首页
登录
职称英语
Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts, but only because they’
Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts, but only because they’
游客
2024-05-28
10
管理
问题
Most people think of lions as strictly African beasts, but only because they’ve been killed off almost everywhere else. Ten thousand years ago lions spanned vast sections of the globe. Now lions hold only a small fraction of their former habitat, and Asiatic lions, a subspecies that spit from African lions perhaps 100000 years ago, hang on to an almost impossibly small slice of their former territory.
India is the proud steward of these 300 or so lions, which live primarily in a 560-square-mile sanctuary(保护区). It took me a year and a half to get a permit to explore the entire Gir Forest—and no time at all to see why these lions became symbols of royalty and greatness. A tiger will hide in the forest unseen, but a lion stands its ground, curious and unafraid—lionhearted. Though they told me in subtle ways when I got too close, Gir’s lions allowed me unique glimpses into their lives during my three months in the forest. It’s odd to think that they are threatened by extinction;Gir has as many lions as it can hold too many, in fact. With territory in short supply, lions move about near the boundary of the forest and even leave it altogether, often clashing with people. That’s one reason India is creating a second sanctuary. There are other pressing reasons:outbreaks of disease or natural disasters. In 1994 a serious disease killed more than a third of Africa’s Serengeti lions—a thousand animals a fate that could easily happen to Gir’s cats. These lions are especially vulnerable to disease because they descend from as few as a dozen individuals. “If you do a DNA test, Asiatic lions actually look like identical twins, ”says Stephen O’Brien, a geneticist(基因学家) who has studied them. Yet the dangers are hidden, and you wouldn’t suspect them by watching these lords of the forest. The lions display vitality, and no small measure of charm.
Though the gentle intimacy of play vanishes when it’s time to eat, meals in Gir are not necessarily frantic affairs. For a mother and her baby lion sharing a deer, or a young male eating an antelope(羚羊), there’s no need to fight for a cut of the kill. The animals they hunt for food are generally smaller in Gir than those in Africa, and hunting groups tend to be smaller as well. [br] In the first paragraph, the author tells us that Asiatic lions______.
选项
A、have killed off other lions
B、have descended from African lions
C、used to span vast sections of the globe
D、have lost their habitat
答案
B
解析
细节推断题。文章第一段是说狮子的栖息地正变得越来越小,其中讲到亚洲狮是从非洲狮分离出来的一个亚物种,故B正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3609523.html
相关试题推荐
Itisamazinghowmanypeoplestillsay,"Ineverdream,"foritisnowdeca
Itisamazinghowmanypeoplestillsay,"Ineverdream,"foritisnowdeca
Itisamazinghowmanypeoplestillsay,"Ineverdream,"foritisnowdeca
[originaltext]Somepeoplehateeverythingthatismodern.Theycannotimagi
Becauseofthelimitedtimeallowances,thespeakersweretold______.(省略一切与当时正
Computersandelectroniccommunicationsareallowingmanypeopletousethei
Computersandelectroniccommunicationsareallowingmanypeopletousethei
Computersandelectroniccommunicationsareallowingmanypeopletousethei
Computersandelectroniccommunicationsareallowingmanypeopletousethei
Computersandelectroniccommunicationsareallowingmanypeopletousethei
随机试题
1Therearevariouswaysinwhichindividualeconomicunitscaninteractw
篮球、足球过人的动作属于()速度。A.反应 B.动作 C.位移 D.灵敏
李渔一生创作了大量剧本,包括《怜香伴》、《风筝误》、《奈何天》、《金水桥》等。(
下列哪项不是类风湿性关节炎关节的症状A.关节肿 B.关节疼痛 C.关节畸形
下列A市的指标中,2017年同比增量最多的是:A.气候调节价值年值 B.
根据《证券法》,下列尚未公开的信息中,属于内幕信息的有() Ⅰ.公司申请破产的
以下属于相机抉择的财政政策工具的是( )。A.调整转移支付的条件 B.降低
期货交易所只对非结算会员结算,收取和追收保证金,以结算担保金、风险准备金、自有资
以新建方式设立国际直接投资企业的缺点是()。A.投资建设周期长 B.容易受到
女性,20岁,头昏乏力,鼻出血伴牙龈出血1周,Hb82g/L,WBC45×109
最新回复
(
0
)