Not long before, some farmers were worried because hawks (老鹰) were taking many of their chickens. They didn’t know what to do with it. Then they wanted to kill the hawks to protect their chickens. However, after killing many hawks, a new problem appeared. There were more field mice (田鼠). The mice ate up many of their crops (庄稼). The farmers didn’t know why. In fact, hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice. And they eat more field mice than chickens. When the farmers killed lots of hawks, they changed the balance of nature (生态平衡). When people move into a new place, they often cut off many wild plants. ①Without enough plants, animals will die or leave the place. For example, in the USA, in order to protect the deer, people killed many tigers. As a result, The number of the deer was growing more and more. After the deer ate up the roses (玫瑰花), they ate the young trees. At last the deer had nothing to eat and many of them died. ②important, the balance of nature, keep, us, for, it’s, to. 根据短文内容，完成任务。 任务一：判断正（T）误（F）。 【小题1】Hawks only eat chickens. 【小题2】Killing tigers is not a good way to protect the deer. 任务二：将文中①处画线句子翻译成中文。 【小题3】___________________________________________________________________ 任务三：将文中②处画线部分组成一个完整的句子。 【小题4】___________________________________________________________________ 任务四：回答问题。 【小题5】The passage mainly tells us.
A．how to kill the hawks
B．the importance of keeping the balance of nature
C．why the farmers killed the tigers
D．people like chickens and deer better than hawks and tigers
答案：【小题1】F 【小题2】T 【小题3】没有足够的植物，动物就会饿死或离开。 【小题4】It is important for us to keep the balance of nature. 【小题5】B
试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是保持生态平衡的重要性。讲述了不久以前，人们发现鹰总是吃小鸡，然后人们为了保护鸡，把鹰都杀掉了，后来有了好多田鼠，什么原因，是因为鹰不但吃鸡还吃田鼠，吃的田鼠的数量比鸡要多得多。就因为人们破坏了生态平衡导致的后果。还有一个故事讲述的是为了保护鹿，把老虎都杀死了，鹿把玫瑰花和小树都吃掉了，最后没有吃的了，死掉了好多鹿，这也是人们破坏了生态平衡导致的后果。 【小题1】细节理解题. 根据In fact, hawks eat not only chickens but also field mice.可知鹰不但吃鸡还吃田鼠。故判断为F。 【小题2】细节理解题。通读全文可知为了保护鹿，把老虎都杀死了，鹿把玫瑰花和小树都吃掉了，最后没有吃的了，死掉了好多鹿。这不是保护鹿的好方法。故判断为T。 【小题3】句子翻译题。根据前后文，可知本句话的意思为没有足够的植物，动物就会饿死或离开。 【小题4】连词成句题.。句意：对于我们来说保持生态平衡是非常重要的。此题考查It is +adj +for sb to do sth对于某人来说，做某事怎么样。 【小题5】综合理解题。通读全文主要介绍的是生态平衡的重要性。答案为B。 考点：考查社会现象类阅读。