such an illegal act should not be treated by lig

. It’s illegal for anyone under 21 in the USA, the highest drinking age in the world to buy alcohol, and stores or restaurants caught alcohol to people under the legal age will involve
their licenses.

A．to sell; to lose

B．to sell, losing

C．selling; losing

D．sold; lost

the illegal ivory(象牙) trade has been a major problem in africa for decades. poachers have killed hundreds of thousands of elephants to obtain ivory. now, affected areas are taking action. the international union for conservation of nature (iucn) announced on wednesday key african states where poaching takes place have promised to stop the ivory trade to protect elephants.
over the past few days, top officials and experts from 30 states met at the african elephant summit. the conference, organized by the iucn and the *** of botswana, was held in gaborone, botswana.
conservation efforts will include china and thailand, where much of the ivory is sent. “now is the time for africa and asia to join forces to protect this universally valued species,” said botswana president ian khama.
in the 1980s, as many as 1 million elephants across africa were killed for their ivory. the ivory was used to make jewelry and other items. this continued until ***, when the convention on international trade in endangered species (cites) voted to ban all the trade in ivory. as a result, demand for ivory fell. ***s cracked down on poachers. elephant populations slowly began to increase. however , this progress was short-lived.
according to the iucn, 2011 saw the highest levels of poaching and illegal ivory trading in at least 16 years. around 25,000 elephants were killed in africa that year. data from the iucn show even higher levels of illegal trade may have been reached in 2013. “with an estimated 22,000 elephants illegally killed in 2012, we continue to face a critical situation,” said john e. scanlon, cites secretary-general. “current elephant poaching in africa remains far too high, and could soon lead to local extinction if the present killing rate continues.
at the african elephant summit , key african states where elephants make their home agreed to develop a “zerotolerance approach” to poaching. the deal calls for maximum sentences for poachers and hunters, and increased cooperation between affected states. officials are committed to classifying wildlife trafficking (交易) as a serious crime --- and to making sure that the people who commit it are punished. all participants at the conference agreed to sign the deal. with these states working together, there may yet be hope for elephants.
小题1:the purpose of holding the african elephant summit is to _________.

a．make new laws to punish poachers.

b．prevent elephants from being poached.

c．collect money for elephants’ protection

d．call for african countries to save elephants.

小题2:why are china and thailand mentioned in the text?

a．the ivory is illegally sold in these two countries.

b．elephants need protecting in these two countries.

c．they know how to protect wildlife like elephants.

d．they prefer jewelry and other items made of ivory.

小题3:what can we learn from paragraph 5 ?

a．the ***s do nothing to protect animals.

b．elephant poaching in africa is out of control.

c．a large number of elephants have been killed.

d．illegal ivory trading is to blame for the elephants’ extinction.

小题4:what would be the best title for the text?

a．wild animals are at risk	b．new hope for elephants
c．elephants need our help	d．wildlife protection in africa

illegal removal of coral(珊瑚) along sri lanka’s coastline increased the amount of destruction on the island by last december’s tsunami, say researchers.
harindra fernando, a fluid dynamicist (力学家) at arizona state university in tempe, made the connection after a visit to his native sri lanka earlier this year．while serving as a scientific expert and translator for a bbc-documentary team, he chatted with locals who said they saw the tsunami turn sideways when it hit coral—which would have made it less powerful than in coral-free areas．fernando linked this to trucks he had seen last year carrying piles of coral away from the sea.
using the eyewitness reports, estimates (估算) of wave heights, and a series of divers to check the presence or absence of corals, fernando and his colleagues produced a map of coral gaps and wave flooding along sri lanka’s southwest coast.
the tsunami reached significantly farther inland through the gaps: in one instance, the water traveled 1.5 kilometres long and knocked a passenger train off its tracks, killing 1,700．but only a few kilometers away, where the coral was still undamaged, the wave travelled just 50 metres inland and caused no deaths.
there is a similar phenomenon．in nicaragua in 1992, a tsunami poured through a break in the coral reef made to let boats through．“within this passage, water went one kilometre inland,” says fernando．“but nearby, where the coral was undamaged, there were still beach umbrellas standing.”
in sri lanka, coral is illegally mined to provide souvenirs for tourists, or to be used in house paint．coral harvesters sometimes blow it up with dynamite (***) in order to collect fish at the same time．often, the reefs in the best shape are those in front of hotels, as the hotel owners maintain them for the tourists．fernando hopes that his findings will encourage the sri lankan *** to enforce(实施) its laws against coral mining.
57．harindra fernando did all the following except ________.
a．serving as a translator for a bbc-documentary team

b．helping the sri lankan *** enforce its laws against coral mining

c．producing a map of coral gaps along sri lanka’s southwest coast

d．linking the coral removal with the destruction of tsunami
58．the main idea of paragraph 5 is that________.
a．undamaged coral can greatly decrease tsunami damage

b．coral-free area is a danger to passenger trains

c．in general, water travels 30 times farther inland in a coral-free area

d．it is urgent to enforce laws against coral mining
59．which of the following may not be the cause of coral gaps?
a．boat passages．
b．tourists’ sightseeing．

c．fish collecting． d．tourists’ souvenirs.
60．which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
a．harindra fernando, a great environment protector

b．stop using coral as souvenirs

c．coral cried “help! help!”

d．coral mining enhanced (加剧) tsunami damage