09年6月六级阅读理解翻译

1、阅读理解及翻译原文：For hundreds of millions of years, turtles (海龟)have struggled out of the sea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to celebrate them, or GPS satellites and marine biologists to track them, or volunteers to hand-carry the hatchlings (幼龟) down to the

2、 water* s edge lest they become disoriented by headlights and crawl towards a motel parking lot instead A formidable wall of bureaucracy has been erected to protect their prime nesting on the Atlantic coastlines. With all that attention paid to them, youzd think these creatures would at least have t

3、he gratitude not to go extinet.But Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness, and a report by the Fish and Wildlife Service showed a worrisome drop in the populations of several species of North Atlantic turtles, notably loggerheads, which can grow to as much as 400 pounds. The South Florid

4、a nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50% in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marine biologist with the environmentai group Oceana. The figures prompted Oceana to petition the government to upgrade the level of protection for the North Atlantic loggerheads from /zthrea

5、te ned" to /zendan gered?/mea ning they are in dan ger of disappeari ng without additional help.Which raises the obvious question: what else do these turtles want from us, anyway? It turns out, according to Griffin, that while we have done a good job of protecting the turtles for the weeks they

6、 spend on land (as egg-laying females, as eggs and as hatchlings), we have neglected the years spend in the ocean. "The threat is from commercial fishing/ says Griffin Trawlers (which drag large nets through the water and along the ocean floor) and long line fishers (which can deploy thousands

7、of hooks on lines that can stretch for miles) take a heavy toll on turtles Of course, like every other environmentai issue today, this is playing out against the background of global warming and human interferenee with natural ecosystems The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs

8、 are being squeezed on one side by development and on the other by the threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm Ultimately we must get a handle on those issues as well, or a creature that outlived the dinosaurs (恐龙)will meet its end at the hands of humans, leaving our descendants to wonder how

9、 creature so ugly could have won so much affection.1. We can learn from the first paragraph thatA. human activities have changed the way turtles surviveB efforts have been made to protect turtles from dying outC government bureaucracy has contributed to turtles * extinctionD marine biologists are lo

10、oking for the secret of turtles * reproduction2. What does the author mean by “ Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness " (Line 1, Para. 2)?A. Nature is quite fair regarding the survival of turtles.B Turtles are by nature indifferent to human activitiesC The course of nature will not

11、 be changed by human interferenee.D The turtle population has decreased in spite of human protection.constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtles according to Elizabeth Griffin?A. Their in adequate food supply.B Unregulated commercial fishingC Their lower reproductively ability.D Contaminat

12、ion of sea water4. How does global warming affect the survival of turtles?A. It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggsB The changing climate makes it difficult for their eggs to hatchC The rising sea levels make it harder for their hatchlings to grow.D It takes them longer to adapt to th

13、e high beach temperature5. The last sentence of the passage is meant toA. persuade human beings to show more affection for turtlesB stress that even the most ugly species should be protectedC call for effective measures to ensure sea turtles' survivalD warn our descendants about the extinction o

14、f species 译文：在数亿年前的时间里，海龟一直在挣扎着离开大海到海滩上产卵，很久以前有有自然纪 录片来庆祝他们，或GPS卫星和海洋生物学家来跟踪他们，又或者志愿者们用手把幼龟放在 海边以避免它们受到光线的影响迷失方向而爬向汽车旅馆的停车场。由官方建造的大型国墙 用于保护海龟在大四洋沿岸的主要筑巢地。收到了各种各样的关注后，你可能会认为这些生 物至少会心怀感激，不至于走向灭亡。但是自然却无视人类的公平概念，由渔业和野生动物服务组织提供的用一份报告显示, 北大西洋的数种海龟的种群数量出现了令人担忧的下降，特别是体重可达400磅的红海 龟。来自环保组织的Ocean的海洋生物学家伊丽莎白格里芬

15、称，数量最多的佛罗里达州南 部穴居种群在过去十年里减少了 50%。该数据促使Oceana组织向政府情愿，要求将北大西 洋红海龟的保护级别从"受威胁”提升至“濒危”-这意味着如果没有外界的帮助，它们 将会面临灭绝的危险。这就提出了一个明显的问题：这些海龟究竟还要我们做什么？根据格里芬的说法，虽然 海龟在陆上的数周时间内，我们可以很好地保护它们（包括产卵的母龟，卵和幼龟），但是 我们忽略了它们在海里的漫长时光。“主要是来自商业捕捞的威胁”格里芬说。拖网渔船（在 水中和海床拖行大型的漁网）和延绳钓鱼船（在钓线上装备数以千记的鱼钩，可以延伸至数 英里）给海龟造成了惨重的伤亡。当然，就像所有当

16、下的环保问题一样，这也是在全球变暧和人类F预自然生态系统的背 景下发生的。海龟产卵的狭窄沙滩一方而受到开发的压榨，另一方面受到海洋变暧导致的海 平面上升的威胁。最终我们还要解决这些问题，否则一种比恐龙活得更久的生物将会在人类 手中灭绝，让我们的后代困惑于怎么这种丑陋的生物会赢得如此多的关爱。问题解析：B） efforts have been made to protect turtles from dying out 第一段主要说人们已经做出努力来保护海龟不灭绝。2 D） The turtle population has decreased in spite of human protect

17、ion."自然无视人类的公平槪念"在本句话已经做岀解释：尽管有人类的保护，但海龟的数量仍在 下降。3. B） Un regulated commercial fishing 第三段"The threat is from commercial fishing/ says Griffin.伊丽莎白格里芬认为海龟生存的 最大威胁来自商业捕捞。4. A) It threatens the sandy beaches on which they lay eggs第四段 The narrow strips of beach on which the turtles lay their eggs are being squee