Question

Every month, junior high schools in China choose one hero of the month. This person is a hero because he or she has done something to help protect animals in danger. Huang Jing decided to write a letter to the President of China.

Dear Mr. President, I have been doing a project at school recently about animals in danger. I think the situation all over the world is really terrible. I am writing to you to suggest what China should do to help protect animals more. I know that there are nearly 2,000 nature reserves in China, which is good. I live in Beijing and there are about 30 reserves outside the city. We visited one of them last month to see for ourselves. I feel so sorry for the giant panda. It’s one of the most popular animals in the world and a real symbol of China. We learned that pandas mainly live on bamboo, and that a panda can eat half its body weight of bamboo in 24 hours! That’s a lot of bamboo. I think we should try to do more to stop cutting down forests. Pandas are already a rare animal and it would be so sad if they became extinct (滅絕) forever. The other animal we should try to protect more is the Chinese alligator (揚子鱷). These creatures live in some parts of eastern China. These beautiful animals live in freshwater rivers and lakes but the water in some places isn’t clean enough for them to live in. It’s really dirty in fact. The government should stop factories polluting the lakes and rivers. If we protect these beautiful animals in China, more foreigners may wish to visit China to see them. They could be an important tourist attraction. It would be good if more people came to visit our beautiful country, especially to see the quieter areas in the country. Now most visitors just see the cities. I hope you will encourage more people to think about such an important subject. Sincerely yours, Huang Jing

 
小題1:What’s Huang Jing’s project at school about?
小題2:What animals did Huang Jing talk about in his letter?
小題3:How much bamboo can a panda eat in 24 hours?
小題4:Why is the water in some places too dirty for alligators to live in?
小題5:If you are a hero of the month like Huang Jing, what else will you possibly do to help protect the animals in danger?   （請自擬一句話回答）

Answer 1

小題1:(It’s about) Animals in danger. / Protecting animals in danger.
小題2:The giant panda and the Chinese alligator. 
小題3:Half its body weight.    
小題4:Because factories pollute/ are polluting the lakes and rivers.
小題5:We’ll build more nature reserves to protect animals./ We’ll try to make everyone realize the importance of protecting animals. / … (Any reasonable answers are accepted.)

試題分析：這封信當中作者主要談到了大熊貓和揚子鱷面臨的生存困境，并就此提出了自己的建議。
小題1:根據I have been doing a project at school recently about animals in danger. 描述，可知答：(It’s about) Animals in danger. / Protecting animals in danger.
小題2:根據信的內容 描述，可知他談到的主要是大熊貓和揚子鱷。故答：The giant panda and the Chinese alligator. 
小題3:根據and that a panda can eat half its body weight of bamboo in 24 hours! 描述，可知答：Half its body weight.    
小題4:根據but the water in some places isn’t clean enough for them to live in. It’s really dirty in fact. The government should stop factories polluting the lakes and rivers. 描述，可知答：Because factories pollute/ are polluting the lakes and rivers.
小題5:根據短文描述，保護這些動物的主要措施就是改善他們的生存環境，故答：We’ll build more nature reserves to protect animals./ We’ll try to make everyone realize the importance of protecting animals. / … (Any reasonable answers are accepted.)
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