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BEIJING—Activists are seeking the quick introduction of laws to protect animals in an effort to get rid of increasing abuse, such as the killing of animals and live shows at zoos.
The first comprehensive law to address animal was expected to be submitted to the country’s law department in 2009, but “there is still no clear timetable for laws”, Chang Jiwen, a law professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who led the drafting team, told China Daily.
The Law on Protection of Wild Animals is the only existing animal law in the country which prohibits selling and abuse. It, however, fails to protect animals already in imprisonment.
Meanwhile, a growing number of cases of animal abuse are being reported.
A group of Web users, who formed a chat group “cat torturers”, constantly posted online pictures of cats being killed or suffering cruelty.
The group was report to threaten to kill more than 1,000 cats on Christmas Eve across the country in what they described as an act showing respect for the group’s founder.
“So far, the group has not posted new photos of killing cats online, but animal lovers are trying every means to find the cat abusers to stop them,” an animal activist in Beijing, who identified herself as Xiaomiao, told China Daily.
Animal rights groups said that the rising number of abuses stemmed from public indifference.
The lack of public awareness is part of the reason why a comprehensive animal protection law has not been passed, said Cai Chunhong, a Beijing lawyer.
“Without strong public agreement the law department will not put laws on the table,” she said.
“Although awareness of animal is rising thanks to growing pet ownership in recent years, animal lovers are still a minority,” she said.
If a comprehensive law takes time to be drafted, introduced and passed, then specific laws or regulations to punish animal abuse should fill the vacuum, Cai said.
These laws could help regulate zoos, where abuse is common.
Live animal performances often involve acts of cruelty at zoos and wildlife parks, despite a government ban, Mang Ping, a professor at the Central Institute of Socialism, said.
Mang, an animal rights activist, based her conclusion on a study of animal in zoos over the past 15 years.
The survey, China Zoo Watch, covered 21 zoos and wildlife parks in cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen.
“More than 95 percent of wildlife parks and 50 percent of zoos surveyed are making profits by increasing animal performances and those animals are treated poorly,” she said.
A ban on animal shows issued by central authorities came shortly after 11 Siberian tigers at a northeast wildlife zoo in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, were starved to death in 2010. A panda was also killed in 2010 by poisonous gas being used to clean a nearby air raid shelter in a zoo in Jinan, East China’s Shandong province.
“Obviously the ban is poorly carried out due to the lack of strict punishment,” Mang said.
In Beijing, animal performances, such as jumping through fiery hoops, were a growing feature in some zoos, according to Guo Geng, vicedirector of Beijing Elk Ecology Research Center and a local political adviser.
“In order to maximize profit most performance programs involve cruelty,” said Guo, who filed a proposal to ban animal performances in Beijing zoos in December.
Guo called for the Beijing government to step up efforts to ensure animal protection by making zoo owners be responsible their actions.
Authorities encouraged zoos to make money to be financially selfsufficient. That caused many zoos to promote animal performances.
Statistics from the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens showed that the country now has more than 200 zoos.
More than 30 of the zoos are appointed wildlife parks, three times the number in the United States and five times that of Japan, according to Mang’s survey.
“Entertainment and profit are always priorities for zoo owners. But when animal trainers torture animals in front of audiences the zoo can never fulfill its role to educate people to protect animals,” she said.
China should learn from other countries, she said.
For instance, Toronto council voted in October to move three African elephants in the zoo to California where the climate would be better for them.
No pains, no gains.
原创试题
1. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.A clear timetable for laws concerning animals has been set out by the country’s law deparement in 2009.
B.The Law on Protection of Wild Animals is one of the existing animal laws in the country.
C.It was reported that the group’s purpose of killing cats was that they admired the group’s founder.
D.A comprehensive animal protection law has been passed because of public awareness.
2. What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 8 mean?
A.resulted in
B.resulted from
C.brought in
D.brought up
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A.Strong public agreement is an important factor, which can urge the law department to make animal protection laws.
B.The government agrees to live animal performances.
C.The ban is poorly carried out because of the lack of public awareness.
D.The priority of zoo owners is to educate people to protect animals.
4. What’s the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.The Law on Protection of Wild Animals.
B.The lack of public awareness.
C.Stop live animal performances.
D.Call for law to protect animals.
