篇一：启东中学2015-2016学年高二下学期期中考试英语试题
江苏省启东中学2015—2016 学年度第二学期期中考试
高二英语试题命题人：汤小
健
第一卷 （选择题 共85分）
第一部分 听力 （共2节；每小题1分， 满分20分）
第一节 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题， 从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. What does the man want to be?
A. A singer B. A writer C. A doctor
2. How does the man advise the woman to get to the hotel?
A. By taxiB. By bus C. By subway
3. What does the woman suggest?
A. Repairing the telephone.
B. Surfing the Internet.
C. Cooking at home.
4. What is the man’s favorite sport?
A. Soccer B. Tennis C. Volleyball
5. What pet does the man want?
A. A parrotB. A dogC. A rabbit
第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6、7题
6. What does the woman want to drink?
A. Coke B. ChampagneC. Red wine
7. What will the woman do next?
A. Visit the new houseB. Find her jacketC. Greet Simon
听下面一段对话，回答第8、9题
8. How much did the blue coat cost?
A. $80 B. $100C. $120
9. What prevented the woman from buying the red coat?
A. Its colorB. Its size C. Its price
听下面一段对话，回答第10、11、12题
10. What does the man like most about the university?
A. The school gymB. The swimming pool C. The playground
11. Where is the man’s father now?
A. In Toronto B. In SydneyC. In Canberra
12. What is the woman’s major?
A. BusinessB. Law C. Math
听下面一段对话，回答第13、14、15、16题
13. What class does the woman have at 10 am on Tuesday?
A. Culture Studies B. Social ChangeC. Language Development
14. When doesn’t the woman have classes?
A. On Tuesday and Thursday afternoons.
B. On Monday and Friday afternoons.
C. On Wednesday and Friday mornings.
15. When is the class Education on Mondays?
A. At 2 pm B. At 10 am C. At 9:40 am
16. How often does the woman have Communication Studies?
A. Once a week B. Twice a week C. Three times a week
听下面一段对话，回答第17、18、19、20题
17. Who is older than the speaker’s father?
A. John B. Keith C. Arthur
18. What relation is Alison to the speaker?
A. His sisterB. His wifeC. His niece
19. Where does Kate live?
A. In America B. In IndiaC. In England
20. How many cousins does the speaker have?
A. Four B. FiveC. Six
第二部分 英语知识运用（共2节，满分35分）
第一节 单项选择 （共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑
21. Shooting, as ____ means of survival originally, developed into _____ sport only in the late
19th century.
A. a; a B. the; the C. a; theD. the; a
22. — If I don’t get some money from my parents by Friday, could I borrow some from you?
— ________. But can I know why?
A. Never mind B. Not at allC. By no meansD. By all means
23. Jack could have avoided that terrible car accident, but he ________ careful enough.
A. is not B. was notC. hasn’t beenD. hadn’t been
24. The sport then was a little different from ________ we currently know as gymnastics.
A. that B. what C. whichD. where
25. Isn’t it time you ______ down to _____ the papers?
A. get; mark B. get; be marked C. got; being markedD. got; marking
26. Until we have discussed all the details, no decision _______ about any new operations.
A. will be madeB. is made C. is being made D. has been made
27. _______ to supporting the growing number of students seeking odd jobs, we will provide them
with the information they need.
A. Committing B. Committed C. Being committed D. Having committed
28. Those who continuously acquire new knowledge that they can ________ their work are
more likely to succeed.
A. contribute toB. correspond to C. subscribe toD. apply to
29. So involved in his business _______ that he can hardly accompany his wife and child at
weekends.
A. the manager has become B. becomes the manager
C. has become the manager D. has the manager become
30. ----Have you completed the project?
----I’m sorry to tell you that we ______ it when we found how much it _____.
A. have abandoned, costsB. abandoned, cost
C. had abandoned, cost D. abandoned, would cost
31. If only the committee _____ the new environmental regulations and put them into effect
as soon as possible!
A. should approveB. will approve C. would approve D. would have approved
32. Educators claim that children ____ to English- speaking environment will learn the language
more quickly.
A. being exposed B. to be exposedC. having exposedD. exposed
33. Sometimes, _______ we show our gratitude for a person is reflected in the kind of food
we serve him or her.
A. when B. whetherC. whyD. how
34. The spokesman was seated in front of all the journalists at the press conference, _______
to answer all kinds of questions.
