職稱英語閱讀理解練習(xí)題

TheDevelopmentofPR

Theriseofmultinationalcorporations,globalmarketing,newcommunicationstechnologies,and

shrinkingculturaldifferenceshaveledtoanunparalleledincreaseinglobalpublicrelationsorPR.

Surprisingly,sincemodernPRwaslargelyanAmericaninvention,theU.S.leadershipinpublic

relationsisbeingthreatenedbyPReffortsinothercountries.Tenyearsage,forexample,theworld,s

topfivepublicrelationsagencieswereAmerican-owned.In1991,onlyonewas.TheBritishinparticular

arebecomingmoresophisticatedandcreative.ArecentsurveyfoundthatmorethanhalfofallBritish

companiesincludePRaspartoftheircorporatePlanningactivities,comparedtoaboutone-thirdof

U.S.companies.ItmaynotbelongbeforeLondonreplacesNewYorkasthecapitalofPR.

WhyisAmericalaggingbehindintheglobalPRrace?Firstly,Americansasawholetendtobefairly

provincialandtakemoreofaninterestinlocalaffairs.Knowledgeofworldgeography,forexample,

hasneverbeenstronginthiscountry.Secondly,AmericanlagbehindtheirEuropeanandAsian

counterpartsinknowingasecondlanguage.Lessthan5percentofBurson-MarshalTsU.S.employees

knowtwolanguages.OgilvyandMatherhasaboutthesamepercentage.Conversely,someEuropeanfirms

havehalformoreoftheiremployeesfluentinasecondlanguage.Finally,peopleinvolvedinPRabroad

tendtokeepaclosereyeoninternationalaffairs.InthefinancialPRarea,forinstance,most

AmericansreadtheWal1StreetJournal.Overseas,theircounterpartsreadtheJournalaswellasthe

FinancialTimesofLondonandTheEconomist,publicationsnotoftenreadinthiscountry.

PerhapsthePRindustrymighttakealessonfromTedTurnerofCNN(CableNewsNet-work).Turner

recentlyannouncedthattheword“foreign”wouldnolongerbeusedonCNNnewsbroadcasts.According

toTurner,globalcommunicationshavemadethenationsoftheworldsointerdependentthatthereis

nolongeranysuchthingasforeign.

36Accordingtothepassage,U.S.leadershipinpublicrelationsisbeingthreatenedbecauseof

Ashrinkingculturaldifferencesandnewcommunicationtechnologies

Bincreasedeffortsofothercountriesinpublicrelations

Canunparalleledincreaseinthenumberofpublicrelationscompanies

Dthedecreasingnumberofmultinationalcorporationstechnologies

37Theunderlinedword“provincial”(Para.3)mostprobablymeans

Arigidinthinking

Binterestedinworldfinancialaffairs

Clikepeoplefromtheprovinces

Dlimitedinoutlook

38LondoncouldsoonreplaceNewYorkasthecentreofPRbecause

ABritishcompaniesplacemoreimportanceonPRthanU.S.companies

BBritishcompaniesareheavilyinvolvedinplanningactivities

CBritishcompaniesaremoreambitiousthanU.S.

DFouroftheworld'stoppublicrelationsagenciesareBritish-owned

39WelearnfromthethirdparagraphthatemployeesintheAmericanPRindustry

AenjoyreadingagreatvarietyofEnglishbusinesspublications

Bspeakatleastoneforeignlanguagefluently

Careignorantaboutworldgeography

DarenotassophisticatedastheirEuropeancounterparts

40WhatlessonmightbethePRindustrytakefromTedTurnerofCNN?.

ATheAmericanPRindustryshoulddevelopglobalcommunicationtechnologies.

BPeopleinvolvedinPRshouldavoidsuingtheword"foreign”.

CAmericanPRcompaniesshouldbemoreinternationallyminded.

DPeopleworkinginPRshouldbemorefluentinforeignlanguages.

