1、Unit 4Wildlife protection课时作业.阅读A(2020浙江省温州市高考英语模拟试卷(2月份)“Turtle time！” loudly called out by one of my newlyfound friends, meant the beginning of either a morning or afternoon shift at Turtle Camp in Nusa Penida, Indonesia. Upon arrival at the project each day, we would look eagerly for our names on
2、 the whiteboard to see which task we would be undertaking. Would it be the highly desirable “turtle feeding”， the pretty fun “tank cleaning”， the exciting “medicine administering” or the less appealing “fish cutting”？ Fine in theory but not when every fly in Indonesia decides to crowd onto these dea
3、d fish while youre cutting!Life at the turtle project was fun because twice a day we got to hang out with sea turtles. By “hang out”， I obviously meant “work”， as we were on shift, but it certainly didnt feel like work. Another fun thing was getting to know the other volunteers! With volunteers from
4、 all over the world, it was just common to hear Finnish being spoken, Australian slang mixed with French expressions and Swedes making plans to visit newlyfound friends in the USA.Of course, not all the time at Turtle Camp was consumed by volunteering. Scheduled activities included a trip to Crystal
5、 Bay, a beautiful paradise for swimming and sunbathing, an awesome beach bonfire complete with a beautiful sunset as well as our local coworkers showing off their guitar playing and singing skills.Our time at Turtle Camp was capped off by setting free two of our turtles into the sea to begin their j
6、ourney as independent turtles! Hopefully, the love and care provided at the turtle project would ensure that these turtles had a greater chance of survival in the big, wide and scary ocean.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文，作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了海龟营地的志愿者工作内容。1Which task is less fun to the volunteers at Turtle Camp?ATurtle fee
7、ding.BTank cleaning.CMedicine Administering.DFish Cutting.答案：D细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“. or the less appealing fish cutting？”可知，切鱼对海龟营的志愿者来说不那么有趣，故选D。2What does the underlined sentence imply?AThe volunteering was a challenge.BThe time at the camp was difficult.CThe work at the project was a delight.DCommunic
8、ation was timeconsuming.答案：C推理判断题。根据文章第二段中第一句可知，我们一天两次出去遛乌龟，这很有趣，第二句进一步说明虽然我们在轮班，但这肯定不像工作，由此推知，该项工作是一种乐趣，故选C。3When setting free the two turtles, the volunteers felt a sense of .AachievementBbelongingClossDindependence答案：A推理判断题。根据文章第四段可知，我们把两只海龟放进了海里，开始了他们作为独立海龟的旅程！希望海龟计划所提供的爱心和关怀能确保这些海龟在广阔而恐怖的海洋中有更大
9、的生存机会，由此可知当释放两只海龟时，志愿者们感觉到了一种成就感，故选A。【词汇积累】undertake v. 承担；从事；负责appealing adj. 有吸引力的；令人感兴趣的hang out 闲逛；出外玩儿on shift 轮班【长难句分析】Fine in theory but not when every fly in Indonesia decides to crowd onto these dead fish while youre cutting!理论上很好，但当你切鱼时，印尼的每只苍蝇都决定挤在这些死鱼上，那就不行了！分析：这是一个主从复合句。when引导时间状语从句，主句中
10、fine前省略了It is。主句中的省略多用于句首。B(2020安徽省合肥市八校高三第一次联考)Ive come back to check on a baby. Just after dusk Im in a car down a muddy road in the rain, passing rows of shackled (戴镣铐的) elephants, their trunks swinging. I was here five hours before, when the sun was high and hot and tourists were on elephants ba
11、cks.Walking now, I can barely see the path in the glow of my phones flashlight. When the wooden fence post stops me short, I point my light down and follow a current of rainwater across the concrete floor until it washes up against three large, gray feet. A fourth foot twisted above the surface, tie
12、d tightly by a short chain and choked by ring of metal spikes (尖刺). When the elephant tires and puts her foot down, the spikes press deeper into her ankle.Meena is four years and two months old, still a child as elephants go. Khammon Kongkhaw, her caretaker, told me earlier that Meena wears the spik
