Question

According to a national study, in the summer of 2013, the long-term(长期的) warm weather in the UK has made the number of butterflies increase.

Around 46,000 volunteers(志愿者) took part in the year’s Big Butterfly Count(统计), and they found 830,000 butterflies. Volunteers were asked to make a record. They would record how many times they found one of 21 different kinds of butterflies.

Later, the scientists used the records to find out how many butterflies of different kinds were found across the country. Then, they compared the results to the year before. They found that there was a rise in the number of 15 kinds of butterflies, and some of them went up by 50% compared to recent years. They said the increase in butterfly numbers was a result of warm weather.

However, scientists also said that the number of butterflies was in decline(下降) as a whole, and that we might not see the same result the next year.

Richard Fox, who works for Butterfly Conservation, said, “UK butterflies are in long-term decline. Studies have been done since the 1970s. They show that UK butterflies have declined in type and number.”

He added, “We must halt the long-term decline of these beautiful creatures(生物). The only way is by stopping the damage that has been done to the butterflies’ habitats(栖息地) across the UK.”

1. The volunteers were asked to ______.

A. study 830,000 butterflies

B. help scientists take notes

C. record the number of each kind of butterfly

D. find how many kinds of butterflies there are

2.What can we learn from the study?

A. There were 20 kinds of UK butterflies.

B. 50% more UK butterflies were found in 2013.

C. The number of 15 kinds of UK butterflies increased.

D. There was a long-term increase in UK butterfly number.

3.What does the underlined part “the same result” in Paragraph 4 mean?

A. The weather is cold. B. The weather is warm.

C. UK butterfly numbers decline. D. UK butterfly numbers increase.

4. The underlined word “halt” in the last paragraph means “_________”.

A. stop B. study C. make D. plan

5. What would be the best headline of the passage?

A. Different kinds of butterflies in the UK.

B. Big Butterfly Count in the UK in 2013.

C. UK Scientists made butterfly numbers increase.

D. Warm weather made UK butterfly numbers increase.

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.D

4.A

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了根据一项全国性调查，在英国由于天气变暖和了，蝴蝶的数量增加，我们为了保证这些生物的数量。唯一的办法是不能破坏它们的栖息地。

1.二段Volunteers were asked to make a record. They would record how many times they found one of 21 different kinds of butterflies.可知志愿者被要求记录每种蝴蝶的数目。可知选C。

2.通读全文可知从这个研究中我们可以学到They found that there was a rise in the number of 15 kinds of butterflies,。可知选C。

3.词义猜测题。由短文However, scientists also said that the number of butterflies was in decline(下降) as a whole, and that we might not see the same result the next year. 可知指代英国蝴蝶数量会增加。可知选D。

4.词义猜测题。我们必须停止这些美丽的生物的长期下降（生物。故选A。

5.标题归纳题。由整篇文章可知，本文主要是讲天气变暖蝴蝶的数量增加，故选D。

考点：新闻报道类短文阅读 。