Special Bridges Help Animals Cross the Road
----- Reported by Sheila Carrick
Why did the chicken cross the road？ To get to the other side. Most people know this joke. But recently, some people have been much more concerned with how the grizzly bear and mountain lion can cross the road. Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads， the Federal Highway Administration reports. In fact， only about 80 ocelots, an endangered wild cat, exist in the U.S. today. The main reason？ Road kill. "Ecopassages" may help animals cross the road without being hit by cars. They are paths both over and under roads. "These ecopassages can be extremely useful, so that wildlife can avoid human conflicts, " said Jodi Hilty of the Wildlife Conservation Society. But do animals actually use the ecopassages？The answer is yes. Paul Beier of Northern Arizona University found foot marks left by mountain lions on an ecopassage that went under a highway. This showed that the lion used the passage. Builders of some ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them. Animals seem to be catching on. Animals as different as salamanders and grizzly bears are using the bridges and underpasses. The next time you visit a park or drive through an area with a lot of wildlife, look around. You might see an animal overpass！
小題1:The writer uses the example of “ocelots” to show that_________.
A．wild animals have become more dangerous
B．the driving conditions have improved greatly
C．the measure for protecting wildlife fails to work
D．a(chǎn)n increasing number of animals are killed in road accidents
小題2:When the writer says that animals seem “to be catching on”， he means_________.
A．a(chǎn)nimals begin to realize the dangers on the road
B．a(chǎn)nimals begin to learn to use ecopassages
C．a(chǎn)nimals are crossing the road in groups
D．a(chǎn)nimals are increasing in number
小題3:The writer asks visitors and drivers to look around when traveling because_________.
A．wild animals may attack cars
B．wild animals may jam the road
C．they may see wild animals in the park
D．they may see wild animals on ecopassages

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D

試題分析：每年都有大量的動物在過馬路時被車輛軋死，因此人們建造了“Ecopassage”生態(tài)通道以方便動物們安全穿過馬路。這種生態(tài)通道都有綠色植物遮掩著，就和天然通道一樣，所以現(xiàn)在動物們都從這種通道穿行，減少了動物的死亡。
小題1:D推理判斷題。文中先提到Millions of animals die each year on U.S. roads，，然后講到豹貓之所以現(xiàn)存數(shù)量極少其原因也是橫穿道路時被軋死，由此可知作者舉豹貓這一例子的目的是想說明道路死亡是大量動物減少的原因，所以D選項正確。
小題2:B推理判斷題。分析文章可知“to be catching on”出現(xiàn)的語境前后都是關(guān)于動物使用生態(tài)通道的內(nèi)容，而且上句Builders of some ecopassages try to make them look like a natural part of an area by planting trees on and around them也是講建造者對生態(tài)通道的仿真設(shè)計，其目的就是讓動物們認為是天然的通道而敢于使用，所以B選項正確。
小題3:D細節(jié)理解題。從文章最后look around. You might see an animal overpass！可知D為正確選項。
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