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1、Module 6 Animals in Danger. 阅读理解A(2020陕西省部分学校第一学期摸底检测)A biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction.Professor Carl Jones won the 2016 Indianapolis Pr
2、izethe highest accolade in the field of animal conservationfor his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel (红隼) from becoming the next Great Auk.When the 65yearold first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mau
3、ritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However, he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding (人工繁殖), which involved snatching eggs from the birds nests and hatching them under incubators (孵化器), prompting the mothers to lay anothe
4、r set of eggs in the wild.A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also made an effort to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues war
5、bler.Prof Jones was awarded the $250,000 prize at a ceremony in London.“As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didnt enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received.” Reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Mauritius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time.
6、In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild.Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only becoming a father for the first time at 53. He said receiving the prize wa
7、s particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right.篇章导读：本文是一篇说明文。卡尔琼斯教授曾因偷稀缺鸟类的蛋而被指责，然而，他后来在保护动物领域被授予“诺贝尔奖”，他用自己的方法挽救了九种濒危物种。1What does the underlined word “accolade” mean in Paragraph 2?AReturn. BLevel.CHonor. DResearch.答案：C词义猜测题。根据画线词前的“won the 2016 Indianapol
8、is Prize”并结合语境可推知，画线词意为“荣誉”。2According to the passage, Great Auk is .Aan endangered bird Ban extinct birdCa popular bird Da fierce bird答案：B推理判断题。根据第二段中的“he saved an endangered kestrel (红隼) from becoming the next Great Auk”可推知，Great Auk是一种已灭绝的鸟。3What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4?ATakin
9、g eggs from the nests has worked well.BThe wild environment for kestrels has changed a lot.CThe kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild.DIts difficult to protect kestrel.答案：A推理判断题。根据第三段最后两句以及第四段第一句“A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around
10、 400 in the wild.”可知，当时野生毛里求斯红隼只剩4只，琼斯教授采用人工繁殖的方法来救助毛里求斯红隼。10年后，毛里求斯红隼的数量飙升到300多只，如今野生红隼约有400只。由此可推知，从鸟巢中拿出鸟蛋进行人工繁殖的方法效果很好。4Prof Jones idea of taking eggs from the birds nests .Awas proved of no useBwas widely acceptedCwas promoted officiallyDwas criticized by some people答案：D细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“. the te
11、nsion of the criticism I received .”“dead loss” “In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques . in the wild.”可知，琼斯教授从鸟巢中拿出鸟蛋来进行人工繁殖的方法受到了一些人的批评。B(2020陕西省部分学校第一学期摸底检测)Three boys were enjoying themselves in their hometown of Bovina, Mississippi. However, their lives were
12、 turned upside down when they discovered the jawbone of a Mastodon (乳齿象)Brothers Shawn and Caid Sellers and their cousin Michael Mahalitc found the prehistoric bone in a piece of earth that was recently plowed. “I thought it was a log，” Caid said. “I tried to pick it up and it was really heavy and I
13、 saw teeth on it.” The bone weighed about 50 pounds. They eventually got the bone to their home and fitted it in their bathtub, but it took their collective strength, might and a golf cart, to carry the large Mastodon bone.“They didnt expect to find that，” Michaels mom said. “Now they believe that t
14、hey will be more aware of their surroundings and what theyre digging up when they are digging and playing.”“Weve gotten a lot of petrified (石化的) wood and Civil War relics from the area and thats what I thought it was，” the brothers mother said. “This is our first set of teeth weve found. So we thoug
15、ht it was their imagination. We were quite surprised to see that it was not their imagination.”They were exploring near the brothers home. Its surprising that they saw what they thought resembled a fossil. It was the curator of paleontology (古生物学) of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, George
16、 Phillips, who first identified the bone as a “very mature individual”The Mastodon was a mammal who lived during the prehistoric times. They had long tusks and trunks, like elephants. They were clearly different from their modern day counterparts, as well as woolly mammoths (猛犸)篇章导读：本文是一篇记叙文。美国密西西比州的三个男孩在玩耍的时候无意中发现了乳齿象的下颌骨，起初他们并
