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2 . Rather than continue living a comfortable urban life, this British family has sold their London home in favor of launching the world’s smallest nature reserve to save a nation’s coral reef system. Karolina and Barry Seath—along with their two young daughters—are preparing to move to an island in the Seychelles (非洲塞舌尔群岛)measuring just 1,300 feet long by 980 feet wide (400 by 300 meters).
They’ve launched a charity and teamed up with(与……合作)local biologists in an effort to bring the coral reefs back to life in the smallest African country, which have been almost wiped out by rising sea temperatures. Their land-based coral farm will be only the second of its kind in the world, the other being on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, to specialize in regrowing coral to restore the reefs.
47-year-old Barry, who is a former policeman, said, “We are just a normal husband, wife and two kids, living the sort of life that most others do, but we felt the need to make a positive change for ourselves, our children, and the world we had largely taken for granted.”
Over the course of several vacations to the Seychelles, the Seaths witnessed the gradual deterioration(恶化)of the reefs. “Every time we visited, we noticed the coral was getting worse and worse,” said Barry. “All the tourists say the same thing. They love the beaches but are really disappointed with the coral.”
Barry felt it was time to make a change and show his daughters an alternative way of eco-friendly living. He then teamed up with experts at the Marine Conservation Society Seychelles in order to develop the facility. Once it is complete, it will be the first large-scale, land-based coral farm in the Indian Ocean. The eco-warriors hope to use the facility to grow around 10,000 corals per year. Barry said, “Our long-term goal is to show everyone that—with just a relatively small investment—you can have a big positive influence on the marine environment.”
1. In what way do the British family save the coral reefs in the Seychelles?A.They bought an island in the Seychelles. |
B.They helped to tackle the raising water. |
C.They cooperated with the local biologists to launch a coral farm. |
D.They sold their London home to collect money. |
A.The tourists should do their part to protect the barrier. |
B.The tourists take the beauty of the Seychelles for granted. |
C.The family feel the urge to save the corral from being worsened. |
D.The family lives the same kind of life in the Seychelles as before. |
A.It will be 1,300 meters long and 980 meters wide. |
B.It will be the first of its kind in the Indian Ocean. |
C.It will focus on fighting with rising sea temperatures. |
D.It will be larger than the one on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. |
A.Local people will live an eco-friendly life. |
B.No one will be disappointed with the coral in the Seychelles. |
C.Everyone can make a difference to the sea environment. |
D.They will grow around 10,000 corals per year on their coral farm. |
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She told Reuters she is helping cultivate reading in the kids as well make them aware
They are all carrying trash bags and Raden’s three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the books fly out. She’s happy the kids are going to spend
She collects about 100 kg of waste
The literacy rate (识字率) for above-15-year-olds in Indonesia is around 96 percent,
4 . Many poor children in Africa struggle on tuition for an education. However, a new school has been asking their pupils to pay for classes with
Every week, students
Parmita and Mazin, the couple
Now, the plastic is being collected and recycled at the school’s own recycling center. The school
Furthermore, the school’s older students can work part-time at the center as an additional source of
Now the school owns over 100 students
A.working hours | B.farm products | C.plastic waste | D.burned trash |
A.leaving | B.attending | C.finishing | D.damaging |
A.taking in | B.spreading out | C.attached to | D.filled with |
A.collected | B.borrowed | C.explored | D.counted |
A.anxious | B.grateful | C.responsible | D.qualified |
A.changed | B.inspired | C.prohibited | D.recommended |
A.stand | B.enjoy | C.observe | D.control |
A.as if | B.although | C.because | D.in case |
A.consequently | B.obviously | C.eventually | D.commonly |
A.buries | B.removes | C.throws | D.recycles |
A.single | B.straight | C.large | D.twisted |
A.income | B.credits | C.scores | D.trash |
A.of | B.at | C.between | D.from |
A.efficient | B.creative | C.skillful | D.respected |
A.teachers | B.beggars | C.partners | D.students |
5 . Roads and railways have made it easy for people to travel around the UK, but have had the precisely opposite effect for insects. Alongside housing developments, transport infrastructure (基础设施) has separated insect habitats, leaving many pollinators (传粉昆虫) stuck on decreasing islands of biodiversity.
