老虎在文学和影视作品里常被塑造成战无不胜而勇猛的形象。然而，随着人类活动对老虎栖息地的影响，野生老虎的数量在不断减少。为了促进人们对野生虎的保护意识，每年的7月29日被确立为“世界老虎日”。你知道几个用于描述老虎的英语词汇？试做本集《英语小测验》。

 

1. Tigers are very easy to identify. They have black and orange ______.

 

a) hoops¹

 

b) lines

 

c) stripes

 

d) marking        

 

2. Tigers belong to a group of animals known as ______.

 

a) big cats

 

b) big canines²

 

c) huge beasts

 

d) fantastic creatures           

 

3. The place where tigers and other wild animals live is called their ______.

 

a) usual habitat

 

b) normal habitat

 

c) everyday habitat

 

d) natural habitat

 

4. Have you ever seen a tiger ______?

 

a) on the wild

 

b) at the wild

 

c) in the wild

 

d) by the wild

 

5. People who illegally kill tigers or other wild animals are called ______.

 

a) poachers

 

b) robbers

 

c) animal burglars

 

d) rustlers           

 

6. If there are no more tigers alive in the world, the tiger will be ______.

 

a) in danger

 

b) endangered

 

c) flourishing

 

d) extinct

 

答案

1) c, 2) a, 3) d, 4) c, 5) a, 6) d.

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