2010年高考英语江苏卷 - 阅读理解B

It is reported that conservation groups in North America have been arguing about the benefits and dangers of wolves. Some groups believe wolves should be killed. Other people believe wolves must be protected so that they will not disappear from the wilderndss.
据报道，北美的保护组织一直在争论狼的好处和危险。一些组织认为应该杀死狼，而另一些人认为狼必须加以保护，使它们不会从野外消失。

For Killing Wolves
支持杀狼

In Alaska, the wolf almost disappeared a few years ago, because hunters were killing hundreds 0f them for sport. However, laws were established to protect the wolves from sportsmen and people who catch the animals for their fur. So the woIf population has greatly increased. Now there are so many wolves that they are destroying their own food supply.
几年前，在阿拉斯加，狼几乎消失了，因为猎人们为了运动而捕杀了数百只狼。然而，设立法律是为了保护狼不受运动爱好者和捕猎动物皮毛的人的伤害。因此，狼的数量大幅增加。现在狼太多了，它们正在破坏自己的食物供应。

A wolf naturally eats animals in the deer family. People in the wilderness also hunt deer for food. Many of the animals have been destroyed by the very cold winters recently and by changes in the wilderness plant life. When the deer can't find enough food, they die.
狼天性会吃鹿，野外中的人们也会猎鹿作为食物。最近寒冷的冬天和野外植物生活的变化让许多动物灭绝，当鹿找不到足够的食物时，它们也会死亡。

If the wolves continue to kill large numbers of deer, their prey will disappear some day. And the wolves will, too. So we must change the cycle of life in the wilderness to balance the ecology．If we killed more wolves，we would save them and their prey from dying out. We'd also save some farm animals.
如果狼继续大量捕杀鹿，鹿总有一天会消失，狼也会。所以我们必须改变野外的生命周期，来平衡生态。如果我们杀死多余的狼，我们将拯救它们和它们的猎物，使其免于灭绝。我们还将拯救一些农场动物。

In another northern state, wolves attack cows and chickens for food. Farmers want the government to send biologists to study the problem. They believe it necessary to kill wolves in some areas and to protect them in places where there is a small woIf population.
在北方的另一个州，狼攻击牛和鸡作为食物。农民们希望政府派遣生物学家来研究这个问题。他们认为有必要在一些地区杀死狼，并在狼群较少的地方保护它们。

Against Killing Wolves
反对杀狼

If you had lived long ago, you would have heard many different stories about the dangerous wolf. According to most stories, hungry wolves often kill people for food. Even today, the stories of the "big bad woIf" will not disappear.
如果你生活在很久以前，你会听到很多关于危险的狼的故事。大多数故事中，饥饿的狼经常为了食物而杀人。即使在今天，“大恶狼”的故事也没有消失。

But the fact is wolves are afraid of people, and they seldom travel in areas where there is a human smell. When wolves eat other animals, they usually kill the very young, or the sick and injured. The strongest survive. No kind of animal would have survived through the centuries if the weak members had lived. And has always been a law of nature.
但事实上，狼害怕人类。它们很少在有人类气味的地方旅行。当狼吃其他动物时，它们通常会杀死幼小的动物，或生病或受伤的动物。最强壮的动物存活下来。如果弱者存活，那么没有一种动物能存活几个世纪。这一直是自然法则。

Although some people say it is good sense to kill wolves, we say it is nonsense! Researchers have found wolves and their prey living in balance. The wolves keep the deer population from becoming too large, and that keeps a balance in the wilderness plant life.
尽管有些人说这是杀狼很明智，我们认为胡说八道！研究人员发现狼和它们的猎物生活在平衡中。狼可以防止鹿的数量过多，从而保持野生植物的平衡。

The real problem is that the areas where wolves can live are being used by people. Even if wilderness land is not used directly for human needs, the wolves can't always find enough food．So they travel to the nearest source, which is often a farm. Then there is danger. The"big bad wolf" has arrived! And everyone knows what happens next.
真正的问题是，狼生存的地方正在被人类利用。即使是不能直接满足于人类需求的野外，狼也不能总是找到足够的食物。因此它们会前往最近的食物来源地，通常是农场。然后就有了危险，“大恶狼”来了！每个人都知道接下来会发生什么。