1 . Parks are the beating hearts of cities, providing crucial environments for wildlife of many sizes as well as areas of rest and recreation for local citizens. Accessible via public transport, and located near a university, a stadium and the National Library, Warsaw’s Pole Mokotowskie Park provides green space for many people.
One of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s five pathways to transformative change for water management is to restore species population, ecosystems and the benefits that nature provides to people by using each city’s advantage. As more urban centres seek new ways to unite greenery into the built environment, projects of all sizes and stages add to essential corridors and stopping points for a range of wildlife.
Tasked with improving Warsaw’s Pole Mokotowskie Park’s natural sustainability, architecture company WXCA looked at ways of enhancing the elements that were already in place to better support wildlife. One of the most visible means was the removal of thousands of square metres of concrete (混凝土). Removing concrete in and around ponds and other waterways allows the city’s features to shape themselves naturally, in reaction to both the surrounding environment and the weather. Doing so can support biodiversity by removing artificial constraints and flows. More than 13,000 square metres of concrete has already been removed, with more removal planned over the next year.
For the human users of the park, the designers created education, activity, and art spaces. The Grand Salon, a grassland surrounded by trees, is for large public gatherings, and a handful of pavilions (亭) spread throughout the space provide visible means of monitoring the quality of the air and water. They also contribute to the park’s ecosystem through rainwater harvesting. As the temperature consistently rises, city planners are using the leaves and branches of the plants and mixed use designs to reduce heat islands, improve air quality and prevent urban runoff.
1. What do we know about Warsaw’s Pole Mokotowskie Park?| A．It creates a new way to the city center. |
| B．It serves different community groups. |
| C．It reminds the public to protect the environment. |
| D．It shows the locals are living happily. |
| A．Providing stages to show off creativity. | B．Taking advantage of the city’s resources. |
| C．Encouraging people to get close to nature. | D．Supplying various wildlife with more room. |
| A．Limits. | B．Factors. | C．Methods. | D．Damages. |
| A．By offering some shelters. | B．By collecting rainwater. |
| C．By monitoring the air quality. | D．By reducing high temperature. |
2 . For every goal that Lesein Mutunkei scores, trees get planted. It’s a simple yet effective message that appeals, and leads to a satisfying way of motivating us to promote environmentalism in our own way.
Born in Nairobi, Lesein is in his late teens, and his Trees4Goals is the means with which he intends to make the world greener. It unites two of his passions in life: love of the outdoors and love of football. Lesein enjoyed walking in the forest. He recognised his country was experiencing a serious loss of tree cover. Between 2001 and 2020, Kenya lost an estimated 11% of trees, releasing 176 million tons of CO2.
In a blog post for WWF Kenya, Lesein revealed that, once he started the Trees4Goals initiative, he originally planned to plant one tree per goal. In 2020, he wanted to take his efforts even further. What started as one tree planted per goal mushroomed into 11 trees planted per goal. Explaining the reason behind expanding the tree-planting, he said, “It represents team efforts in football and the contribution by my team. I have planted over 1,000 trees in the last two years.”
While it’s something of an own goal to destroy the forests and jungles providing enormous biodiversity, initiatives like Trees4Goals are an assured way to score an environmentalist hat-trick. Sports such as football are popular with the booming Kenyan population and have the ability to cut through cultural barriers regardless of the countries they are played in. Sports have the power to unify and excite large audiences. Lesein Mutunkei has taken this strategy and scored a winning goal of his own.
Like a seed, best ideas start small and change into something that can become far larger than anticipated. While Lesein continues planting 11 trees per goal, the Kenyan government is aiming to plant 1.8 billion trees to reach a point where 10 per cent of the country is covered by trees. The science behind is clear; a report in 2019 claimed that if 900 million hectares were devoted to additional tree planting of half a trillion trees, the world could offset (抵消) half of all carbon emissions produced since 1960.
1. What gave Lesein the idea of launching the project?| A．Release of too much CO2. | B．His dream of motivating others. |
| C．His passion for sports and nature. | D．Habit of exercising in the woods. |
| A．He created a blog for WWF. | B．He set a higher aim. |
| C．He planted one tree for each goal. | D．He extended his work to other teams. |
| A．The aim that is intended to achieve. | B．Action that harms one’s own interests. |
| C．Pursuit of one’s personal success. | D．The goal that is scored for the opposing team. |
| A．United, we win. | B．No pains, no gains. |
| C．Love me, love my dog. | D．Small deeds, big difference. |
1. What is the plan for changes to the city centre about?
| A．Banning cars from the city centre. |
| B．Changing buses in the city centre. |
| C．Keeping bikes out of the city centre. |
| A．Uncertain. | B．Supportive. | C．Disapproving. |
| A．The air quality improved. |
| B．The shop sales were down. |
| C．Traffic conditions got better. |
| A．Lower transport fees. | B．Promote clean energy. | C．Improve public transport. |
May 22 marks the annual International Day for Biological Diversity,
China is one of the world’s most biologically
From the perspective of the world, however, the numbers of wild animals in Africa and the Asia-Pacific region have dropped 66 percent and 55 percent
What are we supposed to do? Don’t eat, purchase wild animals. Reduce using plastic
