2024届高三外刊精读语法填空特训Day1

高三外刊精读语法填空特训Day1 Passage 1 改编自国家地理 More than 3,300 _____ (skeleton)s and _____ (carcass) from captive lions in South Africa—nearly equivalent to the number of the country’s wild lions—were _____ (legal) shipped to Vietnam, Laos, and elsewhere in East and Southeast Asia _____April 2016 and April 2019, new reporting reveals. This finding is important because it sheds light _____ the inner workings of the global trade in big cat parts—illegal as well as legal—that’s pushing lions and other wild animals closer to _____(extinct). But who wants the bones of lions, and why? The trade didn’t start with lions. Traditional Chinese medicine holds that tiger bones brewed into “wine” can treat illnesses such as arthritis and rheumatism and boost sex drive—claims not supported by science. Poaching of tigers caused their numbers to plummet from about a hundred thousand in the early 1900s to an estimated 4,500 today. In 2007, China tightened rules _____（govern） the trade in tiger bones, and lion bones emerged as _____ alternative. For decades, South African farmers _____ (breed) the king of beasts . Many of the country’s 300 or so farms, which hold 10,000 or more captive lions, are geared to tourists _____ want to get close to the animals—even walk with them or pet cubs. Some farmers charge trophy hunters thousands of dollars for the guaranteed opportunity to shoot a lion for its head, skin, teeth, or claws. Others have concentrated on supplying an international trade in lion bones. They say this trade helps reduce poaching of South Africa’s remaining 3,500 wild lions. But many conservationists argue _____ it does the opposite, by normalizing the use of big-cat-bone products and fueling demand. A 2015 report notes that in 1998, China, Vietnam, Laos, Myanmar, and Thailand began importing live lions as well as skeletons and carcasses. And after 2007, bone exports from South Africa increased nearly sixfold. As the number of captive lions in South Africa _____ (multiple)