Question

【題目】 Sometimes we throw apple remains into forests, hoping small animals around may find them. But what if they are never noticed? People believe they would rot (腐爛) one day. So it doesn’t matter. Is that true?

Sure they will. But it won’t happen overnight.

Marjorie Woodruff, works in the Grand Canyon, set up a small experiment. She put a banana peel (皮), orange peels in a box, wide enough to allow small animals to go in and out. After six months, the orange peels had dried out, the banana had turned black. Nothing had been eaten or had rotted.

She buried the same things in sand and soil and six months later everything could still be seen.

In fact, it takes two months for apple remains to rot and an orange peel can take up to one year.

“Do we eat orange peels? We do not. So why would a squirrel (松鼠) eat?” Woodruff writes in High Country News, “The animals do just fine on nuts and berries. They do not need us.”

There’s another point to think about.

When animals start to get food from people, they may stop looking for their own food in nature. This is dangerous because it may weaken their hunting ability. Besides, they need different food.

Food waste also attracts animals to areas where there are a lot of people, says the Leave No Trace organization. This may put their life in danger as they may get used to looking for food alongside busy roads. Many of them are too small to be noticed by drivers.

When you’re throwing fruit remains, you may be fined (罰款). Fines are different. Some states might only fine people $100, but a few states fine people more than $6,000 for a first time.

【1】Where does Marjorie Woodruff work?

【2】How long does it take for apple remains to rot?

【3】Which animal is mentioned?

【4】How much might you be fined at least if you throw fruit remains?

【5】Why can’t we give food waste to animals?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】In the Grand Canyon

【2】Two months

【3】Squirrel

【4】100 dollars

【5】Because different animals need different food and it will weaken their hunting ability.

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述馬喬里伍德拉夫用香蕉皮和橘子皮做一個(gè)試驗(yàn)，說明他們不易腐爛，且全文說明動(dòng)物有他們自己想要吃的食物，扔一些人們不吃的東西給動(dòng)物吃，這不是一個(gè)好的做法。最后講述每個(gè)地方針對(duì)亂丟垃圾的處罰錢數(shù)目不一樣。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Marjorie Woodruff, works in the Grand Canyon可知，馬喬里伍德拉夫在科羅拉多大峽谷工作，故填In the Grand Canyon。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)In fact, it takes two months for apple remains to rot可知，蘋果皮腐爛需要兩個(gè)月，故填Two months。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)So why would a squirrel (松鼠) eat“為什么松鼠會(huì)吃呢？”可知，文中提到了松鼠，故填Squirrel。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Some states might only fine people $100, but a few states fine people more than $6,000 for a first time“一些州可能僅僅罰人們100美元，但是一些州第一次會(huì)罰人們多達(dá)6000美元”可知，至少罰100美元，故填100 dollars。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Do we eat orange peels? We do not. So why would a squirrel (松鼠) eat?” Woodruff writes in High Country News, “The animals do just fine on nuts and berries. They do not need us.”“我們吃橘子皮嗎？我們不吃，所以為什么松鼠要吃？這個(gè)動(dòng)物僅僅吃堅(jiān)果和漿果，他們不需要我們”以及When animals start to get food from people, they may stop looking for their own food in nature. This is dangerous because it may weaken their hunting ability. Besides, they need different food“當(dāng)動(dòng)物開始從人么這里得到食物時(shí)，他們可能會(huì)停止自己尋找食物，這個(gè)是危險(xiǎn)的，因?yàn)檫@個(gè)可能會(huì)削弱他們的打獵能力，除此之外，他們需要不同的食物”可知，不同的動(dòng)物需要不同的食物，并且這樣會(huì)削弱他們的打獵的能力，故填Because different animals need different food and it will weaken their hunting ability。