英语四级听力新题型模拟2021(第2套)-短篇新闻(2).docx

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英语四级听力新题型模拟2021(第2套)短篇新闻(2)

T%-V4an;)*uDgs#hnU%U*g4,*TQuestions3and4willbebasedonthefollowingnewsitem.3.A.Tohelparoundthefarm.B.Toentertaintourists.C.Tobesoldformoney.D.Tobeavehicle.4.A.Elephantsundereightdonothavetoberegistered.B.Thereisanincreasingdemandforwildelephants.C.Thevalueofadultelephantssoarsallofasudden.D.Thereisnorelevantrestrictionsonsmugglingelephants.1]Y2ifM+ZJxN2x[Cdim2qBKUJ;D*B.nOij^F+Qf~&jZT_!tnvLGh8A*nhUH|tAd4Q#*VPiR]A&L|s|EFknGBW#hNewsItemTwo(%PuPBJWc+t^]j(3)ElephantsareusedtoentertainforeignanddomestictouristsinThailand.Asvisitorspreferyoungeranimals,thevalueofayoungelephanthassoaredtoaround$33,000.Tomeetthisdemand,smugglersinMyanmarcaptureandtamewildelephantsfromthecountry'sshrinkingherds.Theyoungelephantsarecaughtinpit-traps,cruellybeatentobreaktheirspiritsandthensmuggledacrosstheborder.TheThaiauthoritieshavecrackeddownonthistradewithsomesuccessoverthepasttwoyears,butcampaignersbelievethatcriminalsarenowstockingup,readytotransporttheanimalsonceagain,whenrestrictionsend.TrafficandothercampaignerswanttoseeatougheningupofthelawsinThailand.(4)Elephantsdon'thavetoberegisteredthereuntiltheyareeightyearsold,creatinganopportunityforsmuggling.Accordingtoresearchers,theextrastrainputonbythesmugglingofliveyoungelephantscouldthreatenthelong-termsurvivalofthespeciesinMyanmar.a77lz3~-n4AYZ3.WhatareelephantsusedtodoinThailand?4.Accordingtothenews,whatmaycreateanopportunityforsmugglingelephants?|00~ZDvg38s|短篇新闻（二）e(UF.~MlgO2a]6在泰国，大象被用来娱乐国内外游客7i[#q7G(yF。因游客喜爱幼象，因此一头小象的价格飙升至3.3万美元左右SOJS0&qU[Z~,^nId0。为满足这一市场需求，缅甸一些走私贩开始猎捕并驯化为数不多的野生大象gg%z7OZdbNMQokk(+u。大象遭走私贩陷阱捕捉后被残暴对待，直到驯化后再被越境贩卖j5L,^K%99,h&fyROF。过去的两年里，泰国政府已采取措施坚决打击这一非法交易，但仍然有一些不法之徒蠢蠢欲动，伺机贩卖大象tSw;k4mEobyS。泰国相关人士希望强化法律规定RXxQI,BQ7z(_PmKj!^N。因法律规定大象在满8岁之前不用登记，这一漏洞为走私贩创造了机会iLUl*fK.Nj^l|j。研究表明，大量走私幼象很可能会威胁导缅甸境内象群的长期生存Fhtcn#1gyn~R6MlF%&f。Q^^M=-tUxZ]A*kxo3.大象在泰国的主要作用是什么？4.根据上述新闻，是什么为贩卖大象创造了机会？l,-lZGG=bH74NR译文属可可原创，仅供学习和交流使用，未经允许不得转载yCmuxP5^u=mifTGO=UuRT;[Fj*YJgk