ListeningtoBirdsong

Amalezebrafinchlchirpsaway2tohimself.Suddenlyhenoticesafemalebirdnearby.Herealizes

hehasanaudienceandimmediatelychangeshissong.Canthefemaletellthedifferenceinhis

performance?Accordingtoanewstudy,thefemalezebrafinchknows.Andsheprefersthespecialtrills

hecreateswhenhesingstoher.Amalezebrafinchchangeshissongwhensingingtoafemaleinways

thatpeoplecanbarelydetect.But"thefemalefinchcantellthedifference.

Scientistshadnoticedslightvariationsinthesongsofmal"zebraf'inchesbasedonwhetherthey

weresingingaloneorwhethertherewasafemale(andpotentialmate)nearby.Withanaudience,the

malesspedupthepaceoftheirsongsandcontrolledthenotestheyused.

Forthisstudy,researchersSarahC.WoolleyandAllisonDoupeattheUniversityofCalifornia,

SanFranciscodecidedtofocusattentiononthelisteningfemales,whichhavenotbeenwellstudied

inthepast.

Inthestudy,WoolleyandDoupesetup,alongcagewithasoundspeakerateachend.Onebroadcast

thesoundofamalezebrafinchsingingtohimself,likesomeonesingingintheshower.Theotherspeaker

broadcastamaleperformingforafemaleaudience,asifhewasgivingaconcert.

Femalebirdswereplacedbetweenthetwospeakers.Someofthebirdshadmates,othersdidn't.

Thefemalesshiftedaroundabit,andthenmostofthemhoppedovertositbesidejustonespeaker.

Allthebirdsthatmadeaclearchoicelikedsongsmeantforafemaleaudience,evenifthey'dnever

metthemale.

Matedfemalesalsohadachancetolistentotwodifferentperformancesongs,onefromanunknown

male,andonefromtheirmate.Theyspentmoretimelisteningtotheconcertversionoftheirmates'

songs.Thissuggeststhatafterawhile,femaleslearntorecognize一一andprefer-thesongsoftheir

mates.

Scientiststhenstudiedthebrainsofthefemales.Theyfoundcertainareasofthebrainperked

up3whenthebirdslistenedtotheconcertsongs.Thesebrainareasmaybeinvolvedinrecognizing

andevaluatingthesongs,andstoringthememoriesofthem.

Thisresearchdealswithwhat'scalleddirectedcommunication,whenthecommunicator,orsender,

focusesthemessageforaspecificaudience.Oneexampleisthewaymomsspeaktotheirbabies.Mothers

aroundtheworldusethesamesortofhigh'pitch6d4sing-songchatter,andthebabiesrespondbest

tothosesounds.Songbirdsareoneoftheonlyotherspeciesknowntolearntheircommunication,in

thiscasetheirsongs.

1.Whatdoesthefirstparagraphsayaboutzebrafinches?

A)Malezebrafinchesliketosingtofemalezebrafinches.

B)Malezebrafinchessinglouderthanfemalezebrafinches.

C)Malezebrafincheschangetheirsongsinfemalezebrafinches，presence.

D)Malezebrafinchesliketolistentofemalezebrafinchessing.

2.Whatdidtheresearchersfredintheirstudyoffemalezebrafinches?

A)Femalefincheslikedsongsmalefinchessangforthem.

B)Femalefinchesonlylikedsongsmalefinchessangfortheirmates.

C)Femalefincheslikedtolistentosongsfrombothspeakers.

D)Femalefincheschosethebestmalesingersastheirmates.

3.Whatismeantby"concertsongs,intheseventhparagraph?

A)Songssungbyzebrafinchesataconcert.

B)Songssungbymalefinchesforfemalefinches.

C)Songssungbyfemalefmchesformalefinches.

D)Songssungbymalefmchestomanyfemalefinches.

4.WhatisNOTtrueofdirectedcommunication?

A)Thesenderofamessagehasaspecificaudience.

B)Malezebrafinchessingtofemalefinches.

C)Motherstalktotheirbabies,

D)Malezebrafinchessingtothemselves.

5.Whichofthefollowingcanbestreflectthethemeofthepassage?.

A)Chirpingaway.

B)Birdsongsascommunication.

