The leaders of 13 countries had a big meeting in St Petersburg, Russia. The meeting was about tigers. They talked about the ways to protect the animals in their countries. They agreed to spend more money protecting tigers and they wanted to double the number of tigers in the world before 2022.
Tiger is one of the world’s most endangered animals. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says, there are only about 100,000 wild tigers now. And the number is becoming smaller and smaller. "If nothing happens, tigers will face disasters,” said WWF spokeswoman Marie won Zeipel.
Nine types of tigers lived 100 years ago, but now at least three of them have died out. “If people leave tigers alone and don't kill them, then the number of tigers will double in 10 years,” said Jean-Christoph Vie, a French tiger expert.
China is one of the 13 countries where tigers live. There are about 50 wild tigers in China now. They are the Bengal tigers in Tibet, Indochinese tigers in China's southwest, and Siberian tigers in the northeast. The South China tigers lived in southeast China many years ago but disappeared in the 1970s. Many experts think they have already died out.
【小题1】What’s the meeting in St Petersburg mainly about?
| A．How to help tigers find a better place to live. |
| B．How to protect tigers in their countries. |
| C．How to stop people from hunting the wild animals. |
| D．How to count the number of tigers in the world. |
【小题2】Which of the following is TRUE according to the WWF?
| A．Many tigers have died only because people hunt them. |
| B．About 3, 200 tigers have died in the past 100 years. |
| C．There are more and more tigers these years. |
| D．There are bout 100,000 wild tigers in the world now. |
【小题3】In Jean-Christoph Vie's opinion, the best way to double the number of tigers in 10 years is ________.
| A．to do nothing | B．to keep all of them in the zoo |
| C．to stop people from killing them | D．to build more nature reserves for tigers |
【小题4】How many types of tigers were there in China 50 years ago?
【小题5】The Chinese meaning of "die out' in the 3rd paragraph is _______.
| A．Saved their lives | B．disappeared | C．became weaker | D．die from |
