2020绵阳三诊文综答案及试题(高三文科综合)

该句为主从复合句。句中“where
an astonishing 33 percent of female elephants born after the
country's conflict ended in 1992 are tuskless”为where引导的定语从句,修饰先行词“Mozambique's
8.What is the probable cause of the phenomenon mentioned in Paragraph 1?
A.Illegal hunting.B.Constant farming.
C.A pure
coincidence.
解析:A 考查细节理解。根据第一段尾句“The researcher thinks we may be witnessing unnatural evolution of the species due to the constant hunting of elephants for valuable ivory”可知,这位研究人员认为,由于持续不断地猎杀大象以获取珍贵的象牙,我们可能正在目睹该物种的非自然进化。据此可知,第一段中提到的现象的可能原因是非法猎杀大象,故A项正确。