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二、迁移应用
任务型阅读 保护濒危野生动物
素养:思维品质 难度:难 用时:8分钟
[2024扬州中考] A total of 23 spotted seals (斑海豹)were put back into the waters off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province on Tuesday,Dec.12,2023 as part of China ’,s continuous efforts to protect t endangered wildlife.
The seals were hunted and sol ld,but have now been saved and marked for future protection.A fishery law enforcement ship arrived at the sea area near Dalian in the morning,carrying the spotted seals.The seals were set free one by one into the sea.They swam freely in the water,returning to their natural home.
Spotted seals are nationally protected animals in China.They are the only kind of seals that can breed(繁殖)in Chinese waters.Like migr at tory(迁徙的)birds , they appear around October every year in Liao dong Bay,and take the long journey back to the Northwest Pacific in May after breeding.They are often considered as the “ panda of the sea ".
Thanks to China's top-class national protection in recent years,the population of spotted seals in
Chinese waters has reached around 2,000,while the global population is between 400,000 and 600,000.Studies have shown that these 2,000
spotted seals are of great importance for the study
and research on spotted seals..
To protect this rare animal and its ecological
environment,the Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal
Wetlands were set up in 1992.In January 2002,
they were included in the List of Wetlands of
International Importance.Covering an area of 560,000
hectares with a coastline of about 370 kilometers,
the wetlands are rich in biological resources.They
have become home to nationally protected animals
such as the spotted seals,fin less porpoises,killer
whales,false killer whales,common dolphins,
bottlenose dolphins,and East Asian river dolphins.
Since 1992, researchers in Dalian have
successfully saved 388 spotted seals and put 299 of
them back into the wild.
根据短文内容回答下列问题
1 Where were the 23 spotted seals put back into the
sea? ______
2 What is the other name of the spotted seals? ______
3 With China's protection,what has happened to
the spotted seals in Chinese waters? ______
4 What does the underlined word “ they ” in
paragraph 5 refer to? ______
5新考法.开放性设问 As a student , what can
you do to protect t wildlife? ______

答案： 1 Off the coast of Dalian in Northeast China's Liaoning Province.
2 The "panda of the sea".
3 The population of spotted seals in Chinese waters has reached around 2,000.
4 The Liaoning Dalian Spotted Seal Wetlands.
5 I can join in the local activities and raise money for groups to protect wildlife.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可。）