C)Zebrafinchesandtheirlife.

D)Enjoyingbirdsongs.

答案與題解：

1.C文章第一段的第二句告訴我們，雄性斑胸草雀只要注意到有雌性斑胸草雀聽他唱歌便會改變聲調(diào)。其

他選項(xiàng)均不是該段所表達(dá)的意思。

2.A選項(xiàng)B、C、D都不是答案，因?yàn)槲恼碌牡谖宥握f，有配偶的雌性胸草雀更喜歡她們配偶的歌聲，而沒

有配偶的喜歡的聽雄性斑胸草雀為雌性斑胸卓雀的歌。

3.B第四段提至…amaleperformingforafemaleaudience,asifhewasgivingaconcert.所以，

第七段中的concertsongs即指雄性斑胸草雀為雌性斑胸草雀的歌。

4.D文章的最后一段解釋了什么是directedcommunication,即，whenthecommunicator,orsender,

focusesthemessageforaspecificaudience.該段又舉了母親對嬰兒說話的例子，說明這與雄性斑胸草雀

為雌性斑胸草雀的歌同屬directedcommunicationo

5.B文章所涉及的研究旨在發(fā)現(xiàn)雄性斑胸草雀歌聲是否會在不同的情況下發(fā)生變化，其結(jié)果是，它們在為

雌性斑胸草雀唱歌時，會改變聲調(diào)和速度。這就是說，它們的歌聲實(shí)際上是一種交流方式。所以應(yīng)選擇B。

AlmostHuman?

ScientistsareracingtobuildtheworldJsfirstthinkingrobot.Thisisnotsciencefiction:

somesaytheywillhavemadeitbytheyear2020CarolPackerreportsMachinesthatwalk,speakand

feelarenolongersciencefiction.Kismetisthenameofanandroid(機(jī)器人)whichscientistshavebuilt

attheMassachusettsInstituteofTechnology(MIT).Kismetisdifferentfromthetraditionalrobot,

becauseitCanshowhumanemotions.Itseyes,earsandlipsmovetoshowwhenit.feelshappy,sad

orbored.Kismetisoneofthefirstofanewgenerationofandroids,robotsthatlooklikehumanbeings

whichcanimitatehumanfeelings.Cog,anotherandroidinventedbytheMIT,imitatestheactionof

amother.However,scientistsadmitthatSofarCoghasthementalabilityofatwo-year-old.

Theoptimists(樂觀主義者)saythatbytheyear2020wewillhavecreatedhumanoids(機(jī)器人)with

brainssimilartothoseofalladulthumanbeing.Theserobotswillbedesignedtolooklikepeople

tomakethemmoreattractiveandeasiertoselltothepublic.Whatkindofjobswilltheydo?Inthe

future,robotslikeRobonaut,ahumanoidinventedbyNASA,willbedoingdangerousjobs,likerepairing

spacestations.TheywillalsobedoingmoreandmomofthehouseholdworkforusinJapan,scientists

aredesigningandroidsthatwillentertainusbydancingandplayingthepiano.

Somepeopleworryaboutwhatthefutureholds:willrobotsbecomemonsters（怪物）？Willpeople

themselvesbecomeincreasinglylikerobots?Expertspredictthatmoreandmorepeoplewillbewearing

micro-computers,connectedtotheInternet,inthefuture.Peoplewillhavemicro-hipsinvariousparts

oftheirbody,whichwillconnectthemtoawidevarietyofgadgets（小裝置）.Perhapsweshouldnot

exaggerate（夸大）theimportanceoftechnology,butonewonderswhether,inyearstocome,wewillstill

befallinginlove,andwhetherwewillstillfeelpain.Whoknows?

31.Kismetisdifferentfromtraditionalrobotsbecause

A.itthinksforitself

B.Itisnotlikesciencefiction

C.itcanlookaftertwo-year-old.

D.itseemstohavehumanfeelings.

32.WhatmakesCogspecial?

A.Itlookslikeamother.

B.Itbehaveslikeachild.

C.Itcanimitatethebehaviorofamother.

