Question

Demands for stronger protection for wildlife in Britain sometimes hide the fact that similar needs are felt in the rest of Europe. Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 per cent of reptile （爬行動(dòng)物） species and 24 per cent of butterflies are in danger or dying out.

European concern for wildlife was outlined by Dr Peter Baum, an expert in the environment and natural resources division of the council, when he spoke at a conference arranged by the administrators of a British national park. The park is one of the few areas in Europe to hold the council’s diploma for nature reserves of the highest quality, and Dr Baum had come to present it to the park once again. He was afraid that public opinion was turning against national parks, and that those set up in the 1960s and 1970s could not be set up today. But Dr Baum clearly remained a strong supporter of the view that natural environments needed to be allowed to survive in peace in their own right.

“No area could be expected to survive both as a true nature reserve and as a tourist attraction,” he went on. The shortsighted view that reserves had to serve immediate human demands for outdoor recreation should be replaced by full acceptance of their importance as places to preserve nature for the future.

“We forget that they are the guarantee （保證） of life systems, on which any built-up area depends,” Dr Baum went on. “We could manage without most industrial products, but we could not manage without nature. However, our natural environment areas, which are the original parts of our countryside, have become mere islands in a spoiled and highly polluted land.”

 

59. Recent studies by the Council of Europe have declared that ____ .

A. wildlife needs more protection only in Britain

B. all species of wildlife in Europe are in danger of dying out

C. there are fewer species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe than elsewhere

D. many species of reptiles and butterflies in Europe need protecting

60. Why did Dr Baum come to a British national park?

A. Because he needed to present it with a council's diploma.

B. Because he was concerned about its management.

C. Because it was the only national park of its kind in Europe.

D. Because it was the only park that had ever received a diploma from the council.

61. The last sentence in the second paragraph implies that ____ .

A. people should make every effort to create more environment areas

B. people would go on protecting national parks

C. certain areas of the countryside should be left intact （完整的）

D. people would defend the right to develop the areas around national parks

62.Which of the following can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. We have developed industry at the expense of countryside.

B. We have forgotten what our original countryside looked like.

C. People living on islands should protect natural resources for their survival.

D. We should destroy all the built-up areas.

Answer 1

本文主要是談?wù)摥h(huán)保專家Dr Baum提出整個(gè)歐洲都應(yīng)該重視對(duì)野生動(dòng)植物的保護(hù)，他通過一些事實(shí)讓讀者明白了保護(hù)野生動(dòng)植物的重要性。

59.D。本題為細(xì)節(jié)考查題。從第一段最后一句“Studies by the Council of Europe, of which 21 countries are members, have shown that 45 percent of reptile species and 24 percent of butterflies are in danger or dying out.”可以得知有許多爬行類動(dòng)物種類和蝴蝶都面臨危險(xiǎn)和滅絕，從而得出正確答案。

60.A。本題為細(xì)節(jié)考查題。由第二段第二句“...Dr Baum had come to present it to the park once again.”可知Dr Baum到這兒來是再次向該公園授予證書的。

61.C。本題為推理判斷題。由該句話可以得知，Dr Baum堅(jiān)持認(rèn)為自然環(huán)境需要平靜地存在，暗示出某些地區(qū)不應(yīng)該被人類打擾。

62. A。本題為推理判斷題。最后一段告訴讀者沒有自然界人類就無法生存，而現(xiàn)在美麗的鄉(xiāng)村已經(jīng)成為重度污染的工業(yè)區(qū)。at the expense of短語的意思是“在損壞某物的情況下”。