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When you were trying to figure out what to Buy for the environmentalist on your holiday list, fur probably didn’t cross your mind. But some ecologists and fashion (時裝)enthusiasts are trying to bring back the market for fur made from nutria(海狸鼠).

Unusual fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn have(showcased)nutria fur made into clothes in different styles. “It sounds crazy to talk about guilt-free fur-unless you understand that the nutria are destroying vast wetlands every year”, says Cree McCree, project director of Righteous Fur.

Scientists in Louisiana were so concerned that they decided to pay hunters $5 a tail. Some of the fur ends up in the fashion shows like the one in Brooklyn last month.

Nutria were brought there from Argentina by fur farmers and let go into the wild. “The ecosystem down there can’t handle this non-native species(物種)’s destroying the environment. It’s them or us.” says Michael Massimi, an expert in this field.

The fur trade kept nutria check for decades，but when the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s，the cat-sized animals multiplied like crazy.

Biologist Edmond Mouton runs the nutria control program for Louisiana. He says it’s not easy to convince people that nutria fur is green, but he has no doubt about it. Hunters bring in more than 300,000 nutria tails a year, so part of Mouton’s job these days is trying to promote fur.

Then there’s Righteous Fur and its unusual fashion. Morgan says，”To give people a guilt-free option that they can wear without someone throwing paint on them-1 think that’s going to be a massive thing, at least here in New York.” Designer Jennifer Anderson admits it took her a while to come around to the opinion that using nutria fur for her creations is morally acceptable. She trying to come up with a lable to attach to nutria fashions to show it is eco-friendly.

28. What is the purpose of the fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn?

A. To promote guilt-free fur.

B. To expand the fashion market.

C. To introduce a new brand.

D. To celebrate a winter holiday.

29. Why are scientists concerned about nutria?

A. Nutria damage the ecosystem seriously.

B. Nutria are an endangered species.

C. Nutria hurt local cat-sized animals.

D. Nutria are illegally hunted.

30. What does the underlined word “collapsed” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Boomed.             B. Became mature.       C. Remained stable.      D. Crashed.

31. What can we infer abouf wearing fur in New York according to Morgan?

A. It’s formal.           B. It’s risky.             C. It’s harmful.          D. It’s traditional.

【回答】

28. A    29. A    30. D    31. B

【解析】

本文是説明文。介紹了美國新奧良和布魯克林舉辦了不同尋常的時裝秀。展出海狸鼠製成的皮衣。海狸鼠們每年都在破壞大片的濕地，因此設計師稱這是一種環保的舉措，科學家們也對海狸鼠損壞生態平衡表示了擔憂。

【28題詳解】

推理判斷題。根據第二段Unusual fashion shows in New Orleans and Brooklyn have showcased nutria fur made into clothes in different styles. “It sounds crazy to talk about guilt-free fur-unless you understand that the nutria are destroying vast wetlands every year,”says Cree McCree, project director of Righteous Fur.得知，美國新奧爾良和布魯克林舉辦了不同尋常的時裝秀，時裝秀上展出海狸鼠皮製成的不同風格的衣服，項目總監Cree McCree説：“除非瞭解海狸鼠正每年破壞大片濕地，否則談論無罪感皮衣是很瘋狂的事情”，可以判斷出由於海狸鼠對生態造成了巨大的破壞，這場海狸鼠皮衣時裝秀銷售的是無罪惡感皮衣。故選A。

【29題詳解】

推理判斷題。根據第三段Scientists in Louisiana were so concerned that they decided to pay hunters $5 a tail.得知，科學家們如此擔心以至於他們決定按照一條海狸鼠尾巴付給獵人們5美元，可以推斷出科學家們擔憂海狸鼠們嚴重破壞生態平衡，。故選A。

【30題詳解】

詞義猜測題。根據第五段The fur trade kept nutria in check for decades, but when the market for nutria collapsed in the late 1980s,the cat-sized animals multiplied like crazy. 得知，毛皮貿易使海狸鼠受到了幾十年的控制，但是當海狸鼠市場在20世紀80年代末崩潰時，這種貓大小的動物數量瘋長，根據but判斷，這是轉折關係，以前由於皮毛交易，海狸鼠處於控制，現在這種海狸鼠之所以能夠數量激增，是由於市場不再銷售海狸鼠皮毛導致的，可以推斷出劃線詞collapsed 是和hed倒閉的意思最相近。故選D。

【31題詳解】

推理判斷題。根據第二段Model Paige Morgan says, “To give people a guilt –free option that they can wear without someone throwing paint on them-I think that’s going to be a massive thing, at least in New York. ” 得知，為了給人們一種無罪的選擇，人們可以穿皮衣而不被人們潑油漆，我認為在紐約將是一件巨大的事情，根據模特摩根所説得知，在紐約穿皮質衣服是有風險的。故選B。

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