2022年浙江工商职业技术学院英语旅游国商中外合作会计中外合作提前阅读理解题（共10题，共计20分）

IntheUnitedStates,theneedtoprotectplantandanimalspecieshasbecomeahighlycontroversialandsharplypoliticalissuesincethepassageoftheEndangeredSpeciesActin1973.Theact,designedtoprotectspecies’livingareas,andpoliciesthatpreservelandandforestscompetewitheconomicinterests.Inthe1990’s,forexample,thewoodcuttersintheWesternUnitedStateswerechallengedlegallyintheirattempttocuttreesfortimberintheCascadeMountains.Thechallengewasmountedtoprotecttheendangeredspottedowl(猫头鹰),whoseremainingpopulationoccupiestheseforestsandrequirestheintact,ancientforestforsurvival.Theproblematicsituationsettheinterestsofenvironmentalistsagainstthoseofcorporationsandofindividualswhostoodtolosejobs.Aftermonthsofdebateandlegalbattles,thefateofthewoodcutterandtheowls—wasstillundecidedinmid-1992.Similartensionsexistbetweenthedevelopedandthedevelopingnations.Manypeopleinindustrializednations,forexample,believethatdevelopingnationsintropicalregionsshoulddomoretoprotecttheirrainforestsandothernaturalareas.Butthedevelopingcountriesmaybeimpoverished(使穷困)withpopulationsgrowingsorapidlythatusingthelandisameanstotemporarilyavoidworseningpovertyandstarvation.

ManyofthechangestoEarththatscientistsconcernhavethepotentialtorobtheplanetofitsbiologicalrichness.ThedestructionofEarth'sozonelayer(臭氧层),forexample,couldcontributetothegeneralprocessofimpoverishmentbyallowingultra-violetraystoharmplantsandanimals.Andglobalwarmingcouldwipeoutspeciesunabletoquicklyadapttochangingclimates.Clearly,protectingEarth'sbiologicaldiversityisacomplexproblem.Butsolutionstohumanity'scurrentproblemswillcomeonlythroughcoordinatedinternationaleffortstocontrolhumanpopulation,stabilizethecompositionoftheatmosphere,andpreserveintactEarth'scomplexweboflife.

1.Whydoestheauthorsaythattheprotectionofendangeredspeciesisahighlycontroversialissue?

A.Becausepeoplecan'tagreeastowhatspeciestoprotect.

B.Becauseitisdifficulttofindaneffectivewaytoprotectsuchspecies.

C.Becauseitaffectstheinterestsofcertaingroupsofpeople.

D.Becauseitisamajorprobleminvolvingaseriesoflegalprocedures.

2.Accordingtothepassage,thepreservationofrainforests______________.

A.mayhamperadevelopingcountryinitsfightagainstpoverty

B.benefitsdevelopedcountriesratherthandevelopingcountries

C.shouldtakepriorityoverthecontrolofhumanpopulation

D.willhelpimprovethelivingconditionsindevelopingcountries

3.Accordingtothepassage,cuttingtreestogrowmorefood______________.

A.willwidenthegapbetweenthedevelopedandthedevelopingcountries

B.isbutashort-termrelieftothefoodproblem

C.callhardlyalleviatetheshortageoffood

***vestobeaneffectivewayforimpoverishednations

4.Among‘‘humanity'scurrentproblems"(Line7,Para.2),thechiefconcernofthescientistsis .

A.theimpoverishmentofdevelopingcountries

B.theexplosionofthehumanpopulation

C.thereductionofbiologicaldiversity

D.theeffectofglobalwarming

5.Theauthor'spurposeinwritingthispassageis______________.

A.todescribethedifficultiesinsolvinghumanity'scurrentproblems

***resentthedifferentviewsonhumanity'scurrentproblems

C.toanalyzethecontradictionbetweencountriesindealingwithhumanity'scurrentproblems

***ointoutthathumanity'scurrentproblemscanonlybesolvedthroughthecooperationofnations

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