A new conservation project aims to address that by creating a network of wildflower superhighways across the UK. The B-Lines network aims to join the dots between meadow habitats, enabling pollinators and other wildlife to move freely between them. Ten years in the making, the B-Lines initiative was launched by the insect charity Buglife on Tuesday and has already generated interest from unexpected quarters. “After the launch, some house builders rang up asking how they could include the network into house building, so it could have a really positive effect,” said Buglife’s Paul Hetherington.
Buglife has spent the last decade mapping potential routes for the insect superhighway. Hetherington said the proposed highway could give the UK’s weak insects a boost and a route out of habitats that become too hot due to the climate crisis and it can make a huge difference in easing declines. “The things that have really hammered pollinators are habitat loss, loss of connectivity of habitat, climate change and pesticides—this deals with everything except pesticides,” said Hetherington.
The B-lines network is not just a concept. Pilot sections have already been completed, including the South Wales B-Lines near Cardiff. “Since that was done, there have been recordings of one of our rarest bees in Cardiff town centre, which shows this connectivity can work,” said Hetherington. And in Norwich, Buglife has been working with Network Rail to plant wildflowers along the track. Anyone living along the proposed route can get involved in the project. All they need to do is let their lawns grow, or even just create a small herb garden, which Hetherington likened to creating a “motorway service station for bees”.
1. What can we learn about the B-Lines network from paragraph 2?A.It will separate insect habitats. | B.It can help insects to pollinate. |
C.It is still being planned now. | D.It hasn’t caused any attention. |
A.The last decade. | B.The superhighway. | C.The climate crisis. | D.The decline. |
A.By recording the tracks of bees. | B.By cooperating with Network Rail. |
C.By planting herbs in their own gardens. | D.By creating a motorway service station. |
A.Roads and railways have caused bad effect on insects. |
B.Transport infrastructure prevents housing developments. |
C.Pollinators are stuck on decreasing islands of biodiversity. |
D.Conservationists are creating “superhighways” for insects. |
6 .
Trees are so important that some people have made it their goal to protect them. We can call these people “tree hugger”. It describes people who support the protection of forests. Today, the term “tree hugger” describes a person who is an environmentalist.
However, calling someone a “tree hugger” is not always seen as a praise.
Some tree huggers do go to extremes to protect trees. Take, for example, an American woman named Julia Lorraine Hill. For 738 days from December 10, 1997 and December 18, 1999, Hill lived in Luna, a Redwood tree in northern California’s Humboldt County. Luna is huge, measuring nearly 61 meters tall and about 12 meters across, which has stood in Humboldt County for more than 1,000 years.
A.Trees give so much to the world. |
B.Human beings should all protect trees. |
C.In earlier times, in fact, it was used as an insult(辱骂). |
D.And I’m sure that she would consider that the highest of praises. |
E.They want to protect nature and the environment - but not just the trees. |
F.Nowadays, the environmental problems are more serious than in the history. |
G.But that did not stop the Pacific Lumber Company from wanting to cut it down. |
7 . The African penguin lives on St. Croix island off the east coast of South Africa. A new study has found that they are leaving their natural environment to escape noisy ship refueling (补给燃料) activities.
The African penguins once mainly raised babies on this island. But the population has dropped sharply since South Africa started permitting ships in the area to refuel at sea six years ago, the study found.
Lorien Pichegru is acting director of the Coastal and Marine Research Institute at Nelson Mandela University, which led the study. She said the organization had found that noise levels in the area had doubled since the refueling activities began. Scientists say high noise levels affect the ability of penguins to find and catch other animals for food. Noise also makes it more difficult for them to communicate with each other and map travel paths. “This year we are at 1,200 breeding pairs at St Croix from 8,500 pairs in 2016,” Pichegru said.
The study recently appeared in the publication Science of the Total Environment. The researchers said the study is the first to explore the effects of ocean traffic noise pollution on a seabird.
Nelson Mandela University’s study collected some data to estimate underwater noise from passing ships. Oil-covered penguins were found in 2019 in Algoa Bay after an oil spill from ship-to-ship refueling. Environmental groups have called for the activities to be banned in the bay.
