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Oscar-winning director Ang Lee’s new epic “Life of Pi”reveals the relationship between a teenage Indian boy and a Bengal tiger. Butin reality, the predators（食肉动物） are under increasing threat fromhumans. Animal rights group PETA is hoping to use the popularity of the film tofocus people’s attention on the real life of Bengal tigers.

With the rising demand for tiger parts from East Asia,illegal hunting remains a tremendous danger for the remaining cat population. Back in 1947, there were 40,000 tigers in India, but the number isexperiencing a sharp decline to 1,706 despite campaigns to protect the animal.

Rising man-animal conflict is also one of the leadingcauses of decline in tiger numbers. In one of numerous reported attacks on theendangered big cats, villagers near the Bangladesh-India border, armed withsticks and boat oars, set upon the animal suspected to have attacked a localfisherman and beat it to death earlier this month. So far this year, 58 tigerdeaths have been reported in the country.

“The first instinct when a tiger is spotted is to justkill it,” grieved Gurmeet Sapal, a wildlife filmmaker. “The feeling of fear andrevenge is so strong that it shuts out any other emotion. What we don’t realizeis that the tiger never attacks humans until it is forced to.”

India has been struggling to stop the tiger'sdecline in the face of the loss of habitat as well that encourages the animalsto leave the forest for food. “The tiger’s rapidly exhausted prey base causesthe predator to go all out to get its food. Consequently, livestock and humanbeings become easy prey, which leads inevitably to conflict,” says a wildlifeconservationist.

Filmmaker Sapal says it is only normal for people tothink of the tiger as a dangerous animal, but its image as a human killer bearssome injustice. “Tigers never kill for sport nor store meat. They kill their preyonly in case of hunger. ” 

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statementsin no more than ten words)

1.PETA hopes “Life of Pi” can__________________________________.

2.Why did the villagers beat the tiger to death?

3.As a result of the loss of habitat,__________________________________ are more likely to be the big cat’svictims. 

4.When will tigers attack and kill people according tothe article?

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【答案】

1.focus people’s attention on the real life of Bengaltigers.   

2.Because it was suspected to have attacked a localfisherman  

3.livestock and human beings 

4.When (they are) hungry or attacked.  

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