13、ed chain because she tends to kick. Kongkhaw has been responsible for Meena here at Maetaman Elephant Adventure, near Chiang Mai, in northern Thailand, since she was 11 months old. He said he keeps her on the spiked chain only during the day and takes it off at night. But its night now.I ask Jin Lao
14、shen, the Maetaman worker accompanying me on this nighttime visit, why her chain is still on. He says he doesnt know.Mactaman is one of many animal attractions in and around touristcrowded Chiang Mai. Meenas life is set to follow the same track as many of the roughly 3,800 captive (被捕获的) elephants i
15、n Thailand. When Meena is too old or sick to give ridesmaybe at 55, maybe at 75 shell die. If shes lucky, shell get a few years of retirement. Shell spend most of her life on a chain.篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。作者在泰国目睹了大象的悲惨遭遇，呼吁人们关注大象的命运。4Why does the author decide to come back?AShe wants to check baby elephant
16、Meena.BShe wants to feed those shackled elephants.CShe wants to release those shackled elephants.DShe knows a baby is in need of help urgently.答案：A细节理解题。根据第一、二段内容及第三段首句可知，作者回来检查是因为不放心小象Meena。故选A项。5What can we conclude from the second paragraph?AThe author is scared walking in the path.BMeena is trea
17、ted badly and very painful.CMeena only has three healthy legs.DOne of Meenas leg is badly broken.答案：B细节理解题。根据第二段中的“A fourth foot twisted above the surface, tied tightly by a short chain and choked by ring of metal spikes (尖刺). When the elephant tires and puts her foot down, the spikes press deeper i
18、nto her ankle.”可知，小象Meena被带刺的铁链拴着，一只脚不能落下。由此可知，小象被虐待，并且很痛苦，故选B项。6Whats the authors attitude towards those elephants?AIndifferent.BCritical.CSympathetic.DNegative.答案：C推理判断题。根据第三段中的“He said he keeps her on the spiked chain only during the day and takes it off at night. But its night now.”并结合全文作者对大象悲惨命
19、运的描写可推知，作者对这些被人类囚禁以营利的动物表示同情。故选C项。7We can infer that the purpose of the authors writing is .Ato describe those elephants to attract tourists around the worldBto appeal to people to care about the fate of those elephantsCto tell readers the story of a baby elephant in Chiang Mai, ThailandDto tell the
20、 reason why the number of elephants is decreasing答案：B推理判断题。根据文章内容可知，作者同情这些为吸引游客而被囚禁的大象的命运。因此可推断出，作者写本文就是为了呼吁人们去关心这些大象的命运，故选B项。【词汇积累】barely adv. 仅仅；刚刚；勉强可能twist v. (使)弯曲变形，扭曲变形choke v. 使窒息【长难句分析】Just after dusk Im in a car down a muddy road in the rain, passing rows of shackled (戴镣的) elephants, their
21、 trunks swinging. 傍晚过后我开车行驶在雨中泥泞的道路，与成排的戴镣的大象擦肩而过，他们的身体在颤抖。分析：此句是简单句。their trunks swinging为独立主格结构。C(2020山东省德州市武城五中高三月考)A living tortoise of its kind not seen in more than 110 years and feared to be extinct (灭绝的) has been found in a remote part of the Galapagos islands of Fernandina.An adult female F
22、ernandina tortoise was spotted Sunday by a joint team of the Galapagos National Park and the USbased Galapagos Conservancy. Researchers think there may be more members of the tortoise on the island because of the droppings and tracks they found. The team took the tortoise, likely more than 110 years
23、 old, to a breeding (繁殖) center for rare tortoises where it will stay in a specially designed fence.The only other living member of the tortoise was found in 1906. Since then, researchers have come across tortoise tracks and bite marks on plants, and there was a possible unconfirmed sighting in 2009
24、. But Sundays discovery was the first confirmed sighting and together with the possibility, of finding more members of this kind has raised the possibility of breeding.Fernandina is the third largest Galapagos island and is famous for the La Cumbre volcano, one of the most active in the world. The i
