首页
登录
职称英语
African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decad
African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decad
游客
2024-06-11
88
管理
问题
African elephants have been slaughtered at alarming rate over the past decade, largely because they are the primary source of the world’s ivory. Their population has been dwindled from 1.3 million in 1979 to just 625,000 today, and the rate of killing has been accelerating in recent years because many of the older, bigger tusked animals have already been destroyed."The poachers now must kill times as many elephants to get the same quantity of ivory," explained Curtis Bohlen, Senior vice-president of the World Wildlife Fund.
Though its record on the environment has been spotty so far, the government last week took the lead in a major conservation issue by imposing a ban on ivory imports into the US. The move came just four days after a consortium of conservation groups, including the World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation International, called for that kind of action, and it made the US the first nation to forbid imports of both raw and finished ivory. The ban, says Bohlen, sends a very clear message to the ivory poachers that the game is over.
In the past African nations have resisted an ivory ban, but increasingly they realised that the decimation of the elephant herds poses a serious threat to their tourist business. Last month Tanzania and several other Mrican countries called for an amendment to the 102 nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species that would make the ivory trade illegal worldwide. The amendment is expected to be approved at an October meeting in Geneva and to go into effect next January. But between now and then, conversationists contend, poachers may go on a rampage, killing elephants wholesale, so nations should unilaterally forbid imports right away. The US government brought that argument, and by week’s end the twelve nation European Community had followed with its own ban. [br] Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
选项
A、African Elephants and the Ivory Trades.
B、A Bid to Save the Elephants.
C、The Poachers.
D、Elephants in Danger.
答案
B
解析
文章首先提到非洲象所面临的困境,接着提到国际组织及美国的反应——禁止象牙进口来拯救大象,终结偷猎行为。由此可见B是最佳选择。
转载请注明原文地址:https://www.tihaiku.com/zcyy/3630004.html
相关试题推荐
Africanelephantshavebeenslaughteredatalarmingrateoverthepastdecad
Africanelephantshavebeenslaughteredatalarmingrateoverthepastdecad
Africanelephantshavebeenslaughteredatalarmingrateoverthepastdecad
Africanelephantshavebeenslaughteredatalarmingrateoverthepastdecad
Africanelephantshavebeenslaughteredatalarmingrateoverthepastdecad
随机试题
大剂量应用下列哪种维生素时,可使尿液呈黄色()A:维生素B1 B:维生素B2
在体内被称为“不动脂”的脂类是( )。A.脂肪 B.类脂 C.饱和
局麻药对神经纤维的作用是()。A.阻断Na+内流 B.阻断Ca2+内流 C
工程地质勘察是城乡规划编制的重要前期工作。下列工作中,不属于城市总体规划阶段工程
A.艾司唑仑 B.氟西泮 C.氯美扎酮 D.谷维素 E.夸西泮对焦虑型、
下列有关关键审计事项的说法中,错误的是( )。A.在确定重点关注过的事项时,可能
投资项目决策分析与评价的基本要求包括贯彻落实科学发展观、资料数据准确可靠和()
企业在重大危险源()基础上,应对每一个重大危险源制定严格的安全监控管理制度和措施
(2015年真题)建筑市场各方主体的不良行为记录信息,在当地建筑市场诚信信息平台
按照焊接接头坡口形状的不同分类,属于特殊形坡口的有()。A:卷边坡口 B:带垫
最新回复
(
0
)