拓展练习（话题二野生动物保护） （新教材）人教版（2019）高中英语必修第二册.doc

1、话题二话题二 野生动物保护野生动物保护 .阅读理解 A Every year more people recognize that it is wrong to kill wildlife for “sport”. Progress in this direction is slow because shooting is not a sport for watching，and only those few who take part realize the cruelty and destruction. The number of gunners, however, grows rapi

2、dly. Children too young to develop proper judgements through independent thought are led a long way away by their gunning parents. They are subjected to advertisements of gun producers who describe shooting as good for their health and gun- carrying as a way of putting redder blood in the veins (血管)

3、They are persuaded by gunner magazines with stories honouring the chase and the kill. In school they view motion pictures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate (刺激) a desire to own a gun. Wildlife is disappearing because of

4、 shooting and because of the loss of wildland habitat (栖息地). Habitat loss will continue with our increasing population, but can we slow the loss of wildlife caused by shooting? There doesnt seem to be any chance if the serious condition of our birds is not improved. Wildlife belongs to everyone and

5、not to the gunners alone. Although most people do not shoot they seem to forgive shooting for sport because they know little or nothing about it. The only answer, then，is to bring the truth about sport shooting to the great majority of people. Now，it is time to realize that animals have the same rig

6、ht to life as we do and that there is nothing fair or right about a person with a gun shooting the harmless and beautiful creatures. The gunners like to describe what they do as character building, but we know that to wound an animal and watch it go through the agony of dying can make nobody happy.

7、If，as they would have you believed, gun- carrying and killing improve human- character ，then perhaps we should encourage war. 1According to the text，most people do not seem to be against hunting because _. Athey have little knowledge of it Bit helps to build human character Cit is too costly to stop

8、 killing wildlife Dthey want to keep wildlife under control 2The underlined word“agony” in the last paragraph probably means _. Aform Bcondition Cpain Dsadness 3According to the text, the films children watch at school actually _. Ateach them how to deal with guns safely Bpraise hunting as character

9、- building Cdescribe hunting as an exercise Dencourage them to have guns of their own 4 It can be inferred from the text that the author seems to _. Ablame the majority of people Bworry about the existence of wildlife Cbe in favour of war Dbe in support of character- building B For centuries，elephan

10、ts have played a big role in the worlds economies, cultures and religions. The African elephants used to be found all over Africa and the Asian elephants moved from Syria to China to Indonesia. Nowa- days，elephants are found in small groups in the south of the Sahara Desert and scarcely in Southeast

11、 Asia, Sri Lanka and India. In the early twentieth century, there were close to ten million elephants，and now the elephant number is as low as 252,000 and expected to drop down to 160,000 by 2025. Between 2007 and 2014, the elephant population fell by at least 30% ，or 144,000 elephants. As researche

12、rs have traveled over the African plains，they only spotted one herd of 36 elephants in an area like the size of Mexico.It is clear that these gentle mammals are disappearing right before our eyes. There are many reasons why the elephant population has been decreasing，one of which is their habitat. H

13、umans are competing with elephants for living space, and as more and more humans clear the land that is being used by elephants, the elephants have less space. Elephant hunting or “poaching” has been a major factor for the disappearance of this species，and they are killed only for their valuable ivo

14、ry tusks. Although the trade of tusks is illegal, it is still a common practice in many places. Often，all the local people living among elephants would be farmers， and found that they could make more money by selling the tusks of one elephant than doing manual labor for twelve years. That alone make

15、s it really hard to prevent them from killing the elephants. Some places such as Botswana，have put in extra effort to protect their wildlife from poachers by founding their Botswana Defense Force, which is made up of around 700 specially- trained soldiers that are stationed in 40 different areas. Yo

16、u may feel worried about the present situations elephants are in, but there are ways to help. To find out how you can help elephant conservation，adopt an elephant，or donate，click here. 5The numbers listed in Paragraph 2 show that _. Ahumans dont care for elephants Belephants have been next to extinc

17、tion Celephants have become gentler than before Delephants have gained more attention 6What is the biggest factor for the disappearing elephants? ALess space. BA lack of food. CSuffering from a disease. DElephant hunting. 7Why is it hard to ban killing the elephants among the farmers? ATheir tusks a

