四六级

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　　Questions 3 and 4 will be based on the following news item.

　　3.

　　A.To help around the farm.

　　B.To entertain tourists.

　　C.To be sold for money.

　　D.To be a vehicle.

　　4.

　　A.Elephants under eight do not have to be registered.

　　B.There is an increasing demand for wild elephants.

　　C.The value of adult elephants soars all of a sudden.

　　D.There is no relevant restrictions on smuggling elephants.

　　News Item Two

　　(3) Elephants are used to entertain foreign and domestic tourists in Thailand. As visitors prefer younger animals, the value of a young elephant has soared to around $33,000.

　　To meet this demand, smugglers in Myanmar capture and tame wild elephants from the country's shrinking herds. The young elephants are caught in pit-traps, cruelly beaten to break their spirits and then smuggled across the border. The Thai authorities have cracked down on this trade with some success over the past two years, but campaigners believe that criminals are now stocking up, ready to transport the animals once again, when restrictions end.

　　Traffic and other campaigners want to see a toughening up of the laws in Thailand. (4) Elephants don't have to be registered there until they are eight years old, creating an opportunity for smuggling.

　　According to researchers, the extra strain put on by the smuggling of live young elephants could threaten the long-term survival of the species in Myanmar.

　　3.What are elephants used to do in Thailand?

　　4.According to the news, what may create an opportunity for smuggling elephants?

　　参考答案：

　　【小题3】B

　　【小题4】A

　　习题解析：

　　【小题3】新闻开头提到 Elephants are used to entertain foreign and domestic tourists in Thailand，由此可知，在泰国，大象被用来娱乐国内外游客，B)项符合新闻原文，故选 B。

　　【小题4】本题考查什么可能为走私大象创造了机会。新闻中提到 Elephants don't have to be registered there until they are eight years old, creating an opportunity for smuggling，指出大象在满 8 岁之前都不用登记，这为走私创造了机会，故答案为 A。其他三项均与新闻内容不符，可排除。

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