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【題目】Why do we go to zoos? Millions of people around the world visit zoos each year, but the reason is hard to explain .【1】 But the animals they see in zoos are little like the toys, cartoons, and decorations that fill their homes. For such children, meeting with real animals can be confusing, even upsetting.

The great interest that children have in animals today might lead one to suppose that this has always been the case. 【2】That was also when zoos became an important part of middle-class life.

【3】They lived together with our ancestors in a shared natural environment. In the Industrial Era, the human domination (支配)of animals could be seen in the popularity of real-looking animal toys. Children rode rocking-horses that had realistic features, and they slept with bears, tigers, and rabbits that looked and felt almost real. The Twentieth Century marked a further development--the change of animals into people.

This was the age of Babar the Elephant, Hello Kitty, and the Lion King. Parents and children had previously wanted animals that looked like animals.【4】.

In a zoo they hope to see the living breathing versions of their character friends. They find instead unfamiliar creatures who cannot speak, smile, or interact with them. For this reason, a visit to the zoo can be disappointing for children today.【5】 Meeting real animals reminds us forcefully of the boundary between imagination and reality.

When we visit animals in a zoo, perhaps we will recall our true relationship not only to animals but to the entire world.

A. Animals are the best friends of the human beings.

B. Most of children are looking forward to visiting zoos.

C. Perhaps that disappointment is the best gift a zoo can offer.

D. But now they want animals that look and act like humans

E. Yet, it was not until the Industrial Era that animals became part of childhood.

F. In prehistoric times, there had been no zoos, as animals were a real part of the human world.

G. Many of those visitors are children, whose lives are already surrounded by animals’ images.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】G

【2】E

【3】F

【4】D

【5】C

【解析】每年世界上有數(shù)百萬人參觀動物園，但原因很難解釋。多數(shù)游客是孩子，他們的生活早已被動物的形象所包圍。動物園里看到的動物與他們的動物玩具完全不同，不會與他們互動，這讓孩子們困惑，甚至是失望�？墒沁@種失望是有好處的�？梢蕴嵝讶祟惢叵肫疬h古時代與動物的真實關系，還有和整個世界的關系。

【1】G

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)下一句的“the animals … fill their homes”可知孩子家中充滿了動物玩具，可知對動物感興趣的是這些孩子，所以許多孩子去動物園參觀。分析選項可知G項（許多游客都是孩子，他們的生活早已被動物的形象所包圍），故選G項。

【2】E

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)下一句“That was also when zoos became an important part of middle-class life.” 動物園也成了中產(chǎn)階級生活的重要組成部分。分析選項可知E項（然而，直到工業(yè)時代，動物才成為童年的一部分。）符合題意，故選E項。

【3】F

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)下一句“They lived together with our ancestors in a shared natural environment.” 他們（動物）與我們的祖先生活在共同的自然環(huán)境中。以及下文中說人與動物真實相處，可知動物是人類生活的一部分，沒有動物園。分析選項可知F項（史前是沒有動物園的，因為動物是人類世界的一部分）符合題意。

【4】D

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)本段內(nèi)容可知，在遠古時代，人與動物真正相處。“This was the age …Parents and children had previously wanted animals that looked like animals._”那個時候他們以前想讓動物像動物，而現(xiàn)在，與過去相反，故D 項（但是現(xiàn)在他們想要看起來和行為像人類一樣的動物）與之相對的，符合題意。故選D項。

【5】C

考查對上下文的理解和推理判斷能力。根據(jù)上文說現(xiàn)實中的孩子的動物玩具行為與樣子像人，能與孩子互動。而動物園中的動物是一群他們不熟悉的，不會與他們互動的動物，這讓孩子們失望。根據(jù)本小題的下一句“Meeting real animals reminds us forcefully of the boundary between imagination and reality.”可知這種失望是有益的，分析選項可知C項（也許失望是動物園能提供的最好的禮物）符合題意，故選C項。