Question

A victim of climate change

 

 

         A polar bear's dead body found on the Arctic island of Svalbard, the northernmost part of Norway, has shocked experts who say climate change may be to blame for the animal’s death.The starved polar bear in Norway was said to be in good health in April when the Norwegian Polar Institute examined and labeled it． However, the animal was reduced to skin and bones by the time a group of explorers came across its body in July．

The bear is thought to have been heading north in a desperate search for sea ice that would allow it to hunt for seals.

"From his lying position in death the bear appears to simply have starved and died where he dropped," polar bear expert Dr. Ian Stirling, a professor at the University of Alberta said, "He had external suggestion of any remaining fat, having been reduced to little more than skin and bone．"

Stirling believes the bear starved to death as a result of a lack of sea ice which the animals use as a platform for hunting seals． That may also explain why the 16-year-old male bear was found about 155 miles north of where it was seen in April．

Arctic sea ice reached a record low in 2012, according to a report released this week by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that pointed to continued signs of climate change．

The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently classifies polar bears as vulnerable on its Red List of Threatened Species．

1.How did Stirling know the reason for the death of the polar bear?

A．By the food he ate

B．By doing further experiments

C．By observing other polar bears

D．By his lying position in death

2.The underlined word "vulnerable" probably means _____

A．easily hurt                        B．difficult to hunt

C．dangerous                        D．a(chǎn)mazing

3.What is the author's attitude to the incident?

A．Favorable．            B．Uncaring

C．Doubtful．             D．Concerned

4.Where does this text probably come from?

A．A novel．              B．A guidebook

C．A news report．                  D．An advertisement

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.D

2.A

3.D

4.C

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。文章講述了北極熊死亡的原因。氣候變化是導(dǎo)致北極熊死亡的根源。

1.D考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)文章第三段中的"From his lying position in death the bear appears to simply have starved and died where he dropped," polar bear expert Dr. Ian Stirling可知，根據(jù)熊躺著的位置可知熊看起來(lái)餓死在它掉下來(lái)的地方。故選D。

2.A 考查猜測(cè)詞義。根據(jù)文章的最后一段中的The International Union for Conservation of Nature currently classifies polar bears as vulnerable on its Red List of Threatened Species．可知，國(guó)際自然保護(hù)聯(lián)合會(huì)目前把北極熊列為受威脅物種的紅名單。這里受威脅和易受傷害為同義，故選A。

3.D考查作者的態(tài)度。根據(jù)文章第一段中的A polar bear's dead body found on the Arctic island of

Svalbard, the northernmost part of Norway, has shocked experts who say climate change may be to blame for the animal’s death.可知，北極發(fā)現(xiàn)北極熊死尸令專(zhuān)家感到震驚，這說(shuō)明作者關(guān)心北極熊。故選D。

4.C 考查推理判斷。根據(jù)文章的整體內(nèi)容及標(biāo)題氣候變化的犧牲品可知，這是一篇新聞報(bào)道。故選C。此處 novel小說(shuō)；A guidebook生活指南； A news report新聞報(bào)道；An advertisement廣告。顯然其它三項(xiàng)不合題意。

考點(diǎn)：考查新聞報(bào)道的閱讀理解。