《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语选择性必修第二册外研版》

Ⅰ. 跨学科
(2025·河北沧州十一校月考联考)阅读理解
主题语境: 人与自然 语篇类型: 说明文 建议用时: 8 min
Red pandas live in high-altitude, mild forests where they prefer to be near water and have access to bamboo. They are mostly active at dusk and dawn, and they sleep during most of the day. They rely on the trees for shelter, to escape from predators(捕食者), and to sunbathe in the winter.
About 98% of a red panda's diet is bamboo. They need a lot of it to survive—around 2 kilograms each day. However, finding enough bamboo is difficult as the red panda's habitat becomes smaller. When people move into the red panda's area, they clear forests for housing and commercial development, farming and mining.
Natural disasters such as landslides, floods, heavy snow and rainfall have also destroyed their habitats. Forest fires, invasive(侵入的) plant species, and issues with bamboo flowering(including the death of the plant)have similarly had effects on the red panda's habitat. Species of bamboo are affected by forest fires and other environmental changes. As people move into the area, they often collect bamboo, leaving less for red pandas to eat.
Although the red panda is endangered, steps are being made to save the species and its habitat. According to the IUCN, China has 46 protected areas, covering about 65% of the species' habitat in the country. There are at least 19 protected areas in India, five in Bhutan and three in Myanmar.
The Red Panda Network is a nonprofit organisation that protects red pandas and their habitat. They work with local community groups to establish wildlife feeding centres, train forest protectors to raise awareness about red pandas, and work with villagers to establish protected areas. The WWF is also working to protect red pandas and their habitat. Because more than a third of the potential habitat is in Nepal, the group works with yak herders(牦牛牧民) and other groups there to lower their effect on the red panda's habitat.
1. Why is it challenging for red pandas to find enough food?
A. Bamboo is not good enough.
B. They are not active hunters.
C. Their habitats are becoming smaller.
D. There is a lack of water in their habitat.
2. What do the data in Paragraph 4 mainly show?
A. Global efforts to protect red pandas.
B. Serious situations faced by red pandas.
C. India's deep protection of rare wildlife.
D. China's advantage in keeping red pandas.
3. What does the Red Panda Network do to protect red pandas?
A. Force yak herders to move away.
B. Advocate people to adopt them.
C. Cooperate with local experts to do research.
D. Work with communities to build wildlife feeding centres.
4. What's a suitable title for this text?
A. The Key Points of Red Pandas' Survival
B. The Influence of Natural Disasters on Bamboo
C. The Threat and Protection of Red Pandas
D. The Reason for the Disappearance of Bamboo

答案： 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C