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The mysterious tiger has been a symbol of power and strength for centuries. Its power is a【56】to hunters,【57】have tried to kill

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问题     The mysterious tiger has been a symbol of power and strength for centuries. Its power is a【56】to hunters,【57】have tried to kill it to prove their own skill and【58】. In India【59】the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, large parties of【60】from around the world【61】go out on huge tiger hunts. Hundreds of tigers could be killed in a few weeks. As a【62】of this over-hunting,【63】with loss of habitat(栖息地), the population of tigers in India dropped from about 40,000【64】the turn of the twentieth century to about 2,000 by 1972.
    With the help of India and other concerned countries, the World Wildlife Fund【65】Operation Tiger in 1972 to save the tiger【66】dying out. Since then, seventeen tiger preserves (保护区) have been【67】, and the tiger population in India has risen to【68】4,000 and 5,000.
    But when people live on the【69】of the tiger preserves, tigers sometimes kill their farm animals and attack people--about 600 people in India have been killed by tigers in the last dozen years.【70】tigers do not eat humans. But "old, wounded and homeless" tigers can become habitual (习惯的) man-eaters. In one area in India, villagers have【71】a clever solution. They wire lifelike human dummies (假人) to electricity【72】the tigers get a(n)【73】shock when they attack. It is hoped that in this way tigers will learn to【74】people. But the conflict between human and tiger【75】. Only if people have enough food, shelter and fuel will the tiger survive in the long run. And only if the tiger and its forest survive will people have a natural world they can return to.
选项 A、set up
B、stood up
C、paid back
D、hold back
答案A
解析 动词短语辨析。set up建立；stand up站起来；pay back还钱；hold back阻挡。根据上下文可知，保护区应是被建立，因此选A。
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