初二英语阅读短文
Inmanycountriestoday,peoplearedoingsomethingtoprotectwildlifesothatwildanimalscanbesafe.InIndiantheneedforsuchprotectionwasunderstoodcenturiesago.
About300B.C.anIndianwritertoldpeoplesomethingaboutforest.Theforestsofthatdaywereabitlikenationalparkstoday.Thegameofkillinganimalswascarefullygoverned.Thatis,peoplemustn’tkillanimalsfreely.Someanimalswerefullyprotected.Withintheforests,nobodycouldcuttrees,burnedwood,orcatchanimalsfortheirfurs.Animalsdangeroustohumanvisitorswerecaughtorkilledoutsidetheforestssothatotheranimalswouldnotbecomeworriedorafraid.
Theneedforwildlifeprotectionisgreaternowthaneverbefore.Aboutathousandsortsofanimalsareindangerofextinction(灭绝),andthespeedatwhichtheybecomeextincthasbeenputtingon.Withmammals,forexample,thespeedofextinctionisnowaboutonesorteveryyear;fromA.D.1to1800,thespeedwasonesorteveryfiftyyears.Everywhere,peoplearetryingtheirbesttosavewildlifewhilethinkingabouttheworld’sgrowingpopulation.
()41.Whichofthefollowingistrue?
A.Peopleknewwildanimalsneededtobeprotectedlongago.
B.OnlyIndiansknewwildanimalsshouldbeprotectedcenturiesago.
C.Indiansbuiltsomenationalparkstoprotectwildlifecenturiesago.
D.OnlytheIndianwriterknewwhatforestswerelikelongago.
()42.LongagoinIndianforests,_______________________.
A.noneoftheanimalscouldbekilled
B.nogameofkillinganimalswasheldatall
C.dangerousanimalscouldbekilledanywhere
D.thegameofkillinganimalswerecontrolled
()43.Accordingtothepassage,weknowthatpeoplearenotonlythinkingabout___________,butalsotryingtosavewildlife.
A.theanimalsinnationalparksB.thetreesintheforests
C.theirownneedsD.thehumanvisitorstotheforests
()44.Themeaningoftheunderlinedwords“puttingon”inthethirdparagraphshouldbe_________.
A.slowingdownB.risingC.growingupD.goingon
()45.Thegrowthoftheworld’spopulationmeans__________________.
A.greaterdangertowildl