2016-2017学年高考英语阅读理解解析汇编（116）
【解题导语】 香港可以说是世界鱼翅交易中心，但随着人们对鱼翅消费的强烈抵制，香港的鱼翅交易量下降了。
1．By saying Hong Kong is the world’s shark fin capital，the author means ____________．
A．almost all people in Hong Kong love eating shark fins
B．Hong Kong has the longest history of trading shark fins
C．many of the world’s shark fins are traded in Hong Kong
D．restaurants in Hong Kong provide the most dishes of shark fins
答案 C [推理判断题。根据第二段的Around 50...Hong Kong.可推断作者说香港是鱼翅之都是因为世界上大概一半的鱼翅交易是在那里完成的，故选C。]
2．What is Stanley Shea of French－founded Bloom Association doing in Hong Kong?
A．Making the government of Hong Kong know the harm of consuming shark fins.
B．Asking merchants to trade shark fins somewhere else instead of in Hong Kong.
C．Warning people of the harm to their health of eating shark fins.
D．Fighting against shark fin consumption by raising awareness.
答案 D [细节理解题。根据第二段的In 2008，...in Hong Kong.可知Stanley Shea在香港唤起民众抵抗鱼翅交易的意识，以此来抵制鱼翅交易。]
3．Merchants don’t like mentioning shark fins in front of a camera because ____________．
A．they are too sad to talk about them
B．they are too angry to talk about this topic
C．the topic is too sensitive for them to talk about
D．they have been commanded not to talk about them
答案 C [细节理解题。根据第三段的But in front...just too sensitive，they say.可知他们不愿意在摄像机前谈论鱼翅是因为这个话题太敏感了。]
4． It is implied in Paragraph 4 that nowadays in Hong Kong ____________．
A．the role of shark fins has changed
B．only wealthy people like eating shark fins
C．people consume shark fins in a secret way
D．people don’t know much about shark fins
答案 A [推理判断题。根据第四段的In the past，...this signifier changes可知鱼翅在香港人们的生活中扮演的角色已经变了。]