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1、 2022年6月大学英语四级阅读练习及答案(十二)Today, however, the story is very different. Out of work and out of land, the Thai elephant struggles for survival in a nation that no longer needs it. The elephant has found itself more or less abandoned by previous owners who have moved on to a different economic world and
2、 a westernized society. And while the elephants problems began many years ago, now it rates a very low national priority.How this reversal from national icon (圣像) to neglected animal came about is a tale of worsening environmental and the changing lives of the Thais themselves. According to Richard
3、Lair, Thailands experts on the Asian elephant and author of the report Gone Astray, at the turn of the century there may well have beenas many as 100,000 domestic elephants in the country. In the north of Thailand alone it was estimated that more than 20,000 elephants were employed in transport, 1,0
4、00 of them alone on the road between the cities of Chiang Mai and Chiang Saen. This was at a time when 90 per cent of Thailand was still foresta habitat (栖息地) that not only supported the animals but also made them necessary to carry goods and people. Nothing ploughs through dense forest better than
5、a massive but sure-footed elephant.By 1950 the elephant population had dropped to a still substantial 13,397, but today there are probably nomore than 3,800, with another 1,350 roaming free in the national parks. But now, Thailands forest coversonly 20 per cent of the land. This deforestation (采伐森林)
6、 is the central point of the elephants difficult situation, for it has effectively put the animals out of work. This century, as the road network grew, so the elephants role as a beast of burden declined.练习题：Choose correct answers to the question:1. What can we know about African elephants from the
7、passage?A. It is easy to tame them.B. It is hard to tame them.C. They are living a better life than Asian elephants.D. Their fate is quite similar to that of Asian elephants.2. Thailand was once called “Land of the White Elephant” because_.A. white elephant is rarely seen and thus very specialB. whi
8、te elephant was a national symbol until the 1920sC. white elephant has helped kings to gain the ruling authorityD. this name was so romantic that it was popular among visitors3. Why is the Thai elephant “out of work”, according to the author?A. Because the elephants are no longer useful to their own
9、ers.B. Because their owners are westernized and neglect them.C. Because the government pays little attention to the problem.D. Because there are too many elephants and too few jobs.4. Which of the following statements is true about the elephant population at various times?A. There were 100,000 tamed
10、 elephants at the turn of the century.B. 20,000 elephants were employed in transport in Thailand at the turn of the century.C. By 1950 the elephant population in Thailand has been quite small.D. Today the elephant population is estimated at 5,150.5. The passage is most probably from_.A. a travel mag
11、azineB. a history bookC. a research reportD. an official announcement1.B 事实细节题。此题考察比照处。依据文章第l段第3句：和非洲象不同，亚洲象简单驯养，言下之意就是：非洲象不易驯养。答案中用tame替代原文的domesticate，意思一样。选项A与原文意思正好相反;选项C，D原文根本未提到。2.B 推理推断题。依据文章第l段第4句中的“until the 1920s the national flag was a white elephant on a red background.”可知当时白象是泰国的国家象征，因此
12、B为正确选项。此题干扰性的是选项D，在形式上，选项D与第1段最终一句极为相像，但是，游客这样称呼泰国，缘由也是由于白象是泰国的象征，而不只是由于这个名字浪漫，因此，选项D是对原文的曲解;选项A和选项C虽然也来自文章，但不是缘由，不能答复所提问题。3.A 推理推断题。文章有几处解释了大象失业的缘由，如第2段的第2句“a nation that no longer needs it (Thai elephant)”及最终一段的最终一句“the elephants role as a beast of burden declined”等。选项A是对这些解释的一个根本概括。选项B中westernize
13、d和neglect虽在文章中消失，但选项B只是对想像的描述，不能解释大象“失业”的缘由。选项C来自第2段最终一句话，但这句话只能说明大象不再受重视，不能作为大象“失业”的理由。选项D原文未提及，而且，从第3、4段可以看出：大象的数量急剧下降，谈不上“太多”。4.D 事实细节题。此题考察的是大象数量变化的状况。四个选项中的数字惟有选项D没有直接消失，但依据第4段第l句很简单推算出来。选项A和B虽用了原文的数据，但选项A忽视了may这个词，而且未点明泰国，故不妥。B则忽视了in the north of Thailand及more than这两处。选项C中的small与原文substantial(大量的)冲突，也不对。5.C 主旨大意题。从本文所用的大量客观的数据和数字可以推断这是一篇讨论报告。本文趣味性缺乏，因此不能选A。选项B不能选，是由于历史书不行能如此大篇幅的描述大象的问题。选项D也不是正确答案，由于政府公告通常是一些规定，而不是客观的陈述。
