問題詳情


(D)Poachers know that they can sell certain animal body parts for high sums, so theyhunt endangered animals without thinking about the future of each species. This is reallythe case, particularly in ____32____ countries, where poachers can sell elephant ivory for$1,000 and rhinos’ horns for $ 30,000 per pound. Take Kenya for example. Kenya PrimeMinister Raila Odinga indicated that his country lost 360 elephants in 2012, which arisesfrom the enormous demand ____33____ ivory in Asian countries. In light of this seriousproblem, antipoachers are trying hard to protect these prized, at-risk animals.To fight the poachers’ lucrative business, conservationists now use high-tech____34____ aircraft to monitor activity on reserves. In addition, technology firstdeveloped for iPhone apps is ____35____ animals. Some antipoachers even putsignal-emitting collars around animals’ neck. In this way, they know where the animals areand can keep poachers away. In short, whether using high or low technology, antipoachersare on the front line of a war where endangered animals are ____36____.
32.
(A)impoverished
(C) standardized
(B)dampened
(D)commercialized

參考答案

答案：A
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(1),B(0),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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