Module 3 Animals Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 阅读理解练习（含解析）（牛津深圳版）2023-2024学年八年级英语下册

Unit 5 Save the endangered animals 单元话题阅读理解练习 （22-23八年级下·广东深圳·期中）Once there were many thousands of Gourma Desert （沙漠）elephants in Mali, a country in West Africa. Now, there are fewer than four hundred. Why did the number of the elephants drop so quickly On the one hand, the elephant’s main lake, their only water source, dried up. On the other hand, the land which the elephants lived on was overused by humans. To protect the elephants’ living environment, the Mali Elephant Project（MEP） was started in 2007. MEP met with local people and helped them make rules of using land and water. As a result, the situation became better and there was more food, forest and grassland. However, from 2012 to 2016, poaching（偷猎）and illegal trade in the elephants increased rapidly. Eighty-three elephants were lost in 2015 alone and another fifty-one elephants were killed in 2016. “If this situation goes on, all the Gourma elephants will be killed by 2020,” said a member of MEP. Luckily, the voice of MEP was heard. More organizations have joined together to educate the local people that trading elephants is against the law. Elephant poaching has dropped to a very low level. The local people have learned to live peacefully with the elephants, one of the wildlife treasures in the world. 1．Why was MEP started A．To raise more elephants in Mali. B．To stop the main lake from drying up. C．To discover water source for elephants. D．To protect the elephants’ living environment. 2．What does “this situation” in paragraph four refer to A．fifty-one elephants were killed in 2016 B．the increase of poaching and illegal trade C．all the Gourma elephants were killed D．eighty-three elephants were lost 3．Which of the following is TRUE A．There are 400 Gourma Desert elephants in Mali, West Africa. B．Human activities also led to the decrease of the elephant population. C．134 elephants were killed and traded illegally from 2012 to 2016. D．MEP was the only organization to fight against illegal trade of elephants. 4．What can we learn from the last paragraph A．The number of organizations has dropped. B．There is less elephant poaching now. C．The local people keep the elephants at home. D．The whole world live peacefully with elephants. 5．What is this passage mainly about A．The work of Mali Elephant Project. B．The elephant poaching in West Africa. C．The rules of using land and water in Mali. D．The education of the local people in Mali. （22-23八年级上·广东深圳·期中）Chinese scientists have discovered a new kind of dinosaur that lived 200 million years ago in what is today Southwest China’s Yunnan Province. The scientists plan to carry out further research into how the dinosaur moved and its family relationships. Some fossils of the dinosaur were found several years ago in Yuxi, Yunnan Province, but they were not enough to make sure what kind of dinosaurs they are. However, the recent discovery has provided enough fossil materials to ... ...