单选题
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单选题
Which of the following statements is TRUE?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[听力原文]27-28
The UN eased its ban on the ivory trade, permitting just over 30 tons from Namibia and Zimbabwe to be sold to Japan. The two African countries, which argue that they have more elephants than their land can sustain, are to use "substantial sums" from the sales for conservation and community development projects. The ivory to be sold comes from the tusks of elephants that have been culled or shot legally by hunters, rather than from the illegal poaching that prompted the ban in 1989. Botswana, which is close to meeting the UN's anti-poaching standards, is expected to receive similar export permission in the near future.
本题测试对细节内容的理解能力。根据文中“they have more elephants than their land can sustain”可以得出正确答案为A。
单选题
What caused the ban to be put on ivory trade by the UN?
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】本题测试关于原因的细节内容的理解能力。原文中“illegal poaching that prompted the ban”有助于我们找到正确答案B。