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2024中考英语首字母、短文语法选择、阅读新精选（5）

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（2024中考日常生活类训练）

Thoughmanycountrieshavelawsagainsttheillegalivorytrade(反对非法象牙贸易),tensofthousandsofAfricanelephantsarekilledeveryyear.

InJanuary,2014,hundredsofelephanttusks(象牙)aswellasivorysculptureswereputintotwolargecrushingmachines(粉碎机)inGuangdong,China.Inall,morethansixtonsofivoryweredestroyed.Peoplecalledtheeventanivorycrush.InNovember,2013,thesimilareventhappenedinColorado,America.There,wildlifeofficialsalsodestroyedmorethansixtonsofivory.

Thoughitmaysoundstrange,wildlifeofficialsarecrushingivorytohelpsaveAfricanelephants.StephanieWang,whoworksfortheWildlifeProtectionSocietyinNewYorkCity,says,“Wetrytolettheworldknowthatwedon’tthinkivoryisvaluablewhenit’snotonanelephant.”Eachyear,poacherskillelephants,cutofftheirlongtusksandtakethetusksoutofAfricasecretly.Thentheysellthetusksandgetthousandsofdollars.Thebuyersusetheivorytomakesculptures,jewelleryandtraditionalmedicines.?

Thepurposeofrecentivorycrushesistosendamessagetothepoachersandthosewhobuyillegalivory.StephanieWangsays,“China’sivorycrushis‘animportantstep’.However,itisonlyasmallamount(数量)oftheillegalivory.Ifwedon’tstoptheillegalivorytrade,Africanelephantscoulddisappearfromthewildwithin10years.”

1.Thewritermentions______ivorycrush(es)inthepassage.

??????A.one????B.two????C.six????????????D.twelve

2.Whatcanweinferfromthepassage?

??????A.TherearetoomanyelephantsinChina.

??????B.Chinesepeoplecan’taffordivorysculptures.?

??????C.Americanpeopleneverbuyivorysculptures.

??????D.Wildlifeofficialsareagainsttheivorytrade.

3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“poachers”meaninChinese?

??????A.偷捕动物的人?B.酷爱动物的人

??????C.虐待动物的人?D.训练动物的人

4.AccordingtoStephanieWang,______.