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【題目】You've probably heard of sheepdogs that guard sheep.But on a small island off the coast of Australia,these specially trained little dogs protect fairy penguins from foxes.About 800 little blue penguins,once nested on Australia's Middle Island.They are the smallest species of penguin in the world.By 2015,there were fewer than 10 left on the island.

The problem started when people brought red foxes to Australia in the 1800s.The foxes made their way to Middle Island and began killing off penguins and other native wildlife.Local officials wondered what could be done.

In 2014,a local farmer named Allan Marsh had an idea.He advised training Maremma sheepdogs to protect the penguins.At that time,Marsh was using the dogs on his farm to guard his chickens from foxes.At first,local officials said no to the plan because they didn't think it would work.But they changed their minds when the penguins had almost completely disappeared."The powers wouldn't listen to me until it got down to six penguins,"Marsh told The New York Times.

The first sheepdog went to work on Middle Island in 2016,and dogs have been on duty ever since.The dogs bark at and go after foxes to frighten them away.Thanks to the sheepdogs,the number of fairy penguins on Middle Island has increased.Today,close to 200 penguins live on the island.In fact,officials report that no penguin has been killed since the dogs were on the job.

Eudy and Tula,the two dogs guarding Middle Island,are now 8 years old They are almost ready to retire（退休）. Local groups are trying to raise $ 25,000 needed to buy and train two new pups.

【1】How many little penguins are living on the island now?

A. Fewer than 10. B. About 200.

C. About 800. D. More than 25,000.

【2】Why did the little penguins almost completely disappear?

A. Local officials didn't support the protection plan.

B. People destroyed their living environment.

C. The dogs couldn't protect them.

D. The red foxes hunted them.

【3】What new problem will the penguins he faced with?

A. There are too many of them on the island.

B. They will disappear on Middle Island soon.

C. The two new pups won't he trained.

D. The dogs are too old to guard them.

【4】From the text,we can learn that .

A. sheepdogs can really protect penguins on Middle Island

B. local officials didn't agree with Marsh's plan finally

C. the first sheepdog appeared on Middle Island in 2006

D. sheepdogs only guard sheep and chickens

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】D

【4】A

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。主要講述了在澳大利亞海岸的一個小島上，人們通過訓(xùn)練狗來保護(hù)瀕臨滅絕的企鵝，使其免受紅狐貍的侵害，使用此種方法十分奏效，企鵝數(shù)量得到提高。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第四段中“Today,close to 200 penguins live on the island.”“如今，將近200只企鵝生活在島上”可知，現(xiàn)在有約200只小企鵝生活在島上。故選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段“The problem started when people brought red foxes to Australia in the 1800s.”“在19世紀(jì)，當(dāng)人們將紅狐貍引入澳大利亞時，問題就出現(xiàn)了”可知，小企鵝幾近滅絕的原因在于有紅狐貍獵殺它們。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段中的“Eudy and Tula,the two dogs guarding Middle Island,are now 8 years old. They are almost ready to retire”“保衛(wèi)中部島的兩只狗Eudy 和Tula如今已8歲了，它們就要退休了”可知，企鵝面臨的新問題便是狗太老了，不能再保護(hù)它們了。故選D。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)全文描述，護(hù)羊犬的確能保護(hù)中部島上的企鵝，因此A正確。B項(xiàng)說法不正確，當(dāng)?shù)卣�府最終同意了Marsh的計(jì)劃。C項(xiàng)說法不正確，根據(jù)第四段第一句話，第一只護(hù)羊犬出現(xiàn)在島上不是在2006年，而是在2016年。D項(xiàng)說法不正確，護(hù)羊犬不只能保護(hù)羊和雞，如本文所述還可以保護(hù)企鵝。故選A。