09 保护考拉，刻不容缓、海姆利克急救法、机器尾巴或帮助老人保持平衡-2024年英语中考【时文阅读】重要题型专练

中考时文阅读练习09 中考时文阅读练习----保护考拉，刻不容缓！ 题型：阅读理解 主题语境：动物 语篇类型：说明文 词数：260 难度：★★★☆☆ 建议用时：7分钟     The Australian Koala Foundation says Australia has lost about 30 percent of its koalas over the past three years. The non-profit(非营利) group says droughts(干旱)，wildfires and development projects played a part in the drop in the koala population. They are strongly advising the government to do more to protect the animal's environment.  The group guesses the koala population has dropped to less than 58,000 this year from more than80,000 in 2018. The biggest decrease is in the state of New South Wales, where the number of koalas has dropped by 41 percent. Deborah Tabart, leader of the Australian Koala Foundation, called the drop “quite dramatic”.Only one area in the study is thought to have more than 5,000 koalas. Some areas are believed to have as few as five or ten.  Tabart said the country needs a koala protection law. She added, “What we worry about is places like western New South Wales where droughts have lasted for over ten years. Now, the effect is beginning to show up—river systems completely dry and red gum trees(红桉树)，which are the lifeblood of koalas,are dead.”  The loss in New South Wales likely sped up after large forest areas were destroyed(毁坏) by wildfires in late 2019 and early 2020. Some of those areas already had no koalas. Land clearing by building developers and road builders has also destroyed the koala's environment.  “I think everyone gets it, and we've got to change.But if those building-machines keep working, then I really fear for the koalas,”Tabart said. 1.What did the group advise the government to do? A. Save koalas from dying out. B. Stop all development projects. C. Put out the wildfire immediately. D. Provide enough water for koalas. 2.What does the underlined word“dramatic”in Paragraph 2 mean? A. Exciting. B. Surprising.C. Relaxing. D. Interesting. 3.How does the writer tell us about koalas' situation in Paragraph 2? A. By listing numbers. B. By givi