解放军文职招聘考试老虎

 Unless governments take necessary measures to protect tigers, they may disappear by 2010, the World Wildlife Fund said Thursday.

The conservation(保护) group said tiger numbers have decreased(减少) 95 percent in the past century and only 5 000～7 200 tigers still remain in the wild — compared with nearly ten times that many at the start of the century.

WWF published an update of their study on Feb. 11, 1999 — Wanted Alive: Tigers in the Wild, marking the end of the Chinese Year of the Tiger.

The report states that in spite of the great efforts over the past year, much remains to be done to prevent the tiger from becoming extinct early next century. If governments do not fight against unlawful hunting and get rid of the demand for tiger products the tiger will go to extinction, says WWF.

“We cannot relax for one moment if we are to make it certain that tigers will still exist in the wild by the next Chinese Year of the Tiger in 2010.” Said Elizabeth Kemt, species conservation information manager at WWF International and one of the authors of the report.

Three of the subspecies of tiger—the Bali, Caspian and Javan tigers are extinct. The South China tiger faces the same end as only 20 or 30 are known to remain in the wild, down from 4 000 in 1950s.

1. This passage tells us that _______.

A. WWF is a government organization of China

B. there are altogether two Chinese Years of the Tiger: 1999 and 2010

C. Elizabeth Kemf didn’t join the authors in writing the report but she agreed to their opinion

D. if the twenty to thirty South China tigers were killed, probably no tiger of this kind  would remain in the wild

2. The word “extinct” in the fourth paragraph probably means _______.

A. fewer B. lost C. dead D. alive

3. Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A. How to Protect Tigers B. Tigers Are Disappearing from the World

C. Tigers in the Wild D. The Chinese Year of the Tiger

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【答案与解析】本文介绍了目前世界上老虎的状况。呼吁全社会对之保护。

1. D。细节题。根据文章最后一句 The South China tiger faces the same end as only 20 or 30 are known to remain in the wild 可推知此题答案为 D。

2. B。词义猜测题。根据文章第 4 段最后一句 If governments do not fight against unlawful hunting and get rid of demand for tiger products the tiger will go to extinction 可推知此题答案为 B。

3. B。主旨题。根据文章第 1 句 Unless governments take necessary measures to protect tigers, they may disappear by 2010 及全文内容，可推知此题答案为 B。