Pichegru said penguins in the area were already struggling to survive because of a series of issues, including industrial fishing activities. She added that the refueling activities did not kill all the penguins. However, “It was just the thing that made the whole ecology tip over and then the penguins couldn’t cope with that,” she said.
1. What has the new study found about penguins?A.They have difficulty in raising babies. | B.They can get used to noisy ships easily. |
C.Their population is on the increase. | D.They are forced to leave the natural environment. |
A.The value of Lorien Pichegru’s job. | B.The importance of ship refueling activities. |
C.The ability of Penguins to find food. | D.Bad effects of noises on Penguins. |
A.The penguins should be put in control. |
B.Fishing activities should be greatly encouraged. |
C.Refueling activities should be strictly managed. |
D.The penguins should develop their survival abilities. |
A.A diary. | B.A guidebook. | C.A textbook. | D.A magazine. |
For those consuming Asian food, using chopsticks
Felix Böck, a student at the University of British Columbia, was eager to find a way to recycle wood from construction projects, and he had a particular interest in bamboo. One day he found a drawer in his friend’s house
He decided to give
Since 2016 when the company
9 . Earth Day is April 22. Every year, people around the world observe the day by helping to care for the environment. They carry out all kinds of activities in an effort to better the planet’s heath.
One way to support this goal is to grow plants native to your area. This helps wildlife like birds and insects that evolved alongside native plants. For many of these animals, plant pollen (花粉) is their food. Native pollinators often cannot recognize non-native plants as food. This means they do not collect the pollen or spread plants’ seeds. Planting non-native species creates so-called “food deserts” for pollinators including bees, birds, bats, butterflies and more.
Doug Taamy is a professor of entomology at the University of Delaware. Entomology is the study of insects. He found that non-native plant species can harm the natural food chain, which can lead to a collapse of the environment. “Plant choice matters,” he said. “The plants we choose to landscape our properties should be determined by how much life can live there.”
Humans depend strongly on insects. Without them, we would have no flowering plants, which would harm the food web that supports important animals. Birds, for example, depend on plants for food and spread their seeds while keeping the populations of harmful insects down.
Insects support plants that provide oxygen, clean our water, capture carbon and add nutrients to the soil. That builds topsoil and prevents flooding. Without insects, the biosphere — the living parts of the Earth — would rot because of the loss of insect decomposers. Humans simply could not survive that, Tallamy said.
In addition to providing food and habitat for insects and other wildlife, native plants are able to grow easily and do not require much care. That means less watering and less fertilizing. The situation is a win-win for gardeners and pollinators.
1. Which section of a website is the text probably taken from?A.Around the globe. | B.Technology report. |
C.The secret of nature. | D.Healthy Lifestyle. |
A.They attract more insects. | B.They do harm to native plants. |
C.They turn soil into desert. | D.They break the balance of nature. |
A.They produce more oxygen. | B.They prevent flooding more effectively. |
C.They need less care. | D.They add more nutrients to the soil. |
A.Take effective measures to protect insects. |
B.Raise environmental awareness on Earth Day. |
C.Make great effort to better the planet's health. |
D.Plant native plants to support local environment. |
10 . A tsunami is a series of huge waves that can kill many people and destroy a whole country. A terrible tsunami disaster happened on December 26, 2004.
The word “tsunami” comes from Japanese words. A tsunami can be caused by natural phenomenon such as landslides, volcanic eruptions, large asteroid impacts (小行星撞击地球), and earthquakes occurring underwater or close to a body of water.
A tsunami usually cannot be seen while it travels through deep water.
Since the tsunami of 2004, many people know more about tsunami.
A.The event forced officials to develop a better tsunami warning system. |
B.It could also be caused by nuclear weapons that are exploded at sea. |
C.It travels fast underwater, sometimes up to about 1,000 kilometers per hour. |
D.The next time a tsunami strikes, hopefully more people will be able to survive. |
E.Tsunami is a Japanese word for a harmful ocean wave caused by an undersea earthquake. |
F.As a tsunami gets close to the shore, it becomes a series of waves up to 150 meters high. |
G.On that day, a huge tsunami swept through the Indian Ocean killing about 300,000 people. |