18、re profitable. BElephants are destroying their fields cruelly. CFarmers hope to make a living by selling their meat. DFarmers practice their hunting skills by killing elephants. 8What is the purpose of this text? ATo persuade readers to make a donation BTo guide readers how to protect elephants. CTo

19、 encourage readers to help protect elephants. DTo introduce the decreasing number of elephants .完形填空 I have always had a heart for strays(流浪动物)The first animal I took home was a pigeon.I _1_ it on my way to school.It was lying by the roadside and its wing was broken.I _2_ it in the woods.When I went

20、 home， it was _3_ there， so I brought it home.My father put it in a _4_. I fed it every day，and I kind of _5_ it. The next animal I found was a black dog.It was very _6_ because it was about to have puppies(小狗)I found the dog _7_ outside of our house for many days and _8_ to take it in.It was so hap

21、py and we could tell that it wasnt treated well before.We also kept it in a box.Several days later， the dog had five _9_. In those days， no one wanted them, _10_ I had to have all of them.The _11_ of animals grew to be large.Eventually，we had dogs, cats，birds and rabbits. My mother was really _12_ b

22、ecause of the chemo- therapy(化 疗)My father would come home after work and feed the animals.At that time，we had at least 25 animals and the _13_ from the basement wasnt nice.Therefore, we had to send them away.The black dog and its babies were _14_ to a family with three boys and I often visited them

23、.They never forgot me and were always _15_ to see me.I will always feed and try to help animals when I can. 1A.spotted Bwatched Cbought Drecognised 2A.protected Bhid Cburied Dsold 3A.even Bstill Calready Dnever 4A.box Bgarden Cpocket Droom 5A.raised Bplayed Cchanged Downed 6A.scared Benergetic Cweak

24、 Dfamiliar 7A.lost Btired Cbeaten Dtied 8A.planned Bregretted Crefused Ddecided 9A.friends Bbabies Cenemies Dmasters 10A.so Bbut Csince Dor 11A.house Barea Cnumber Dtype 12A.ill Bcalm Ccaring Dannoying 13A.smell Bvoice Csmoke Dtrouble 14A.poured out Bthrown out Csorted out Dgiven away 15A.unwilling

25、Bafraid Cshocked Dhappy .七选五 Many dogs are very hard- working animals. They have been helping people for thousands of years. Dogs protect our homes and help people with disabilities. They team up with rescue workers in search- and- rescue operations. _1_. Conservation experts in Australia are traini

26、ng dogs to use their sense of smell to find some of the countrys most endangered creatures. _2_， who is training two border collies, named Rubble and Uda, to become conservation detection dogs. He says that border collies are good for this kind of work, because they have a great sense of smell. The

27、dogs also have great mental and physical strength to work long hours. _3_. They are trained to find the Baw Baw frog, one of Australias most endangered animals. The work is difficult mainly because of the search area. Just to get to the place where the frogs live, the dogs and their trainers must wa

28、lk far distances through forests. A deadly fungus (真菌) has killed nearly all of Australias Baw Baw frogs. _4_. Therefore, experts at Zoos Victoria are trying to save the frog. They raise them and have them reproduce. Deon Gilbert is a frog expert there, who says that detecting the frogs in the wild

29、can be very difficult because they mainly live underground. The females are even more difficult to find. _5_.However, Rubble and Uda had no trouble in finding the frogs. They were able to locate the exact site where the frogs were calling from much quicker than people could do just by using ears. AL

30、uke Edwards is a dog owner and trainer BRecently, the dogs went on a very important job CThey are very clever and can understand their owner DUnlike the male Baw Baw frogs, they do not have a call EAnd now, dogs can even help to find endangered animals FWithout these dogs，it is really difficult to f

31、ind these rare frogs GScientists say these creatures can disappear in the next 5 to 10 years .语法填空 1 The giant panda 1._ (love) by people throughout the world. Chinese scientists 2._ (recent) had a chance to study a wild female panda with a newborn baby. She was a very 3._ (care) mother. For 25 days

32、，she never left her baby，not even to find something 4._ (eat)! She would not let any other pandas come near. She licked the baby constantly to keep it clean. Any smell might attract natural 5._ (enemy) that would try to eat the little panda. The mother held the baby in her front paws much the way a

33、human does. 6._ it cried，she rocked it back and forth and gave it little comforting pats. The mother continued to care for the young panda 7._ more than two years. By that time, the panda no longer needed 8._ (it) mother for food. However，it stayed with her and learned about the ways of the forest.

