高考英语学习资料
SECTION C (12分) (2009年长郡中学月考卷) 年长郡中学月考卷) 分 年长郡中学月考卷
Direction: Complete the following passage by using one word that best fits the context. Snake dishes have become popular in recent years. Snake meat in various flavors is often seen in restaurant ads. Eating snakes seem to be now in vogue, and if you haven’t eaten snake yet, you are considered “out of date”. But I wonder whether whether all the trends are worth following. Some people many defend themselves by saying that snake by meat is nutritious. But these people don’t realize that many parasites, which do harm to out health, are found inside snakes. which According to a survey, about 1000 tons of snake are eaten to every year in china and sometimes asmany as 10 tons of many snakes are served on dinner tables in Shenzhen in a single day! These figures warn us that if no action is taken, the number of the snakes will drop and make an increase in mice and worms population, which willresultin a decrease of crop output. result Who will see such tragedy happen? So let’s start not to eat snake any more, because “to protect the snake is to protect ourselves ourselves”.
