阅读理解1.While plant植物and animal动物species种类are disappearing消失at a rapidly迅速increasing增长rate比率throughout the world, scientists科学家note记录some success stories成功故事. For example, the number of elephants象killed illegally不法地in Africa has fallen sharply急剧下降. 89 thousand were killed in 1983. 46thousand were killed one year later.This happened because African countries国家agreed to establish建立export limits出口限制on ivory象牙from elephants. Ivory is the hard white material物质that forms an elephant's two long teeth, or tusks长牙. Countries that import进口ivory are refusing谢绝to accept ivory shipments装船that do not have legal export documents合法的出口公文.The Convention大会on International Trade in Endangered Species in a treaty条约signed by 91 nations国家led to the program for saving endangered计划拯救的elephants in Africa. Successful成功efforts成就also同样have been made in protecting Africa's endangered濒临灭绝的mountain山gorillas大猩猩.Almost差不多400 of the gorillas survive幸存in a volcano火山area范围on the border边境of Rwanda卢旺达, Uganda乌干达and Zaire扎伊尔. The mountain gorilla population人口(数量) has remained剩余about the same for 15 years. This happened partly部分, because Rwanda developed发展an important business重要商业that depends依赖on protecting保护the gorillas. Visitors游客there can pay to get close to watch the gorillas in the animals' traditional传统的home area区域.Another successful program is to take endangered animals out of their natural homes. The animals are put into zoos or other protected areas where they can reproduce in safety. The goal目标of many of these programs is to produce引起enough animals to put back into the wild野性.1.What is the best title for this passage? B2.The number of elephants killed illegally in Africa has decreased减少greatly in that _A___.3.In Africa, the number of elephants killed illegally in 1983 and 1984 was__C__.4.The number of mountain gorillas has remained about the same for many years partly部分because of ___C（A）___.5.The phrase短语"the wild"荒野in Paragraph 5 refers to __C___.第1空:A.Wild Plants and Animals野生动植物B.√B. Protecting Endangered Species保护临危物种Saving Endangered Elephants and Mountain Gorillas拯救临危象和山猩猩Successful Efforts Made in Protecting Africa's Endangered Mountain Gorillas成功努力保护非洲山猩猩第2空: √A. African countries agreed to establish export limits on ivory from elephants同意限制象牙出口B. countries that import ivory from elephants are refusing to accept ivory shipmentsC. there are less elephants now in AfricaD. there is a program for saving endangered elephants in Africa第3空:A. 89 000B. 13 500 √C. 135 000=89000+46000D. 153 000第4空:A. the development of an important business that depends on protecting the gorillasB.the protection of gorillas√C. Rwanda developed an important business that depends on protecting the gorillasD. the protection from the gorillas第5空:A.the animal world动物世界√林B. the natural areas full of animals and plants天然的充满动物的和植物√C. the wild nature野性的自然D. the wild animals 野生动物阅读理解2In 1848, gold was discovered in California; from all over the nation, thousands of young men set out出发for California. People called this the time of the Gold Rush淘金热.A gold miner矿工came into a city looking for a pair of pants短裤. He wanted pants strong坚固enough to stand up to 勇敢地抵抗the rough粗暴work of mining矿业. He met a young man named Levi, who sold heavy粗重cloth衣料for tents帐篷and wagon货车tops顶. They asked a tailor裁缝to use heavy cloth for their pants. Then Levi went into进入the business of making work pants. He asked his brothers to send him some strong blue cotton cloth called denim (斜纹粗棉布). With this blue denim cloth, Levi started making the kind of pants we call blue jeans today. They were sewed up解决in the same way as other pants. In 1860, a miner said that the pockets口袋weren't strong enough to hold the pieces of gold he found. The pockets kept pulling拉loose松from the pants. The cloth was all right. It was the thread线that wasn't strong enough. So Levi used rivets (铆钉) to attach系上the pockets onto the pants. Cowboys needed tough pants, too. They liked their pants to fit tightly. But the rivets marked the cowboys' saddles 承受. So Levi covered隐藏the rivets with cloth. Then everybodywas happy.1.This article as a whole is about ______A_____.A. how people got blue jeansB. the Gold RushC. denim, rivets and blue jeansD. cowboys and blue jeans2.While not stated in the article, you can tell that _____B_____.A. everybody who went to California got a lot of goldB. Levi found riches in the gold fields矿区C. Levi made more money than many gold minersD. Levi sold more jeans to cowboys than to gold miners3.The word this in the first paragraph, last sentence, refers to引用______C____.A. CaliforniaB. goldC. many people looking for gold寻找黄金D. the discovery of gold发现黄金4.Levi used strong blue cotton cloth to make pants because _____C_____.A. gold miners liked the blue colorB. this was the only cloth he hadC. miners wanted pants which could stand rough work经受粗活D. cowboys liked their pants to fit tightly紧身5.Which of the following sentences is not correct? CA. It was Levi who started the business of making blue jeans.B. It was one tailor裁缝who started making blue jeans.C. It was in California that blue jeans first became popular流行.D. It was in California that gold was discovered.阅读理解3Culture shock文化冲击might可以be called an occupational disease职业病of people who have been suddenly transplanted abroad移民国外. Like most ailments疾病, it has its own symptoms症状and cure治愈. 文化冲击可被称为有突然被在移民国外的人们一种职业的疾病。