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【題目】 Reintroducing beaver(海貍) to Britain could help clean up rivers, prevent flooding 水災(zāi) and minimise soil loss, said an expert .

The results from a test area in Devon showed muddy water was three times cleaner when it left from where the beavers were living .Richard Brazie,a professor at the University of Exeter said, . "when the beavers dam(筑壩) our streams they keep soil in the headwaters.then the soil wouldn't block up rivers downstream and pollute our drinking and bathing waters. If we bring beavers back it can help to solve Britain’s problem of soil loss and pollution of waterways.

Prof Brazier's claims were disputed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU), which warned that the reintroduction of beavers to Scotland had damaged fields and forests . Spokesman Mark Pope said:"The effect the beavers have had on farmland, riverbanks and flood defenses in Scotland are still unknown. We wait for the results of the Devon test .　　Prof Brazier, insisted the animals could even play a useful role in preventing flooding. He told BBC News:" The public is now paying people to build leaky有漏洞的 dams to keep storm waters in the uplands. But the beavers do it free when building their own homes."

However, Professor Jane Rickson, a soil specialist from Cranfield University, Bedfordshire, joined the NFU in sounding a note of warning. “ in some places in the UK people were worrying soil loss,” she said “Beavers may in fact reduce the river channel and remove plants, it might cause greater erosion(侵蝕) of bank and increase, rather than decrease in the risk of flooding “. And she said beaver dams should be "leaky" to avoid build-ups of huge amount of waters.

【1】How do Beavers help to clean up rivers,prevent flooding and minimize soil loss.

A. by cleaning the areas which muddy water flows through

B. By protecting the forests and fields

C. By building dams in their own way

D. by building leaky dams for free

【2】The word”disputed” probably means_____

A. admiredB. praisedC. acceptedD. disagreed

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A. Beavers have a good infulence on farmland,riverbanks and flood defenses

B. Mark pope was doubtful about Prof Brazier’s opinions

C. Leaky dams can’t keep any soil in the headwaters.

D. Beavers have been introduced to all parts of Britain

【4】Jane Rickson thought____

A. Beaver dams were not leaky at allB. Beavers would protect the rivers and plants

C. Beavers could not decrease the risk of floodingD. People didn’t have to worry about soil loss with Beavers’ help

【5】In which section of a website can we most probably find this passage?

A. EnvironmentB. educationC. technologyD. culture

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【5】A

【解析】

本文主要談?wù)摪押Ｘ傊匦乱�入英國有助于清理河流，防止洪水�?zāi)害，減少土壤流失的問題。但是，這一說法受到不同專家質(zhì)疑。

【1】題意：海貍是如何幫助清理河流，防止洪水和減少土壤流失的？考查細節(jié)理解。A. by cleaning the areas which muddy water flows through通過清潔泥水流過的區(qū)域；B. By protecting the forests and fields通過保護森林和田地；C. By building dams in their own way以自己的方式修建水壩；D. by building leaky dams for free 免費修建滲漏壩。根據(jù)第2段第3句when the beavers dam(筑壩) our streams they keep soil in the headwaters.（當海貍筑壩時，我們的溪流會在源頭保持土壤。）可知“海貍以自己的方式修建水壩，防止洪水和減少土壤流失”；故選C。

【2】題意：“disputed”這個詞可能的意思是______________�？疾樵~義猜測。A. admired欽佩，羨慕；B. praised贊揚；C. accepted接受；D. disagreed不同意。根據(jù)上文If we bring beavers back it can help to solve Britain’s problem of soil loss and pollution of waterways.（如果我們把海貍帶回來，它可以幫助解決英國的土壤流失和水道污染問題。）可知下文which warned that the reintroduction of beavers to Scotland had damaged fields and forests .（它警告說，海貍重返蘇格蘭已經(jīng)破壞了土地和森林。）可知Prof Brazier's claims were disputed by the National Farmers' Union (NFU)句意：布拉澤教授的說法受到全國農(nóng)民聯(lián)盟（NFU）的爭議。故“disputed”這個詞可能的意思是disagreed；選D。

【3】題意：我們能從這篇文章中了解到什么？考查細節(jié)理解。A. Beavers have a good infulence on farmland,riverbanks and flood defenses海貍對農(nóng)田、河岸和防洪有很好的影響；B. Mark pope was doubtful about Prof Brazier’s opinions馬克·波普對布雷澤教授的觀點表示懷疑；C. Leaky dams can’t keep any soil in the headwaters. 滲漏的水壩無法保持水源中的任何土壤；D. Beavers have been introduced to all parts of Britain海貍已被引進到英國各地。 根據(jù)本文第三段第2句Spokesman Mark Pope said:"The effect the beavers have had on farmland, riverbanks and flood defenses in Scotland are still unknown. We wait for the results of the Devon test .”（發(fā)言人馬克波普說：“海貍對蘇格蘭農(nóng)田、河岸和防洪系統(tǒng)的影響還不清楚。我們等待德文測試的結(jié)果。）可知“馬克·波普對布雷澤教授的觀點表示懷疑；”故選B。

【4】題意：簡·里克森認為____________。考查細節(jié)理解。A. Beaver dams were not leaky at all海貍水壩完全沒有滲漏；B. Beavers would protect the rivers and plants海貍會保護河流和植物；

C. Beavers could not decrease the risk of flooding海貍不能降低洪水的風(fēng)險；D. People didn’t have to worry about soil loss with Beavers’ help在海貍的幫助下，人們不必擔心土壤流失。根據(jù)第4段中“Beavers may in fact reduce the river channel and remove plants, it might cause greater erosion(侵蝕) of bank and increase, rather than decrease in the risk of flooding （實際上，海貍可能會縮小河道并移走植物，它可能會造成河岸更大的侵蝕并增加，而不是減少洪水的風(fēng)險。）可知“簡·里克森認為海貍不能降低洪水的風(fēng)險”；故選C。

【5】題意：我們最有可能在網(wǎng)站的哪個部分找到這篇文章？考查主旨理解。A. Environment環(huán)境； B. education教育；C. technology技術(shù)；D. culture文化。本文主要談?wù)摪押Ｘ傊匦乱�入英國有助于清理河流，防止洪水�?zāi)害，減少土壤流失的問題。但是，這一說法受到不同專家質(zhì)疑。根據(jù)本文主要內(nèi)容，可知本文關(guān)于環(huán)境的，所以選A。

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