A. prepared B. preparing C. to be prepared D. having prepared
35. The police began to investigate after receiving reports from residents in Ninghai county,
Zhejiang province, _________ people were purchasing used oil from local restaurants.
A. / B. that C. whichD. where
第二节 完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.
I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the but veryuncertain The weeks ahead weren’t . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, what I thought would take a dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any .
So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer — a little brighter. Something about writing gave me . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all I put my into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who to give up his dream.
And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a contract (合同) for my first
book! After that, things slowly began to fall into a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was shortly after.
Don’t give up. Even if things look now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the 36. A. attendB. holdC. prepare D. enjoy
37. A. environmentB. economy C. opportunityD. climate
38. A. choiceB. dangerC. desire D. future
39. A. quiet B. busy C. easy D. long
40. A. so B. but C. for D. or
41. A. day B. week C. month D. year
42. A. town B. direction C. situationD. habit
43. A. surpriseB. fearC. delightD. peace
44. A. gloryB. complaint C. loveD. pain
45. A. appointment B. progressC. commitmentD. decision
46. A. read B. thinkC. write D. paint
47. A. hope B. wisdom C. pleasureD. inspiration
48. A. lack B. find C. bury D. need
49. A. disapproval B. disagreement C. dissatisfaction D. disadvantage
50. A. refused B. managed C. failed D. decided
51. A. writing B. translatingC. publishing D. reviewing
52. A. ruin B. place C. pieces D. despair
53. A. rewardedB. paid C. fired D. hired
54. A. different B. unimportantC. strange D. tough
55. A. courage B. chance C. timeD. dream
第三部分 阅读理解 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
A
You probably laugh at something you find funny, but how much do you really know about jokes and humor? Reader’s Digest (RD) questioned several experts to give us some facts about them.
RD: What’s the oldest joke in the world?
“We can’t know the oldest joke in the world because it would have existed earlier than writing.” says Christie Davies, professor of sociology at the University of Reading in the UK. The oldest joke book that’s been found so far is the Greek Philogelos. It dates from the 4th century AD, although the jokes date from an earlier time. According to psychologist Steve Wilson, director of National Humor Month (April in the US), it contains 265 jokes.
RD: Do some people fail to develop a sense of humor?
Rod Martin, professor of psychology at the Western University in Canada, believes that while everyone is born without a sense of humor, as we develop, humor and laughter begin to appear. “Of course, some children are more serious, quiet, and less likely to laugh frequently, but this doesn’t mean they don’t have a sense of humor.” And according to Steve Wilson, there are no
adults who don’t have a sense of humor. “Almost everyone is able to develop a sense of humor, and I teach people how.” he says.
RD: Do people share a sense of humor unique to their own nation?
Sense of humor does differ a lot by country, according to an author named Scott Weems. British humor is thought to be absurd in nature, while American humor has an aggressive quality. According to a study, Germans are found to find everything funny.
56. What do we know about the oldest joke book?
A. It remains unknown.
B. It was written in Greek.
C. It was found in the UK.
D. It contains the oldest joke.
57. What does Rod Martin agree with about people’s sense of humor?
A. Nobody is born with a sense of humor.
B. Some adults lose it when they grow up.
C. Childhood is the best time to develop such ability.
D. Children have a poorer sense of humor than adults.
58. What kind of humor has an aggressive feature?
A. British humor B. German humorC. Canadian humor D. American humor
B
Life is comprised emotion and sense. When we were babies we reached the pinnacle(顶峰) of emotion. At that time we asked for everything that we wanted, cried as we were uncomfortable, laughed as we were happy and released our emotions day and night. When we grow up we find that if we want to live in a cozier environment we must be sensible enough to deal with our emotions and relationships. Our world is based on sense and beautified by emotion.
Sense is the base of life; it builds up the structure of life, and helps us see the real world. And emotion is the invaluable element of life. It adds colorful paint to our life. Lacking sense we may lose the guiding light and lacking emotion we may lose the value of life.
We admire Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, we are attracted by Michelangelo’s The Creation of Man, and we are carried away by Monet’s Lotus. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet may bring us tears, Victor Hugo’s poems can make a maid’s love revive, and Jane Austin’s stories arouse our dream of holding a party of ladies and gentlemen as an England beauty in the countryside. All of them are people who deserve our respect and showed us sentimental emotion: love, hatred, betrayal, loyalty and so on. They made their works full of emotion, shocked our nerves, and evoked our passions. Somebody may have found their destiny in these works, and surely they influence people time after time. But in fact, though these people or their works have the power to control our mental world, we don’t choose them to be our President or Prime Minister. We cannot deny the fact that our world is based on sense and ration. Mark Twin once said that the passion of friendship is so sweet, steady and royal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime if neither of the two friends asks the other to lend money.
