初二英语阅读短文Inmanycountriestoday,peoplearedoingsomethingtoprotectwildlifesothatwildanimalscanbesafe.InIndiantheneedforsuchprotectionwasunderstoodcenturiesago.About300B.C.anIndianwritertoldpeoplesomethinga

初二英语阅读短文

Inmanycountriestoday,peoplearedoingsomethingtoprotectwildlifesothatwildanimalscanbesafe.InIndiantheneedforsuchprotectionwasunderstoodcenturiesago.

About300B.C.anIndianwritertoldpeoplesomethingaboutforest.Theforestsofthatdaywereabitlikenationalparkstoday.Thegameofkillinganimalswascarefullygoverned.Thatis,peoplemustn’tkillanimalsfreely.Someanimalswerefullyprotected.Withintheforests,nobodycouldcuttrees,burnedwood,orcatchanimalsfortheirfurs.Animalsdangeroustohumanvisitorswerecaughtorkilledoutsidetheforestssothatotheranimalswouldnotbecomeworriedorafraid.

Theneedforwildlifeprotectionisgreaternowthaneverbefore.Aboutathousandsortsofanimalsareindangerofextinction(灭绝),andthespeedatwhichtheybecomeextincthasbeenputtingon.Withmammals,forexample,thespeedofextinctionisnowaboutonesorteveryyear;fromA.D.1to1800,thespeedwasonesorteveryfiftyyears.Everywhere,peoplearetryingtheirbesttosavewildlifewhilethinkingabouttheworld’sgrowingpopulation.

()41.Whichofthefollowingistrue?

A.Peopleknewwildanimalsneededtobeprotectedlongago.

B.OnlyIndiansknewwildanimalsshouldbeprotectedcenturiesago.

C.Indiansbuiltsomenationalparkstoprotectwildlifecenturiesago.

D.OnlytheIndianwriterknewwhatforestswerelikelongago.

()42.LongagoinIndianforests,_______________________.

A.noneoftheanimalscouldbekilled

B.nogameofkillinganimalswasheldatall

C.dangerousanimalscouldbekilledanywhere

D.thegameofkillinganimalswerecontrolled

()43.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthatpeoplearenotonlythinkingabout___________,butalsotryingtosavewildlife.

A.theanimalsinnationalparksB.thetreesintheforests

C.theirownneedsD.thehumanvisitorstotheforests

()44.Themeaningoftheunderlinedwords“puttingon”inthethirdparagraphshouldbe_________.

A.slowingdownB.risingC.growingupD.goingon

()45.Thegrowthoftheworld’spopulationmeans__________________.

A.greaterdangertowildl