34、Then, after two and a half years, the mother 9._ (drive) the young panda away. It was time for her to have a new baby, 10._ it was also time for the young panda to be independent. .语法填空 2 A man hiking in a 1._ (heavy) wooded area of northern New Jersey was killed by 2._ black bear during the weekend

35、，police said on Monday, in 3._ experts called an extremely rare attack. Darsh Patel,22，of Edison, New Jersey, and four friends encountered the bear 4._ Sunday afternoon in the Apshawa Preserve， about 40 miles (64 km) northwest of New York City，according to the West Milford Township, New Jersey, poli

36、ce department. The bear 5._ (begin) to follow the hikers and they separated，police said in a statement. Four of them regrouped but Patel was 6._ (miss) and they contacted police， who found Patels body about two hours 7._ (late) “Evidence at the scene showed that Patel had been attacked by a bear，” t

37、he statement said. A bear 8._ (find) at the scene and killed，police said. Black bears are common in New Jersey and have been seen in all of the states 21 counties，but 9._ (attack) on humans are unusual， according to experts. “10._ is definitely rare，” said Lawrence Hajna，a spokesman for the state De

38、partment of Environmental Protection (DEP) 话题二话题二 野生动物保护野生动物保护 .阅读理解 A 【语篇解读】 这是一篇关于野生动物的文章。 1答案与解析：A 推理判断题。根据第四段的“Although most people.because they know little or nothing about it.”可推断出， 人们似 乎不反对打猎的原因是他们的无知。 2答案与解析：C 猜测词义题。被打伤的动物要经历的自然 是死亡的痛苦。 3 答案与解析： D 细节理解题。 根据第二段“In school they view motion pict

39、ures which are supposedly meant to teach them how to deal with arms safely but which are actually designed to stimulate a desire to own a gun.”可知，孩子们在学校所看的电影实际上起到了鼓励他们 自己有枪的作用。句中的 motion pictures 意为“电影”。 4答案与解析：B 推理判断题。通读短文可知由于人们的猎 杀，野生动物的数量在减少。但是大多数人对这一错误行为了解得很 少，尤其是孩子，往往会误解电影电视的意思，因而作者对野生动物 的生存很担忧

40、。 B 【语篇解读】 本文主要讲了大象在经济、文化和宗教上都起了 很重要的作用，而现在大象的数量在急剧减少，其原因是它们的聚居 地被人们占据了，人们大量捕杀大象，夺取它们的象牙来卖。作者在 这里呼吁人们保护野生大象。 5答案与解析：B 推理判断题。根据第二段的数据 252,000， 160,000,144,000,36 可知，大象的数量在不断地减少，所以他们有灭 绝的危险。故选 B。 6答案与解析：D 细节理解题。根据文中“Elephant hunting or poaching has been a major factor for the disappearance of this spe

41、cies，and they are killed only for their valuable ivory tusks.”可知， 导致大象灭绝最主要的原因是大象的捕杀。故选 D。 7 答案与解析： A 推理判断题。 根据文中倒数第二段的“all the local people living among elephants would be farmers，and found that they could make more money by selling the tusks of one elephant than doing manual labor for twelve years

42、. That alone makes it really hard to prevent them from killing the elephants.”可知， 很难阻止农民捕杀大象 的原因是象牙很值钱，诱惑大。故选 A。 8 答案与解析： C 主旨大意题。 根据文中最后一段的“You may feel worried about the present situations elephants are in, but there are ways to help. To find out how you can help elephant conservation，adopt an ele

43、phant，or donate，click here.”可知，作者讲到大象濒临灭绝他 是想鼓励人们保护大象。故选 C。 .完形填空 【语篇解读】 本文讲述了作者从孩童时期就开始收养流浪动 物，并把它们养在家中，但因妈妈生病，最终不得不送走它们的不舍 之情。 1答案与解析：A 根据空后的 on my way to school 可知，作者 是在上学的路上发现的这只鸽子。spot 意为“发现”，符合语境。 watch 意为“观看”；buy 意为“买”；recognize 意为“认出”。 2答案与解析：B 根据上下文可知，小鸽子受伤，作者把它 藏在了树林里。 hide 意为“隐藏”， 符合语境。 p