25、sland lies in the Pacific Ocean about 1,000 kilometers off Ecuadors mainland. In listing the Fernandina tortoise as possibly extinct, the conservation group said on its website that this kind of tortoise may have submitted to “the frequent volcanic lava (岩浆) flows that nearly cover the island.”The G
26、alapagos islands host unique wildlife whose characteristics helped Charles Darwin develop his theory of evolution. It was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1979.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了在菲尔南迪娜岛上发现销声匿迹了110多年、人们担心其灭绝的活体乌龟。这一新的发现大大增加了这种珍稀乌龟繁殖的几率。8How many Fernandina tortoises are sure to be living acc
27、ording to the passage?AOne.BTwo.CThree.DOne thousand.答案：B细节理解题。根据第三段第一句中“The only other living member”可知，现在已知存活的菲尔南迪娜乌龟只有两只。9What is important about the new discovery of the living Fernandina tortoise?AImproving the chance for breeding.BConfirming the theory of evolution.CShowing its adaptation to v
28、olcanic lava.DFinding more living members of its kind.答案：A细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句中“has raised the possibility of breeding”可知，发现菲尔南迪娜乌龟活体增加了繁育的可能性。10Which of the following caused the Fernandina tortoise to die out? ALiving on the remote islands.BHunting of the human beings.CLiving in the bad environment.DSta
29、ying in specially designed fences.答案：C推理判断题。根据第四段特别是最后一句可知，菲尔南迪娜乌龟生存的海岛上有活火山，岩浆差不多覆盖了整个海岛，乌龟已经屈从于这样的环境。由此判断，恶劣的生存环境导致了过去一百多年菲尔南迪娜乌龟的消亡。11What can be a suitable title for the text?AProper Place to Host Unique WildlifeBEvidence to Prove Survival of the FittestCRare Tortoise Found on Fernandina IslandD
30、Possibility of Breeding Fernandina Tortoise答案：C标题判断题。本文主要介绍了一项新的发现，即在菲尔南迪娜岛上发现销声匿迹了110多年、人们担心灭绝的活体乌龟。C项“菲尔南迪娜岛上发现了珍稀乌龟”适合作为文章标题。【词汇积累】spot v. 注意到；发现conservation n. (对环境的)保护come across 偶遇；无意中发现submit to 屈服；使受到【佳句背诵】The Galapagos islands host unique wildlife whose characteristics helped Charles Darwin
31、 develop his theory of evolution.加拉帕戈斯群岛拥有独特的野生动物，它们的特征帮助查尔斯达尔文发展了他的进化论。.语法填空(2020全国卷)The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88， there is evidence 1 they range all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as
32、 James Bay in Canada. It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been 2 (poor) studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20,00025,000 polar bears worldwide.Modern methods 3 tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since
33、the mid1980s, and are expensive 4 (perform) consistently over a large area. In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut 5 (report) increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a 6 (believe) that populations are increasing. Scientists have responded by 7 (note) that hungry bears
34、may be congregating (聚集) around human settlements, leading to the illusion (错觉) that populations are 8 (high) than they actually are. Of 9 nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six 10 (be) stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.1 2. 3. 4. 5 6. 7. 8. 9 10.
35、篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了北极熊种群数量越来越少、亟须保护的现状。1that考查同位语从句的连接词。分析句子结构可知，所填词引导同位语从句，解释说明evidence的具体内容，从句中不缺少成分且意义完整，故用that引导。2poorly考查词性转换。修饰动词studied应用形容词poor的副词形式poorly。3of/for考查介词。a method of/for doing sth. “做某事的方法”。4to perform考查非谓语动词。此处是“主语beadj.不定式”结构，不定式用主动形式表示被动含义。5have reported考查动词的时态。根据句中的时间状语“in recent years”可判断用现在完成时。6belief考查词性转换。根据空格前的不定冠词a可知，此处应填believe的名词形式belief。7noting考查非谓语动词。介词后接动词时，应用其动名词形式。respond by doing sth. “通过做某事回应”。8higher考查形容词的比较级。根据空格后的than可知，此处应用high的比较级形式higher。9the考查冠词。此处特指确认的19个亚种群，故用定冠词the。10are考查动词的时态和主谓一致。此处陈述客观事实，应用一般现在时；six指代six polar bear subpopulations，谓语动词应用复数。
