Question

Jeff Corwin is a scientist and writer. He does these jobs with one life goal help save animals and their habitats. His latest book, 100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth’s Most Endangered Species. Is a collection of stories about animals on the edge of extinction . Corwin recently talked to a reporter.

Reporter: How would you describe your job?

Corwin: My job is to travel around, look at animals and tell their stories.

Reporter : When did you know this is what your wanted to do?

Corwin: I knew that when I was 6 years old. My dad was a police officer, and we lived in the city. I really enjoyed the time when I could go to the quiet countryside. One day I saw my very first wild snake and I knew that’s what I would do for the rest of my life. I didn’t know if I would be a teacher or a zookeeper, but I knew I would have a life connected with nature.

Reporter: Why did you write the book?

Corwin: We are losing species very fast. I wanted to show people that while we are in a very serious situation, we are not at the point of no return. If we make big changes, we may have the chance to save what remains.

Reporter: Is it true that humans are the reason that many of these animals are in danger?

Corwin: Human beings have a powerful effect on every other living thing. It’s important to make that effect a positive one.

根據(jù)材料內容選擇最佳答案，將其標號填入題前括號內。

1. What’s the main idea of the passage?

Corwin lived in the city when he was young.

Corwin has been trying his best to help save animals and their habitats.

The first time Corwin saw the wild snake, he knew what to do for the rest of his life.

Corwin hoped people can protect the animals to make our earth more beautiful.

2. Jeff is a ___________.

A. teacher B. zookeeper

C. writer D. police

3.The underlined word “extinction ” means “_____________”.

A. 滅絕 B. 生存 C. 冬眠 D. 饑餓

4. What does the underlined sentence mean?

A.Human beings are now in danger.

B.We can’t save the endangered species.

C.Humans can’t deal with serious situations

D.We can make some changes to save the endangered animals.

5.Jeff’s life goal is to ______________.

A.protect the environment

B.do some scientific research

C.save animals and their habitats.

D.Let more people know about nature.

 

Answer 1

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要介紹了杰夫·科文是一位科學家和作家。他以幫助拯救動物和他們的棲息地為一生的目標做著工作。文章通過記者和科文的對話，表達了科文希望人們保護動物使我們的世界更美麗的想法。

1.歸納理解題。根據(jù)短文的主旨大意可知文章的主要目的是希望人們保護動物，保護地球。故選D。

2.一段Je ff Corwin is a scientist and writer.可知科文是個科學家兼作家，故選C.

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)上文的書名可知這是一個拯救滅絕邊緣動物的故事集。故選A。

4.

5. does these jobs with one life goal help save animals and their habitats.可知他的生活目標，故選C。

考點：環(huán)境保護類短文閱讀。