M: It’s a sunny day today. Why not go out for a picnic
W: I’d love to, but there is a lot of laundry to do.
| One of London Zoo’s recent
advertisements caused me some irritation, so patently did it distort reality.
Headlined "Without zoos you might as well tell these animals to get stuffed", it
was bordered with illustrations of several endangered species and went on to
extol the myth that without zoos like London Zoo these animals "will almost
certainly disappear forever". With the zoo world’s rather mediocre record on
conservation, one might be forgiven for being slightly skeptical about such an
advertisement. Zoos were originally created as places of entertainment, and their suggested involvement with conservation didn’t seriously arise until about 30 years ago, when the Zoological Society of London held the first formal international meeting on the subject. Eight years later, a series of world conferences took place, entitled "The Breeding of Endangered A. (A) London Zoo’s advertisements are dishonest. B. (B) Zoos made an insignificant contribution to conservation up until 30 years ago. C. (C) No one knew how the animals were being treated at Robin Hill Adventure Park. D. (D) The number of successful zoo conservation programmes is unsatisfactory. [单项选择]
People often wonder why historians go to so much trouble to preserve millions of books, documents and records of the past. Why do we have libraries What (1) are these documents and the (2) books Why do we (3) and save the actions of men, the negotiations of statesmen and the (4) of armies 我来回答: 提交
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