2013届高考英语一轮复习课时知能训练 Unit 4 Wildlife protection 新人教版必修2.doc

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1、课时知能训练Ⅰ.阅读理解Someoftheplanet'smostpreciousanimalsandplantsaredisappearing，accordingtotheWorldConservationUnion(IUCN)．Thegroup，whichisbasedinSwitzerland，workswithgovernmentsandexpertstoprotectthreatenedspecies.OnSeptember12,2008，theIUCNreleaseditsRedList，alistofspeciesat

2、thegreatestriskofextinction.Inotherwords，thesespeciesareonthewayofdyingout.Thelistincludes41,415animalsandplants.Andinthelist，theIUCNsaysthathabitatdestructionhuntingandotherfactorsthreatenoneinfourmammalsandoneineightbirds，whichisreallybadnewsforthefutureofwildanimals

3、.Whoistoblame?Scientistsbelievethat99percentofthreatenedspeciesareatriskbecauseofhumanactivity.“Wearelosinganimalsandplantsatahighrate，”saysJuliaMartonLefEevre，directorgeneraloftheIUCN.“Weneedtochangeourbehavior.”Warmeroceansandoverfishingareaffectingsealife.Thisyearfo

4、rthefirsttimecoralsmadetheirappearanceonthelist.Thegharial，acrocodilelivinginIndiaandNepal，haslostalmost60percentofitspopulationinthelast10years.Itisavictimofhabitatdestruction.Whatapity!Still，thenewsisnotallbad.Thankstoeffortsmadetoprotectit，theMauritiusechoparakeet，a

5、birdonceendangered，hasseenanincreaseinitspopulation.“Thisshowsthatprotectionmethodscanwork，”saysMartonLefEevre.“That'sthemessagewewanttosendtoyoungpeople.”AndnowtheUNcallsoneverycountryintheworldtotakemeasurestoprotectwildlife.Theyshouldprotecttheenvironmentontheonehan

6、d，andatthesametimefightagainstpoachersandensurethesafetyofthoseanimalswhichareindanger.1．Whatisthemainideaofthefirsttwoparagraphs?A．TheIUCNsetsupitsbaseinSwitzerland.B．Someanimalsandplantsareindanger.C．Howthe2008RedListwasmadebytheIUCN.D．Governmentsandexpertsareprotect

7、inganimals.【解析】　段落大意题。通读前两段可知，文章的第一句“Someoftheplanet'smostpreciousanimalsandplantsaredisappearing，accordingtotheWorldConservationUnion(IUCN)．”就是这两段的中心句。由此可知前两段主要谈论的是：一些动植物正处于濒临灭绝的状态。【答案】　B2．Weknowfromthe2008RedListthat________.A．thesituationofmammalsismoreseriousthanbi

8、rdsB．thenumberofbirdshasincreaseddramaticallyC．ithasn'tshownthereasonforthedyingoutofanimalsD．41,415animalsareonthewa