1. When will the team return from Costa Rica?
| A．April 6. | B．July 10. | C．July 20. |
| A．The national parks. | B．The city of San José. | C．The east of Costa Rica. |
| A．Plant trees. | B．Feed birds. | C．Train animals. |
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Plastic pollution at sea is reaching worrying levels. According to a review of hundreds of academic
As plastic breaks down into smaller pieces, it also enters the marine food chain and
While consumers can help reduce plastic pollution by
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2.植树活动内容：（1）接受培训；（2）小组合作植树；
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9 . From time to time, Ding Peng makes his way across the waves to Zhongtiedun, an island in Zhejiang Province. He has made a point of coming back to visit it to greet and observe the Chinese crested terns (中华凤头燕鸥) over the past ten years.
The medium-sized bird is 30—40 centimeters long, with gray wings and a white body. It was first discovered in Indonesia by Polish in 1861. The birds were spotted in 1937 on islands around Qingdao, Shandong Province, and it was not until 2000 that a bird photographer spotted them on the Matsu Islands off the coast of Fujian Province, which immediately caused a storm in international ornithology (鸟类学) circles for researchers assumed that the birds had already died out.
Born in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, Ding grew up seeing barren (不毛的) mountains and sandstorms, and has an awareness of environmental protection at an early age. That was why, after graduating from university in 2012, he readily took a job offer from the Jiushan Archipelago National Nature Reserve (JANNR) in Zhejiang. “I love the sea and my major could be of some use in protecting it, ”he says.
Looking back at his life on the islands, Ding admits that it was very tough. There was no electricity to charge mobile phones and no air conditioner in hot summer, and drinking water was sent in by supply ships. The worst was the loneliness, though things took a turn for the better in 2017, when more volunteers came to join the bird protection team.
Ding’s contributions were recognized by the local authorities of Ningbo this year, who named him one of the city’s “most beautiful people”. “Everything was worth it, now that more people are aware of the importance of protecting the birds, and now that the number of the birds is on the rise, ” Ding says.
1. Why did the researchers feel surprised when a Chinese crested tern was found in 2000?| A．Because the event made them shameful. |
| B．Because they were unable to catch it. |
| C．Because they thought the birds were extinct. |
| D．Because it was spotted by a photographer instead of them. |
| A．His major. | B．Good salary. |
| C．The beautiful scenery. | D．Living experience at his hometown. |
| A．Enjoyable. | B．Difficult. | C．Inspiring. | D．Adventurous. |
| A．It’s perfect. | B．It’s regrettable. | C．It’s pointless. | D．It’s fruitful. |
10 . David Daballen has been passionate about wildlife since he was a young boy. Now director of field operations at Save the Elephants, he’s been named as a finalist in the Tusk Conservation (环境保护) Awards, which celebrate Africa-based conservation leaders and wildlife rangers (护林员).
“When I first heard the news, I couldn’t believe it!” David says. “I hope it will inspire the next generation of Kenyan conservationists to follow in my path, Professionally, it will help my efforts in elephant conservation and allow me to scale up my mission to create more wildlife passages and develop even tighter relationships with leaders.”
“Over the past 20 years working with elephants, I have learnt to recognize 500 individuals through their ear patterns and tusk (长牙) shapes,” he says. “Many of them are like friends, and I know who they are by the way they hold themselves.” Recognizing individual elephants is the key to understanding how elephant society works, which in turn helps conservationists design solutions for coexistence that work for them and humans.
“Our field team collects data on a daily basis from a study elephant population,” David explains. They examine elephant families carefully: all births, disappearances, and soon. “A digital database enables analysis of population dynamics, social structure, individual and population dietary preferences, seasonal dispersal (扩散), paternity from DNA, and deaths from different causes, including illegal hunting. “As a Samburu elder, I am able to converse with all levels of leadership, and inspire behavioural change in local communities,” says David. He and his colleagues were able to persuade community leaders to act to stop elephant hunting in northern Kenya between 2009 and 2013.
“Thanks to the efforts of organisations like Save the Elephants, Kenya Wildlife Service and other partners, hunting has reduced considerably in Kenya,” says David. But these creatures are now facing a new trouble: human-elephant conflict (冲突) resulting from overgrazing and climate change. “Solving this is going to be a huge challenge,” David adds.
1. What does the underlined phrase “scale up” mean in the second paragraph?| A．Stop. | B．Notice. | C．Enlarge. | D．Praise. |
| A．They fought against the elephant hunters and caught some of them. |
| B．They tried to persuade community leaders to help protect elephants. |
| C．They collected data about elephant families and built a digital database. |
| D．They observed individual elephants carefully to learn about elephant society. |
| A．Hunting of elephants has been completely stopped. |
| B．Their efforts to protect elephants are fruitless. |
| C．Community leaders will not continue supporting their programme. |
| D．It’s a great challenge to solve the human-elephant conflict. |
| A．Tusk Conservation Awards. | B．The man fighting for elephants. |
| C．A digital database. | D．Human-elephant conflict. |
