A new group of free employees have been added to a French workforce. So far,
Park president Nicolas said, “The purpose of employing the crows is to educate people to take up their social responsibility. Since the birds are able to do
Crows have long been observed for their various amazing displays of
In addition to inspiring humans to pick up trash, the clever crows currently at the park are pretty excited
“It has become an exciting game for
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Years ago, the authors conducted human-wildlife conflict surveys in the Tibet Autonomous Region’s counties,
This effort greatly expanded knowledge of the snow leopard’s distribution in this region,
Importantly, in the past few years, a number of major transportation infrastructure (基础设施) projects
4 . The amount of sea ice surrounding Antarctica has reached its lowest level since modern records began, for the second year in a row. Sea ice is frozen seawater that floats on the ocean’s surface around the planet’s polar regions. It forms at much lower sustained temperatures than freshwater ice does, at around-1.8 degrees Celsius. Sea ice builds up during the winter until it reaches its maximum extent, and then melts (融化) away in the spring and summer until it reaches its minimum extent.
In Antarctica, where summer and winter are relative to the Northern Hemisphere, sea ice normally reaches its maximum extent in September when sea ice covers around 7 million square miles. At its minimum extent at the end of February, historically only around I million square miles remains. Last year the minimum sea ice extent was less than 772, 000 square miles, the lowest total since scientists began recording sea ice extent with satellites in 1979. On 21 February this year, that number had reduced to just 691, 000 square miles, which is roughly 40 per cent less than the average between 1981 and 2010.
The record-breaking minimum was expected after an extraordinarily hot January which was the seventh-warmest since records began 174 years ago. “By the end of January, we could tell it was only a matter of time until the record was broken,” said Will Hobbs, an Antarctic sea ice expert at the University of Tasmania and the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership. Antarctica’s minimum sea ice extent will likely continue to decrease in the coming decades as global temperatures rise as a result of human-caused climate change and more multiyear ice, which acts as a seed for new ice growth, melts away.
Sea ice is crucial for polar predators(捕食性动物) such as penguins in Antarctica and polar bears in the Arctic, which use the ice as a platform for hunting. But the sea ice also helps stabilise ice on Antarctica. “Lower sea ice extent means that ocean waves will pound the coast of the giant ice sheet,further reducing ice shelves around Antarctic,” said Ted Scambos, a senior research scientist at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences.
1. What can we know about sea ice?A.It can be seen on any ocean’s surface. | B.It forms at about -1.8 ℃. |
C.It melts all the year round. | D.There is more sea ice than freshwater ice. |
A.There are two seasons in Antarctica. |
B.Scientists have been recording the change of sea ice. |
C.Sea ice in Antarctica has been on decline in the past decades. |
D.The ecology in Antarctica needs to be improved. |
A.The earth becomes warmer. | B.Multiyear ice disappears completely. |
C.Ocean waves destroy the giant ice sheet. | D.Human beings occupy Antarctica. |
A.Human activities have caused global warming |
B.Measures should be taken to stop sea ice decreasing |
C.Sea ice is significant for polar animals |
D.Antarctica’s sea ice reaches its lowest level since records began |
5 . The whole idea behind the US National Parks system was to preserve natural and historic locations, and the wildlife that lives there. The goal allows for inclusion of any place that features natural beauty, unique geological features, or an interesting ecosystem, plus the sites of national monuments and other places of historical or archaeological significance.
We’ve selected three US National Parks that are as different from each other as possible. Let’s start in the northeastern corner of the US, with a beautiful park called Acadia National Park.
Acadia National Park
Acadia National Park is in Eastern Maine, near the town of Bar Harbour. The park is unique, in that it features a wide variety of landscapes, including mountains, ocean coastlines, woodlands, lakes, and wetlands. It covers a total of about 49,000 acres.
The park is home to 37 species of mammals, including black bears, moose, and deer. There are 33 fish species and 331 bird varieties.
Everglades National Park
Unlike many national parks, Everglades National Park was initially created to protect a fragile and disappearing ecosystem. The Everglades consist of a network of wetlands and forests that are fed by a river flowing slowly out of Lake Okeechobee.
