首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
A、They are not easy to domesticate. B、Their meat is not that popular. C、It is not environmentally friendly. D、It is not consider
A、They are not easy to domesticate. B、Their meat is not that popular. C、It is not environmentally friendly. D、It is not consider
admin
2022-03-23
95
问题
W:
I can’t believe that duck hunting is still legal in so many parts of the world.
The scientific evidence from countries like Australia, Canada and the USA clearly indicates a decline in the birds’ numbers.
M: But can anyone be sure if the decline is really caused by the hunting or by climate change?
W: It’s caused by both in fact.
We see more droughts in countries like Australia. Ducks are birds that feed and breed in areas where there is a lot of water, but their habitats have been shrinking in recent decades because of the droughts.
M: And I guess with fewer places to inhabit, they concentrate in greater numbers in few areas, which surely makes them easier targets for the hunters.
W: It does. My grandfather was a duck hunter. He told me hunting ducks and geese began in the 19th century. They were easily found and plentifully available food source in farming areas, especially for poor immigrants.
M: What do they use for hunting during that period?
W: They use new types of guns, and birds could easily be shot down in flight. And in such great numbers, their commercial hunting of ducks and geese became an industry.
Yet, there’s no commercial farming of these birds nowadays. Their meat is hardly eaten in Western countries.
M: No, duck hunting seemingly exists as the continuation of a tradition.
W:
Well, ducks have never been popular with farmers like my grandfather anyway because they sometimes destroy crops. In fact, farmers used to poison them in large numbers.
M: That somehow doesn’t surprise me. Nobody places much value on the lives of these poor birds or on their meat.
Questions 8 to 11 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
8. What does the woman find unbelievable?
9. What does the woman say has caused the shrinking of ducks’ habitats in Australia?
10. Why is there no commercial farming of ducks and geese in Western countries?
11. What does the woman say about farmers in her grandfather’s time?
选项
A、They are not easy to domesticate.
B、Their meat is not that popular.
C、It is not environmentally friendly.
D、It is not considered cost-effective.
答案
B
解析
目的原因题。对话中女士提到,现在并没有人对鸭子和鹅这些禽类进行商业养殖,因为在西方国家几乎没有人吃它们的肉,因此答案为B)。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/PFjJ777K
0
大学英语四级
相关试题推荐
Janetaswellastheotheryoungpeoplewho________sentabroadbythegovernment________broughtupinthesmalltown.
Whydidthewomanchangetherestaurantfordinneratfirst?
Thecompanyexpandedin_______.
PASSAGETWOWhatisthepossibleattitudeofresearcherstowardstheanthropocentricapproach?
Whatisthepurposeofthespeaker?Togivesomeadviceonhowto_________________abookstore.
A、Tocheckhercustomerreferencenumber.B、Toinquireaboutthepriceofofficechairs.C、Togethermoneybackforthereturne
A、Coverupherfurniture.B、Asksomefriendsforhelp.C、Staysomewhereelse.D、Overseetheworkherself.C细节推断题。对话中提到,粉刷时,女士不能住
A、Theyarebothsinkingslowly.B、Theyarebothfamoustouristresorts.C、Theyarebothprosperousineconomy.D、Theyarebothf
A、Improvingthequalityofmeat.B、Helpingthemkeephealthy.C、Reducingthecostofmedicalcare.D、Strengtheninghumans’disea
A、Thelowbirthrateinthelast20years.B、Theincreaseofmultiplebirths.C、Thetrendofeconomiccondition.D、Theassistedr
随机试题
上尿路结石的主要表现为
可用于治疗过敏性结膜炎的药物是
对于建筑火灾而言,发展过程大致可分为初期增长阶段、充分发展阶段和衰减阶段。在发展期,按照特征火灾模型,火灾中热量的释放速率与()的平方成正比。
根据《中华人民共和国外汇管理条例》,属于外汇的有()。
下列关于税法原则的表述中,正确的有()。
OnahotAfricanmorning,LeilaWaslyingonherstomachandanelephantwaswalkingtowardsher.Leilawaited.Thenshepushed
对二重复句层次划分及分句间关系判断正确的一项是()。①倘若李健能够成功地横渡这个海峡,②就创造了一项新的纪录,③也实现了他多年的梦想。
社会政策:以公正为理念依据,以解决社会问题、保证社会成员的基本权利、改善社会环境、增进社会的整体福利为主要目的,以国家的立法和行政干预为主要途径而制定和实施的一系列行为准则、法令和条例的总称。下列不符合社会政策定义的一项是()
能反映原始数据在所处分布中的地位的量数是
A、Givehisspeechasmanytimesashecan.B、Getsomeexercisebeforehegiveshisspeech.C、Beginworkingonanewspeech.D、Ch
最新回复
(
0
)