雅思阅读真题：The Big Cats at the Sharjah Breeding Center_雅思英语阅读

雅思阅读真题：The Big Cats at the Sharjah Breeding Center

　　这篇雅思阅读真题的主要内容是讨论了在Sharjah这个地方的野生动物的孵化中心。这座野生动物孵化中心的位置，作用，研究成果等等都是这篇文章介绍的内容。在文章后面附上了13道问题，供大家解答。

　　It is one of the few places where you will be able to spot them all at the same time the Arabian wolf, an African cheetah, an Arabian leopard, an oryx, a gazelle. These are just some of the animals, which, on the brink of extinction, are now getting a new lease of life thanks to the exemplary work being done at the Breeding Centre for Endangered Arabian Wildlife in Sharjah.

　　Sharjah is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. The Breeding Centres expertise and facilities have made it a prime destination for illegally imported animals confiscated by UAE and Sharjah authorities. In the last four years, more than 900 mammals and reptiles and 969 birds have arrived at the centre, including 25 North African cheetahs, Houbara bustard and falcons, lions, a baby Nile crocodile and a Burmese python that was left in a rental car at the airport.

　　The 25 cheetahs were all imported illegally into the UAE and were intercepted at the UAE harbour and airport entry points. They nearly all arrived malnourished, dehydrated and highly stressed after long voyages stuffed into boxes, crates and suitcases. Now they are bright and full of energy. The Centres efforts have also been rewarded when the first cheetah mating took place at the end of 2002. Playing matchmaker with these beautiful creatures is no easy task successful breeding requires considerable patience and intimate knowledge of each animals personality, and it is the result of intensive and expert management of each animal within the group as well as of the group as a whole.