【推荐1】The Cambodian Government’s Fisheries Administration and WWF announced that the Irrawaddy dolphin population in the Mekong River numbers just 89. The number is a slight decline from the estimate of 92 in 2018, but shows that the population has stabilized. In recent years after decades of sharp decline.

Critically, the survey’s findings also indicate a positive survival rate of calves through to adulthood, with a “recruitment rate” of 4.22%, signalling an improving trend for the dolphin population. “Although the survey confirmed that the number of river dolphins in Cambodia has stabilized, the population size is still small, so stronger conservation action is urgently needed,” said Mr. Seng Teak, WWF Country Director.

The Irrawaddy dolphins are fully protected under Cambodia’s Fisheries Law. The dolphins, however, continue to face great danger. Gill nets, development of upstream dams, overfishing, and illegal fishing practices such as electrofishing are among major known threats to the survival of the species.

Effective conservation action in recent years has halted the decline in the population, but more is required to ensure that the population expands. The Fisheries Administration and WWF are committed to continuing to work gather with the local communities and other partners to make collective efforts to carry out the recommendations of the 2020 population report.

These recommendations include enforcement of the fisheries law and the ban on illegal gill net use in the protected dolphin habitat, continued robust monitoring of the species population, and management of the Ramsar site in Stung Treng province to improve natural fish stocks for food and prey enhancement for both the local communities and the dolphins.

1. Which of the following best describes the present population of dolphins in Cambodian?

A．Uncertain

B．Steady

C．Declining

D．Increasing

2. What is not included among the threats that the Irrawaddy dolphins face according to the text?

A．Normal fishing.

B．Gill net fishing.

C．Illegal fishing.

D．Too much fishing.

3. What can be inferred about recommendations of the 2020 population report?

A．The recommendations haven’t been put to use.	B．It is banned to fish in conservative habitats.
C．The species of dolphins will be managed.	D．Dolphins will have more fish to eat.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．The food the dolphins eat.	B．The threats the dolphins meet.
C．The protection of dolphins in the Mekong.	D．The population of dolphins in the Mekong River.

【推荐2】In the modern era, it may come as a surprise that the fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries, especially when it comes to carbon emissions. However, ever-changing fashion trends persuade consumers into buying new pieces and getting rid of old clothing that’s no longer considered fashionable. With trends moving at breakneck speed, we’re buying more clothes and wearing them for less time.

Sustainable fashion has been on the rise in recent years, but it’s undeniable that sustainable companies like Girfriend Collective, and Organic Basics are out of most people’s price ranges. Instead, fast-fashion companies have the advantage of low prices. So most people tend to choose low prices over sustainability, particularly when they’re not directly dealing with the impacts of clothing pollution. But how can people, buy sustainable clothing when it’s not affordable?

Of course, the best way is not to buy any new clothes. However, saving up to buy higher quality, more sustainable garments and then wearing them for many years are healthier for the environment. A similar resolution is owning some basic garments and a few statement pieces in what’s called a “capsule wardrobe”. We can combine our pieces in different ways to get various new outfits that still feel stylish and don’t generate waste.

Buying secondhand clothing is also a great way to be sustainable at a lower cost. It should be noted that some new websites and apps like Depop and Mercari allow consumers to buy specific items of secondhand clothing. They also offer a wide selection for a price more comparable to physical stores.

There is something else to be concerned with staying stylish and sustainable. With the rise of social media, the pressure to “fit in” has risen, causing people to focus on fashion feeling. But, honestly, wearing what suits us will make us look good, and the earth will acknowledge us, too.

1. Why do consumers tend to buy new clothes?

A．To replace the worn-out ones.	B．To lead a low-carbon life.
C．To keep up with fashion trends.	D．To satisfy their inner needs.

2. What is recommended concerning sustainable clothing?

A．Selecting clothes of lower prices.	B．Purchasing stylish clothes online.
C．Putting cost-effective clothes to best use.	D．Choosing favorable clothes in physical stores.

3. What does the underlined phrase in paragraph 3 refer to?

A．A place for various statement pieces.

B．A variety of essential clothes and stylish items.

C．A cupboard of displaying delicately made garments.

D．A collection of basic clothes and easily matched pieces.

4. What does the author intend to convey in the text?

A．Fashion can keep pace with sustainability.

B．Fashion trends change at an alarming speed.

C．Clothing industry gives rise to carbon emissions.

D．Top priority should be given to secondhand clothing.

【推荐3】City air is in a sorry state. It is dirty and hot. Outdoor pollution kills 4.2 million people a year, according to the World Health Organization. Concrete and blacktop, meanwhile, absorb the sun’s rays rather than reflecting them back into space, and also take the place of plants which would otherwise cool things down by transpiration. The never-ending spread of buildings and roads thus turns urban areas into heat islands, discomforting residents and worsening dangerous heatwaves, which are in any case likely to become more frequent as the planet warms.

A possible answer to the twin problems is trees. Their leaves may destroy at least some chemical pollutants and they certainly trap airborne particulate matter, which is then washed to the ground by rain. And trees cool things down. Besides transpiration, they provide shade. Their leaves have, after all, developed to block sunlight.

To cool an area effectively, though, trees must be planted in quantity. In 2009, researchers at the University of Wisconsin found that American cities need 40% tree coverage to cut urban heat back meaningfully. Unfortunately, not all cities — and especially not those now springing up in the world’s poor and middle-income countries — are blessed with parks, private gardens or even decorative street trees in sufficient numbers. And the problem is likely to get worse. At the moment, 55% of people live in cities. By 2050 that share is expected to reach 68%.

Some botanists believe they have at least a partial solution to this lack of urban vegetation. It is to plant very small simulacra of natural forests, ecologically engineered for rapid growth, Over the course of a career that began in the 1950s, Akira Miyawaki, the team leader and a plant ecologist at Yokohama National University in Japan, have developed a way to do this starting with even the most unpromising and in-bad-condition areas.

The method originated in Japan and was later introduced to other Asian countries. As it has become known, the Miyawaki method is finding increasing prevalence around the world. In Europe, Belgium; France and the Netherlands are all home to Miyawaki forests. Dr Miyawaki’s insight was to deconstruct and rebuild the process of ecological succession, by which bare lands develop naturally into mature forests.

1. What are the twin problems in the text?

A．Air pollution and heatwaves.	B．Lack of water and green space.
C．Bad weather and road conditions.	D．High-rise buildings and traffic jams.

2. Which paragraph stresses the need to increase the coverage of forest?

A．Paragraph 2.

B．Paragraph 3.

C．Paragraph 4.

D．Paragraph 5.

3. What’s the underlined word “prevalence” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Return.

B．Threat.

C．Trade.

D．Favour.

4. What is probably to be discussed next?

A．What mature forests are.	B．How bare land comes into being.
C．How the Miyawaki method works.	D．Why the Miyawaki method is popular.