英语六级快速阅读练习：南非五大动物保护区

　　A South Africa safari is the ideal wildlife trip to go on because the infrastlructure and accommodation is superb in all the wildlife parks there and it is still highly affordable in comparison to other African countries.

　　But given a choice some of the national parks and game reserves are better than others.

　　Here is a top five list ranking them according to travel reports received at the African Safari Journals website,my safari experience of twenty plus years,industry forums.magazines and the general consensus of the experts.

　　l.Kruger National Park

　　The Kruger National Park has to rank as one of the best South Africa safari destinations,only slightly behind the Masai Mara and Serengeti when it comes to wildlife viewing because the vegetation in Kruger can be dense and sometimes impair the ability co see longer distances.

　　But the variety of animals,birds and ecosystems that you can experience here are unparalleled anywhere else in Africa and the accommodation,roads and facilities are top notch and all at a very affordable price.

　　It's not unusual to see lion,leopard,cheetah,a pack of wild dog,rhino,elephant,buffalo and a whole host of antelope.crocodile and hippo in the course of a single trip including a variety of insects and reptiles.

　　On the bird front you will be spoiled with a seemingly never-ending supply of eagles,hawks,water birds and a host of migratory and indigenous species to the tune of about 510 different varieties.

　　You can easily do a self drive safari here and still see a decent amount of wildlife especially if you stick to the central and southern portions of this massive park (larger than Ireland).The north has fewer animals due to dryer conditions but also fewer tourists which makes for a more isolated and intimate wildlife experience.

　　If variety is the spice of life then a South Africa safari in the Kruger National Park is a rich dish indeed.

　　2.Sabi Sands Game Reserve

　　Sharing a fenceless bordcr on the western side of the Kruger National Park is the Sabi Sands game reserve which has a number of world famous private concessions like Mala Mala,Sabi Sabi and Londelozi.

　　The removal of the fence between the two parks allows the animals to move around freely and the game viewing experience is just as in the Kruger National with one important difference.Because this reserve is privately held,off road game tracking is allowed which improves your chances of finding the elusive big cats,elephant,rhino,buffalo and wild dog to a large degree.They also make use of two way radios in each safari vehicle so that if one finds something noteworthy the others can be alerted.

　　The sand and sabi rivers which bisect the reserve provide the focal point which attracts the wildlife to the area especially in the dry season.

　　So viewing the big cats on a South Africa safari here is virtually guaranteed and the accommnodation is some of the best in the world as illustrated by the Singita lodge which was the first and only accommodation in the history of the Conde Nast Gold List Reader Poll to get a perfect 100 score, an honour it has held for three years.There are about thirty different top class lodges situated in the reserve.

　　But this all comes at a price and unless you have reasonably deep pockets,this fantastic reserve will be out of reach which is why it doesn't get the Nr.one ranking for South Africa safari national parks and reserves.

　　3.Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park

　　If you want to see the endangered black and white rhinos in the wild then this is the park to head for because this is where the inexorable tide to extinction for the white rhino in Southern Africa was stemmed.

　　It now boasts the largest population of while rhino in the world numbering over l,600 and also a slowly increasing population of black rhino at just over 400.

　　On a South Africa safari here you will also be able to see lion,leopard,buffalo,elephant and cheetah in this park and more than 400 bird species have been recorded.Due to the large number of resident elephants you might have some close encounters witht them on the roads as they cross in front of you.

　　You can go for a daily walk in the park in the company of an armed ranger or you can do a several day extended hike in the southern Umfolozi portion.

　　4.Madikwe Game Reserve

　　This is a latter day Noah's ark story because most of the wildlife contained in this park was relocated here from other areas in 1991.

　　Twenty seven different species amounting to over lO,OOO head of game were re-introduced into this area where they once thrived but had disappeared because of hunting and habitat destruction.

　　A huge advantage of taking a South Africa safari in this park is that it is not situated in a malaria area so you don't have to bother about taking malaria tablets as you do in most other reserves.

　　All of the big five are on view here as well as cheetah and the rare wild dog packs which are the stars or the show here being regularly sighted patrolling their huge territories.Your chances of seeing them seem to be better here than most other parks.

　　Rare amtelope like the eland.gemsbok and sable put in an appearance here too and you will be able to enjoy your wildlife viewing in relative peace and isolation because not many tourists know about this excellent game reserve.