Emotion is our nature and sense gives us an eye to live in reality. Only sense makes Jack a dull boy; emotional moments give us vigor and enthusiasm to live and color our life.
59. We can learn from the second paragraph that__________________.
篇二：江苏省阜宁中学2015-2016学年高二英语下学期期中试题
江苏省阜宁中学2016年春学期高二期中考试
英 语 试 题
时间：120分钟 分值：120分
第I 卷（选择题）
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分) 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Where does the conversation take place? A．At the Customs. A．Friends.
B．In a restaurant.
C．In a hotel.
2．What’s the relationship between the two speakers?
B．Strangers.
C．Classmates.
3．What can we learn from the talk? A．Mr Wood lost his wallet. office.
C．Mr Wood is going to pick up his wallet. 4．When does this conversation take place? A．In the morning. evening.
5．What does Jack’s girlfriend do? A．She plays the piano. pianos.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间，每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段材料，回答第6至7题。
6．What magazine does the man take besides Morning Post? A．Newsweek.
B．New Yorkers.
B．She organizes concerts.
C．She sells
B．In the afternoon.
C．In the
B．Carl works in a post
C．New Scientists.
C
．
Three
7．What’s the price for Morning Post? A．One dollar.
B．One and a half dollars.
dollars and fifty.
听下面一段材料，回答第8至10题。 8．When will the man go mountain climbing? A．The summer holiday. weekend.
9．How does one benefit from mountain climbing?
B．In a fortnight.
C
．
Next
A．It can build muscles. balance.
B．It can build strength and
C．It can improve durability and balance. 10．What can we learn from the conversation? A．Jessie will go mountain climbing with David.
B．Jessie suggests David take some instructional courses.
C．A partner is needed to manage the climbing rope for the climber. 听下面一段材料，回答第11至13题。 11．Where do the two speakers work? A．In a plant in Chicago. C．In an office in Atlanta.
12．Who has risen to a higher position? A．Jim has.
B．Marta has.
C．Both Jim and Marta have.
13．Why does the woman want to go on with her work in the office? A．She is fond of writing notices. B．She is still new in her position.
C．She hopes to keep in close touch with her superiors. 听下面一段材料，回答第14至17题。
14．What does Jane think of her trip to the West Coast? A．It was wonderful. A．It is noisy.
B．It was terrible.
C．We don’t know. B．The weather is hot.
15．What’s the disadvantage of Los Angeles?
C．There is no subway and the bus service is terrible. 16．What’s the weather in San Francisco? A．Warm and nice. comfortable. C．A little cold.
17．Why is it easy to go around in San Francisco? A．Because it is small and the transportation is good. has subways.
C．Because it has a smaller population. 听下面一段材料，回答第18至20题。 18．What can we learn about North Dakota?
A．A block party is an early sign of summer there. B．Indoor sports are popular in winter. C．Winter snows are usually deep there.
19．What do the people in North Dakota think of the season of winter? A．Quiet and satisfying.
B．Long and dull.
B．Because it
B
．
Cool
but
B．In a large company.
C．Short but exciting.
20．What can we learn about the people in North Dakota? A．The like answering questions. C．The dislike answering questions.
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21. During holidays, the ferries are usually packed with passengers, so there is no ________ that you can get a ticket.
A. avenue B. principleC. guaranteeD. symptom
22. The second most common use of the Internet, ________ seventy-nine per cent of Internet users, is to find out information about hobbies.
A. withB. of C. among D. for 23. When you are ________, ________ a list of websites you got your information, and an ________ friend can also read what you read.
A. finished; attach; interestingB. finished; attach; interested
C. finishing; attach; interestedD. finished; attaching; interested 24. Ladies and gentlemen, due to the heavy rain, the star who you ________ to see perform, will arrive in an hour.
A. have come B. come C. came D. are coming
25. WeChat is really convenient to communicate with each other in our daily life, but too many anecdotes(八卦新闻) on it ________ people.
A. choke off B. put off C. drop offD. let off
26. _____ of their bad habits, the boys switched from being dependent on their parents to _____ for others.
A. Having rid; sacrificing B. To rid; sacrifice C. Rid; sacrificing D. Riding; sacrifice 27. Her job, I think, must ________ well, for the evening dress she wears in the party always costs.
