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PEST CONTROL (1) Many pest species that are native to North America, such as white-footed mice and ground moles, are more nu
PEST CONTROL (1) Many pest species that are native to North America, such as white-footed mice and ground moles, are more nu
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2022-09-29
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PEST CONTROL
(1) Many pest species that are native to North America, such as white-footed mice and ground moles, are more nuisance pests and are usually regulated by native predators and parasites. This situation is not true for non-indigenous pests in North America, such as brown rats and cockroaches. After centuries, it is
evident
that these pests cannot be eradicated. The best that can be done is to introduce pest control measures that will control their numbers.
(2) An ancient and popular means of pest control is chemical control. For example, the Sumerians used sulfur to combat crop pests, and by the early 1800s such chemicals as arsenic were used to combat insect and fungal pests.
(3) However, chemical control has its dark side.
Chemical pesticides have many unintended consequences through their effects not just on the target species but. on a wide array of non-target species as well, often eliminating them and thereby upsetting the existing food webs, especially through the suppression of native predator species.
The surviving pests then rebound in greater numbers than ever.
(4) Perhaps more insidious is that a pesticide loses its effectiveness because the target species evolves resistance to it. As one pesticide replaces another, the pests acquire a resistance to them all. [A] Some species, notably certain mosquitoes, have overcome the toxic effects of every pesticide to which they have been exposed. [B] Insect pests need only about five years to evolve pesticide resistance, but their predators do so much more slowly. [C] So after the pests develop resistance, pest outbreaks become even more disastrous. [D]
(5) Farmers long ago observed that enemies of pests act as controls. As early as 300 A.D., the Chinese were introducing predatory ants into their citrus orchards to control leaf-eating caterpillars. Insect pests have their own array of enemies in their native habitats. When an animal or plant is introduced, intentionally or unintentionally, into a new habitat outside of its natural range, it may adapt to the new environment and leave its enemies behind. Freed from predation and finding an abundance of resources, the species quickly becomes a pest or a weed. This fact had led to the search for natural enemies to introduce into populations of pests to reduce their populations.
(6) Because the serious pest is usually a nonnative species, biological control involves the introduction of a non-indigenous predator or parasite to control the pest. The introduction of the cactus-eating moths, a native of Argentina, into Australia effectively reduced and controlled the rapidly spreading prickly pear, which had been introduced into Australia in 1901.
(7) But biological control, like chemical control, can backfire. The success of the cactus-feeding moths in controlling prickly pear in Australia encouraged their introduction to several West Indies islands to control prickly pear there. In time the moths made their way to Florida, where they now threaten the existence of several native prickly pear species. The
moral
is that although using non-indigenous predators as biological controls can be effective, these species possess their own inherent dangers that must be assessed before they are released. They, too, can become alien invaders.
(8) Because chemical, biological, and other methods used individually are obviously not the solution to pest control, entomologists have developed a holistic approach to pest control, called integrated pest management (IPM). IPM considers the biological, ecological, economic, social, and even aesthetic aspects of pest control and employs a variety of techniques. The objective of IPM is to control the pests not at the time of a major outbreak but at an earlier time when the size of the population is easier to control. The approach is to rely first on natural mortality caused by weather and natural enemies, with as little disruption of the natural system as possible, and to use other methods only if they are needed to hold the pests below the economic injury level.
(9) Successful IPM requires the knowledge of the population ecology of each pest and its associated species and the dynamics of the host species. It involves
considerable
field work monitoring the pest species and its natural enemies by such techniques as egg counts and the trapping of adults to acquire information to determine the necessity, timing, and intensity of control measures. These control measures must be adjusted to the situation, which may vary from one location to another. The intensity of control or no control is based on the degree of pest damage that can be tolerated, the costs of control, and the benefits to be derived.
Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
选项
A、Chemical pesticides often eliminate species other than the intended target and thereby upset food webs, especially by suppressing native predator species.
B、Native predator species are often eliminated by chemical pesticides that are intended to have consequences for other pests.
C、Chemical pesticides upset existing food webs by eliminating native species and by increasing the number of nonnative predators.
D、The effects of chemical pesticides on a wide array of food webs and native predators are often unintended.
答案
A
解析
本题属于句子简化题,考查考生对文中高亮句的理解和同义转述、高亮句意为“化学杀虫剂的应用会产生许多意想不到的后果:它们不仅只对目标物种产生效用,甚至对大量的非目标物种也同样有效。这导致非目标物种被根除,进而抑制了当地捕食物种,扰乱现有的食物网。”A项“化学杀虫剂经常消灭除目标物种之外的其他物种,尤其是通过抑制当地捕食动物的生存,扰乱食物网”转述了该句的主要信息,故选。B项“本地捕食动物通常会被用于消灭其他害虫的化学杀虫剂所消灭”错误,本地捕食动物并不是被化学杀虫剂所消灭的,它们是因为一些非目标物种被化学杀虫剂消灭才被抑制的,B项的说法与高亮句有偏差。C项“化学杀虫剂通过消灭当地物种,并增加外来捕食动物的数量来扰乱现有的食物网”,原句没有提到与增加外来捕食动物相关的信息。D项“化学杀虫剂对各种食物网和当地捕食动物的影响都是意想不到的”缺少了高亮句前半部分的信息。
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