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
考研
When is an endangered species not an endangered species? When it lives in the sea, apparently. Despite continuing carnage in the
When is an endangered species not an endangered species? When it lives in the sea, apparently. Despite continuing carnage in the
admin
2011-03-11
52
问题
When is an endangered species not an endangered species? When it lives in the sea, apparently. Despite continuing carnage in the ocean, marine creatures were refused any protection at the United Nations conference on trade in wildlife that ended yesterday in Doha, Qatar.
Tigers, rhinos and elephants are all better protected after the meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites). But hammerhead sharks, bluefin tuna and other marine species should be quaking in their skins. For when it comes to fish, the world has decided that scientific evidence of imminent demise is not reason enough to defend them against overexploitation. The conflict between trade and conservation is nothing new, but it is pretty well established that if you let trade in wildlife run rampant (蔓延的), soon there will be nothing left to sell. That is why the UN set up Cites in the first place.
So why did fish get such a raw deal? Is it that we care less about life that is so very different from us? Do the emotionless eyes of fish leave our hearts cold? Is it an extension of the convenient myth that fish feel no pain? The truth is far more shocking. All fingers of blame point directly at Japan. The high value of bluefin tuna--a single specimen can reach $112 000--led it to orchestrate a full-scale campaign against proposals to ban trade in the species. Diplomatic missions were sent to developing nations to bully them into agreeing with Japan’s conviction that fish cannot be endangered.
That way of thinking is grounded in ignorance. The oceans long seemed infinite in their capacity to produce such riches, and any sign that this was not so was hidden by our inability to peer into the depths. Science has now stripped back the veil and revealed the extent of the depletion. It is this science that Japan and its allies have chosen to not to see.
Unfortunately for life in the sea, Japan’s campaign made waves far beyond the bluefin. Sharks are in dire trouble thanks to some people’s appetite for using their fins in soup. About 73 million sharks are killed each year as a result, and sharks don’t reproduce fast. But far from favoring a ban, nations voted against even the most basic monitoring of the trade.
Red and pink corals have now all but vanished from the Mediterranean and are being stripped from the Pacific, but proposals to control that trade were also swept away. Fish don’t recognise borders and boundaries. Yet one nation, Japan, by its cynical use of political power is robbing the world of a shared resource.
The word "carnage" (Line 2, Paragraph 1) is closest in meaning to " ______ ".
选项
A、slaughter
B、protection
C、attention
D、neglect
答案
A
解析
单词所在的句子是一个让步状语从句,前半句的意思为“虽然(海洋生物)遭到持续的______”,后半句的意思为“昨天在卡塔尔首都多哈结束的关于野生动物交易的联合国大会上,海洋生物没有得到任何保护”。根据语境可推断carnage的意思应与“保护”相反,四个选项中只有[A]符合题意,其他三项皆不符合文章意思。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/11p4777K
0
考研英语一
相关试题推荐
WithRobertLaurentandWilliamZorach,directcarvingentersintothestoryofmodemsculptureintheUnitedStates.Directcar
TomanypeopletheBermudaTriangleisreallyamysterybecause______.ThedisappearancesofplanesandshipsintheBermudaT
The1990shavebeendesignatedtheDecadeAgainstDrugAbusebytheUnitedNations.But,(1)_____lessthanthreeyearstogobe
The1990shavebeendesignatedtheDecadeAgainstDrugAbusebytheUnitedNations.But,(1)_____lessthanthreeyearstogobe
(46)Free-marketeconomyisaneconomicsysteminwhichindividuals,ratherthangovernment,makethemajorityofdecisionsregar
Britain’sgardenershaverevealedoneoftheirgreatestpethates—otherpeople’scats.Okay,they’resadisticmurderers—butisi
Theword"liability"(Para.1)mostprobablymeans______Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatpeople’sviewsonbeautyare
WilliamAppleton,authorofarecentbookentitledFathersandDaughters,believesthatitisawoman’srelationshipwithherfa
Themanagerlosthis______justbecausehissecretarywastenminuteslate’
Thewinnertakesall,itiswidelysupposedincomputingcircles.Indeed,geekshavecoinedaword,"Googlearchy",forthewayi
随机试题
元丰二年正月二十日,与可没于陈州。没:
双卵双胎的性别和血型
临床前药理毒理学研究包括()。
剖宫产术前的护理措施有()
当检测时回弹仪为非水平方向且测试面为非浇筑侧面时,应先进行浇筑面修正,再进行角度修正。()
来自国内疫区的交通工具,或者在国内航行中发现检疫传染病、疑似检疫传染病,或者有人非因意外伤害而死亡并死因不明的,交通工具负责人应当向到达的国境口岸卫生检疫机关报告,接受临时检疫。( )
企业进行绩效考核时,在传统财务考核指标基础上,从顾客角度、内部流程角度、学习与成长角度和财务角度等与关键成功因素有密切联系的绩效指标体系考核企业绩效。这种绩效考核方法是()。
楚辞的代表作家有()。
建立现代学校教育制度,加强对学校的管理与监督,实行依法治校的基本保证条件是()
Worldleadersneedtotakeactionontheenergycrisisthatistakingshapebeforeoureyes.Oilpricesare【C1】______anditlook
最新回复
(
0
)