D.Ithasahugebrain.

33.Inabout15years'timefromnow,robots

A.willbecomespacedesigners.

B.willlooklikemonsters.

C.willbehavelikeanimals.

D.willthinklikehumans.

34.Inthefuturerobotswillalso

D.explorespace.

B.entertainpeople.

C.movemuchfaster.

D.doallofthehousework.

35.Whatisthewriter'sattitudetorobotsinthefuture?

A.Critical.

B.Hostile.

C.Objective.

D.Enthusiastic

答案：31.D32.C33.D34.B35.C

WhoWantstoLiveForever?

Ifyourdoctorcouldgiveyouadrugthatwouldletyouliveahealthylifefortwiceaslong,

wouldyoutakeit?

Thegoodnewsisthatwemaybedrawingneartothatdate.Scientistshavealreadyextendedthe

livesofflies,wormsandmiceinlaboratories.Manynowthinkthatusinggenetictreatmentswewill

soonbeabletoextendhumanlifetoatleast140years.

Thisseemsagreatidea.Thinkofhowmuchmoretimewecouldspendchasingourdreams,spending

timewithourlovedones,watchingourfamiliesgrowandhavefamiliesoftheirown.

“Longerlifewouldgiveusachancetorecoverfromourmistakesandpromotelongtermthinking,“

saysDrGregoryStockoftheUniversityofCaliforniaSchoolofPublicHealth."Itwouldalsoraise

productivitybyaddingtotheyearwecanwork.”

Longerlivesdon'tjustaffectthepeoplewholivethem.Theyalsoaffectsocietyasawhole.

uWehavewar,poverty,allsortsofissuesaround,andIdon'tthinkanyofthemwouldbeatall

helpedbyhavingpeoplelivelonger,“saysUSbioethicistDanielCallahan."Thequestionis'What

willwegetasasociety?,Isuspectitwon'tbeabettersociety.v

Itwouldcertainlybeaverydifferentsociety.Peoplearealreadyfindingitmoredifficultto

staymarried.Divorceratesarerising.Whatwouldtomarriageinasocietywherepeoplelivedfor140

years?Andwhatwouldhappentofamilylifeifnineor10generationsofthesamefamilywereallalive

atthesametime?

Researchintoageingmayenablewomentoremainfertileforlonger.Andthatraisestheprospect

ofhaving100-year-oldparents,orbrothersandsistersbom50yearsapart".Wethinkofaneidersibling

assomeonewhocanprotectusandofferhelpandadvice.Thatwouldbehardtodoifthatsiblingcame

fromacompletelydifferentgeneration.

Workinglifewouldalsobeaffected,especiallyiftheretirementagewaslifted.Morepeoplewould

stayinworkforlonger.Thatwouldgiveusthebenefitsofage-skill,wisdomandgoodjudgement.

Ontheotherhand,morepeopleworkingforlongerwouldcreategreatercompetitionforjobs.It

wouldmakeitmoredifficultforyoungerpeopletofindajob.Toppostswouldbedominatedbythesame

fewindividuals,makingcareerprogressmoredifficult.Andhoweasilywoulda25-year-oldemployee

beabletocommunicatewitha125-year-oldboss?

Youngpeoplewouldbeasmallerpartofasocietyinwhichpeoplelivedto140.Itmaybethatsuch

asocietywouldplacelessimportanceonguidingandeducatingyoungpeople,andmoreonmakinglife

comfortablefortheold.

Andsocietywouldfeelverydifferentifmoreofitsmemberswereolder.Therewouldbemorewisdom,

butlessenergy.Youngpeopleliketomoveabout.Oldpeopleliketositstill.Youngpeopletendtoact

withoutthinking.Oldpeopletendtothinkwithoutacting.Youngpeoplearecuriousandliketoexperience

differentthings.Oldpeoplearelessenthusiasticaboutchange.Infact,theyarelessenthusiastic

abouteverything.

Theeffectofanti-ageingtechnologyisdeeperthanwemightthink.Butasthescienceadvances,

weneedtothinkaboutthesechangesnow.

