Trees are commonly cut down for wood and paper.
The production of oxygen is a result of photosynthesis, but it is not the main purpose of this process.
The process of photosynthesis
The first step in photosynthesis is using the sun’s energy. During this process, chlorophyll (叶绿素) absorbs the light energy of the sun. The energy from the sun then acts upon the water absorbed by the roots of the plant. Carbon dioxide sent into the atmosphere by animals and humans is then absorbed by the plant’s leaves and paired with the hydrogen to produce sugar. The sugar is turned into plant food.
Threats to tree photosynthesis
A.The purposes of photosynthesis |
B.The advantages of photosynthesis |
C.In fact, oxygen is simply a by product |
D.It is also responsible for giving plants their green color |
E.During this process, extra oxygen is produced and released |
F.The trees that change carbon dioxide into oxygen are disappearing rapidly |
G.But the greatest value of trees comes from their ability to turn the sun’s energy into chemical energy |
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【推荐1】Buck’s first day on the beach was a nightmare. Every hour was filled with shock or surprise. He had been suddenly removed from civilization and thrown into the heart of a primitive world. Here there was neither peace nor rest, nor a moment’s safety. It was essential to be constantly alert, for these dogs and men were not town dogs and men. They were savages, all of them, who knew no law but the law of Club and Tooth.
Buck had never seen dogs fight like these, and his first experience taught him an unforgettable lesson. He was fortunate that it was Curly who was the victim, not himself. Curly, in her friendly way, tried to make friends with a husky dog. The dog was the size of a full-grown wolf, but not half as large as Curly was. There was no warning: only a fast jump, a metallic cut of teeth, and a jump back. Curly’s face was ripped open from eye to mouth.
It was wolf fighting, to strike and jump away, but there was more to it than this. Thirty or forty huskies ran to watch. They surrounded the fighters in a silent, watching circle, all licking their lips. Curly rushed at the husky, who struck again and jumped away. He met her next rush with his chest in a strange way that knocked her over. She never got up again. This was what the watching huskies had waited for. They closed in on her, snarling and yelping. Curly was buried, screaming in pain, under the dogs’ bodies.
1. Why did Buck have to be ‘constantly alert’?A.He couldn’t fall asleep | B.He was worried about Curly |
C.He had to make sure he was always safe | D.He was in a lot of pain |
A.You must have a tooth and club in the wild | B.The strongest make the rules |
C.The weakest must survive in the wild | D.The tooth must fight the club |
A.Run at the enemy non-stop | B.First to strike wins |
C.Attack and step back | D.Wolves only use their paws to fight |
A.Dogs will always fight other dogs for food |
B.Buck wanted to help Curly, but he was afraid of the huskies |
C.The only way dogs can survive is by eating other dogs |
D.Only the strongest shall survive in the wild |
【推荐2】The color of food might affect just how much you want to eat them,but what about the birds in your neighborhood?Would they care what color their food is?Try this out for a science fair project,or just to learn something new while making your local birds happy.
Begin this experiment with the question“What color of birdseed(鸟食),if any,will birds like the most?”, and then make a hypothesis (假设) based on your question. An example might be“Birds will eat more green birdseed than other colors of birdseed.”
You should get several bird feeders. Purchase birdseed that is very light in color. To color the birdseed, pour it into a bowl and then add food coloring that you can purchase from the store. Mix them up well with a spoon and continue to add coloring until all the seed is colored. You should sample at least a few colors and have one feeder with seed that has not been colored—this is called the control and it will give you something to compare your results to. Now just hang them up outside in the same location,and wait for your feathered friends to show up. This works best in an area where birds are used to feeding from a feeder—it can take birds over a week to find new feeders.
Observe your bird feeders whenever possible,and keep track of how much seed is in each bird feeder each day. A ruler is helpful for this. You might also want to take pictures of the feeders and keep track of what kind of birds visit each feeder. Over time,you should be able to see if one color of seed gets eaten more than others.
Once your experiment is done,you will be able to go back to your hypothesis and see if it is correct. Remember, it’s not bad if your hypothesis was wrong. The main thing is that you’ve learned something from your experiment,and hopefully you had some fun doing it.