答案解析
1. C。细节理解题。C项可以根据第6段…in what they described as an act showing respect for the group’s founder.；A项可以根据第2段…but “there is still no clear timetable for laws”, Chang Jiwen,… 排除；B项可以根据第3段The Law on Protection of Wild Animals is the only existing animal law in the country which prohibits selling and abuse.排除；C项可以根据第9段The lack of public awareness is part of the reason why a comprehensive animal protection law has not been passed,… 排除。
2. B。词义猜测题。由第8段可知，大量增长的动物虐待是源于公众的漠不关心。
3. A。推理判断题。A项可以根据第10段“Without strong public agreement the law department will not put laws on the table,” she said.；B项可以根据第14段Live animal performances often involve acts of cruelty at zoos and wildlife parks, despite a government ban,… 政府是反对动物表演,排除；C项可以根据倒数第10段“Obviously the ban is poorly carried out due to the lack of strict punishment,” Mang said.禁令没有被很好的执行是因为缺少严厉的惩罚；D项可以根据倒数第3段Entertainment and profit are always priorities for zoo owners.排除。
4. D。主旨大意题。纵观全文，我们可以看出本文主要是要求立法部门立即制定有关动物的法律来保护动物。A项、B项、C项说法比较片面，不能概括全文。
阅读策略与备考策略
时事新闻类阅读材料在近几年高考中屡屡涉及，这类材料语言地道、内容新颖。时事新闻材料是获取最新国内外信息的主要平台,同时也是我们学生学习和掌握现代英语的理想资料,也是学生提高英语阅读水平的一种有效途径。笔者建议采用以下新闻英语阅读策略。
1. 培养良好的阅读新闻的英语习惯。每天坚持阅读几篇新闻英文报道,选材可以多种多样，政治类、军事类、影视类或者趣味类的材料都可以阅读。通过长期大量的阅读后,可以自然而然地培养英语阅读的能力，同时也可以提供阅读速度。
2. 泛读与精读灵活运用。首先应泛读全篇,即采用跳读或略读技巧选择性地浏览全文,包括新闻的版面、标题、导言、正文、照片等。捕捉主要信息，找出文章主旨大意；然后对于自己感兴趣的内容，采用精读的方法，认真细读，深层理解，以获得更详细或符合自己阅读目的的信息,例如特定的事件、地点、时间、人物。
3. 先猜测词义后查词典。在阅读英语新闻材料的过程中，每个人都会碰到一些难理解的生词。我么可以通过上下文语境先猜测词义，然后再查词典,这样不仅有利于记忆,节约了阅读的时间，而且能够更好地理解和掌握一些单词。
4. 做好时事英语阅读材料重要信息的记录。学好英语必须有一定的语言积累，对于阅读材料中的相关信息要及时地做好记录，以便于以后及时地巩固。可以用笔记本记录一些重要的单词、词组、谚语等表达方式。这是提高学生的英语阅读能力、积累知识和养成良好阅读习惯的有效方法之一。
在考试中，要想做好时事新闻类阅读题，我么必须要善于捕捉一些主要的新闻细节，根据问题善于找到相关信息并且能分析理解长难句，善于根据上下文猜测单词、短语的含义，善于归纳、概括、推理、判断及简单计算，才能做好这部分试题。
（作者：李宏福，江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学）
BEIJING—Activists are seeking the quick introduction of laws to protect animals in an effort to get rid of increasing abuse, such as the killing of animals and live shows at zoos.
The first comprehensive law to address animal was expected to be submitted to the country’s law department in 2009, but “there is still no clear timetable for laws”, Chang Jiwen, a law professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, who led the drafting team, told China Daily.
The Law on Protection of Wild Animals is the only existing animal law in the country which prohibits selling and abuse. It, however, fails to protect animals already in imprisonment.
Meanwhile, a growing number of cases of animal abuse are being reported.
A group of Web users, who formed a chat group “cat torturers”, constantly posted online pictures of cats being killed or suffering cruelty.
The group was report to threaten to kill more than 1,000 cats on Christmas Eve across the country in what they described as an act showing respect for the group’s founder.
“So far, the group has not posted new photos of killing cats online, but animal lovers are trying every means to find the cat abusers to stop them,” an animal activist in Beijing, who identified herself as Xiaomiao, told China Daily.
Animal rights groups said that the rising number of abuses stemmed from public indifference.
The lack of public awareness is part of the reason why a comprehensive animal protection law has not been passed, said Cai Chunhong, a Beijing lawyer.
“Without strong public agreement the law department will not put laws on the table,” she said.
“Although awareness of animal is rising thanks to growing pet ownership in recent years, animal lovers are still a minority,” she said.
If a comprehensive law takes time to be drafted, introduced and passed, then specific laws or regulations to punish animal abuse should fill the vacuum, Cai said.
These laws could help regulate zoos, where abuse is common.
Live animal performances often involve acts of cruelty at zoos and wildlife parks, despite a government ban, Mang Ping, a professor at the Central Institute of Socialism, said.
Mang, an animal rights activist, based her conclusion on a study of animal in zoos over the past 15 years.
The survey, China Zoo Watch, covered 21 zoos and wildlife parks in cities, including Beijing, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Shenzhen.
“More than 95 percent of wildlife parks and 50 percent of zoos surveyed are making profits by increasing animal performances and those animals are treated poorly,” she said.
A ban on animal shows issued by central authorities came shortly after 11 Siberian tigers at a northeast wildlife zoo in Shenyang, capital of Liaoning province, were starved to death in 2010. A panda was also killed in 2010 by poisonous gas being used to clean a nearby air raid shelter in a zoo in Jinan, East China’s Shandong province.
“Obviously the ban is poorly carried out due to the lack of strict punishment,” Mang said.
In Beijing, animal performances, such as jumping through fiery hoops, were a growing feature in some zoos, according to Guo Geng, vicedirector of Beijing Elk Ecology Research Center and a local political adviser.
