人教版高一英语必修第二册 Unit 2 Wildlife Protection单元测试卷（含答案） .pdfVIP

人教版高一英语必修第二册Unit2WildlifeProtection单

元测试（含答案）

（考试时间：90分钟满分：120分）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A

Owls（猫头鹰）canbefoundinmanypartsoftheworld.Andtodayonekindof

owlthebarredowl（横斑林舅）,iscausingaprobleminforestsofthenorthwestern

UnitedStates.BarredowlsarealargespeciesnativetoeasternNorthAmericabut

theybeganmovingwestatthestartofthe20thcentury.InpartsofthePacific

Northwestbarredowlsarenowcausingadropinthepopulationofakindofsmaller

andlessaggressive（侵略的）bird:thenorthernspottedowl.TheU.S.Geological

Surveyisdoingsomethingunusualtoprotectspottedowls:killingbarredowls.Asa

memberofthedepartmentDavidWienshasmixedfeelingsabouttheprogram.Itsa

littleunpleasantIthinktogooutkillingowls/hesays.Butweknowthatbarred

owlsarereallystrongerthanspottedowlsandthattheirnumbersaregrowingtoofast

soitmakessensetodothat.”

Itisacontroversial（有争议的）program.Adecisionnottokillthebarredowlisa

decisiontomakethespottedowldisappear/saysBobSallingeradirectoratthenon­

profitNationalAudubonSocietyinPortlandOregon.HoweverMarcBekoffa

professorofecology（生态学）andbiologyattheUniversityofColoradoBoulder

stronglydisagreeswiththeexperimentandsayshumansshouldfindanotherwayto

helpspottedowls.

Ifreducingthebarredowlpopulationimprovesthenumberofspottedowlsthe

U.S.GeologicalSurveymayconsiderkillingmorebarredowlsaspartofalonger-

termeffort.Enoughsuccesshasbeennotedfortheexperimenttobeextendedto

Augustof2021.

Wl.hyarebarredowlsbeingkilled?

A.Becausetheyarebreakingthelawsofnature.

B.Becausetheyarekillingeachothertosurvive