【题文】

On a cold snowy day, the 15-year old Yeshe Dolkar, living in Nangqen County of Qinghai, was heading down a mountaintop with her family. Suddenly, they saw two snow leopards (雪豹) near the Lancang River. “It was my first time to see them. They look so cool!” Yeshe Dolkar said.

Since the mid-20th century, the area of snow, grasslands and lakes in Sanjiangyuan has become smaller because of climate (气候) change and human activities. Many wild animals in the area have died out. Snow leopards are endangered.

On Jan 24, 2003, China set up Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve (保护区) to better protect the area and the wildlife there. In these years, the population of wild animals has been rising. More than 70,000 Tibetan antelopes (藏羚羊) now live there. And more than 1,000 snow leopards can be found in the area, higher than the average around the world.

The local people have improved their understanding about environmental protection and have tried hard to look after the environment in Sanjiangyuan over the years. In Nangqen County, the local people still live on selling caterpillar fungus (冬虫夏草) they’ve found in grasslands. They used to carry food with them in plastic bags and leave the bags behind. But now things have changed. The local people offer to pick up waste on the grasslands. People also take their plastic bags and food waste down the mountain after eating. The local environment has taken on a new look.

As young people, we should guard our home, like Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve, and continue to live together with nature in harmony (和谐).

【小题1】What can we know about snow leopards from Paragraph 1 and 2?

A．Climate change reduced their population.	B．Yeshe Dolkar raised two of them at home.
C．Human activities caused them to disappear.	D．They first appeared near the Lancang River.

【小题2】Why did China build Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve?

A．To provide a home for more people.	B．To improve the natural environment.
C．To develop the local tourist industry.	D．To find the beginning of three rivers.

【小题3】What has changed about the local people in Sanjiangyuan?

A．Their way of making a living.	B．Their way of crossing the grasslands.
C．Their way of dealing with waste.	D．Their way of carrying food with them.

【小题4】What can we infer from the text?

A．China decides to set up more nature reserves in the future.

B．Many young people like to choose to live in Sanjiangyuan.

C．The future of Sanjiangyuan Nature Reserve will be much better.

D．The number of Tibetan antelopes in Sanjiangyuan is the smallest.

2023年山东省济宁市泗水县中考四模英语试题