Tigers around the world are faced with many dangers. Although with many challenges, Nepal’s wild tiger population has increased by 190 percent since 2009. According to Nepal’s National Tiger and Prey Survey 2022, there are now 355 wild tigers in the country, compared to 121 in 2010.

Ginette Hemley at the World Wildlife Fund said, “Tigers in Nepal and other 10 countries in Asia, were reducing because of two main reasons. The most important one was illegal(非法的) hunting for the illegal animal trade. The second reason was loss of habitat(栖息地).”

To increase the number of wild tigers, Nepal took strong action to stop illegal hunting. Nepal also added protections of roads in protected areas. Hemley said, “Nepal really does stand out as a leader in protecting tigers... The tigers are protected by the government, not only people.”  

It’s important to point out that the increase in wild tigers has come with an increase in deaths of people living near forest lands. Hopefully we will continue to see a recovery in tiger populations, as well as action taken to protect local people.

1.The writer uses numbers in Paragraph one to ________.

A let readers know tigers are in danger

B encourage readers to face challenges

C tell readers tigers in Nepal have increased

D show the increasing population of Nepal’s wild tigers

解析：选D。D推理判断题。根据第一段的“Although with many challenges”“increased by 190 percent”“355 wild tigers...compared to 121”可知，第一段列举这些数据的意图在于告诉读者，近年来尼泊尔的野生老虎数量有所增加。故选D。

2.What does the second paragraph mainly talk about?

A The reasons why there were fewer tigers.

B The living places of wild tigers.

C The number of living wild tigers.

D The action taken to save tigers.

解析：选A。A段落大意题。根据第二段的“were reducing because of two main reasons”“The most important one was”“The second reason was”可知，第二段主要讲了老虎数量减少的原因。故选A。

3.What did Hemley think of Nepal’s action?

A He didn’t think Nepal did something right.

B He thought highly of what Nepal did.

C He was angry with Nepal’s action.

D It helped the government with animal trade.

解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据第三段的“Nepal really does stand out as a leader in protecting tigers...”可知，赫姆利高度赞扬了尼泊尔在保护老虎方面所做出的努力。故选B。

4.What does the writer advise doing?

A Facing dangers and challenges.

B Building protected areas for people.

C Reducing the number of wild tigers.

D Protecting humans nearby.

解析：选D。D细节理解题。根据最后一段最后一句的“as well as action taken to protect local people”可知，作者建议人们在致力于增加野生老虎数量的同时，也要保护好周边的人类。故选D。

5.In which part of a newspaper can we most probably read the passage?

A Nature.

B Culture.

C Travel.

D Geography.

解析：选A。A推理判断题。本文围绕尼泊尔野生老虎数量有所增加展开，讲的是动物，最有可能在“自然”版块读到。故选A。