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1、Module6课下能力提升（二十一）阅读理解A2013wasarecordbreakingyearforrhinoceroses—butnotinagoodway.Thatyear,atotalof1,004rhinoswerepoached(illegallyhunted)inSouthAfrica,thecountrywherealmostalloftheworld'srhinoslive.That'sanincreaseofmorethan50percentfrom2012—when668rhinos
2、werekilled.ItwasalsothemostSouthAfricanrhinoskilledinoneyear.“Theworld'srhinosarefacinggreatdanger，”saysDr.NaomiDoakofTRAFFIC,aconservationgroupthatworkstostopthetrafficking(buyingandselling)ofwildlife.Theriseinpoachingisduetoanincreasingdemandforrhinohorn
3、sinAsiancountriessuchasVietnamandChina,wherethehornsareusedaskeyingredientsintraditionalAsianmedicines.Somepeoplebelievetakinggrounduprhinohorncanhelptreatpain,fevers,andcancer(thoughtheseuseshavenotbeenmedicallyproventobeeffective).Thedemandissogreatthatr
4、hinohornscansellformorethanD
5、S30,000apoundinAsia.Poachinghasalreadyhadextremelyseriousresultsforrhinos.TheWesternblackrhinobecameextinctinthelasttenyears.TheJavanrhinoceroshasalmostcompletelydisappearedfromVietnam,withfewerthan50remaining.Now,Africanblackr
6、hinosandwhiterhinosarefacingdisaster.Theblackrhinoislistedas“highlyendangered”bytheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature.Fewerthan5,000exist.Whiterhinosareconsidered“nearthreatened”，withabout20,150inthewild.Manynationsarenowtakingstepstoprotectrhinos.T
7、hegovernmentsofseveralcountrieshavesignedagreementstofightrhinopoachingbymakingthesaleofrhinohornsillegal,catchingpoachersandsmugglers(走私者)，andincreasingpublicawarenessabouttheproblem.SouthAfricahassignedagreementswithVietnamandChinatofightwildlifetraffick
8、ingbetweenthecountries.ItisdevelopingsimilaragreementswithMozambique，Thailand,Laos,andCambodia.“ThesecountriesmustjointogetheriftheyhopetostopthisstealingofsouthernAfrica'snaturalheritage(遗产)，”saysTomMilliken,TRAFFIC'srhinoexpert.“Rhinohorntraffickingrepre
9、sentsathreattothebasicstructureofsociety.”语篇解读：本文是说明文。偷猎犀牛使得全世界的犀牛濒临灭绝，多国已采取措施保护犀牛。1．Whywas2013arecordbreakingyear?A．Morerhinosweretraffickedthanever.B．Thelargestnumberofrhinoswaskilled.C．Itsawthehighestincre
