The Galapagos a far-away archipelago(群岛) and largely untouched by man, is now facing a problem. Its local people, who live on the island of Santa Cruz, want to develop the business and tourist potential（旅游资源）of the island. Recently, they are locked in a bitter struggle with the naturalists who work at the Charles Darwin Centre, also on Santa Cruz. The naturalists want to protect the island’s wildlife which is already suffering as a result of human activity.
The animals’ great threat used to be sailors who, hundreds of years ago, robbed the islands for food. They wiped out about 250,000 Giant Tortoises. For example, on Pinta, one of the smallest islands, there are no Giant Tortoises left at all. The last survivor, an 80-year-old Giant Tortoise called Lonesome George, lives under the protection of naturalists at the Darwin Centre.
Today, the island’s animals are no longer hunted for food. But other dangers have replaced the threat from sailors. Goats, for example, introduced over the years by man, have gone wild. With no natural enemies, their number has reached 10,000 on the largest of the Galapagos islands, Isabella. They are eating huge quantities of plants, and robbed the remaining Giant Tortoises of food. The problem is now so bad that the National Park Service has hired hunters to kill the goats in order to save the Giant Tortoise from dying out.
【小题1】Today, you can find the Giant Tortoises on the island of .A．Santa Cruz B．PintaC．IsabellaD．Galapagos【小题2】Which of the following shows the right relationship between the Galapagos, Isabella, Pinta and Santa Cruz?A．The Galapagos>Pinta>Isabella>Santa CruzB．Isabella>Santa Cruz>the Galapagos>PintaC．The Galapagos>Isabella>Santa Cruz>PintaD．Isabella>the Galapagos>Pinta>Santa Cruz【小题3】We can learn from the article the greatest danger to the Giant Tortoises is from .A．sailorsB．huntersC．goatsD．the local people【小题4】From the first paragraph we can infer that .A．the naturalists try to help the local people with their interest.B．The local people pay more attention to the economic growth than the wildlife there,C．The animals and plants are of great importance to the local.D．The naturalists don’t care about the local people at allA
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】在第二段中，８０岁的海龟生活在达尔文中心，而从第一段看，达尔文中心在Santa岛上。
【小题2】The Galapagos是群岛，而Isabella是最大岛， Ｐinta是最小岛。
【小题3】从最后一段可知，山羊吃掉了海龟的食物。
【小题4】从文章内容来看，本文争论的焦点是一方要保护，另一方要开发。