“In order to maximize profit most performance programs involve cruelty,” said Guo, who filed a proposal to ban animal performances in Beijing zoos in December.
Guo called for the Beijing government to step up efforts to ensure animal protection by making zoo owners be responsible their actions.
Authorities encouraged zoos to make money to be financially selfsufficient. That caused many zoos to promote animal performances.
Statistics from the Chinese Association of Zoological Gardens showed that the country now has more than 200 zoos.
More than 30 of the zoos are appointed wildlife parks, three times the number in the United States and five times that of Japan, according to Mang’s survey.
“Entertainment and profit are always priorities for zoo owners. But when animal trainers torture animals in front of audiences the zoo can never fulfill its role to educate people to protect animals,” she said.
China should learn from other countries, she said.
For instance, Toronto council voted in October to move three African elephants in the zoo to California where the climate would be better for them.
No pains, no gains.
原创试题
1. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A.A clear timetable for laws concerning animals has been set out by the country’s law deparement in 2009.
B.The Law on Protection of Wild Animals is one of the existing animal laws in the country.
C.It was reported that the group’s purpose of killing cats was that they admired the group’s founder.
D.A comprehensive animal protection law has been passed because of public awareness.
2. What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 8 mean?
A.resulted in
B.resulted from
C.brought in
D.brought up
3. What can we learn from the passage?
A.Strong public agreement is an important factor, which can urge the law department to make animal protection laws.
B.The government agrees to live animal performances.
C.The ban is poorly carried out because of the lack of public awareness.
D.The priority of zoo owners is to educate people to protect animals.
4. What’s the following can be the best title of the passage?
A.The Law on Protection of Wild Animals.
B.The lack of public awareness.
C.Stop live animal performances.
D.Call for law to protect animals.
答案解析
1. C。细节理解题。C项可以根据第6段…in what they described as an act showing respect for the group’s founder.；A项可以根据第2段…but “there is still no clear timetable for laws”, Chang Jiwen,… 排除；B项可以根据第3段The Law on Protection of Wild Animals is the only existing animal law in the country which prohibits selling and abuse.排除；C项可以根据第9段The lack of public awareness is part of the reason why a comprehensive animal protection law has not been passed,… 排除。
2. B。词义猜测题。由第8段可知，大量增长的动物虐待是源于公众的漠不关心。
3. A。推理判断题。A项可以根据第10段“Without strong public agreement the law department will not put laws on the table,” she said.；B项可以根据第14段Live animal performances often involve acts of cruelty at zoos and wildlife parks, despite a government ban,… 政府是反对动物表演,排除；C项可以根据倒数第10段“Obviously the ban is poorly carried out due to the lack of strict punishment,” Mang said.禁令没有被很好的执行是因为缺少严厉的惩罚；D项可以根据倒数第3段Entertainment and profit are always priorities for zoo owners.排除。
4. D。主旨大意题。纵观全文，我们可以看出本文主要是要求立法部门立即制定有关动物的法律来保护动物。A项、B项、C项说法比较片面，不能概括全文。
阅读策略与备考策略
时事新闻类阅读材料在近几年高考中屡屡涉及，这类材料语言地道、内容新颖。时事新闻材料是获取最新国内外信息的主要平台,同时也是我们学生学习和掌握现代英语的理想资料,也是学生提高英语阅读水平的一种有效途径。笔者建议采用以下新闻英语阅读策略。
1. 培养良好的阅读新闻的英语习惯。每天坚持阅读几篇新闻英文报道,选材可以多种多样，政治类、军事类、影视类或者趣味类的材料都可以阅读。通过长期大量的阅读后,可以自然而然地培养英语阅读的能力，同时也可以提供阅读速度。
2. 泛读与精读灵活运用。首先应泛读全篇,即采用跳读或略读技巧选择性地浏览全文,包括新闻的版面、标题、导言、正文、照片等。捕捉主要信息，找出文章主旨大意；然后对于自己感兴趣的内容，采用精读的方法，认真细读，深层理解，以获得更详细或符合自己阅读目的的信息,例如特定的事件、地点、时间、人物。
3. 先猜测词义后查词典。在阅读英语新闻材料的过程中，每个人都会碰到一些难理解的生词。我么可以通过上下文语境先猜测词义，然后再查词典,这样不仅有利于记忆,节约了阅读的时间，而且能够更好地理解和掌握一些单词。
4. 做好时事英语阅读材料重要信息的记录。学好英语必须有一定的语言积累，对于阅读材料中的相关信息要及时地做好记录，以便于以后及时地巩固。可以用笔记本记录一些重要的单词、词组、谚语等表达方式。这是提高学生的英语阅读能力、积累知识和养成良好阅读习惯的有效方法之一。
在考试中，要想做好时事新闻类阅读题，我么必须要善于捕捉一些主要的新闻细节，根据问题善于找到相关信息并且能分析理解长难句，善于根据上下文猜测单词、短语的含义，善于归纳、概括、推理、判断及简单计算，才能做好这部分试题。
（作者：李宏福，江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学）