“Ifthiscouldeverhappen,thenwe'dbetteraskwhatkindofsocietywewanttoget,“says

DanielCallahan."Wehadbetternotgoanywherenearit2untilwehavefigurethoseproblemsout.”

詞匯：

mice/mals/n.老鼠（復(fù)數(shù)）bioethicist/7aIE5WIsIst/n.生物倫理學(xué)家

sibling/5sIblIN/n.兄弟姐妹

注釋：

1.brothersandsistersborn50yearsapan出生年份才目隔50年的兄弟姐妹

2.Wehadbetternotgoanywherenearit我們最好離它遠(yuǎn)點(diǎn)，這里的it指代前面講的anti-ageing

technologyo

練習(xí)：

1.WhichofthefollowingisNOTmentionedasoneofthethingsthatlivinglongermightenable

anindividualtodo?

A)Spendingmoretimewithhisfamily.

B)Havingmoreeducation.

C)Realizingmoredreams.

D)Workinglonger.

2.Whichofthefollowingisimpliedinthesixthparagraph?

A)MarriagesintheUStodayarequiteunstable.

B)MoreandmorepeopleintheUStodaywanttogetmarried.

C)Livinglongerwouldmakeiteasierforpeopletomaintaintheirmaritalties.

D)Ifpeoplelivelonger,theywouldstayinmarriagelonger.

3.AllofthefollowingarepossibleeffectslivinglongermighthaveonworkinglifeEXCEPT

A)Communicationbetweenemployersandemployeeswouldbemoredifficult.

B)Moremoneywouldbeusedbyemployeesinpaymentoftheiremployees.

C)Thejobmarketwouldbemorecompetitive.

D)Itwouldbemoredifficultforyoungpeopletobepromotedtotoppositions.

4.Animportantfeatureofasocietyinwhichpeoplelivealonglifeisthat

A)itplacesmoreemphasisoneducatingtheyoung.

B)itisbothwiseandenergetic.

C)itlacksthecuriositytoexperimentwhatisnew.

D)itwelcomeschanges.

5.WhichofthefollowingbestdescribesCallahan,sattitudetoanti-ageingtechnology?

A)Optimistic.

B)Pessimistic.

C)Reserved.

D)Negative.

答案與題解：

1.B長壽使個人能做的事主要在第3、4段里講到，作者沒有提到長壽可以讓人更多地接受教育

2.A本題答案以下面的這兩句話為依據(jù)：Psoplearealreadyfindingitmoredifficulttostay

married.Divorceratesarerising.暗示美國人目前的婚姻關(guān)系已經(jīng)卜分脆弱。

3.B文章的第9段講了壽命延長、退休推遲可能帶來的種種問題，但作者沒有提到雇傭者需要更多的錢來

支付員工的工資。

4.C答案可以在10,11這兩段里找到。

5.C本題的答案依據(jù)可以在最后一段里找到。Callahan認(rèn)為在搞清楚長壽社會會給我們帶來哪些問題之

前，最好不要急著搞抗衰老的技術(shù)?？梢娝麑顾ダ霞夹g(shù)的發(fā)展是有保留的。

FamousAmericanFoods

What,besideschildren,connectsmothersaroundtheworldandacrosstheseasoftime?It'schicken

soup,oneprominentAmericanfoodexpertsays.

FromRussianvillagestoAfricaandAsia,chickensouphasbeentheremedyforthoseweakinbody

andspirit.MotherspassedtheirknowledgeontoancientwritersofGreece,ChinaandRome,andeven

12thcenturyphilosopherandphysicianMosesMaimonidesextolled（贊美）itsvirtues.

Amongtheancients,Aristotlethoughtpoultryshouldstandinhigherestimationthanfour-legged

animalsbecausetheairislessdensethantheearth.Chickensgotanotherboost（吹捧）intheBook

ofGenesis,whereitiswrittenthatbirdsandfishwerecreatedonthefifthday,adaybefore

four-leggedanimals.

