阅读理解Theleaders(领导人)of13countrieshadabigmeetinginStPetersburgRussiafromNovember21to242010.Themeetingwasabouttigers.Theytalkedaboutthewaystoprotectthea
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Theleaders(领导人)of13countrieshadabigmeetinginStPetersburgRussiafromNovember21to242010.Themeetingwasabouttigers.Theytalkedaboutthewaystoprotecttheanimalsintheircountries.Theyagreedtospendmoremoneyprotectingtigersandtheywantedtodoublethenumberoftigersintheworldbefore2022.
Tigerisoneoftheworld’smostendangeredanimals.TheWorldWildlifeFund(WWF)saysthereareonlyabout100000wildtigersnow.Andthenumberisbecomingsmallerandsmaller.‘Ifnothinghappenstigerswillfacedisasters’saidWWFspokeswomanMarievonZeipel.
Ninetypesoftigerslived100yearsagobutnowatleastthreeofthemhavediedout.‘Ifpeopleleavetigersaloneanddon’tkillthemthenthenumberoftigerswilldoublein10years’saidJean-ChristophVieaFrenchtigerexpert(专家).
Chinaisoneofthe13countrieswheretigerslive.Thereareabout50wildtigersinChinanow.TheyaretheBengaltigersinTibetIndochinesetigersinChina’ssouthwestandSiberiantigersinthenortheast.TheSouthChinatigerslivedinsoutheastChinamanyyearsagobutdisappearedinthe1970s.Manyexpertsthinktheyhavealreadydiedout.
(1)
What’sthemeetinginStPetersburgmainlyabout?
[]A.
Howtohelptigersfindabetterplacetolive.
B.
Howtoprotecttigersintheircountries.
C.
Howtostoppeoplefromhuntingthewildanimals.
D.
Howtocountthenumberoftigersintheworld.
(2)
WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtotheWWF?
[]A.
Manytigershavediedonlybecausepeoplehuntthem.