioneveryday.Thespeciesfaceanotherthreat,too.Theirnativehabitatisalsobeingdestroyedbywildfiresandbywilddonkeysandgoatsthat

5、competeforfoodandwater.Humansintroducedcats,donkeysandgoatstoAustraliatobefarmanimalsorpets.However,theirpopulationshaveexplodedintheregionbecausetheyhavefewnaturalpredators.Thereportcallsfor$95milliontoimmediatelystartprotectionprograms.Thereportalsosu

6、ggestsreducingwilddonkeyandgoatpopulationsintheregion,buildingfences,fightingwildfiresandeducatingthecommunityabouthowtohelptheendangeredspecies.RichardHobbs,anecologistattheUniversityofWesternAustralia,saysthecostsareworthwhilebecausethemeasureswillnot

7、betoodifficulttocarryout.文章大意：本文是一篇调查报告。在澳大利亚有多达45种稀有动物在接下来的二十年里将会灭绝。报告主要讲述了这些物种所面临的危险并提出了保护它们应该采取的一些措施。1．WhichofthefollowingshouldbedonetoprotecttherarespeciesofAustraliananimals?A．Providingnewhabitatforthem.B．Supplyingmorefoodandwatertothem.C．Gettingr

8、idofthedangerstothem.D．LeadingthemtothenorthofAustraliaforabetterlife.答案：C　细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句中“thespeciescanbesaved...tocontroltheirnaturalpredators(天敌)andothertreats”可知，我们人类应当立即帮助这些珍稀物种去除威胁它们生存的因素。故C项正确。2．Paragraphs23mainlytellus_