ButaccordingtoMimiSheraton,whohasspentmuchofthepastthreeyearsexploringtheworld

ofchickensoup,muchofthereasonforchicken,srealorimaginedcurative（治愈的）powerscomes

fromitscolor.

Hernewbook,“TheWholeWorldLovesChickenSoup”,looksatthebelovedandmysteriousbrew,

withdozensofrecipesfromaroundtheworld.Throughouttheages,shesaid,aTherehasbeenalot

offeelingthatwhite-coloredfoodsareeasiertoeatfortheweak-womanandtheill”.

Inaddition,asoups,oranythingforthatmattereatenwithaspoon”areconsidereducomfort

foods“Sheratonsaid."Ilovesoupandlovemakingsoupandas1wascollectingrecipesIbeganto

seethisasaninternationaldish.Ithasauniversalmystiqueassomethingcurative,astrength

builder,“SheratonsaidfromherNewYorkhome.

Herbooktreatstheoldestremedyasifitwasbrandnew.

TheNationalBroilerCouncil,thetradegrouprepresentingthechickenindustry,reportedthat

51percentofthepeopleitsurveyedsaidtheyboughtchickenbecauseitwashealthier,50percent

saiditwasversatile,41percentsaiditwaseconomicaland46percentsaiditwaslowinfat.

31Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleofthepassage?

AProminentAmericanFoods

BHistoryoftheChickenSoup

CChickenSoupRecipes

DChickenSoup,aUniversalCureAll

32Sinceancienttimes,thevalueofchickensoup.

Ahasbeenover-estimated

Bhasbeenwidelyacknowledged

Chasbeenappreciatedonlybyphilosophers

Dhasbeenknownonlytomothers

33WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?

AChickensouphasaverylonghistory.

BSinceancienttimes,chickensouphasbeenahomeremedy.

CPoultryusuallystandshigherthanfour-leggedanimals.

DFour-leggedanimalsweresaidtobecreatedonthesixthday.

34ChickensouphascurativepowersmainlyforaccordingtoSheraton.

Aitscolor

Bitstaste

Citsflavor

Ditsrecipe

35Itcanbesaidfromthesurveythatchickenis.

Aamaindish

Bapopularfood

Ccheaperthananyotherfood

Dalloftheabove

答案：31.D32.B33.C34.A35.B

EndangeredSpecies

Endangeredspeciesareplantsandanimalsthatareinimmediatedangerofextinction.Extinction

isactuallyanormalprocessinthecourseofevolution.Sincetheformationoftheearth,manymore

specieshavebecomeextinctthanthoseexisttoday.Thesespeciesslowlydisappearedbecauseofchange

ofclimateandtheirfailuretoadapttosuchconditionsascompetitionandpredation（捕食）.Since

the1600s,however,theprocessofextinctionhasgreatlyacceleratedasaresultofbothhuman

populationgrowthandtechnologicalencroachment（侵犯）onnaturalecologysystems.Todaythemajority

oftheworld'senvironmentsarechangingfasterthantheabilityofmostspeciestoadapttosuch

changesthroughnaturalselection.

Speciesbecomeextinctorendangeredfornumberofreasons,buttheprimarycauseisthedestruction

ofnaturalhabitats（棲息地）.Drainageofwetlands（沼澤地），cuttingandclearingofforests,growth

ofcities,andhighwayanddamconstructionhaveseriouslyreducedavailablenaturalhabitats.Asthe

varioussurroundingsbecomefragments,theremaininganimalpopulationcrowdintosmallerareas,

causingfurtherdestructionofnaturalsurroundings.Speciesinthesesmall“islands”losecontact

withotherpopulationsoftheirextinction.

Someprivateandgovernmenteffortshavebeenorganizedtosavedecliningspecies.Lawsweremade

insomecountriesintheearly1900stoprotectwiIdanimalsfromcommercialtradeandkilling.

