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【新冠病毒肺炎疫情专题】
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不吃野生动物
（包含答案）
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一、时文阅读
Humanity has wiped out many animal
populations since
1970, report finds
“We
are
rapidly
running
out
of
time,”
said
Prof
Johan
Rockstr?m,
a
global
sustainability expert
at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact
Research
in
Germany. “Only
by
addressing both ecosystems and
climate (1) ______
we
stand
a
chance
of
safeguarding
a(n)
s
table
planet
for
humanity’s
future
on
Earth.”
Many scientists believe the world has
begun a sixth mass extinction, the first to
be caused by a species
–
Homo sapiens. Other recent
analyses have revealed
that humankind
(2) ______(destroy) 83% of all mammals and half of
plants
since the dawn of civilisation
and (3) ______, even if the destruction were to
end now, it would take 5-7 million
years for the natural world to recover.
The
Living
Planet
Index,
(4)
______(produce)
for
WWF
by
the
Zoological
Society of
London, uses data on 16,704 populations of
mammals, birds, fish,
reptiles and
amphibians, representing more than 4,000 species,
to track the
decline (5)______wildlife.
Between 1970 and 2014, the (32) (6)______(late)
data
available,
populations
fell
by
an
average
of
60%.
Four
years
ago,
the
decline was 52%. The “shocking truth”,
said Barrett, is that the wildlife crash is
continuing unabated.
Wildlife and the ecosystems are vital
to human life, said Prof Bob Watson, one
of
the
world’s
most
eminent
environmental
(7)
______(scientist)
and
currently
chair
of
an
intergovernmental
panel
on
biodiversity
that
said
in
March
that
the
destruction
of
nature
is
as
dangerous
(8)
______
climate
change.
“Nature contributes to human wellbeing
(9) ______(cultural) and spiritually,
as well as through the critical
production of food, clean water, and energy, and
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【新冠病毒肺炎疫情专题】
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不吃野生动物
（包含答案）
through regulating
the Earth’s climate, pollution,
pollination and floods,” he
said. “The
Living Planet report clearly demonstrates that
human activities
are
destroying nature at an unacceptable
rate, threatening the wellbeing of current
and future generations.”
The biggest cause of wildlife losses is
the destruction of natural habitats, much
of
it
to
create
farmland.
Three-quarters
of
all
land
on
Earth
is
now
(10)
______(significant) affected by human
activities. Killing for food is the next
biggest cause
–
300 mammal species are being eaten into extinction
–
while
the
oceans
are
massively
overfished,
with more
than
half
now
being
industrially fished.
二、参考答案
：
DBACH
EKIFJ
(1)
do
(2)
has destroyed
(3)
that
(4)
produced
(5)
o
f
(6)
latest
(6)
(7)
scientists
(8)
as
(9)
culturally
(10)
significantly
三、核心词汇
：
[r
??vi?l]
v.
揭示
;
透露
;
展示
No test will reveal how much of the
drug was taken.
没有哪项测试可以测出用药量。
2.
进义辨析
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【新冠病毒肺炎疫情专题】
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不吃野生动物
（包含答案）
disclose /expose /reveal
(
揭露
)
（
1
）
disclose v. [
正式
]
揭露，透露
指公开某事，尤指不为人知的或被隐瞒的事。
He disclosed important information to
the rival of his company.
他向公司的竞争对手泄露了重要信息。
（
2
）
expose v.
暴露，显露
尤指揭露丑闻、阴谋等不好的事。
The report exposes the disadvantages of
the present transportation system.
该报道揭露了现有运输系统的不足之处。
（
3
）
reveal v.
揭示，揭露
指揭露此前不为人知或隐秘的事，常可与
disclose
换用。
She will never reveal/disclose her
friends' secrets.
她绝不会泄露朋友的秘密。
3.
词根词缀
veil= to cover
盖上
(1)
reveal v.
揭露
re
相反；反对；不
+
veal
〔
=
veil
〕盖上
→
不盖上
→
揭露
(2)
unveilv.
揭露
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