We human beings haven’t been good friends to animals. For thousands of years, we have been

We human beings haven’t been good friends to animals. For thousands of years, we have been polluting the environment, making it hard for animals to live on the planet. We have been killing animals for their fur, feathers or meat, or simply because they are dangerous. As a result, many kinds of animals have disappeared forever. Hundreds more are on the endangered list today.
Should we care about animals? Of course we should. If animals of a certain kind all disappear, they will never come back again. Animals are more than just resources of things we need. Every kind of animal has its place in the balance of nature. Destroying any kind of animal can lead to many problems. For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the corn and grain that the farmers stored were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With less and less hawks to keep down their numbers, rats and mice multiplied quickly. And if people kill too many birds, more and more insects will eat the crops.
Luckily, we’ve realized that we shouldn’t kill animals any more. And people are working hard to save those animals that would disappear soon. The government also passed laws to protect the endangered animals. In fact, quite a few countries have passed such laws. These laws forbid the killing of any kind of animal on the endangered list. We should try our best to protect and save the endangered animals.
【小题1】The text calls on us to .A．keep animals at homeB．protect the environmentC．protect the endangered animalsD．know more about the balance of nature.【小题2】Why do people kill animals?A．Animals cause many serious problems.B．They kill animals for something they need.C．Animals destroy their natural resources.D．They kill animals to protect the environment【小题3】The example that farmers killed hawks shows that .A．there were too many rats and miceB．hawks are the most important in the natureC．animals are good food resourcesD．every kind of animal is important in natureC

(答案→)C 解析：本文告诉我们地球上的动物已经越来越少，号召大家一起来拯救动物。【小题1】写作意图题：从最后一段的句子：We should try our best to protect and save the endangered animals.可知作者是想号召我们保护动物。选C【小题2】细节题。根据Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers(羽毛), for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way.可知答案为B。【小题3】细节题：从第一段的句子： Every kind of animal has its place in the balance of nature. 可知每个动物在自然中都是很重要的。选D

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