Snow leopards live in the mountains of central Asia.Their white and gray fur helps them hide well in their natural surroundings,and they have extra large paws to prevent them from sinking into the snow.They have been recognized as an endangered species since 1972 because of poaching(偷猎)and the illegal trading of fur and body parts,which are used in traditional Asian medicine.
【语篇导读】世界上有很多野生动物已经灭绝了,有很多濒临灭绝,本文介绍了四种濒临灭绝的野生动物。
What does the underlined word “vanish”in Paragraph 1 mean?
A.Hide. B.Drop. C.Suffer. D.Disappear.
答案:D
解析:词义猜测题。根据画线词前面的“manyothersareendangered”以及后面的“ifwedon’tmakegreatereffortstoprotectthem”可知这里是 指如果我们不努力保护它们,它们可能会消失。
2.What Philipp Henschel told the BBC shows that .
A.lions in West A frica will surely go extinct sooner or later
B.not enough effort has been put into protecting lions in West Africa
C.lions are not the only wild animals that are endangered in West Africa
D.many governments in West Africa have done their best to protect lions
答案:B
解析:细节理解题。根据第二段的“Therefore,thegovernmentsaremorelikelytospendtimeandenergyonthesebigg erproblemsratherthanprotectinglions.”可推断,西非各国政府在保护那里的狮子方面做的努力不够。
