Question

Not long before, some farmers were worried because hawks (老鷹) were taking many of their chickens. They didn’t know what to do with it. Then they wanted to kill the hawks to protect their chickens. However, after killing many hawks, a new problem appeared. There were more field mice (田鼠). The mice ate up many of their crops (莊稼). The farmers didn’t know why. In fact, hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. And they eat more field mice than chickens. When the farmers killed lots of hawks, they changed the balance of nature (生態平衡).

When people move into a new place, they often cut off many wild plants. ①Without enough plants, animals will die or leave the place. For example, in the USA, in order to protect the deer, people killed many tigers. As a result, The number of the deer was growing more and more. After the deer ate up the roses (玫瑰花), they ate the young trees. At last the deer had nothing to eat and many of them died.

②important, the balance of nature, keep, us, for, it’s, to.

根據短文內容，完成任務。

任務一：判斷正（T）誤（F）。

1.Hawks only eat chickens.

2.Killing tigers is not a good way to protect the deer.

任務二：將文中①處畫線句子翻譯成中文。

3.___________________________________________________________________

任務三：將文中②處畫線部分組成一個完整的句子。

4.___________________________________________________________________

任務四：回答問題。

5. The passage mainly tells us .

A. how to kill the hawks

B. the importance of keeping the balance of nature

C. why the farmers killed the tigers

D. people like chickens and deer better than hawks and tigers

Answer 1

1.F

2.T

3.沒有足夠的植物，動物就會餓死或離開。

4.It is important for us to keep the balance of nature.

5.B

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文講述的是保持生態平衡的重要性。講述了不久以前，人們發現鷹總是吃小雞，然后人們為了保護雞，把鷹都殺掉了，后來有了好多田鼠，什么原因，是因為鷹不但吃雞還吃田鼠，吃的田鼠的數量比雞要多得多。就因為人們破壞了生態平衡導致的后果。還有一個故事講述的是為了保護鹿，把老虎都殺死了，鹿把玫瑰花和小樹都吃掉了，最后沒有吃的了，死掉了好多鹿，這也是人們破壞了生態平衡導致的后果。

1.1】細節理解題. 根據In fact, hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice.可知鷹不但吃雞還吃田鼠。故判斷為F。

2.細節理解題。通讀全文可知為了保護鹿，把老虎都殺死了，鹿把玫瑰花和小樹都吃掉了，最后沒有吃的了，死掉了好多鹿。這不是保護鹿的好方法。故判斷為T。

3.句子翻譯題。根據前后文，可知本句話的意思為沒有足夠的植物，動物就會餓死或離開。

4.連詞成句題.。句意：對于我們來說保持生態平衡是非常重要的。此題考查It is +adj +for sb to do sth對于某人來說，做某事怎么樣。

5.綜合理解題。通讀全文主要介紹的是生態平衡的重要性。答案為B。

考點：考查社會現象類閱讀。