阅读理解SavetheAnimalsAnimalsarenaturalresources(资源)thatpeoplehavewastedallthroughourhistory．Animalshavebeenkilledfortheirfurandfeathers(羽毛)forfood

　　阅读理解

　　SavetheAnimals

　　Animalsarenaturalresources(资源)thatpeoplehavewastedallthroughourhistory．

　　Animalshavebeenkilledfortheirfurandfeathers(羽毛)forfoodforsportandsimplybecausetheywereintheway．Thousandsofkindsofanimalshavedisappearedfromtheearthforever．Hundredsmoreareonthedangerlisttoday．About170kindsintheUnitedStatesaloneareconsideredindanger．

　　Whyshouldpeoplecare?Becauseweneedanimals．Andbecauseoncetheyaregonetherewillneverbeanymore．

　　Animalsaremorethanjustbeautifulorinteresting．Theyaremorethanjustasourceoffood．Everyanimalhasitsplaceinthebalance(平衡)ofnature．Destroyingonekingofanimalcancreate(产生)manyproblems．

　　Forexamplewhenfarmerskilledlargenumbersofhawks(鹰)thefarmers'storesofcornandgrainweredestroyedbyratsandmice．Why?Becausehawkseatratsandmice．Withnohawkstokeepdowntheirnumberstheratsandmicemultiplied(繁殖)quickly．

　　Luckilysomepeopleareworkingtohelpsavetheanimals．Somegroupsraisemoneytoletpeopleknowabouttheproblem．Andtheytrytogetthegovernmentstopasslawsprotectinganimalsindanger．

　　Quiteafewcountrieshavepassedlaws．Theselawsforbid(禁止)thekillingofanyanimalorplantonthedangerlist．Slowlythenumberofsomeanimalsindangerisgrowing．

　　(1)

　　Animalsareimportanttousmainlybecause________．

　　[]A．

　　theygiveusasourceoffood

　　B．

　　theyarebeautifulandlovely

　　C．

　　theykeepthebalanceofnature

　　D．

　　theygiveusalotofpleasure

　　(2)

　　Whathashappenedtotheanimalsontheearth?

　　[]A．

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