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UNIT2课时检测(四)DiscoveringUsefulStructures

Ⅰ.阅读理解

Barredowls(大林鸮猫头鹰)arealargespeciesnativetoeasternNorthAmerica,buttheybeganmovingwestatthestartofthe20thcentury.By1973,largenumbersofbarredowlshadarrivedinthewesternstateofWashington.LatertheymovedsouthintoOregonandCalifornia.

InpartsofthePacificNorthwest,theowlsarenowbelievedtobecausingadropinthepopulationofasmaller,lessaggressivebird：thenorthernspottedowl.Inmanyways,thebarredowlisthespottedowlsworstenemy.Thebarredowlhasmorebabiesperyearandeatsthesameanimals,likesquirrelsandwoodrats.Andtheirnumbersarenowlargerinmanypartsofthespottedowlstraditionalterritory(领地)．

DavidWiensisabiologistwiththeUSGeologicalSurvey.Heandotherofficialsaredoingsomethingunusualtoprotectspottedowls：killingbarredowls.Itisanexperimentalprogram.Morethan2,400barredowlshavealreadybeenshot.

Wiensisthesonofawell-knownbirdexpertandgrewupwiththefascinationforbirds.Hehasmixedfeelingsabouttheprogram.“Itsalittledistasteful,Ithink,togooutkillingbarredowlstosaveanotherowlspecies，”hesays.Butheadds,“Weknewthatbarredowlswereoutcompetingspottedowlsandtheirnumbersweregrowingtoofast.”

Tocatchbarredowls,officialsputdigital(电子的)birdcallersontheground.Thentheystepbackandwaitasseveralsoundsfromthedevicesfilltheair.Allofthishappensinthedarkofnight.Barredowlsdislikeotherbirdsintheirterritory,sotheywillflydownandchaseotherowlsout.ThatiswhenWiensandhisteamtrytoshootthem.

1．Whatsthemainproblemwithspottedowls?

A．Theyhavenofood.

B．Theyhavemorebabieseachyear.

C．Theyarehuntedbyman.

D．Barredowlstakemanypartsoftheirterritory.

2．Whyarebarredowlsbeingkilled?

A．Theyareeatingthespottedowls.

B．Theyarekillingeachothertosurvive.

C．Theyareputtingthespot