Zoos have been around for centuries — and they’ve changed a lot over the years. In the Mid

Zoos have been around for centuries — and they’ve changed a lot over the years. In the Middle Ages, wealthy people kept animals in their gardens. Public animal parks appeared in European cities in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the United States, opened in 1874.
Until a few decades (十年) ago, most zoos were organized by creatures — monkeys in one area, cats in another, birds somewhere else, just like museum collections. In recent years, zoos have instead begun grouping animals that would normally interact (互相作用) in the wild. Moreover, instead of closing animals behind bars, designers are creating landscapes like the environments in which these creatures would naturally be found. Nearby signs provide information about the animals and their habitats in parts of the world where they normally live.
The Denver Zoo’s new Predator Ridge exhibit, for example, aims to teach visitors about Africa. Eight acres of land provide homes for 14 animal species, including lions, porcupines, cranes, and wild dogs. Plants from the region grow alongside African-like landform. Ten-foot-tall mounds (土墩) give lions a place from which to survey their surroundings, just as they would do in the wild.
Landscape design makes visitors to the Denver Zoo’s Predator Ridge exhibit feel like they’re really in Africa.
Animals in Predator Ridge can’t actually be mixed with one another, for safety reasons. But hidden deep channels and other smart features allow visitors to see all the animals at once. Different species can see each other too.
【小题1】What is the passage mainly about?A．Protection of zoo animals.B．Changes of zoos over the time.C．The safety problem of zoos.D．The living habits of zoo animals.【小题2】In the Denver Zoo ten-foot-tall mounds are built to .A．protect the safety of visitorsB．separate lions from other animalsC．create a natural environment for lions D．offer visitors a better view of lions【小题3】The underlined part “the region” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to .A．AfricaB．the Predator Ridge exhibitC．the Denver ZooD．the ten-foot-tall mounds【小题4】We can learn from the passage that .A．the earliest zoos were probably rich people’s gardens B．the Philadelphia Zoo is the first zoo in the worldC．the new Predator Ridge exhibit is held in AfricaD．more animals will be kept in zoos in the futureB

(答案→)B 解析：本文主要讲了随着时间的推移，动物园发生了很大的变化。由早期的仅仅存在于富人的公园到现在的野生动物园。【小题1】概括题。这篇文章主要讲了随着时间的发展，动物园的变化，故选B。【小题2】 细节题。根据Ten-foot-tall mounds (土墩) give lions a place from which to survey their surroundings, just as they would do in the wild.可知Denver动物园，建造10英尺高的土墩是为了为狮子创造一个自然的环境，故选C。【小题3】细节题。根据The Denver Zoo’s new Predator Ridge exhibit, for example, aims to teach visitors about Africa.可知“the region”指非洲，故选A。【小题4】推断题。根据In the Middle Ages, wealthy people kept animals in their gardens.可知最早的动物园可能是富人公园，故选A。

我明天再问问老师，叫他解释下这个问题