Therearefewplacesonearthwherenaturecanbeseeninalmostprimitive(原始的)condition.OneistheGalapagosIslandswherelargelystrangeandunusualbirdsanimalsandplantsliveandgrow—manyofwhicharefoundnowhereelseinthe

Therearefewplacesonearthwherenaturecanbeseeninalmostprimitive(原始的)condition.OneistheGalapagosIslandswherelargelystrangeandunusualbirdsanimalsandplantsliveandgrow—manyofwhicharefoundnowhereelseintheworld.TheseislandsliedirectlyontheEquatorabout1000kilometerswestoftheSouthAmericanmainland.

ButtheGalapagosisnowfacingacrisis（危机）.Itshumaninhabitants（居民）wholiveontheislandofSantaCruzwanttodevelopthebusinessandtouristoftheislands.RecentlytheyhavebeenhavingaseriousargumentwiththenaturalistswhoworkattheCharlesDarwinResearchCenteralsoonSantaCruz.Thenaturalistswanttokeeptheisland’swildlifealivewhichisalreadysufferingasaresultofhumanactivities.

Theanimals’greatestdangerusedtobesailorswhohundredsofyearsagoplundered（掠夺）theislandsforfood.Theywipedoutabout250000GiantTortoisescausingextinction（毁灭）ofseveralspecieswhichlivedonsomeofthesmallerislands.Thelastsurvivoran80-yearoldGiantTortoisecalledLonelyGeorgelivesundertheprotectionofnaturalistsattheDarwinCenter.

1.Thebesttopicforthispassageis________.

A.InPrimitiveTimes B.GiantTortoises’Extinction

C.GreatDangertotheGalapagos D.DevelopmentoftheIsland

2.WhichofthefollowingmapsshowsrightlythepositionoftheGalapagosIslands?

注：①□standsfortheSouthAmericanmainland.

②☆standsfortheGalapagosIslands.

③—standsfortheEquator.

3.WhatdoestheunderlinedwordsufferinginParagraph2mean?

A.受害 B.伤害 C.减少 D.打击

4.ItcanbeinferredfromthesecondparagraphthatifthebusinessandtourismaredevelopedintheIslands________.

A.therewillbeawarbetweentheinhabitantsandnaturalists

B.agreatnumberofwildanimalsandplantswilldieout

C.alotofpeoplewillcometotheGalapagosforfood

D.theinhabitantsontheIslandswillbewelloff

5.ThewriterdescribestheGiantTortoiseGeorgeas“lonely”because______.

A.itisthelastoneofitsspecies B.ithaslivedaloneforeightyyears

C.theCenterdoesn’tallowittogoout D.thenaturali