宁夏六盘山高级中学2016届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案(5)

A. Sailors' strength. B. Wind directions. C. Size of sails. D. Wave levels. 25.What does the word “It” underlined in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A. The sail. B. The wind. C. The boat. D. The angle. 26.What do you have to do when sailing against the wind?

A. Move in a straight line. B. Allow the sail to flap. C. Tack the boat.. D. Lower the sail 27.Where can you probably find the text?

A. In a tourist guidebook B. In a physics textbook. C. In an official report. D. .In a popular magazine.

C

As a child, visiting the zoo was more a punishment than a treat. I didn’t find the chimps’ tea parties funny, nor the bird shows entertaining. Feeding time for seals was less painful, but their performances still seemed like they belonged more in a circus.

And I hated circuses, especially the animal acts — men teasing lions, girls balancing on elephants and monkeys playing football. I knew that every trick a circus animal did was unnatural, achieved through strict training and quite possibly cruelty.

Happily, during my lifetime public attitudes and the law have changed. Circuses using wild animals are now almost extinct, and zoos have definitely evolved.

When my children were young, I occasionally took them to our local zoo. The elephants were in tiny cages and the gorillas looked bored as they sat peeling bananas and staring at teasing visitors. Each cage had a sign which listed the animal’s name and where it came from. But, back then, there was little information included about the environmental challenges they faced.

As a result, environmentalists and animal lovers often oppose zoos. “Animals belong in the wild,” is a common — and understandable — complaint. But what do the animals themselves prefer?

Generally speaking, zoo animals have a longer life. But — you may protest — they are not free. What? Free to be hunted and killed, free to die of hunger or thirst? Maybe sitting in a cage eating bananas isn’t so bad.

搜索“diyifanwen.net”或“第一范文网”即可找到本站免费阅读全部范文。收藏本站方便下次阅读，第一范文网，提供最新资格考试认证宁夏六盘山高级中学2016届高三第一次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案(5)全文阅读和word下载服务。