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  3. The bombing campaign in Afghanistan has worsened the environmental disaster that was initiated by years of civil conflict and dr

The bombing campaign in Afghanistan has worsened the environmental disaster that was initiated by years of civil conflict and dr

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问题     The bombing campaign in Afghanistan has worsened the environmental disaster that was initiated by years of civil conflict and drought. The country’s remaining forests me being bombed or burned in the search for terrorists, and refugees me clearing forests for fanning and fuel. Afghanistan’s mountains— home to leopards (豹), bears, and Marco Polo sheep—were also at risk. Some refugees were reported to be hunting rare snow leopards to buy a safe passage across the border.
    In Tasmania 77 Australian species, including some that had been eliminated on the mainland, were potentially at risk after foxes were introduced, perhaps deliberately by individuals who wanted new game. Wildlife managers were trying to devise ways of killing the foxes without harming native species. A threat to native freshwater species in the eastern U.S. was feared when northern snakehead fish—a species that can survive out of water for several days mid travel over land—were found in a pond in Maryland. A local man evidently had released two of these fish, and they were breeding. In September Maryland wild life officials sprayed poison into the pond where the snakeheads had been found.
    On the Hawaiian island, an attempt to bring together a pair of the world’s rarest birds failed in May when the female bird, after being transferred to the territory of the only male, flew back to her own home range without encountering the male. There were only three surviving birds of this kind.
    Besides the upsetting stories, some good news may make people relieved. Efforts to save the kakapo—New Zealand’s giant ground-nesting parrot, met with more success. The last surviving birds, brought together on one island, produced 24 chicks, more than in the whole of the previous two decades. This brought the world total to 86 kakapo, compared with 50 in 1995.
    Obviously, the burden is heavy and the mad is long, so both the government and the public should pull together and fight for a more colorful and diverse world.
What is the best title for this passage?
选项 A、Struggling for the Wild Animal Conservation.
B、How to Protect Animals?
C、Success and Failure in Environmental Protection.
D、Human Being and Nature.
答案A
解析 文章主要讲的是野生动物所面临的各种威胁、人们在保护野生动物方面的得失以及作者对野生动物保护工作的展望。那么，综合这些信息来看，比较贴切的题目是A“为保护野生动物而奋斗”。选项C和D都具有一定的迷惑性。选项C的问题在于Environmental Protection这个表达上，虽然环境保护有时也涉及到动物保护，但用在这里太过泛泛。而选项D“人与自然”这个题目的范围就更大了，自然有很多组成部分，而本文主要讲的是自然中的野生动物。
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