Question

【題目】

Unable to stand, and suffering from a number of serious diseases in his advanced age, the world's last male northern white rhino(犀牛)was euthanized by a rescue team in Kenya on 19th March, 2018.Only two of the northern white rhinos remain on Earth-his daughter,Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu.

“We are all saddened by Sudan's death.He was an amazing rhino,and will be remembered for the work he did to raise attention of the sad situation facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other endangered annals,”O(jiān)l Pejeta Conservancy chief executive said.

Sudan was born in 1972, in what is now South Sudan, when there were still about 1.000 northern white rhinos living in the wild.But their home was then destroyed by human.As The Washington Post's Kevin wrote in a report of Sudan in 2015:“When wars broke out, the rhinos were largely killed for their meat or their horns (角), or sometimes exchanged for money or guns.”

Rhino horn being highly prized is another reason for the killing of this kind of animal.The horn is considered to have medicinal qualities and is sold at very high prices.Even a recent drop in the price of rhino horn did not come soon enough to save the northern white rhino from near-certain disappearing in the world.

But Sudan was saved from the horrible situation by people from a zoo in the Czech Republic when he was 3 years old.After the death of Suni in 2014, the second-to-last male, Sudan became the only male northern white rhino in the world.He spent the last years of his life under 24-hour protection.His horn had been cut off just in order to stop people from killing him for it, though it had began to grow back.But the effort to save the northern white rhino seems to have come too late for a real turnaround.

Sudan's death is a cruel symbol of human not caring about nature and it saddened everyone who knew him.Hopefully it will call on human beings to save the endangered animals in the world.

【1】What does the underlined word“euthanized”in paragraph I mean?

A.KilledB.HurtC.Saved.D.Found

【2】What will Sudan be remembered for?

A.His big family.B.His unusual long lite.

C.His work to encourage animal protection.D.His courage of fighting against serious illnesses.

【3】In what order did the following events take place?

a.Sudan died in Kenya.

b.Sudan was rescued by people.

c.Sudan was reported by The Washington Post.

d.Sudan became the last male northern white rhino.

e.Sudan lived with about 1,000 northern white rhinos in the wild.

A.e,b,d,c,aB.b,a,c,d,eC.b,c,a,e,dD.e b,c,d,a

【4】What made the northern white rhino almost disappear in the world?

A.People didn't cut off their horns,B.Human beings destroyed their homes,

C.The price of the rhino horn dropped rapidly.D.There was no female northern white rhino left on Earth.

【5】What is the writer's purpose of writing this passage?

A.To introduce the northern white rhino.

B.To do a research on the northern white rhino.

C.To raise people's attention to save endangered annals.

D.To find out the reasons why the northern white rhino was dying out.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

短文大意：短文報道了世界上最后一只雄性北方白犀牛Sudan在2018年3月19日被肯尼亞救援隊實施安樂死的消息，回顧了Sudan艱難的生存環(huán)境和經歷，藉此喚起人們對拯救瀕危動物的關注。

【1】題意：第1段下劃線的“euthanized”一詞是什么意思?考查詞義理解。A. 被殺；B. 受傷；C.被救；D. 被發(fā)現。根據下文Only two of the northern white rhinos remain on Earth-his daughter, Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu.（地球上僅存兩只北方白犀�！�—它的女兒娜金和孫女法圖）可知世界上最后一只雄性北方白犀牛死了，故選A。

【2】題意：蘇丹將因什么而被銘記?考查細節(jié)理解。根據首席執(zhí)行官的評價He was an amazing rhino, and will be remembered for the work he did to raise attention of the sad situation facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other endangered annals（他是一頭神奇的犀牛，他所做的工作將被人們銘記，不僅是他喚起了人們對犀牛所面臨的悲慘處境的關注，還有成千上萬的其他瀕危物種）可知蘇丹致力于動物保護的工作，His work to encourage animal protection（他鼓勵動物保護的工作）符合題意，故選C。

【3】題意：下列事件是按什么順序發(fā)生的?考查細節(jié)排序。a. 蘇丹死于肯尼亞。b. 蘇丹被人們拯救了。c. 《華盛頓郵報》報道了蘇丹的情況。d. 蘇丹成為最后一只雄性北方白犀牛。e. 蘇丹生活著大約1000頭野生的北方白犀牛。根據短文內容：Sudan誕生于1972年，那時還有大約1000頭北方白犀牛生活在野外；然后人們大肆捕殺白犀牛，在它3歲時，捷克共和國一家動物園的人把它從可怕的處境中救了出來；2014年，倒數第二的雄性的蘇尼死亡，蘇丹成為世界上唯一的雄性北方白犀牛；《華盛頓郵報》2015年報道了Sudan的情況；2018年3月19日，它因年老體弱，身患多種嚴重疾病，在肯尼亞被救援隊實施安樂死。可知e, b, d, c, a是正確順序，故選A。

【4】題意：是什么讓北方的白犀牛幾乎從世界上消失?考查細節(jié)理解。根據But their home was then destroyed by human.（他們的家園隨后被人類摧毀）結合下文《華盛頓郵報》的報道可知是人類摧毀了他們的家園，Human beings destroyed their homes符合題意，故選B。

【5】題意：作者寫這篇文章的目的是什么?考查主旨理解。根據最后Sudan's death is a cruel symbol of human not caring about nature and it saddened everyone who knew him. Hopefully it will call on human beings to save the endangered animals in the world.（蘇丹之死是人類不關心自然的殘酷象征，讓認識他的人感到悲哀。希望它將呼吁人類拯救世界上瀕臨滅絕的動物）可知短文意在通過蘇丹之死喚起人們對拯救瀕危動物的關注，To raise people's attention to save endangered animals（提高人們對拯救瀕危動物的關注）符合文意，故選C。