Question

   A group of police blocks off narrow streets with their cars. They move quietly,spot the target,and close in,taking a group of smugglers(走私贩) by surprise. A few seconds later,the victims are discovered.

   The location: a street market in the city of Sao Paulo,Brazil. The victims: birds,American lizards,and tortoises snatched(抢走） from the wild. The smugglers planned to sell them at the market.

   “People who want to own a wild animal fbel the illegal wild animal trade,” says Juliana Machado Ferreira,a National Geographic explorer who works to fight the illegal wildlife trade. Removing too many animals from the wild upsets the balance of nature. aIf people truly love wildlife,they will want them to be free,” she says.

   Each day illegally caught wild animals are carried thousands of miles to be sold as pets,food,or ingredients for traditional medicines. “Wildlife illegal trade is one of the largest illegal trades in the world,worth about 20 billion dollars a year,” says Matthew Pritchett of Freeland,an organization that fights the illegal wildlife trade. “The United States is one of the top three markets in the world for illegal wildlife products."

   Smugglers use special ways to take the animals through airport security checks. But smart police use their own tricks to catch them. Read the following story.

   How many finches — small singing birds — can you fit inside a purse? At least 25 ,as it turns out. When a woman from Guyana,a country in northeast South America,started acting nervously at JFK airport,U.S., customers and border protection agents x-rayed her bags. They found birds called seed finches stuffed inside hair curlers!The agent called FWS (Fish & Wildlife Service) officers to take the birds,which will live at a zoo. The woman,however,was singing a different song.

32. What is Paragraph 1 mainly about?

   A. Police catching smugglers.

   B. A game of hide-'and-seek.

   C. Victims being found.

   D. A scene of a movie.

33. What do we learn about the illegal wildlife trade from the text?

   A. Freeland fights against it.

   B. It can't meet pet lovers’ needs.

   C. Brazil doesn't have a law against it.

   D. It's usually carried out at the airport.

34. By saying the last sentence,the author means the woman .

   A. enjoyed singing

   B. could be in prison

   C. tried to disturb the inspection

   D. used a smart way to hide the birds

35. What is the best title for the text?

   A. Rescue wildlife

   B. Illegal wildlife trade 

    C. Catch animal thieves

   D. Various uses of wildlife

Answer 1

32. A 33. A 34. B 35. A

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本文是新闻。警察通过打击非法野生动物贸易来拯救野生动物。

32. A.段落大意题。根据第一段的描述 及文中的 police,taking a group of smugglers by surprise 及 the victims are discovered可知，第一段描述的是 警察抓走私贩的情景。

33. A.细节理解题。根据第四段中的Matthew Pritchett of Freeland,an organization that fights the illegal wildlife trade 可知答案。

34. B.推理判断题。根据最后一段中 的... take the birds,which will live at a zoo. The woman,however,was singing a different song 可知，小鸟们 获救，可以自由自在，而该妇女则相 反，她会失去自由，被关进监狱。最 后一句中的singing ... song与本段开 头的 small singing birds 相呼应。

35. A.标题归纳题。本文第一段及最后 一段都在描述通过抓野生动物走私 贩来拯救野生动物，中间讲述不同的 人及组织反对非法野生动物贸易，由 此可知本文的主旨是拯救野生动物， 故A项最适合作本文标题。