A. doB. be doneC. pay D. be paid 28. The use of technology for communication ________ talking face to face is one reason why real relationships are often sacrificed and ________ personal peace one has is destroyed whenever the phone rings.
A. rather than; whatever B. more than; no matter what C. less than; whatever D. other than; no matter who 29. He is the sort of man who is always ________. That is why he did not come late
B．They have various interests.
for the conference because of heavy rain yesterday.
A. aggressive B. valid C. elegantD. punctual
30. He ________ doctor in his early twenties, ________ his father had not wanted to make of him previously.
A. became; as B. got; whoC. grew; whatD. turned; which
31. When you are searching for some information online, just as you ________ look at when a book was published, you must also check the dates of the websites, usually at the bottom of the webpage.
A. mustB. might C. can D. should 32. One of the positive effects it has on our lives, I think, is our ability to ________ others through the Internet.
A. subscribe toB. contribute to C. relate toD. oppose to
33. It was when we were returning home ________ I realized what a good feeling it was
to have helped someone in trouble.
A. which B. that C. where D. how 34. Regular public broadcasting followed shortly afterwards, first ________ on 11 May 1928 in New York and on 20 August 1929 in London.
A. began B. to beginC. beginningD. begun
35. — How would you like your tea? —________
A. As it comes, please. B. Very much. C. It will do.
D.
Not really.
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36－55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
I was holding my book and watching her through the car window at that time. She was46when her husband came to the car. He opened the car door for her to47 . I could see very well as she moved to get out. She walked around to the passenger side very48 , leaning on a walking cane. The beautiful lady had a prosthesis(假肢) on the left leg. I couldn’t watch them drive away as the tears were49me.
When my50found me crying, he immediately asked what was wrong. Through my tears, I told him about the beautiful51 . He said he knew the story. The lady and her parents were in a car52 . Both her parents were killed and she was53injured. She was only 12 then.
I54for forgiveness all the way home. I thanked God over and over for my legs, arms and55 , and for teaching me a lesson early in life. 36. A. claim forof
37. A. enquiringexpecting
38. A. prettiest39. A. face casual
41. A. applaudabundantly 43. A. wavedcommanding 45. A. bargain46. A. rejecting 47. A. step out out
48. A. elegantlyslowly
49. A. swelling postponing 50. A. father neighbor 51. A. lady terminal
B. car
C. ferryC. affair
D. route D.
52. A. accident
B. event
B. husband
C. friend
D.
B. distributing
C. blinding
D.
B. complexly
C. sincerely
D.
B. answers
C. assumption
C. choking
D. adaptation D. bleeding
D. try
B. waitingB. drop out
B. conveyed B. dressing
C. bonded
D. dialed
D.
44. A. addressing
C. wearing
B. classify
B. all
C. correspond
C. instead
D. cry
D.
42. A. eventually
40. A. specific
B. richest
C. ugliest
D. tallest
D.
B. ears
C. fingers
D. teeth
B. scanning
C. admiring
D.
B. dream about
C. decide on
D. possess
B. aggressiveC. handsome
C. let out
篇三：2015-2016学年河北省武邑中学高二下学期第三次月考英语试题
河北武邑中学2015-2016学年年度下学期高二第三次月考
英语试题
命题人：高二英语组 2016.6.29
注意事项：
1.答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
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第I卷（ 共85分）
第一部分：听力(共两节，共20分)
第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一道小题，从每题所给的A B C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Where does the conversation probably take place?
A．At the bus station． B．In the rental center． C．In the restaurant．
2．What is Bob doing according to the dialogue?
A．Asking for help． B．Attending a job interview． C．Working as a receptionist．
3．Why does Peter look unhappy?
A．He was dumped by his girlfriend． B．His heart was torn．
C．No one loved him at al1．
4．What does the mail mean?
A．He has just retired from his company．
B．He makes his daughter earn money by herself．
C．He has no money to buy her a new camera．
5．What do all mothers have in common according to the conversation?
A．They would always like to do their hairs．B．They would like to buy cheaper things．
C．They are good at buying clothes．
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或对白，每段对话或对白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置，听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题。每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。
6．What has happened in the woman’s apartment?
A．The tap stops dripping．B．The water supply is cut off． C．The tap is just dripping．
7．When did the woman call the apartment manager?
A．Two hours ago． B．Three hours ago． C．Four hours ago．
听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8．What is John’s attitude to Connie’s coming facelift?