44、rotect 意为“保护”； bury 意为“埋葬”；sell 意为“出售”。 3答案与解析：B 根据设空后 I brought it home 可知，作者将 其带回家， 故推断作者放学回家时， 小鸽子仍然在那里。 still 意为“仍 然”，符合语境。even 意为“甚至”；already 意为“已经”；never 意为“绝不”。 4答案与解析：A 根据下文中的“We also kept it in a box.”可 知，此处意为作者的爸爸将它放在箱子里。box 意为“箱子；盒子”， 符合语境。garden 意为“花园”；pocket 意为“口袋”；room 意为 “房间”。 5答案与解析：

45、A 根据设空前的 I fed it every day 可知，此处 表示作者养小鸽子。raise 意为“养育；抚养”，符合语境。play 意 为“玩耍”；change 意为“改变”；own 意为“拥有”。 6答案与解析：C 根据设空后的 because it was about to have puppies 可知，小狗即将生产，故身体虚弱。weak 意为“虚弱的”， 符合语境。scared 意为“害怕的”；energetic 意为“精力充沛的”； familiar 意为“熟悉的”。 7答案与解析：D 根据语境可知，作者发现那只小狗被拴在 自己家外面很多天，于是决定把它带回家。tied 意为“

46、被绑着的”， 符合语境。lost 意为“丢失的”；tired 意为“疲惫的”；beaten 意为 “被击打的”。 8答案与解析：D 根据上下文可知，作者决定将它带回家。 decide 意为“决定”， 符合语境。 plan 意为“计划”； regret 意为“后 悔”；refuse 意为“拒绝”。 9 答案与解析： B 根据上文的 it was about to have puppies 可知， 小狗产下幼崽。 baby 意为“幼崽”， 符合语境。 friend 意为“朋友”； enemy 意为“敌人”；master 意为“主人”。 10答案与解析：A 根据设空前的 no one wanted

47、them 及设空 后的 I had to have all of them 可知，此处表示因果关系。so 意为“所 以”， 符合语境。 but 意为“但是”； since 意为“自从”； or 意为“或 者；否则”。 11答案与解析：C 根据设空后的“Eventually，we had dogs， cats，birds and rabbits.”及下文 we had at least 25 animals 可知，动物 的数量逐渐增多。number 意为“数量”，符合语境。house 意为“房 子”；area 意为“区域”；type 意为“类型”。 12答案与解析：A 根据设空后的 becaus

48、e of the chemotherapy 可知，由于化疗，作者的妈妈身体很虚弱。ill 意为“生病的”，符合 语境。calm 意为“冷静的”；caring 意为“关心他人的；乐于助人 的”；annoying 意为“令人烦扰的”。 13答案与解析：A 根据设空前的 we had at least 25 animals 以 及下文小动物们被送走可推知， 地下室的味道很难闻。 smell 意为“气 味”，符合语境。voice 意为“声音”；smoke 意为“烟”；trouble 意为“麻烦”。 14答案与解析：D 根据上下文可知，小狗们被送给一个有着 三个男孩的家庭。 give away 意为“分

49、发； 赠送”， 符合语境。 pour out 意为“倾诉”；throw out 意为“扔掉；赶走”；sort out 意为“整理； 挑选出”。 15答案与解析：D 根据文章内容可知，小动物们看见作者时 是高兴的。happy 意为“高兴的”，符合语境。unwilling 意为“不愿 意的”；afraid 意为“害怕的”；shocked 意为“震惊的”。 .七选五 【语篇解读】 狗是人类忠诚的朋友，数千年来，狗给人类提供 了很大的帮助， 如今它们又有一个新的任务帮助寻找濒临灭绝的 动物。 1答案与解析：E 空格前几句都在介绍狗给人类提供的帮助， 此处承上启下， 故选 E 项“现在， 狗甚至可以帮助人们找到濒临灭绝 的动物”。 2答案与解析：A 根据空格后的定语从句可知，空格后句子 是对空格处的解释说明。故 A 项“Luke Edwards 是一个狗的主人兼 培训师