新GRE阅读练习题（25）
<p> 编辑点评： 新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读考试考察大家的方面较多，除了大家需要拥有一定的词汇量以外，还需大家在解题的时候能够迅速了解出题者的意图，这就需要大家充分发挥自己的逻辑理解能力和推理能力，大家可以利用下文的新<span word="GRE">GRE</span>阅读短文练习进行练习。</p><p> <span word="In">In</span> <span word="recent">recent</span> <span word="years">years</span>, <span word="there">there</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="dramatic">dramatic</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shrike">shrike</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="predatory">predatory</span> <span word="bird">bird</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="inhabits">inhabits</span> <span word="flat">flat</span> <span word="land">land</span>, <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="farms">farms</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="pastures">pastures</span>. <span word="Some">Some</span> <span word="ornithologists">ornithologists</span> <span word="hypothesize">hypothesize</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="introduction">introduction</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="new">new</span>, <span word="more">more</span> <span word="effective">effective</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="insect">insect</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="shrikes">shrikes</span> <span word="prey">prey</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="answer">answer</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="following">following</span> <span word="questions">questions</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="NOT">NOT</span> <span word="relevant">relevant</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="evaluating">evaluating</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ornithologists">ornithologists</span> <span word="hypothesis">hypothesis</span>?</p><p> <span word="Was">Was</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decline">decline</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shrike">shrike</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="used">used</span>?</p><p> <span word="Have">Have</span> <span word="shrike">shrike</span> <span word="populations">populations</span> <span word="declined">declined</span> <span word="significantly">significantly</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="habitats">habitats</span> <span word="where">where</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="used">used</span>?</p><p> <span word="Have">Have</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="significantly">significantly</span> <span word="reduced">reduced</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="insect">insect</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="shrikes">shrikes</span> <span word="prey">prey</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="did">did</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="previously">previously</span> <span word="used">used</span>?</p><p> <span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="pesti">pesti</span>-<span word="cides">cides</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="toxic">toxic</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shrikes">shrikes</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="eat">eat</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="insects">insects</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="consumed">consumed</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="effective">effective</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span>?</p><p> <span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="less">less</span> <span word="harmful">harmful</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="than">than</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="old">old</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="considered">considered</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span>?</p>
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