The Everglades cover a massive area, and Everglades National Park protects only the southern twenty percent. It’s the United States’ largest tropical(热带的)wilderness; in fact, it’s the largest wilderness of the east of the Mississippi River.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park is located on “the big island”, Hawaii. It was created in 1916. The park features two active volcanoes, one of which, Mauna Loa, is the world’s largest shield volcano. The other, Kilauea, is one of the world’s most active volcanoes.
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park lets visitors get up close and personal with the two volcanoes. Odd-looking lava(岩浆)fields and dramatic landscapes captivate the eye, and you can learn about the rare plants and animals that thrive in the tough environment.
1. What is the US National Parks system aimed to do?A.To protect natural and historic resources. | B.To rebuild old and important constructions. |
C.To appreciate natural and geological beauty. | D.To make ecosystems entertaining for people. |
A.None of them. | B.Acadia National Park. |
C.Everglades National Park. | D.Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. |
A.Learn about ecosystem protection. | B.Enjoy tropical wilderness landscapes. |
C.Get up close to two volcanoes. | D.Study lava samples in a tough environment. |
1.目前汽车带来的空气污染和交通堵塞等问题;
2. 骑自行车的益处,如节能环保、有利健康等。
参考词汇:低碳生活(low-carbon life);节能(energy saving)
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Good morning, everyone,
I am Li Hua from Xingguang Middle School. The topic of my speech is “Let’s Ride Bicycles”.
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7 . With needle-like teeth and sharp pointed nose, a gray nurse shark isn’t a creature that most people would want to meet. But Shalise Leesfield isn’t one of them.
The Australian teenager couldn’t think of a better creature to meet when scuba diving off the coast of South West Rocks, near her home in Port Macquarie, a coastal town north of Sydney.
“Many people say gray nurse sharks look frightening, but I think they are the sweetest animals ever,” she says.
The slow-moving sharks, which like to stay near the sea floor in warm, shallow waters, are — for the most part — harmless to humans. But the gray nurse shark is under threat. Populations have fallen and habitats have been lost due to ocean warming and human development, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which lists the species as seriously endangered.
One area where they can still be seen is Fish Rock, an underwater cavern (洞穴) with a unique ecosystem, 40 miles up the coast from Leesfield’s home. But fishers are allowed access within 200 meters of Fish Rock. This is leading to a drop in the number of gray nurse sharks and increased pollution, says Leesfield. She wants to enlarge the no-fishing area, establishing a protected zone.
With Leesfield’s efforts, the area has been nominated as a Hope Spot, which is part of the mission Blue program launched by famous oceanographer Sylvia Earle that identifies places as critically important to the ocean’s health and supports protection.
“When people think about Hope Spots, they think about Sydney Harbour or the Great Barrier Reef. So to get Fish Rock up on that list is just such incredible news,” she says.
Now, Leesfield is working with politician Cate Faehrmann, marine spokesperson for the Australian Greens party in New South Wales, to legalize protection of the sharks and make the no-fishing zone protected by the law.
1. What does “them” refer to in the first paragraph?A.Gray nurse sharks. | B.Common people. |
C.People fearing gray nurse sharks. | D.Fishers. |
A.The development of tourism in the ocean. |
B.The sharks’ preference to stay in shallow waters. |
C.The feature of gray nurse sharks’ slow-moving. |
D.Fishers’ being permitted within 200 meters of Fish Rock. |
A.Recommend the Fish Rock as a Hope Spot being protected. |
B.Identify the Hope Spot area as being critically important. |
C.Make Fish Rock more popular among fishers nearby. |
D.Make laws to protect the no-fishing zone near Fish Rock. |
A.The Australian teenager is on a mission to protect sharks |
B.Increased pollution leads to gray sharks endangered |
C.Gray nurse sharks are in danger! |
D.Let’s establish a protected zone! |
8 . Laura Madden is a small business owner and sustainable fashion advocate. “ReFashioned Art is a purpose-driven business, combining style and sustainability (可持续性),” Madden says,“I love fashion, but I also care deeply about the environment.”
