1 . The endangered pandas in the Qinling Mountains might face a new threat: the loss of their food — bamboo, which makes up 99% of their meals.
Adult pandas spend most of the day eating bamboo and have to take in at least 40 pounds a day to stay healthy. However, a new study published in Nature Climate Change warned that they may soon find their food gone because most of the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains might disappear by the end of the century as a result of the rising temperature worldwide.
A team made up of researchers from Michigan State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has studied the effects of climate change on the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains. They have found that bamboo is very sensitive to climate change. “80% to 100% of the bamboo would be gone if the average temperature increases 3.5 degrees worldwide by the end of the century,” said Liu Jianguo, one of the report's authors.
He added, “This is how much the temperature would rise by 2100 even if all countries will keep their promises in The Paris Agreement. But you know what is happening around the world.”
In recent years, China has been trying its best to protect the endangered pandas by setting up more and bigger nature reserves.
“But it is far from being enough and the endangered pandas need cooperation from the rest of the world, because their future is not just in the hands of the Chinese,”said Shirley Martin from the WWF but not a member of the team.
There are 345 wild pandas in the Qinling Mountains. That is about 18.5% of the population of China's wild pandas. In addition, about 375 pandas are living in research centers and zoos in China.
1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A.The Qinling Mountains can provide enough bamboo for the pandas. |
B.Pandas in the Qinling Mountains are only threatened by the loss of food. |
C.Lots of the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains will probably disappear. |
D.Pandas have already eaten 99% of the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains. |
A.China needs more help from the WWF. |
B.It is difficult to control the temperature rise within 3.5 degrees. |
C.Bamboo is sensitive to changes in temperature. |
D.China is making great efforts to protect the pandas. |
A.About 345. | B.About 408. | C.About 2,272. | D.About 1,864. |
A.The Disappearance of Bamboo |
B.Necessity to Change Pandas' Food |
C.A New Threat Faced by the Pandas |
D.Efforts Made to Save Pandas |
观点 | 比例 | 理由 |
支持 | 70% | 1.骑自行车的益处:节约能源、有益身体健康等 2.汽车带来了空气污染和交通堵塞等问题 |
反对 | 30% | 骑自行车上学浪费时间且不安全 |
2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
参考词汇:1.survey调查 2.traffic jam交通堵塞
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1. What is the relationship between the speakers?
A.Colleagues. | B.Schoolmates. | C.A couple. |
A.By helping people save resources. |
B.By providing information at school. |
C.By making people use new resources. |
A.Work at home. |
B.Control the population. |
C.Refuse harmful products. |
A.Solar and wind energy. | B.Wave and solar energy. | C.Wind and wave energy. |
1. What advice is Tim going to give his teachers?
A.Asking students to send in their work electronically. |
B.Requesting students to recycle school paper. |
C.Making students use both sides of paper. |
A.Use local produce. |
B.Have meatless meals. |
C.Stop selling bottled drinks. |
A.A recycling plan. | B.A green project. | C.The school life. |
1. What was residents’ attitude towards waste sorting at first?
A.Objective. | B.Disapproving. | C.Understanding. |
A.She gave out brochures. |
B.She turned waste into wealth. |
C.She taught residents how to do it. |
A.Write an essay. |
B.Go to class. |
C.Apply to be a volunteer. |
1. How much may fish in the oceans shrink by in the coming decades?
A.14%. | B.20%. | C.25%. |
A.Water pollution. | B.Global warming. | C.Overfishing. |
A.Angry. | B.Puzzled. | C.Astonished. |
A.Control fishing. |
B.Prevent the movement of fish. |
C.Stop producing greenhouse gases. |
1.活动目的;
2.活动过程;
3.活动反响。
注意:可适当增加细节,使行文连贯;字数100左右。
Plogging — A Win-Win Activity
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________1. Who kept the man informed of most related information?
A.The staff. |
B.The students. |
C.The cleaners. |
A.The paper copying. |
B.The paper cups. |
C.The plastic cups. |
A.55%. | B.45%. | C.30%. |
A.Putting up a poster. |
B.Holding an exhibition. |
C.Delivering a lecture. |
1. 活动时间、地点和目的;
2. 活动过程;
3. 活动反响。
注意: 词数80左右
标题已拟好
A Meaning Tree-planting Event
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Green School in Uruguay
Francesco Fassina(Ecologist and Volunteer)
Michael Reynolds (Architect)
Alicia Alvarez (School Director)
Danila Mendez (Mother of a student)
Narrator : A sunny winter’s day is great news for these Uruguayan children. As pupils of South America’s first sustainable school, they study in a building heated only using solar panels. On top of the normal school programme, they learn about recycling, energy saving,and growing their own food
Francesco Fassina: The school is an autonomous building in the sense that it isn’t connected to any energy infrastructure for water or anything. It’s sustainable in the way it functions; totally autonomous and it works thanks to its connection with nature—the sun and the rain.
Narrator : The building was funded by a local NGO and a detergent company, and designed by US architect Michael Reynolds, a self-professed “garbage warrior” who's devoted his career to building self-sufficient structures out of recyclable material.
Michael Reynolds: People called me an idiot, uh, building with garbage, what a fool, you’re a disgrace to the architectural community, uh, you know. I was trying to contain sewage and treat it and do all of these things that architects didn’ t do
Narrator : The 39 students, so me just starting pre-school and others in their final year before university learn it’s possible to live in a building that produces no waste. NGO volunteers organise regular workshops on sustainability for pupils and teachers too.
Alicia Alvarez: Little by little, we`re becoming qualified. In fact were being trained by them. We`re being trained to learn how the school works. How to maintain it so that the systems don’t deteriorate.
Narrator : Some of the children have even started educating their parents
Danila Mendez: Every day, we walk here, and he finds glass in the sand or plastic or something and he picks it up. He says. “T`m keeping this to throw it away.” He doesn’t leave it there. He picks it up and he throws it away in the right place.
Narrator : For these little garbage warriors, saving the planet has become an integral part of their homework.
1. What are the reasons for being called a green school?2. How did the school come to being?
3. What did the people do to keep the school on?