1. What’s the purpose of this experiment?A.To see what color birds like most. |
B.To make local birds happy. |
C.To see if the color of food affects birds. |
D.To find how local birds feed themselves. |
A.Observing bird feeders. | B.Raising a question. |
C.Collecting all the data. | D.Making a hypothesis. |
A.feeders | B.birds |
C.neighbors | D.locals |
A.They are filled with some water. | B.They are placed in secret places. |
C.They are painted in different colors. | D.They are all the same size and type. |
【推荐3】A Guangzhou-based company that runs the world's largest factory of mosquitoes used to control the species signed agreements Tuesday to control mosquitoes in Beitun, Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region.
Guangzhou Wolbaki Biotech Co will help Beitun city in Xinjiang's Altay prefecture(地区) fight mosquitoes. The Altay region is one of the world's four places with the largest mosquito population, said Xu Longquan, deputy mayor of Beitun.
In spring and summer, when the snow on the Altay Mountains melts, water from reservoirs (水库)runs into forests and meadows(草地)and forms swarms(沼泽) and pools that become breeding grounds for mosquitoes, Xu said.
Between May and August, which is a local tourism peak season, the number of mosquitoes soars(激增), annoying local residents and tourists, he said.
Although efforts are made every year to control mosquitoes, it is hard to tackle the problem at the root.
Guangzhou Wolbaki chairman Xi Zhiyong, who is also director of the Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control and Prevention at Guangzhou-based Sun Yat-sen University, has led the research on using mosquitoes to eliminate mosquitoes.
In the research, male mosquitoes are infected with Wolbachia, a bacterium that exists widely in many insects, including mosquitoes.The eggs produced by female mosquitoes that mate with Wolbachia-infected male are infertile(不能生殖的) and that helps lead to reduced mosquito numbers.
Xi also said :“ The company will apply this kind of method to the control of mosquitoes in Beitun, hopefully, we will help improve the life of locals and tourists’experience.”
1. What does the underlined words “breeding grounds” mean?A.Fields that have swarms and pools. . |
B.Places to reproduce. |
C.Someplace near water. |
D.Places mosquitoes like. |
A.Altay region has the largest mosquito population. |
B.Mosquitoes have become a problem because of climate change. |
C.The mosquito problem may not have affected the local tourism. |
D.Water and temperature are the factors for the thriving(兴盛)of mosquitoes. |
A.a biological method. |
B.other animals. |
C.some chemicals. |
D.whatever they can. |
A.Mosquitoes-a major problem in Xinjiang, |
B.Wolbaki Biotech Co -a mosquito control company. |
C.A mosquito control company gets contracts in Xinjiang. |
D.Efforts to control mosquitoes in Beitun,Xinjiang. |
【推荐1】Summer brings flowers and dirt and barbeque smoke. In the most wintery places, there isn’t much outside on cold days except snow, strong wind and cars warming up. Pine needles, wood smoke and snow---these are the smells of winter, and for people who live with different seasons, wintry weather brings its own set of olfactory(嗅觉的) experiences. But why does the cold of winter smell different from the heat of summer?
One reason is that odor (气味) molecules move much more slowly as the air temperature drops, said Pamela Dalton, an olfactory scientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. That means that there are simply fewer smells to smell on a cold, crisp day than there are on a hot and humid one. It’s the same reason why hot soup smells more than cold soup does and why the garbage truck leaves behind the strongest smells on steamy summer days.
What’s more, our noses don’t work quite well when the surrounding air is cold, Dalton said. In experiments that require biopsies(活组织检查) of olfactory receptors that lie deep inside the nose, researchers at Monell have discovered that the receptors “bury themselves a little more deeply in the nose in winter,” she said, “possibly as a protective response against cold, dry air.”
There is a strong psychological factor in our sense of smell, Hirsch added, and what we expect to smell has a big influence on what we actually smell. In The Invalid’s Story by Mark Twain, for example, a man is stuck on a train next to what he thinks is a rotting dead body but is actually a box of cheese that smells extremely unpleasant. So strongly affected by the smell, he spends too long looking for fresh air on the freezing platform and develops a fever that ends up killing him. “What you think of a smell have powerful effects on you whether you like it and whatever you think it to be,” Hirsch said. “So, if you go outside in winter and you are used to smelling snow or nuts in the fire or whatever you happen to smell outside, that’s what you will interpret smells to be.”
