DThey first arrived on British ships almost 20
问题详情
D
They first arrived on British ships almost 200 years ago, with the aim of cutting back a rapid growth of rat (鼠) population. Then the cats themselves became the problem. After dealing with the rats, they turned to birds-and now hundreds of them have been killed in a move to protect rare (稀有) birds. Even cat lovers have been persuaded to back the move, after being told that there was no other choice.
When British sailors took control of Ascension Island in 1815, they found nobody living on it but that it was overrun with rats which had escaped from sinking ships. They introduced cats to kill the rats-and were soon overrun by cats. By 1820 they were sending back to England for dogs to kill the cats, but that didn " t work. Ever since, the wild cat population has been attacking the birds.
Man introduced these cats, and it has disturbed the balance. Ascension Island is a most important seabird gathering place. We have to undo man’s cats here. Action has been taken to kill off wild cats for the protection of birds. Only cats raised as pets are allowed.
Since they are micro-chipped(加电子芯片的) , if they get caught they can be sent back to their owner. The action can be considered rather successful. The cat population is down to the last few-they " re the most difficult ones to catch.
68. The best title for the text would be_______-
(A) Killing Cats to Save Rats
(B) Problems with Shipping Cats
(C) Fighting between Cats and Rats
(D) Keeping the Rat Population Down请帮忙给出正确答案和分析,谢谢!
参考答案
正确答案:B
参考译文D猫是在大约200年前被带上英国的船只的,最初是为了让它们来消灭鼠患问题,但是到最后猫却也变成了一个问题。因为它们在消灭掉鼠之后,把目标对准了鸟类。现在为了保护稀有鸟类,成百上千的猫被杀掉。即使是爱猫的人们也不得不这样做。早在1815年,当英国海军占领阿森松岛的时候,他们发现岛上除了从沉没的船上逃出来的鼠之外空无一人。他们引进了猫来对付鼠,但是很快这个岛屿又到处都是猫。在1820年的时候,他们从英国带来狗来对付这里的猫,但是不起作用。自从那时候,那些野猫就开始一直攻击鸟类了。人类把猫带到了岛上,破坏了这里的平衡。阿森松岛是一个很重要的海鸟栖息地。我们不得不为人类所犯的错误(把猫带进来了)做出补偿。人们已经采取措施去杀死野猫来保护鸟类。只有那些被当作宠物的猫可以存活下来。因为它们装有电子芯片,一旦被抓住,它们可以被送回到主人那里。这些措施是非常成功的。剩下的猫已经为数不多——但是它们是最难捕获的。68.B【精析】主旨题。文中所叙述的一切都是由于引进猫来杀死鼠而引起的。所以B选项最合适。故选B。