　　5.Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

　　The locals know that this is an excellent game park and it falls into that“best kept secret”category that each country seems to have where for some unknown reason a reserve doesn't get the notice from tourists and safari companies that it deserves.

　　Maybe it's because this reserve is set in the Kalahari desert and people don't normally associate deserts with lots of wildlife but there are always exceptions to the rule and this South Africa safari park qualifies.

　　You can see some pretty specialised and very interesting game here such as the gemsbok antelope which can go for months without water.springbok,blue wildebeest,eland and red hartebeest.

　　And wherever there is a good supply of antelope,the predators are never far away such as the black maned lions which this area has a disproportionate supply off,leopard and cheetah which can make full use of the wide open spaces to chase their prey at top speed.

　　The meerkat (suricate) is also regularly seen here and bat eared foxes contribute to the scavenging duties.

　　This South Africa park is famous for birds of prey such as the pygmy falcon and the sociable weaver which builds nests which are the bird equivalent of apartment blocks that are sometimes so big they break the branches they rest on.

　　There are hundreds of companies offering safari trips to South Africa.This Top Safari in South Africa operators list helps you choose effectively between them.

　　South Africa safari trip reports give you a great idea of what to expect from a trip like this by learning from other peoples travel experiences.

　　测试题

　　l.Among the South Africa Safari destinations.the Masai Mara is the best one for_________________.

　　A) hiking B) wildlife watching

　　C) bird viewing D) self-drive frip

　　2.In the Kruger National Park,you can find as many as 510 kinds of__________________.

　　A) predators B) insects C) reptiles D) birds

　　3.In the Kruger National Park.comparatively fewer tourists go to its________________.

　　A) western part B) eastern part C) northern part D) southern part

　　4.Mala Mala is one of the world famous private concessions which are located in____________.

　　A) the Kruger National Park B) Sabi Sands game reserve

　　C) Sabi Sabi D) Londelozi

　　5.Sabi Sands game reserve allows tourists to track the wild game off road because______________.

　　A) it is fenceless

　　B) it borders the Kruger National Park

　　C) each car is equipped with a two-way radio

　　D) it is privately owned

　　6.How many top class lodges are there in the Sabi Sands game reserve?

　　A) About lOO. B) About 30.

　　C) Only two. D) Only three.

　　7. The largest population of white rhino in the world can be found in__________________.

　　A) Sabi Sands Game Reserve B) Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park

　　C) Madikwe Game Reserve D) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park

　　8.When tourists want to have a daily walk in the Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park,they must be escorted by_______________.

　　9.Twenty seven different specics of wildlife were re-introduced into Madikwe Game Reserve after their extinction due to______________.

　　10.Gemsbok is one kind of specialized and interesting antelopes because it___________________.

　　答案详解

　　1.[B][定位]根据题中的Masai Mara查找到第1个小标题1.Kruger National Park部分的首段。

　　解析：原文该句中的the Masai Mara...when it comes to wildlife viewing表明本题应选B,其他选项在该段均未提及，与the Masai Mara无关。

　　2.[D][定位]根据题干中的Kruger National Park查找到第1个小标题1.Kruger National Park部分的第4段。

　　解析：原文该段的话题是“鸟类”，510 different varieties指的是5l0种不同的鸟类，因此本题应选D。

　　3.[C][定位]根据题干中的tourists查找到第1个小标题1.Kruger National Park部分的第5段末句。

　　解析：原文该句中的The north...less tourists表明本题应选C，选项D在该段首句也有提及，但不符合题意，其他两个选项并未提及。

　　4.[B][定位]根据题干中的Mala Mala查找到第2个小标题2.Sabi Sands Game Reserve部分的首段。

　　解析：题目中的Mala Mala在原文该段的定语从句中提及，该定语从句的先行词为 the Sabi Sands game reserve.表明 Mala Mala位于the Sabi Sands game reserve里面，因此本题应选B。

　　5.[D][定位]根据题干中的off road查找到第2个小标题2.Sabi Sands Game Reserve部分的第2段第2句。

　　解析：选项D与原文该句开头的Because...引出的内容相同，定位原文后可很快确定选项D为本题答案。

　　6.[B][定位]根据题干中的top class lodges查找到第2个小标题2.Sabi Sands Game Reserve部分的第4段末句。

　　解析：原文该句中的thirty...表明本题应选B，选项A中的100和D中的three在该段也有提及，但它们均不是“高级宾馆”的数目，不符合题意;C在文中未提及。

