Question

Last spring, members of Alaska’s Troop 34, based in Fairbanks, trudged (跋涉) out into the snowy wilderness to take part in their state’s Take a Kid Trapping program. In many parts of the state, beavers （海貍）are pests and need to be controlled.
The 10－to－12－year－old girls found out where beavers lived, set traps, and skinned the two animals they caught. The girls hope to catch ten more beavers so that the entire troop can make mittens and hats with the fur. They also want to cook beaver meat.
Troop leaders and members say the Scouts are doing a good deed by helping control the state’s beaver population. But animal－rights activists say trapping is cruel. They want the Girl Scouts to stop in their tracks.
Beavers aren’t only causing a problem in Alaska. Residents in Sampson County, N.C., have turned to a local committee to help them battle the growing beaver population there.
County landowners are frustrated after the county spent more than $ 50,000 in eight years trying to reduce the beaver population through a government program. The joint state and federal program included paying money to trappers for every beaver carcass they trapped.
Many local residents say that the program didn’t work because there were too few trappers. That’s why the county set up its own committee to investigate other ways to control the area’s beaver population.
The county will rely on its own beaver－trapping program. It has hired a trapper to set traps in various areas. The county will pay $10 for every beaver carcass.
Why do many people say that beavers are a nuisance? For beavers to survive, they need lots of water. Water provides the large rodent （嚙齒動物）with a place to hide from meat – eating animals. Beavers also store food underwater for the winter. When there’s not enough water in a particular area, beavers get busy building dams.
Beaver dams can cause major flooding and damage to the surrounding countryside as the animals cut down trees to use in their construction projects. Beavers build canals to transport heavy objects.
【小題1】What is Alaska’s Troop 34?

A．A team of the Boy Scouts.	B．An army.
C．A team of the Girl Scouts.	D．A sports team.

【小題2】Why does the troop hope to catch ten more beavers?

A．To fulfill their task.

B．To sell them for money.

C．To get enough fur.

D．To exchange them for mittens and hats.

【小題3】Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Sampson County has to find a new way to control the beaver population there.

B．The government program in Sampson County has proved to be a success.

C．The local government has controlled the number of beavers in the County.

D．More and more trappers now start to set traps in Sampson County.

【小題4】Local residents hate beavers because they can ___________.

A．cause damage to dams

B．block up canals with heavy objects.

C．do great harm to construction projects.

D．badly damage the environment and cause floods.

Answer 1

【小題1】C
【小題2】C
【小題3】A
【小題4】D

解析試題分析：本文介紹了阿拉斯加的海貍被認為會破壞環境和造成洪水，而當成有害動物，人們要控制它們的數量，但這和動物主義者的觀點相違背，Sampson 已經找到新的辦法控制海貍的數量。
【小題1】細節題：從第二段的句子：The 10－to－12－year－old girls found out where beavers lived,可知這個Alaska’s Troop 34是由女童子軍組成。選C
【小題2】細節題：從第二段的句子：The girls hope to catch ten more beavers so that the entire troop can make mittens and hats with the fur.可知這個隊伍希望再抓住10個海貍為了它們的皮毛。選C
【小題3】細節題：從第六段的句子：That’s why the county set up its own committee to investigate other ways to control the area’s beaver population.
可知Sampson 已經找到新的辦法控制海貍的數量。選A
【小題4】細節題：從文章的最后一段的句子：Beaver dams can cause major flooding and damage to the surrounding countryside as the animals cut down trees to use in their construction projects. Beavers build canals to transport heavy objects.可知當地人討厭海貍是因為它們會破壞環境和造成洪水。選D。
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點評：本文介紹了阿拉斯加的海貍被認為會破壞環境和造成洪水，而當成有害動物，人們要控制它們的數量，但這和動物主義者的觀點相違背，Sampson 已經找到新的辦法控制海貍的數量。這篇閱讀理解集中考查了細節題，要求考生仔細閱讀全文，做好相應的標志，以提高閱讀的效率和速度，做題時要審清題干，發覺和把握試題中有效的提示性信息，確認命題的角度、閱讀范圍和答題方式。