She slowly built her network and became an influencer who ran a popular blog. She shares that her passion for sustainability came about in 2015 when she watched a life-changing documentary about the social and environmental issues brought up by the fashion industry. “My guilty pleasures- shopping and fashion - that I assumed weren’t hurting anyone, were in reality hurting a lot of people,” she says.“I couldn’t stand the fact that something I loved so much was creating so much suffering on the planet. How could something that brought me so much beauty and joy be so dirty and destructive?”
With this realization, Madden became an advocate for sustainable fashion-including purchasing most of her own clothes second-hand and supporting sustainable brands. Although she was busy enough in 2019, she became a professional artist, creating pieces made from sustainable materials.
She notes that ReFashioned Art is first and foremost an art brand. “I am using my work to tell a story and create a narrative that style and sustainability can co-exist,” she says. “By repurposing old items into something more fashionable, elegant, and contemporary, I hope to inspire you to look for beauty where it is not normally found.”
For those interested in supporting sustainable art and fashion. Madden shares,“Get creative and look for beauty. Looking forward, I would love to partner with more designers.”
She adds,“We only have finite resources. The best thing we can all do is ask, ‘How else can I use this item?’”
1. What inspired Madden to be an advocate for sustainable fashion?A.The popular blog she ran. |
B.An unforgettable personal experience. |
C.A documentary that changed her life. |
D.A business with a specific purpose. |
A.It focuses on both fashion and humans. |
B.It’s a combination of fashion and old tradition. |
C.It’s inspiring and instructive as an art style. |
D.It cares little about social and environmental issues. |
A.She partners with many designers. |
B.She writes as many stories as possible. |
C.She purchases brand-new clothes all the time. |
D.She transforms old things into more modern ones. |
A.Limited. | B.Enormous. | C.Valuable. | D.Fashionable. |
9 . Last fall, the Great Salt Lake hit its lowest level since record keeping began. The lake sank to nearly six meters below the long-term average. The lake’s shrinking threatens to upend the ecosystem, disturbing the migration and survival of 10 million birds, including ducks and geese.
Duck hunters aren’t the only ones worried about the Great Salt Lake. The decades-long decline in lake level is raising alarm bells for millions of people who live in the region. The low lake level and increasing salts in the lake water threaten to destroy economic mainstays like agriculture, tourism and mining. Exposed salts can also reduce air quality and so threaten public health.
Saline lakes (咸水湖) are terminal lakes. They have no rivers flowing out of them. As water disappears, salts are left behind. At the same time, the people who live in these deserts use freshwater for crops, homes and industry. Residents get water from streams and rivers into canals, pipelines or reservoirs before it reaches the lakes. And as the lakes shrink, the salt in water increases.
Lake Poopo, a highland lake in Bolivia that used to stretch 90 kilometers long and 32 kilometers wide, is now a salty mud flat. The Aral Sea shared by Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, once the world’s fourth largest lake, has at times in recent decades shrunk to a tenth of its historic 68,000-square-kilometer surface area. Some saline lakes, like Nevada’s Winnemucca Lake, dried up so long ago — the waters that fed it were led to agricultural fields — that most people have forgotten they were ever wet.
The good news is that people still have time to halt the Great Salt Lake’s decline by using less water. Cutting agricultural and other outdoor water use by a third to half through a combination of voluntary conservation measures and policy changes would allow the lake to refill enough to support the region’s economy, ecology and quality of life. If this succeeds, the Great Salt Lake can be a model for how to save other saline lakes around the world.
1. What do we know about the Great Salt Lake from the first two paragraphs?A.It is home to ducks. | B.It will disappear soon. |
C.It will be less important. | D.It’s been shrinking for years. |
A.Their current states. | B.The challenges they face. |
C.Measures to restore them. | D.Reasons why they become saltier. |
A.Stop. | B.Boost. | C.Adapt. | D.Learn. |
A.The Great Salt Lake Is Getting Smaller |
B.The World Is Becoming Drier and Drier |
C.Saline Lakes Need Freshwater Deadly |
D.Many Lakes in the World will Disappear |
A rainforest is an area
In the past hundred years, humans
Rainforests are often called the world’s drug store. More than 25% of the medicines we use today come from plants in rainforests. However, fewer than l%of rainforest plants have been examined for their