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今天小编为大家准备了英语四级阅读习题,希望对大家有所帮助,接下来跟小编一起来看看吧。
今天小编为大家准备了英语四级阅读习题,希望对大家有所帮助,接下来跟小编一起来看看吧。
宁大体院泰国大象的生存危机
For centuries, in the countries of south and Southeast Asia the elephant has been an intimate part of the culture, economy and religion, and nowhere more so than in Thailand. Unlike its African cousin, the Asian elephant is easily domesticated (驯化). The rare so-called white elephants have actually lent the authority of kingship to its rulers and until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.To the early Western visitors the country's romantic name was “Land of the White Elephant”.
Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and a westernized society. And while the elephant's problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority.
How this reversal from national icon (圣像) to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard Lair, Thailand’s experts on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have beenas many as 100,000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,000 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still forest—a habitat (栖息地) that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people. Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than a massive but sure-footed elephant.
By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13,397, but today there are probably nomore than 3,800, with another 1,350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailand’s forest coversonly 20 per cent of the land. This deforestation (采伐森林) is the central point of the elephant's difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of work. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephant's role as a beast of burden declined.
01 练习题
Choose correct answers to the question:
1. What can we know about African elephants from the passage?
A. It is easy to tame them.
B. It is hard to tame them.
C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants.
D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants.
2. Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because_______.
A. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very special
B. white elephant was a national symbol until the 1920s
C. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authority
D. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors
3. Why is the Thai elephant “out of work”, according to the author?
A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their owners.
B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect them.
C. Because the government pays little attention to the problem.
D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs.
4. Which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times?
A. There were 100,000 tamed elephants at the turn of the century.
B. 20,000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century.
C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small.
D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5,150.
5. The passage is most probably from_______.
A. a travel magazine
B. a history book
C. a research report
D. an official announcement
02 翻译
几个世纪以来,在南亚和东南亚的国家里,大象一直是文化、经济和宗教的亲密组成部分,在泰国则是如此。与非洲的表亲不同,亚洲象很容易被驯化。这种罕见的所谓“白象”实际上是把王权借给了统治者,直到20世纪20年代,一直是一头红色背景的白象,对早期的西方游客来说,这个国家的浪漫名称是“白象之地”。
然而,今天的情况却大相径庭。在一个不再需要它的国家里,这头泰国大象在失业和土地匮乏的情况下挣扎求生。这头大象发现自己或多或少被以前的主人抛弃了,他们已经搬到了一个不同的经济世界和一个西化的社会。虽然大象的问题在多年前就开始了,但现在它的国家优先权却很低。
从国家偶像(圣像)到被忽视的动物的转变是如何发生的,这是一个环境恶化和泰国人自身生活变化的故事。据泰国研究亚洲象的专家、该报告的作者理查德莱尔(Richard Lair)称,在本世纪初,泰国可能有多达10万头家养象。据估计,仅在泰国北部,就有两万多头大象被用于运输,其中1000头大象独自在清迈和清盛之间的公路上。当时,泰国90%的土地仍然是森林,这是一个栖息地,不仅养活了动物,而且使它们成为运载货物和人的必需品。没有什么比一头粗壮但步履稳健的大象更能在密林中穿行了。
到1950年,大象的数量已经下降到了13397头,但今天大象的数量可能超过3800头,另有1350头在国家公园里自由漫步。但是现在,泰国的森林覆盖了20%的土地。这种砍伐森林是大象困境的中心点,因为它有效地使动物失去工作。本世纪,随着公路网的发展,大象作为一种负重野兽的角色逐渐下降。
选择问题的正确答案:
1、从这篇文章中我们能了解到非洲象的什么?
A.驯服它们很容易。
B.很难驯服他们。
C.他们的生活比亚洲象好。
D.它们的命运与亚洲象的命运非常相似。
2、泰国曾经被称为“白象之地”,因为。
A.很少见到白象,因此非常特别。
B.直到20世纪20年代,白象一直是国家的象征。
C.白象帮助国王获得统治权
D.这个名字太浪漫了,在游客中很受欢迎。
3、据作者介绍,为什么泰国象“失业”?
A.因为大象对它们的主人不再有用了。
B.因为他们的主人是西化的,忽视了他们。
C.因为对这个问题不太。
D.因为大象太多,工作太少。
4、以下关于不同时期大象数量的陈述哪一个是正确的?
A.在世纪之交有10万头驯服的大象。
B.本世纪初,泰国有两万头大象被用于运输。
C.到1950年,泰国的大象数量已经相当少了。
D.今天大象的数量估计为5150头。
5、这段话很可能是
A.旅游杂志
B.历史书
C.研究报告
D.正式公告
03 答案解析1.[B] 事实细节题。本题考查对比处。根据文章第l段第3句:和非洲象不同,亚洲象容易驯养,言下之意就是:非洲象不易驯养。答案中用tame替代原文的domesticate,意思相同。选项A与原文意思正好相反;选项C,D原文根本未提到。
2.[B] 推理判断题。根据文章第l段第4句中的“until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.”可知当时白象是泰国的国家象征,因此B为正确选项。本题具干扰性的是选项D,在形式上,选项D与第1段末尾一句极为相似,但是,游客这样称呼泰国,原因也是因为白象是泰国的象征,而不只是因为这个名字浪漫,因此,选项D是对原文的曲解;选项A和选项C虽然也来自文章,但不是原因,不能回答所提问题。
3.[A] 推理判断题。文章有几处解释了大象失业的原因,如第2段的第2句“a nation that no longer needs it (Thai elephant)”及末尾一段的末尾一句“the elephant’s role as a beast of burden declined”等。选项A是对这些解释的一个基本概括。选项B中westernized和neglect虽在文章中出现,但选项B只是对想像的描述,不能解释大象“失业”的原因。选项C来自第2段末尾一句话,但这句话只能说明大象不再受,不能作为大象“失业”的理由。选项D原文未提及,而且,从第3、4段可以看出:大象的数量急剧下降,谈不上“太多”。
4.[D] 事实细节题。此题考查的是大象数量变化的情况。四个选项中的数字惟有选项D没有直接出现,但根据第4段第l句很容易推算出来。选项A和B虽用了原文的数据,但选项A忽略了may这个词,而且未点明泰国,故不妥。B则忽略了in the north of Thailand及more than这两处。选项C中的small与原文substantial(大量的)冲突,也不对。
5.[C] 主旨大意题。从本文所用的大量客观的数据和数字可以推断这是一篇研究报告。本文趣味性不足,因此不能选A。选项B不能选,是因为历史书不可能如此大篇幅的描述大象的问题。选项D也不是正确答案,因为公告通常是一些规定,而不是客观的陈述。
04 重点词汇释义Southeast Asia东南亚
Asian elephant亚洲象
white elephants白象,累赘物( white elephant的名词复数 )
national flag
a white elephant沉重的负担, 无用的累赘东西
White Elephant白象,累赘物
very different差得多
Out of work失业
no longer不再,已不
more or less多多少少; 差不多, 几乎; 大约; 多
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