　　7.[B][定位]根据题干中的white rhino查找到第3个小标题3.Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park部分的第2段。

　　解析：根据关键词可将题目所在的段落定位于文章第3个小标题Hluhluwe Umfolozi National Park部分，由此可见本题应选B，其他选项均与white rhino无关。本题可利用出题的顺序性，先在第2个小标题和第3个小标题下面的部分寻找，找到在第3个小标题下第2段的出处后，其他两个选项就无须再看了。

　　8.[an armed ranger]

　　[定位]根据题干中的daily walk等词查找到第3个小标题3.Hluhluwe UmfoloziNational Park部分的末段。

　　解析：空白处应为名词(词组)。原文中的in the company of和题目中的escort都有“陪伴”的含义，由此可见，of后的介词宾语an armed ranger就是本题答案。

　　9.[hunting and habitat destruction]

　　[定位]根据题干中的Twenty seven等词查找到第4个小标题4.Madikwe Game Reserve部分的第2段。

　　解析：空白处应为名词(词组)。本题要求查找的是造成以前物种灭绝的原因，原文以because of引出该原因，because of和due to同义,因此because of引出的名词词组即为本题答案。

　　10.[can go for months without water]

　　[定位]根据题干中的Gemsbok等词查找到最后一个小标题5.Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park部分的第3段。

　　解析：空白处应为从句的谓语部分，可包括动词及其宾语。原文该句中which引出的定语从句描述了gemsbok这种羚羊的特点，这个从句是为了举例说明该句中的specialized and interesting game，由此可见，which引出的从句解释了作者认为gemsbok有趣的原因。要注意的是，which引出的从句到water一词就结束了，接下来的springbok，blue wildebeest等词可根据它们的构词推断它们应该是和gemsbok一样都是羚羊的品种，并非是water一词的并列成分。

　　参考译文

　　南非野生动物园五大国家公园和野生动物保护区

　　南非旅行是人们进行野生生物观光旅行的理想选择，因为这里所有的野生生物公园的基础设施和住宿条件都是上乘的。而且，与其他非洲国家相比，这里的价格也非常全理。

　　同时，如果要选择的话，这里的一些国家公园和野生生物保护区又比其他的旅游地要好。

　　以下是前五名的排名名单，其依据是非洲旅游杂志网站提供的旅行报告，以及本人二十多年以来的旅游经验、产业论坛、杂志和专家的共识。

　　1.克鲁格国家公园

　　[1]克鲁格国家公园应该被列为最佳南非旅行目的地之一，当然就野生生物景观而言，稍逊于马萨伊玛拉(Masaj Mara)和塞伦盖蒂(Serengeti),因为克鲁格国家公园的植被很浓密，有时会有碍于人们向远处观望。

　　但是，在这里你所能体验到的动物品种、鸟类和生态系统与非洲其他地方相比都是无双的，而且住宿条件、变通道路和各种设施也是一流的，并且价格合理。

　　光单程游览过程中你都能见到狮子、豹子、猎豹、一群群的野狗、犀牛、大象、水牛和整群的羚羊、鳄鱼和河马，以及各种各样的昆虫和爬行动物。

　　[2]在鸟类园，你可以尽情观看那似乎永远也看不完的秃鹫、鹰、水鸟，以及许多引进的或本土的鸟类，品种达510之多。

　　在这里.你可以轻松地自驾车旅行，并能观看相当数量的野生生物，如果你在这个巨型公园(算面积超过爱尔兰)的中央和南部位置转悠的话更是如此。[3]因为干旱的气候条件，北部的动物要少一些，这里的游客也相对较少，因而你能近距离地体验到更偏远地的野生生物。

　　如果品种的多样性是生活的调味品的话，那么在南非克鲁格国家公园旅行确实是一盘丰盛的菜肴。

　　2.塞比沙滩野生动物保护区

　　克鲁格国家公园的西边与塞比沙滩野生动物保护区共同拥有一条不设栅栏的边界。[4]塞比沙难野生动物保护区内有许多世界著名的私人拥有的区域，如Mala Mala,Sabi Sabi和Londelozi。

