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1、 2022年职称英语理工类C级真题试题2022年职称英语理工类C级真题试题 Longer Lives for Wild Elephants（B级） Most people think of zoos as safe places for animals, where straggles such as difficulty finding food and avoiding predators don”t exist. Without such problems, animals in zoos should live to a ripe old age1.But that may not b
2、e true for2 the largest land animals on Earth. Scientists have known that elephants in zoos often suffer from poor health. They develop diseases. joint problems and behavior changes. Sometimes, they even become infertile, or unable to have babies.To learn more about how captivity affects elephants,
3、a team of international scientists compared the life spans of female elephants born in zoos with female elephants living outdoors in their native lands. Zoos keep detailed records of all the animals in their care, documenting factors such as birth dates, illnesses, weight and death. These records ma
4、de it possible for the researchers to analyze 40 years of data on 800 African and Asian elephants in zoos across Europe. The scientists compared the life spans of the zoo-born elephants with the life spans of thousands of female wild elephants in Africa and Asian elephants that work in logging camps
5、3, over approximately the same time period.The team found that female African elephants born in zoos lived an average of 16.9 years. Their wild counterparts who died of natural causes lived an average of 56 years more than three times as long. Female Asian elephants followed a similar pattern. In zo
6、os, they lived 18.9 years, while those in the logging camps lived 41.7 years.Scientists don”t yet know why wild elephants seem to fare so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts. Georgia Mason, a biologist at the University of Guelph in Canada who led the study, thinks stress and obesity may
7、be to blame4. Zoo elephants don”t get the same kind of exercise they would in the wild, and most are very fat. Elephant social lives are also much different in zoos than in the wild. where they live in large herds and family groups.Another finding from the study showed that Asian elephants born in z
8、oos were more likely to die early than Asian elephants captured in the wild and brought to zoos. Mason suggests stress in the mothers in zoos might cause them to have babies that are less likely to survive.The study raises some questions about acquiring more elephants to keep in zoos. While some thr
9、eatened and endangered species living in zoos reproduce successfully and maintain healthy populations, that doesn”t appear to be the case with elephants. “Currently, zoos are net consumers of elephants ,not net producers.“ Mason says.1. According to the first two paragraphs, unlike other zoo animals
10、, zoo elephants依据前面2段，和其它动物不同， 动物园的大象_ A. have difficulty eating food.吃东西有困难。 B. live to a ripe old age.能过活到高龄。 C. are not afraid of predators.不可怕食肉捕食者。 D. develop health problems. 面临一些安康问题。（正确答案）2. Which of the following about the international scientists” research on the life spans of elephants is
11、 NOT true? (See paragraph 3)? 国际科学家对于大象的生命周期的讨论，_是不对的？ A. They compared zoo elephants with wild elephants.他们把动物园的大象和野生大象作比拟。 B. They kept detailed records of all the elephants in their care. 他们保存了饲养大象的具体记录。（正确答案） C. They analyzed the records of the elephants kept in zoos.他们分析动物园里的大象的生活记录。 D. The zoo
12、-born elephants they studied are kept in European zoos.他们讨论的动物园诞生的大象在欧洲动物园饲养。3. What do the scientist find in their research? 科学家们在他们的讨论中发觉了_。 A. Female elephants live longer than male elephants.雌象比雄象活得更长。 B. Female zoo elephants live longer than their wild counterparts.动物园雌象比野生的活得更长。 C. Female zoo
13、elephants die much earlier than their wild counterparts. 动物园雌象比起它们的野生的同伴来说要死得早。（正确答案） D. Elephants in zoos and those in the wild enjoy the same long life spans.动物园大象和野生大象有一样的寿命。4. What are the possible causes of stress and obesity Zoo-raised elephants generally suffer from? 动物园中饲养的大象患病压力和肥胖的可能的缘由是_。
14、 A. They do not like living in herds.它们不喜爱在畜群中生活。 B. They do not get enough exercise.它们没有得到充分的熬炼。 C. They do not live with their families.它们没有和它们的家人一起生活。 D. Both B and C. B 和C都对。（正确答案）5. Which of the following does the author suggest in the last paragraph? 在最终一段，示意了_。 A. It may not be a wise policy
15、to keep elephants in the zoo. 把动物养在动物园里是不明智的做法。（正确答案） B. Elephants are no longer an endangered species.大象不再是濒临灭亡的物种。 C. Zoo-born elephants should be looked after more carefully.照看动物园里诞生的大象应当更认真。 D. Zoos should keep more animals except elephants.除了大象，动物园里应当饲养其他更多的动物。6. Do scientists know why wild elephants seem to fare so much better than their zoo-raised counterparts.? 科学家是否清晰野生大象比动物园大象更好的缘由？ A.uncertain不确定（正确答案） B.positive 明确的、确定的 C.clear清晰的 D.biased片面的以上是无忧考网编辑整理的2022年职称英语理工类C级真题试题，预祝大家考试顺当通过。
