LONDON (Reuters)    Ecotourism is causing a lot of damage to wildlife and may be endangering the survival of the very animals people are flocking to see, according to re­searchers.
Biologists and conservationists are worried because polar bears, dolphins, penguins and other creatures are getting stressed and losing weight and some are dying.
"Evidence is growing that many animals do not react well to tourists in their backyard，” New Scientist magazine said.
The immediate effects "researchers have noticed are changes in behavior, heart rates. or stress hormone levels but they fear it could get much worse and over the long term “ could endanger the survival of the very wildlife they want to see. ”
Although money produced through ecotourism, which has been growing at about 10-30 percent a year, has major benefits for poor countries and people living in rural areas, the Swiss-based World Conservation Union (IUCN) and some governments fear not all projects are audited（審計(jì)） and based on environmentally friendly policies，according to the magazine.
Transmission of disease to wildlife，or small changes to wildlife health through dis­turbance of daily life or increased stress levels, while not obvious to the casual observer, may translate to lower survival and breeding，” said Philip Seddon , of the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand.
Scientists have noticed that bottleneck dolphins along the northeastern coast of New Zealand become nervously excited when tourist boats arrive. Similar changes in behavior have been observed in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by colorists are producing smaller babies.
Conservationists are now calling for more research into the effect of ecotourism on ani­mals and say the industry must be developed carefully. They also want studies done before new ecotourism projects are started.
“The animals’ welfare should be very important because without them there will be no ecotourism，” said Rochelle Constantine of the University of Auckland in New Zealand
小題1:Which is not discovered to have changed in animals disturbed by tourists?
A．behaviorB．birth rateC．hormone levelsD．heart rates
小題2:We may learn from the text that _____.
A．ecotourism must be developed properly
B．polar bears are losing weight without enough food
C．a(chǎn)ll the poor countries have stopped ecotourism
D．money produced through ecotourism should be spent on wildlife
小題3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the text?
A．Many animals do not react well in their backyard
B．Studies should be done before new ecotourism projects are started
C．Ecotourism has been growing at about 10—30 percent a year.
D．polar bears in areas visited by ecotourists are producing smaller babies.
小題4:What Rochelle Constantine said in the last paragraph implies that _____.
A．if people want to get high income, they must develop ecotourism
B．a(chǎn)nimals have rights to live their own life
C．a(chǎn)nimals are people's good friends
D．people should take good care of wildlife

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:D

試題分析：文章報(bào)道了旅游業(yè)給野生動(dòng)物造成了危害，可能危及野生動(dòng)物的數(shù)量，被游客打擾后，動(dòng)物行為，荷爾蒙水平和心臟的比率都有了變化，動(dòng)物保護(hù)主義者呼吁要合理的發(fā)展旅游業(yè)。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第四段的句子：The immediate effects "researchers have noticed are changes in behavior, heart rates. or stress hormone levels but they fear it could get much worse and over the long term “可知被游客打擾后，動(dòng)物行為，荷爾蒙水平和心臟的比率都有了變化，但是沒有提到出生率的改變。選B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從倒數(shù)第二段的第一句Conservationists are now calling for more research into the effect of ecotourism on ani­mals and say the industry must be developed carefully.可知旅游業(yè)必須合理的發(fā)展，A項(xiàng)正確。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)理解題。從倒數(shù)第三段最后一句Similar changes in behavior have been observed in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by colorists are producing smaller babies.可知可知是企鵝生出更小的孩子。選D
小題4:句意猜測題。Similar changes in behavior have been observed in polar bears and yellow-eyed penguins in areas visited by colorists are producing smaller babies.結(jié)合上下文可作出正確判斷：人們應(yīng)該照顧好野生動(dòng)物，選D
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