InternationalendeavorsareshownintheconventiononInternationalTradeinEndangeredSpecies,

approvedby51nations.Itspurposeistorestrictexploitationofwildanimalsandplantsbyregulating

andrestrictingtradeincertainspecies.Howeffectivesuchlawswillbeinvariouscountries,however,

dependsonenforcement（實(shí)施）andsupportbythepeopleandthecourts.Becauseoflackoflawenforcement,

thewillingnessofsomesegmentsofsocietytotradeinendangeredspecies,theactivitiesofpeople

whocatchandkillanimalsillegallyanddealerswhosupplythetrade,thefutureofmanyspeciesis

indoubtinspiteoflegalprotection.

31Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisthemostimportantfactorcausingtherapid

extinctionofmanyspeciessincethe17thcentury

AHumanbeingsarenotawareoftheimportanceofpreservingendangeredspecies.

BSomeendangeredspecieshavealreadyreachedtheendoftheirlifespaninevolution.

CThedevelopmentofhumansocietyhasgreatlyaffectednaturalecologysystems.

DTheworld,sclimatehaschangedgreatlythatmostspeciescannotsurvive.

32Inthelastsentenceofthesecondparagraph,theword“islands“refersto

Athelandsthatarecompletelysurroundedbywater.

Bthewildanimals'breedinggroundsprotectedbylaw.

Cthepiecesoflandseparatedbymodernbuildingsandroads.

Dthesmal1andisolatedareasinhabitedbycertainspecies.

33ThispassagementionsallofthefollowingcausesfortheextinctionofmanyspeciesEXCEPT

Anaturalselectionofspecies.

Bvariousnaturaldisasters.

Ccommercialtradeandkilling.

Ddestructionofnaturalsurroundings.

34Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingismostimportantinsavingdecliningspecies

AGovernmentsshouldmakesomelawstoprotectendangeredspecies.

BPeopleshouldpaymoreattentiontotheprotectionofnaturalsurroundings.

CRelevantlawmustbemadeandenforcedwiththesupportofthepeople.

DSomeorganizationsshouldwarnpeoplenottotradeinendangeredanimals.

35Howdoestheauthorfeelabouttheprospectofprotectingendangeredspeciesfrombeingextinct?

AWorried.

BOptimistic.

CIndifferent.

DConfident.

ATrip

EveryyearNewZealanderslivinginLondoncanbeseenloadingupKombivansandheadingoffto

experiencethe“classicEuropeanholiday.ThetripusuallystartsinthenorthofFrance,after

crossingthechannelfromDoverinEnglandtoCalais,drivingdownthroughFrance,overthePyrenees

intoSpain,westintoPortugalandthenacrosstheContinenttoItalyandoftenbeyond.

TherearenumerousreasonsyoungNewZealanderstakethisriteofpassage-aswellasseeingall

thefantasticsightsandtastingthedelightsofEurope'sfoodandwine,it'srelativelyinexpensive.

TheKombiistransportandaccommodationallinone,cuttingdownsignificantlyoncosts.

Thereisjustoneproblem.AstheKombisbecome“antique”,thesetripsareusuallypunctuated

withnumerousroadsidesessionsasthevansitsidle,innohurrytostart,whileyouswelterinthe

hotsun.Butdonotletthisdeteryou.TravellingEuropeinyourownvehiclemeansnopublictransport

schedulestocrampyourstyle,theabilitytoexplorethequaint,off-the-beaten-trackvillageswhere

the“real"localslive,freedomtonothavetobookaccommodationinadvance--youcannearlyalways

getacampsiteandcanloadyourvehiclewithcheap,fantasticregionalwinesandsouvenirs.Withthese

bonusesinmind,herearesomesuggestionsforplanningthegreatEuroperoadadventure.Thekeyto

apleasurabledrivingexperienceisagoodnavigatorandadriverwithacoolhead.Ifyoudonotfeel

relaxeddrivingaroundNewZealand，scitiesandhighways,thenyouprobablywillnotenjoydriving

aroundEurope.Ascopilottothedriver,youneedtoread(andunderstand)maps,lookoutforturn-offs

—andkeepthemusicplaying.Languageisnotabigproblemonceafewessentialtermsaremastered.

Thebiggestchallengeisinthecities,wheretrafficcanbechaoticand