3.The human population of Sri Lanka is now believed to be over 20million.As a result,large areas of trees are being turned into farmland,highways are being built over centuries-old elephant migration routes,and elephants are being driven out of their habitats.This change causes turmoil,resulting in an increased number of uncontrollable events between elephants and humans.
The good news is that there is one place called the Elephant Transit Home (ETH) in Udawalawe National Park,the main purpose of which is to protect and care for baby elephants that are found injured or living without their mothers in the wild.A day at the ETH begins early in the morning when the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk.During the course of the day,each baby will drink an average of 13gallons of milk.Older elephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plants.Then the elephants are set free to wander in the park,eating growing grass and forming a herd.
The ETH spends almost $125,000each year on powered milk for these baby animals.To help pay for food and medical supplies,the ETH has a foster(領養(yǎng))parent program.Anyone,even schoolchildren,can help a lot by giving money to care for a baby elephant.While some foster parents are too far away to visit the baby elephant being cared for at the ETH,local schoolchildren play an important part in the program.Foster parents can name their elephants,take photographs of them,and even help send them back into the wild.
Now visitors are not encouraged to get close to the elephants.The goal of the ETH is for the elephants to return to the wild in the end.It usually takes three years for a baby elephant to be sent back into its natural habitat.The elephants are often set free together with other animals with whom they have close relationships.This program helps them return to the wild as members of a herd that will communicate with each other and take care of each other.
28.What does the underlined word in Paragraph 1probably mean?C
A.A condition of harmony.
B.A phenomenon of pollution.
C.A state of disorder.
D.A feeling of confusion.
29.According to the passage,the elephants at the ETHA.
A.a(chǎn)re taken care of by different means
B.don't get along well with other animals
C.mainly live on coconut leaves
D.a(chǎn)re fed separately all the time
30.As a foster parent at the ETH,you canB.
A.take photos with the elephant
B.give the elephant you care for a name
C.take the elephant home for better care
D.visit Udawalawe National Park free of charge
31.The last paragraph mainly deals withC at the ETH.
A.the process of raising a young elephant
B.the life of the baby elephants
C.the future of the elephants
D.the requirements for being a foster parent.
分析 本文是記敘文.文章主要介紹了斯里蘭卡為保護小象而設立的一個保護區(qū)--the Elephant Transit Home(大象過渡家園).為了照顧好這些小象,保護區(qū)采取了多種不同的方法.
解答 28.C 詞義猜測題.根據(jù)第一段中的"resulting in an increased number ofuncontrollable events between elephants and humans"可知,導致大象和人類之間無法控制的事件增多.所以這些變化最終引起了人類與大象之間混亂的狀態(tài),故選C.
29.A 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第二段的"…n the baby elephants are given their first feeding of milk…Olderelephants are fed mostly coconut leaves as well as other native plants.Thenthe elephants are set free to wander in the park,eating growing grass and forming a herd."可知早上給小象喂牛奶,大一的象吃椰子葉等天然植物,然后大象自由地在公園里游蕩,吃著生長的草,形成了一大群.根據(jù)第三段中的"the ETH has a foster(領養(yǎng))parent program.Anyone,even schoolchildren,can help a lot by giving money to care for a babyelephant."可知,保護區(qū)有領養(yǎng)項目,任何人都可通過捐錢來幫助照顧小象.所以保護區(qū)采取多種不同的方式照顧小象,故選A.
30.B 細節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)第三段中的"Foster parents can name their elephants"可知,領養(yǎng)的父母可以給小象起名字.故選B.
31.C 主旨大意題.文章最后一段主要介紹了生活在Elephant Transit Home的小象今后的去向問題.故選C.
點評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟類閱讀,考查學生對細節(jié)的理解把握和推理判斷能力,做題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確選擇.在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.