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1、2019-2020年高考英语二轮复习阅读理解选练（2）【由江苏省盐城市xx模拟改编】阅读理解。阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。SpanishexplorerscalledthemLasEncantadas,theEnchantedIsles,andCharlesDarwinusedhisstudiesoftheislandsasthefoundationforhistheoryofnaturalselection.TheGalapagosareamongtheworl
2、d'smostimportantscientifictreasures,agroupofvolcanicislandssurroundedbydesertedbeachesandinhabitedbyuniquevarietiesofgianttortoise,lizards,andbirds.YetlifeonthisUnitedNationsworldheritagesitehasturnedsour.Battleshavebrokenoutbetweenfishermenandconservat
3、ionists.Ecuador,whichownstheislands,hassentanavalpatrol(海军巡逻队)toputdowndisturbances.ThecontroversialdirectoroftheGalapagosNationalPark—whichcontrols97percentofGalapagoslandandthereserveextendingto40milesoffshore—hasbeenfired,whileanairofuneasytensionhan
4、gsovertheislands,astheislandersprepareforelectionwhentheypicktheirrepresentativesinEcuador’snationalassembly.“It’saverytensesituation,”saidLeonorStjepic,directoroftheLondon-basedGalapagosConservationTrust,whichraisesmoneytohelpprojectsontheislands.“Wear
5、ewatchingitwithconcern.”Theviolencehasbeentriggeredbyanalarminggrowthintheislands’population.PuertoAyora,onSantaCruzisland,housedjust45inhabitantsinthe50s.Todaytherearemorethan10,000,whiletheislands'totalpopulationismorethan19,000andgrowingby6percentaye
6、ar,despiterecentlyintroducedalawtolimitwavesofimmigrantsfleeingthepoorareasofEcuadorforalife“inparadise(天堂)”.Ontopofthis,morethan100,000touristsvisittheislandseveryyear.Suchnumbershaveputtheislands,specialecologyunderintensepressure.Conservationistsback
7、edbytheEcuadorgovernment,haverepliedbyexercisingstrictcontrolstoprotecttheislands*iguanas,blue-footedboobies,andgianttortoises.Thesemoveshaveangeredmanylocalpeople,however.Theywanttoexploit(开发利用)theislands’watersandcatchitsprotectedspeciesofsharks,lobst
8、ersandseacucumbers,whichcanfetchhighpricesinJapanandSouthKorea.AngryfishermensurroundedtheCharlesDarwinresearchstationonSantaCruzlastFebruary,threatenedtokillLonesomeGeorge—thelastsurvivingmemberofthePintaIslandspeciesoftheGalapa
