差距英语-wizardry
第
19
练
世界与环境
基础巩固
Ⅰ.单句语法填空
1
．
Theamountofwaterwhichissuitable___
_________(drink) islessandlessnow.
2
．
Nowmoreandmorepeoplepaymoreatt
entiontohow________________(save) water.
3
．
Withthedevelopmentofscie
nceandtechnology
，
itbecomesmo
reimportant________________(protect)
ourenvironment.
4
．
InChinaalotofriversandlakesare________(serious)
pollutedbysomefactories.
5
．<
/p>
Somewastewaterhasbeenpouredintoriversand
lakes
，
________(kill)
alargenumberoffish.
6
．
Ifeveryonemakesacontributiontoprot
ectingtheenvironment
，
theworl
d________________(become) muchmorebeautiful.
7
．
Howtoprotectourenvir
onmenthasbeenoneofthemostdifficult________(problem
)
intheworld.
8
．<
/p>
Weshouldplantmoreandmoretreesinordertoli
vebetterand________(healthy)
inthefuture.
9
．
Itishightimethatthegovernment____________
____(take)
somemeasurestoreducepollution.
< br>10._________thewholethewarmingoftheearthisaphen omenonthatcausesgreatconcern.
11
．
Thegovernmentshouldtakeactiontosto
pthesefactories________(produce)
harmfulgases.
12
．
Withouttheshadefromthetrees
，
theearthwouldgettoohottolive________. <
/p>
13
．
Thegrowingspeed
ofaplantisinfluencedbyanumberoffactors
，
mostof________arebeyondourcontrol.
14
．
Nowadaysmanyfactor
iesproducelargeamountsofchemicals________arepoison
oustohum
anbeings.
15
< br>．
Nobodyknows________(exact)
< br>whyandhowdinosaursdisappearedfromtheearthinsuch ashorttime.
话题词汇
1
．
pollution
n
．污染
2
．
atmosphere
n
．大气，气氛
3
．
conseque
nce
n
．结果，后果
4
．
attachgreatimportance
to...
十分重视……
5
．
beawareof...
意识到……
6
．
damage
v
．毁坏
7
．
makeadifference
有
影响
8
．
e
nvironment
n
．环境
9
．
suffer
v
．受苦，遭受
10
．
cause
v
．导致
能力提升
Ⅱ.阅读理解
A
(2018·安徽皖北协作区联考
)
egrowing
internationalconcern
，
rainforestscontinuetobedestroyedatapac
eover80,ainforestcove
ctivitieshavehadan
effectonmuchofth
isremainingarea.
Deforestation(
森
林
滥
伐
)
，
< br>，
oftropicalrainforestshasaglobaleffe
ctthroughspeciesextinction
thelossofimpo
rtantecosystemservicesandrenewableresources
r
，
thisdestructioncanbesl
owed
，
stopped
，
andinsomecasesevenreversed(
逆
转
)
．
Mostpeo
pleagreethattheproblemmustbesolved
，
butthemeansarenotassimpleasbuildingfencesar
oundtheremainingrainforestsorbanningt
ic
，
political
，
andsocialpressureswillnotallowrainforeststoco
ntinuetoexistiftheyarecompletelyclo
sedo
fffromuseanddevelopment.
So
，
whatshouldbedone
？
Thesolutionmustbebasedonwhatispractical
，
notcompletelyidealisticanddependsondev
elopingaconservationapproachbuiltontheprin
< br>cipleofsustainable(
可
持
续
的
)
，
theresponsibledevelopmentofrainforests
effortstorestoredamagedforestlandsalongwithth
eestablishmentofprotectedareasareke
ytos
ecuringrainforestsforthelong?termbenefitstheycanpr
ovideformankind.
Historicapp
roachestorainforestconservationhavefailed
regions
，
，
closin
goffforestsasuntouchableparksandreserveshasneither
improvedthequalityoflivi
ngoreconomicopp
ortunitiesfortheruralpoor
norstoppedfore
stclearingbyillegalwoodcuttersanddevelopers.
，
Theproblemwiththistraditionalapp
roachtopreservingwildlandsindevelopingcount
riesiseopl
eandthegovernmentitselfmu
stseefinancialreturnstoprovethecostsofmaintainingp
arksf
romeconomicactivities.
16
．
Whathascausedsomespeciese
xtinctioninthetropicalrainforests?
A
．Humans’destr
oyingthetrees.
B
．
Carbonsinksbeingre
duced.
C
．
Lackingr
enewableresources.
D
．
Fencesnotbeingbuiltaroundtherainforests.
17
．
Whatcanbeinferredfr
omthepassage?
A
．
T
ropicalrainforestscanbeeasilypreserved.
B
．
Rainforestsmustbeclosedof
ftobebetterprotected.
C
．
Humanactivitieshavehadaneffectontropicalrai
nforests.
D
．
Econo
micreturnscanmakeadifferenceinprotectingtropicalra
inforests.
18
．Whatistheautho
r’sattitudetotropicalrainforestprotection?
< br>
A
．
Indifferent.
C
．
Doubtful.
B
．
Concerned.
D
．
Puzzled.
19
．
Whatisthepurposeofth
epassage?
A
．
Tosho
wthebadeffectsofdeforestation.
B
．
Tostresstheimportanceoftherainfore
sts.
C
．
Toappealfo
rrightwaystosavetherainforests.
D
．
Tointroducethefactofforestsdisapp
earing.
B
Forcent
uries
，
elephantshaveplayedabi
groleintheworld’seconomies
，
i
canelephantsusedtobefoundalloverAfricaandtheAsiane
le
ys
，
elephantsare
foundinsmallgroupsinthesouthoftheSaharaDesertandsc
arcelyinSoutheastA
sia
，
SriLankaandIndia.
Intheearlytwenti
ethcentury
，
therewereclosetot
enmillionelephants
，
andnowthe
elephantnumberisaslowas252,000andexpectedtodropdow
nto160,
een2007and2014
，
theelephantpopulationfellbyatleast30%
< br>，
，
or144,archershavetravel
edovertheAfricanplains
earthatthes
egentlemammalsaredisappearingrightbeforeourey
es.