Question

Sustainable management is seen as a practical and economical way of protecting species from dying out. Instead of depending on largely ineffective laws against poaching (偷獵), it gives local people a good economic reason to preserve plants and animals. In Zimbabwe, for instance, there is a sustainable management project to protect elephants. Foreign tourists pay large sums of money to kill these animals for sports. This money is then given to the inhabitants of the area where the hunting takes place. In theory, locals will be encouraged to protect elephants, instead of poaching them because of the economic benefit involved.

This sounds like a sensible strategy, but it remains to be seen whether it will work. With corruption in these developing countries, some observers are skeptical that the money will actually reach the people it is intended for. Others wonder how effective the locals will be at stopping poachers.

There are also questions about whether sustainable management is practical when it comes to protecting forests. In theory, the principle should be the same as with elephants --- allow logging companies to cut down certain number of trees, but not so many as to completely destroy the forest.

Sustainable management of forests requires controls on the number of trees which are cut down, as well as investment in replacing them. Because almost all tropical forests are located in countries which desperately need funds from logging, there are few regulations and motive to do this.

One solution might be to confirm wood comes from sustainably managed forests. In theory, consumers would buy only this wood and so force logging companies to go "green" or go out of business. Unfortunately, unrestricted logging is so much more profitable that wood prices from managed forests would cost up to five times more --- an increase that consumers, no matter how "green", are unlikely to pay.

Which of the following statements is true in understanding the "sustainable management"?

A. Sustainable management is usually used in commercial units.

B. Sustainable management is more powerful than laws.

C. We will probably meet many problems in the course of applying sustainable management.

D. It is likely that sustainable management will replace the laws in protecting living things.

The example of Zimbabwe is mentioned in the first paragraph is to ________.

A. prove that sustainable management is ineffective

B. explain what sustainable management is

C. show that tourism there is booming

D. illustrate that people there are good at making money with elephants

The phrase "go green" in Paragraph 5 probably means _______.

A. a company begins to make money instead of being in red

B. making the forests always green in color

C. operating in ways which do not damage the environment

D. starting from the very beginning

What is the passage mainly about?

A. What environmental protection mainly include.

B. The feasibility (可行性) of sustainable management in environmental protection.

C. Different people’s attitudes towards sustainable management.

D. How people can protect animals and plants.

What attitude does the author take towards the sustainable management?

A. Positive.   B. Pessimistic.             C. Negative.              D. Uncertain.

Answer 1

【小題1】C

【小題2】B

【小題3】C

【小題4】B

【小題5】D

解析:

【小題1】由題干關鍵詞sustainable management可以定位到文章第二段首句This sounds like a sensible strategy, but it remains to be seen whether it will work.和第三段首句There are also questions about whether sustainable management is practical when it comes to protecting forests.可知，這兩段是在介紹可持續管理是如何進行的及可能遇到的問題。

避錯指導：A)文章所論述的是可持續管理用于環境保護，但沒提到用于商業領域；B)第一段雖然提到反偷獵法有些低效，但并未說可持續管理比法律更有力；D)在文章并未提及。

【小題2】推理判斷題。由題干提示定位到第一段可知，該段第一、二句話解釋了可持續管理的定義，接著就以津巴布韋為例來說明可持續管理到底是什么。因此B)符合提干要求。

避錯指導：A)從津巴布韋的例子可以看到可持續管理還是有效的。C)文中未提及。D)并不是舉此例的目的。

【小題3】語義理解題。由題干提示定位到第五段第二句In theory, consumers would buy only this wood and so force logging companies to go "green" or go out of business.可知，消費者將只購買采伐可持續管理森林的木材，由此迫使伐木公司只有以保護森林為前提進行采伐才可以。

避錯指導：A)文章未提及，也不是go green的意思。B)說的是字面意思。D)文章未提及。

【小題4】主旨大意題。文章第一段首句Sustainable management is seen as a practical and economical way of protecting species from extinction.就提出話題，即可持續管理被認為是防止物種滅絕的可行而經濟的方法。全文通過實例以及現有問題等進一步說明這種方法的可行性。

避錯指導：A)、C)文中未提及。D)所說的太寬泛，這里只論述了保護動植物的一種方法。

【小題5】觀點態度題。縱觀全文，作者在第二至五段都在探討應用可持續管理可能會出現的問題，所以推斷，作者對可持續管理的可行性持有懷疑態度。

避錯指導：A)、B)和C)都不正確，雖然作者持懷疑態度，但并沒有完全悲觀或否定這種方法。