　　撤除两个公园之间的栅栏使动物得以自由地行动，在此观察动物的体验与在克鲁格国家公园一样，只是有一点不同。[5]由于这个保护区属于私人拥有，允许游客离开道路追踪动物，这样你见到难以被发现的大型猫科动物、大象、犀牛、水牛和野狗的几率就大大增加，管理员使用安置在每辆旅行车上的双向无线电接收装置，这样，若有游客发现了值得一看的动物会马上提醒其他游客。

　　沙滩以及将塞比保护区分成两块的塞比河流是一个重点地带，它把野生动物吸引过来，尤其是在旱季。

　　所以，这绝对保证你在这里进行南非旅行时能观赏大型猫科动物，而且住宿条件是世界上最佳的，正如Singita旅馆所证明的，它是Conde Nast金名单读者民意测验史上第一家也是唯一一家得到满分100分，它的这一荣誉保持了三年。[6]这个保护区内有大约三十家品味不同的高级旅馆。

　　当然，所有这一切都得付出代价。如果口袋里没有一定数额的金钱的话是无法享受这里的美妙园区的。所以它在南非国家公园和野生动物保护区的排名中没有得到“易接近”的称号。

　　3.Hluhluwe Umfolozi国家公园

　　如果你想要在野外看到濒临灭绝的黑、白色犀牛，那这个公园就是你应该前往的地方，因为正是在这里南非犀牛的无情的灭种浪潮受到了遏制。

　　[7]现在这里号称拥有世界上最大数量的白色犀牛，数目超过1600头，而且数目慢慢增长的黑犀牛刚好超过400头。

　　在这里进行南非旅行，你也能在这个公园看到狮子、豹子、水牛、大象和猎豹，而且有记录鸟的种类超过400种。由于这里有很多常驻大象，也许在它们横过公路时你能在路面上与他们近距离接触。

　　[8]你可以在一位带有武器的巡逻员的陪同下每天在公园散步，或者你可以在南部的Umfolozi区域进行持续几天的远足。

　　4.Madikwe野生动物保护区

　　这是一个当代的诺亚方舟故事，因为这个公园的太多数野生生物都是1991年才从其他区域被调迁到这里的。

　　[9]27个不同种类共计10000多头野生动物被再度引进到这个它们曾经繁衍但由于狩猎和栖所破坏而曾经消失的区域。

　　在这里进行南非旅行的一个极是好处是，这个公园的位置不在疟疾区域范围，因此不必像在其他保护区那样需要吃疟疾药片。

　　所有五种大型动物在这里都能看到，而猎豹和罕见的野狗群则成为这里的展示之星，人们经常见它们在自己的宽阔领地里活动。同其他多数国家公园相比，在这里见到它们的几率似乎更高。

　　罕见的羚羊如大羚羊、南非大羚羊和黑貂也都在这里出现，你能相对平和不受干扰地观赏野生动物，因为并不是很多游人知道这个迷人的野生动物保护区。

　　5.Kgalagadi境外公园

　　当地人都知道，这是一个迷人的野生动物公园，并且它属于那种各个国家似乎都有的“被严守的秘密”一类，因为某种未知的原因，这个野生动物保护区没有得到游人和旅行公司应该给予的关注。

　　原因可能是这个野生动物保护区位于非洲南部的喀拉哈里沙漠，人们往往不会把很多野生生物与沙漠联想在一起。但是凡事总有一些例外，而南非旅行公园就符合这种例外。

　　[10]在这里你能看到一些特殊而十分有趣的野生动物，譬如能几个月不喝水而生存下来的南非大羚羊、跳羚、蓝色角马、大羚羊和红色大羚羊。

　　并且只要有大量羚羊的地方，掠食性动物就永远不会走远，譬如这个区域不成比例的黑色鬃毛狮子以及能充分利用开阔空间全速追逐猎物的豹子和猎豹。

　　南非海岛猫鼬(即沼狸)通常也在这里出没，而蝠耳狐在这里做出净化贡献。

　　这个南非公园因其食肉鸟而出名，譬如矮小猎鹰和好群居的织巢鸟，它们建造的鸟巢有如公寓楼，有时大得把它们栖息的树枝都折断。

　　有上百家公司提供前往南非的旅行服务。这个南非最佳旅行清单可以帮助你进行有效的选择。

　　南非旅行报告让你能够通过了解他人的旅行经验而预期这样一次旅行会是什么样的。