《2026年长江作业本同步练习册九年级英语下册人教版》

Ⅳ. 阅读下列短文，按要求完成任务。
Animals are natural resources (资源) that people have wasted all through our history.
Animals have been killed for their fur and feathers (羽毛), for food, for sport, and simply because they were in the way. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today. About 170 kinds in the United States alone are considered in danger.
Why should people care? Because we need animals. And because once they are gone, there will never be any more.
Animals are more than just beautiful or interesting. They are more than just a source of food. ① Destroying (破坏) one kind of animal can create many problems.
For example, when farmers killed large numbers of hawks, the farmers' stores of corn and grain were destroyed by rats and mice. Why? Because hawks eat rats and mice. With no hawks to keep down their numbers, the rats and mice multiplied quickly.
Luckily, some people are working to help save the animals. Some groups raise money to let people know about the problem. And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.
Quite a few countries have passed laws. These laws forbid (禁止) the killing of any animal or plant on the danger list. Slowly, the number of some animals in danger is growing.
22. 从A、B、C中为①处选出恰当的选项，使文章通顺、连贯、合理。
A. Every animal has its place in the balance of nature.
B. Every animal has its habits.
C. Every animal has its favorite food.
① A
23. 请将文中画线部分“And they try to get the governments to pass laws protecting animals in danger.”翻译成汉语。
而且他们尽力使政府通过一些保护濒危动物的法律。
(C)24. What does the underlined word “multiplied” mean in the passage?
A. 传播
B. 成长
C. 繁殖
D. 抚育
25. What has happened to the animals on the earth?
Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today.
(B)26. What can we get from the fact that quite a few countries have passed laws protecting animals in danger?
A. Every person will know the importance of protecting wild animals.
B. Animals in danger must not be killed any more.
C. The number of some animals in danger will slowly increase.
D. Animals in danger will be kept away from people.

答案： 22.A
23.而且他们尽力使政府通过一些保护濒危动物的法律。
24.C
25. Thousands of kinds of animals have disappeared from the earth forever. Hundreds more are on the danger list today.
26.B