A．Funny． B．Surprised． C．Happy．
9．Who might become increasingly self-conscious about age problems?
A．John． B．Connie． C．Liz．
听第8段材料，回答第10至1 2题。
10．What does the woman worry about Jason?
A．Health． B．Oxygen． C．The doctor．
11．Why can a bad snore lead to heart failure according to what the man heard?
A．There is no enough oxygen to get to the brain．B．It is hard for Jason to breathe the air．
C．The brain has something to do with snoring．
12．What do you think Jason should do immediately?
A．Buy a pacemaker． B．See a doctor． C．Have a rest．
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。
13．What is Bob addicted to according to the conversation?
A．Studying subjects． B．Playing games． C．Reviewing work．
14．When does the conversation probably take place?
A．After midterm exam． B．Over midterm exam． C．Before Friday．
15．What’s the probable relationship between Bob and Joe?
A．Friends． B．Roommates． C．Classmates．
16．What’s the result of the conversation in the end?
A．Bob gave up playing computer games．
B．Bob followed Joe’s advice to review his work．
C．Bob and Joe played games altogether after the test．
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17．What is Jasper White’s problem?
A．He can’t get his own car into his garage．B．There is always a ear outside his gate．
C．His“No parking”signs have no effect．
18．Where do car owners always park their cars?
A．In front of Jasper White’s garage． B．In front of Jasper White’s house．
C．Behind Jasper White’s door．
19．What does Medusa，the Gorgon refer to?
A．A person’s name． B．A parking Car． C．An ugly stone．
20．What can we infer from the conversation?
A．Jasper White’s dream doesn't come true．
B．Cars and their owners are turned into stones．
C．Jasper White is a devoted Christian after all.
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You probably laugh at something you find funny, but how much do you really know
about jokes and humour? Reader’s Digest (RD) questioned several experts to give us some facts about them.
RD: What’s the oldest joke in the world?
“We can’t know the oldest joke in the world because it would have existed earlier than writing,” says Christie Davies, professor of sociology at the University of Reading in the UK. The
oldest joke book that’s been found so far is the Greek Philogelos. It dates from the 4th century AD, although the jokes date from an earlier time. According to psychogist Steve Wilson, director of National Humor Month ( April in the US ), it contains 265 jokes.
RD: Do some people fail to develop a sense of humour?
Rod Martin, professor of psychology at the Western University in Canada, believes
that while everyone is born without a sense of humour, as we develop, humour and laughter begin to appear. “Of course, some children are more serious, quiet, and less likely to laugh frequently, but this doesn’t mean they don’t have a sense of humour.” And according to Steve Wilson, there are no adults who don’t have a sense of humour. “Almost everyone is able to develop a sense of humour, and I teach people how,” he says.
RD: Do people share a sense of humour unique to their own nation?
Sense of humour does differ a lot by country, according to an author named Scott
Weems. British humour is thought to be absurd in nature, while American humour has an aggressive quality. According to a study, Germans are found to find everything funny.
21. What do we know about the oldest joke book?
A. It remains unknown.B. It was written in Greek.
C. It was found in the UK. D. It contains the oldest joke.
22. What does Rod Martin agree with about people’s sense of humour?
A. Nobody is born with a sense of humour.
B. Some adults lose it when they grow up.
C. Childhood is the best time to develop such ability.
D. Children have a poorer sense of humour than adults.
23. What kind of humour has an aggressive feature?
A. British humourB. German humour C. Canadian humourD. American humour
24. Where can you probably find the text?
A. In a popular magazine. B. In a research paper.
C. In a personal diary. D. In a textbook.
B
Kenya is losing an average of 100 of its 2,000 lions each year because of growing human settlements, increasing farming, climate change and diseases，according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).
“ Lions have a special place in Kenyans’life，” said Paul Udoto，a spokesman for the organization. “ Other than being the symbol of national strength, they are among the Big Five, a main attraction for visitors to Kenya. ”
There were 2,749 lions in Kenya in 2002 and Uieir population dropped to 2,280 by 2004 and to about 2,000 today, according to KWS figures.
“The fall of the lion population is worrying and every effort needs to be made to make sure that Kenya either protects its population of 2, 000 lions at present or increases the numbers to an ecologically acceptable level,” said Mr. Udoto.
“There is no doubt that the numbers are in free fall. I’” said Laurence Frank, project director of Living With Lions, a Kenya-based animal protection organization? i
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