Oscar-winning director Ang Lee' s new epic "Life of Pi" reveals the relationship between a teenage Indian boy and a Bengal tiger. But in reality, the predators(食肉動物)are under increasing threat from humans. Animal rights group PETA is hoping to use the popularity of the film to focus people's attention on the real life of Bengal tigers.
With the rising demand for tiger parts from East Asia, illegal hunting remains a tremendous danger for the remaining cat population. Back in 1947, there were 40,000 tigers in India, but the number is experiencing a sharp decline t0 1,706 despite campaigns to protect the animal.
Rising man-animal conflict is also one of the leading causes of decline in tiger numbers. In one of numerous reported attacks on the endangered big cats, villagers near The Bangladesh-India border, armed with sticks and boat oars, set upon the animal suspected to have attacked a local fisherman and beat it to death earlier this month. So far this year, 58 tiger deaths have been reported in the country.
"The first instinct when a tiger is spotted is to just kill it,"grieved Gurmeet Sapal, a wildlife filmmaker. "The feeling of fear and revenge is so strong that it shuts out any other emotion. What we don' t realize is that the tiger never attacks humans until it is forced to. "'
India has been struggling to stop the tiger's decline in the face of the loss of habitat as well that encourages the animals to leave the forest for food. " The tiger's rapidly exhausted prey base causes the predator to go al! out to get its food. Consequently, livestock and human beings become easy prey, which leads inevitably to conflict," says a wildlife conservationist.
Filmmaker Sapal says it is only normal for people to think of the tiger as a dangerous animal, but its image as a human killer bears some injustice. "Tigers never kill for sport nor store meat. They kill their prey only in case of hunger. " 
小題1:How can PETA take advantage over the hot movie “ Life of Pi ”?
A．PETA can count on the movie to promote people' s awareness of tiger' s life.
B．PETA can make enough money by encourage people to watch the movie.
C．The movie demonstrates that humans and tigers can live in harmony.
D．The movie offers a wonderful opportunity for movie to act in.
小題2:Why did the villagers beat the tiger to death?
A．Because it was a human killer and attempted to attack people.
B．Because it was suspected to be a threat to local people' s lives.
C．Because local people just followed their instinct to kill it.
D．Because people wanted to carry out their revenge for it.
小題3:According to the article, when will tigers attack and kill people?
A．When they are annoyed by people.
B．When they have conflict with people.
C．When they are driven to act in the movie.
D．When they are hungry or attacked.
小題4:What contributes to the facts that livestock and human beings become easy target of tigers?
A．It is easier for tigers to hunt human beings than other animal for food.
B．Tigers are losing their habitat and forced to go out of the woods.
C．People hold a strong belief that tigers are a born threat to their lives.
D．Tigers can't be treated equally as other animal in the forest

小題1:A
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析：本文敘述了孟加拉虎減少的原因，是由于人們的獵殺或者破壞了它們的生存的棲息地，文中提到老虎從不主動攻擊人，只有當(dāng)它們感到饑餓或遭到攻擊時，才襲擊人或牲畜。
小題1:A 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第一段中“Animal rights group PETA is hoping to use the popularity of the film to focus people's attention on the real life of Bengal tigers. 動物權(quán)益保護(hù)組織希望利用電影的流行使人們注意力聚焦于真正的孟加拉虎的生活”可以推出正確答案A項：動物權(quán)益保護(hù)組織依靠電影來提升人們對真正的孟加拉虎的生活的意識性。
小題2:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中“set upon the animal suspected to have attacked a local fisherman and beat it to death earlier this month.因為懷疑老虎攻擊了漁民而把老虎給打死了”可以得到正確答案B項。
小題3:D根據(jù)最后一句話“Tigers never kill for sport nor store meat. They kill their prey only in case of hunger. 老虎從來不殺人，只有餓的時候或遭到襲擊時才把人當(dāng)成它們的獵物” 可以得到正確答案D項。
小題4:B推理判斷題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的敘述我們知道“因為老虎的棲息地遭到了破壞，它們不得不走出森林去覓食，所以牲畜和人類成了它們的獵物，這樣不可避免地導(dǎo)致了沖突”，由此我們可以推斷出：老虎漸漸失去棲息地而被迫外出覓食是導(dǎo)致牲畜和人類成了老虎攻擊的靶子的原因。故答案B正確。
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