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对“灵猫咖啡”说不

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  印尼的巴厘岛咖啡是目前世界上最名贵的一种咖啡,味道浓郁香醇。通常它又被称为“灵猫咖啡”,这是因为这种咖啡的原料——咖啡豆全都是被巴厘岛上的一种小型猫科动物灵猫(又称野生麝香猫)吞食下去后,经过体内发酵再排泄出来的产物。

  灵猫有一种天生的自然本能,它能从满枝的咖啡豆中挑选出那些果核最完整、成熟度最恰当的咖啡豆来,而这些咖啡豆恰恰是制作巴厘岛咖啡的不二之选,但这些咖啡豆人们通过肉眼却是根本无法分辨的。

  事实上,灵猫消化掉的只是咖啡豆的表皮,真正的豆肉因为相当坚固,因此并未被灵猫消化掉。接下来,豆肉会在灵猫的胃肠里发酵,并被其体内一种特殊的“灵猫香”浸染。通过几天的发酵反应,咖啡豆会被灵猫的胃液软化,然后排泄出来。

  排泄物被人们洗净、晒干,然后研磨成咖啡粉,冲泡出来的咖啡香气逼人,一饮难忘。因为这种排泄物非常稀少,每年整个巴厘岛的自然产量也只有500多斤,因而价格也贵得惊人,一杯正宗的巴厘岛咖啡能卖到140美元。

  因为看到其中的巨大商业利益,2007年,印尼有一家叫“香巴克”的咖啡生产企业打起了灵猫的主意,他们开始运用人工干预,试图将灵猫咖啡的产量大幅度提高。其具体做法是,他们首先将非法捕捉来的150多只灵猫全部集中到一个秘密地下工厂里,然后将它们分别关在一个个独立的小铁笼里,几天都不给任何食物。等灵猫们饿极了,才将挂满了咖啡豆的树枝伸进笼子里,于是他们便看到了自己最想看到的一幕——一个个饿极了的灵猫开始本能地挑选出那些最优质的咖啡豆,急不可耐地吃进肚子里。几天后,“香巴克”便能轻松地收集灵猫的排泄物了。通过这种方式,“香巴克”很快就获得了丰厚的利润。

  不停地饿灵猫,然后再不停地让它们吃下咖啡豆,再不停地拉出排泄物,灵猫由于不能再像以前一样捕食其他杂食,加上坚硬的咖啡豆肉要消耗灵猫体内的很多胃液和灵猫香,很快,被关进笼子的灵猫便因营养不良和肠胃恶化,一个个变得皮包骨头,最长的也只能活3年,而且无法繁衍下一代。但是,“香巴克”根本不管这些,他们一边把死去的灵猫拉到几里外的一个垃圾填埋场秘密埋掉,一边继续捕捉新的灵猫。

  阿道夫·杜戈是这个垃圾填埋场的一名老清洁工人,一次偶然的机会,他发现了许多只被抛弃的死灵猫,继而打听到整个事件的真相。

  这让杜戈很震惊,他觉得这些可怜的小动物不应该如此悲惨地死去。他开始给当地政府持续写匿名信,报告自己所看到的一切,然而只是因为“香巴克”每年能上缴不菲的税收,而且还带动了周边其他相关产业,因此当地政府对这件事是睁一只眼闭一只眼。但这位快60岁的老人却没有因此作罢,他买了一台相机,趁着天黑摸进了“香巴克”,在工厂里潜伏了两天两夜,终于拍到灵猫被残忍虐待的镜头。

  2009年9月的一天,灵猫受虐照片出现在印尼颇具影响力的一份报纸上,顿时全国一片哗然。迫于舆论的压力,印尼政府派出专门的监管机构,查封了“香巴克”,300多只疲惫不堪的灵猫被重新放归到大自然中。(选自《羊城晚报》2011年5月20日)

1.联系全文,说说你对题目 “对‘灵猫咖啡’说不”的理解。

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2.“灵猫咖啡”香气逼人,一饮难忘。那么它是怎样酿成的呢?

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3.“因为这种排泄物非常稀少,每年整个巴厘岛的自然产量也只有500斤”中的“多”能否删除?为什么?

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4.“香巴克”咖啡生产企业生产“灵猫咖啡”付出了怎样的惨重代价?

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5.把握文中有关信息,用“√”“×”判别下列说法的正误。

(1)灵猫挑选出的咖啡豆是通过肉眼根本无法分辨的。(     )

(2)当地政府对阿道夫·杜戈反映的“灵猫咖啡”事件,其态度是不闻不问。(     )

(3)阿道夫·杜戈凭借自己的能力硬是查封了“香巴克”。(     )

答案

1.“灵猫咖啡”香气逼人,价格昂贵,为此,一些巨商以牺牲灵猫为代价生产咖啡,从中盈利。这是一种破坏野生动物的行为,应该禁止。所以,题目旗帜鲜明、斩钉截铁地呼吁人们要保护野生动物,要立即打击这种犯罪行为。(意对即可)

2.“灵猫咖啡”是巴厘岛上的一种小型猫科动物灵猫将咖啡豆吞食后,经过灵猫体内发酵和“灵猫香”浸染,再排泄出来的产物,接着人们把这排泄物洗净、晒干,然后研磨成咖啡粉。

3.不能。“多”表示超过500斤,表示估计;删除了“多”就表示不多不少,恰好500斤,表示十分肯定,然而,这是无法确定的。所以不能删除“多”,这体现了说明语言准确性特点。(意对即可)

4.灵猫营养不良,饿得皮包骨,以至于提前“寿终正寝”,最长也只能活3年,并且无法繁衍后代,这样下去灵猫必将灭绝。最后,迫于媒体压力,政府一举查封了“香巴克”。

5.(1)√(2)√(3)×

阅读理解

John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.

Luckily he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son,you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others,including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”

These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15,to Chicago.

Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words — as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.

While others discouraged (使气馁) him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn(典当)her furniture to get the $500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.

It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”

Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.

小题1: John’s father died in ________.

A.1922

B.1933

C.1924

D.1923小题2:John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _______.

A.his father died when John was very young

B.life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown

C.there were no schools for black people in their hometown

D.John needed more education badly小题3: John’s mother ________.

A.didn’t believe in or depend on others

B.thought no one could succeed without working hard

C.believed one would succeed without working hard

D.thought one could be whatever one wanted to be小题4:The story mainly tells us ________ .

A.about the spiritual support John’s mother gave him

B.how John H. Johnson became successful

C.about the importance of a good education

D.about the key to success for blacks

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