Sea turtles have been on Earth for millions of years, but they may soon die out. The main 1 to them is people who kill them for food, according to Dr. Wallace J. Nichols of the University of California.
But the latest news may 2 turtle hunting: Dr. Nichols has found that sea turtles 3 a lot of pollution from the ocean. This pollution is unhealthy for both turtles and humans. It can cause __4__ damage to their bodies and lead to death. Research shows that many people get sick and even die from eating sea turtle meat.
In the US, most people have never eaten turtle. This is because turtles are 5 by the United States law, which makes it 6 to harm or kill these amazing animals. “But many people in other countries still eat them,” explains Nichols. “Our first 7 was to save turtles; now we must save 8 too.”
Davis said he also wants to send out a bigger 9 that we should protect the oceans. “The health of the ocean, animals in the ocean, and our own health are all 10 . A clean ocean is really good for us too because of the food we eat from there.”
1.A. doubt B. stream C. danger D. worry
2.A. accelerate B. slow C. improve D. change
3.A. cause B. expand C. absorb D. reduce
4.A. accidental B. occasional C. unknown D. serious
5.A. qualified B. protected C. restricted D. produced
6.A. impossible B. difficult C. illegal D. abnormal
7.A. goal B. impression C. difficulty D. cost
8.A. Earth B. ocean C. people D. animals
9.A. advertisement B. message C. sign D. problem
10.A. concerned B. disturbed C. developed D. connected
1.C
2.B
3.C
4.D
5.B
6.C
7.A
8.C
9.B
10.D
【解析】
試題分析：本文告訴人們由于人類捕食海龜導致海龜面臨滅絕的危險，不過由于海水受到污染，捕食海龜會導致疾病，所以海龜 數(shù)量減少的速度也許會有所減緩，這說明保護海洋環(huán)境非常重要。
1.考查名詞：A. doubt懷疑B. stream小河，小溪，C. danger危險D. worry 擔心，前面講到海龜很快會滅絕，接著解釋海龜面臨的主 要 “危險”是人類的捕殺。選 C。
2.考查動詞：A.accelerate加快，B. slow放慢，C．improve改善D．change改變，最近的研究會使對海龜?shù)牟稓⒎怕�。選B
3.考查動詞：A. cause導致，B. expand擴大C．absorb吸收，D. reduce減少，通過上下文可知：海龜吸入大量的污染物，這些污 染物對動物和人類都會帶來嚴重損害，人類會減少捕殺海龜，這將 “減慢”海龜滅絕的速度。選 C。
4.考查形容詞：A. accidental偶然的，B. occasional偶然的C．unknown不為人知的，D．serious嚴肅的，嚴重的，對它們的身體造成嚴重的損壞，并導致死亡。答案：D
5.考查動詞：A. qualified合格B. protected保護C. restricted限制D. produced制作，海龜在美國是受保護的，答案：B
6.考查形容詞：A. impossible不可能，B．difficult困難的，C．illegal違法的，D. abnormal不正常的，在美國人們不吃海龜，因為海龜受到 “保護”，傷 害、捕殺海龜都是 “違法的”。 選 C。
7.考查名詞：A. goal目標，B. impression印象，C．difficulty困難，D. cost成本，我們最初的 “目標”是保護海龜，答案：A
8.考查名詞：A. Earth地球，B. ocean海洋，C. people人D. animals動物，而現(xiàn)在變成要保護人類了，即人類要健康，就不能捕食海龜。選 C。
9.考查名詞：A. advertisement廣告B. message信息，C．sign標志，D. problem問題，Davis說他想傳遞一個更大的訊息，我們也要保護地球。答案：B
10.考查形容詞：A.concerned關心的，B. disturbed打擾的，C．developed發(fā)達的，D. connected有聯(lián)系的，海洋、海生動物、人類都是緊密相連，息息相關的。選D。
考點：考查環(huán)保類短文
點評：本文告訴人們由于人類捕食海龜導致海龜面臨滅 絕的危險。本文主要是測試學生綜合運用語言的能力，即從語篇的角度綜合測試閱讀理解能力、詞匯的掌握和對英語習慣用語的熟悉程度、以及語法規(guī)則的靈活運用。考生做題時必須時刻從上下文考慮，不應該只看到所添的詞在短語或句子內是否可行。因此，在做題時最好將全文通讀一下，了解了全文的意思以后再作答。
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