To cope with lack of smells in winter, many people try to burn more candles with pleasant smell, cook more sweet stews(炖菜) and bake more cookies, which creates a greater contrast between the indoor and outdoor environments. “You’re probably fond of indoor smells in the winter,” Dalton said. “Homes are closed up, and windows are closed. We concentrate on the smells of cooking and living.”
1. According to the second paragraph, Pamela Dalton will probably agree that _________.A.air temperature affects smells’ spreading direction greatly |
B.hot soup is more popular with people in winter than cold soup |
C.there are not many smells available to be smelled in winter |
D.a garbage truck is easier to break down in cold winter |
A.one can easily feel terrible smell in a small space |
B.one’s mind and thoughts can affect the sense of smell |
C.no one can survive when there is lack of fresh air |
D.one’s opinion on smell is quite different from others |
A.Closing doors and windows | B.Cooking stews |
C.Burning candles | D.Baking cookies |
【推荐2】When it comes to figuring out the link between well-being and access to nature, there are big confusing factors. To begin with, what is psychological(心理的)well-being? The World Health Organization defines(下定义)mental health as “a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can deal with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community”. That is hard to quantify.
Then there is the question of what “access to nature” means. Some studies measure passive access, or how much green space is available in someone’s local area. Others look at active access, which is the actual exposure a person gets to green space. That makes it difficult to compare results and build a coherent(协调的)picture.
A few researchers have tried to assess what the proper dose(剂量)of nature might be. A 2019 study involving almost 20,000 participants in England concluded that at least 120 minutes a week of recreational(消遣的)nature contact was connected with good health or well-being. The team, led by Mathew White, found that the effect peaks at between 200 and 300 minutes a week, with people reporting no further gain after that.
What exactly this means for you—or any individual—is unclear. As other studies indicate, the mental health benefits a person gets from access to nature are likely to be influenced by many factors, including age, gender, personality features, personal preferences and socio-economic status. Your culture matters too—and, so far, most research into the well-being effects of nature has been done in Western societies.
1. Which of the following might mean mental health according to WHO?A.Ignoring ones’ own abilities. | B.Complaining about stresses. |
C.Communicating effectively. | D.Having high productivity. |
A.50 minutes. | B.150 minutes. | C.250 minutes. | D.350 minutes. |
A.Studies haven’t provided any results so far. |
B.Studies haven’t considered all the factors. |
C.Studies were only done in Western societies. |
D.Studies have misled the public over the results. |
A.Why does nature affect health? | B.Who does nature influence? |
C.How much nature do I need? | D.How does nature benefit people? |
【推荐3】In a world on fire and underwater, scientists have announced some good news: Several important tuna species have stepped back from the edge of extinction.
Two bluefin tuna species, a yellowfin, and an albacore are no longer seriously endangered or have moved off the leading international list of endangered species entirely.
The unexpectedly fast recovery speaks to the success of efforts over the past decade to end overfishing. But tuna are not the only species scientists are thinking carefully at the 2021 World Conservation Congress in Marseille, France, which is organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Researchers warn that many other sea species continued to be imperiled. For example, more than a third of the world’s sharks are still threatened with extinction due to overfishing, habitat loss, and climate change.
“I think the good news is that sustainable fishing industry are possible,” says Beth Polidoro, a biologist at Arizona State University. “We can eat fish without reducing the population to the point where it is on the road to dying out or extinction.” At the same time, she warns that the recovery should not encourage us to catch as many fish as we want. “We need to keep doing what’s working.” Polidoro adds.
The IUCN, which determines the world’s most endangered species on its Red List of Threatened Species, also announced at the meeting that some animals are moving in the other direction, onto the Red List. Like the Komodo dragon, a lizard, it is at particular risk from climate change.
Of course, the work of protection is never over, and it will require close and continuous attention to make sure neither tuna nor Komodo dragons return to the edge of dying out. But for now, people can celebrate a few wins for the animal world.
1. What is the good news about tuna?A.They have been removed from the list of endangered species. |
B.The fishing of tuna has been put to an end completely. |
C.The population of some tuna species has recovered. |
D.The number of some tuna species increases slowly. |
A.Dangerous. | B.Sustainable. | C.Disappointing. | D.Endangered. |
A.We can fish tuna as much as we want. | B.Protecting tuna is a long way to go. |
C.We shouldn’t encourage tuna fishing. | D.The population of tuna will reduce. |
A.To introduce a topic. | B.To make a comparison. |
C.To explain an idea. | D.To give an example. |