【新冠病毒肺炎疫情專題】熱點時文閱讀+詞匯積累+高考英語預測語法填空2不吃野生動物(包含答案)

1、一、時文閱讀Humanityhaswipedoutmanyanimalpopulationssince1970,reportfinds“Wearerapidlyrunningoutoftime,”saidProfJohanRockstrom,aglobalsustainabilityexpertatthePotsdamInstituteforClimateImpactResearchinGermany.“Onlybyaddressingbothecosystemsandclimate(1)westandachanceofsafeguardinga(n)stableplanetforhumani

2、ty'sfutureonEarth.”Manyscientistsbelievetheworldhasbegunasixthmassextinction,thefirsttobecausedbyaspecies一Homosapiens.Otherrecentanalyseshaverevealedthathumankind(2)(destroy)83%ofallmammalsandhalfofplantssincethedawnofcivilisationand(3),evenifthedestructionweretoendnow,itwouldtake5-7millionyears

3、forthenaturalworldtorecover.TheLivingPlanetIndex,(4)(produce)forWWFbytheZoologicalSocietyofLondon,usesdataon16,704populationsofmammals,birds,fish,reptilesandamphibians,representingmorethan4,000species,totrackthedecline(5)wildlife.Between1970and2014,the(32)(6)(late)dataavailable,populationsfellbyanav

4、erageof60%.Fouryearsago,thedeclinewas52%.The“shockingtruth”，saidBarrett,isthatthewildlifecrashiscontinuingunabated.Wildlifeandtheecosystemsarevitaltohumanlife,saidProfBobWatson,oneoftheworld'smosteminentenvironmental(7)(scientist)andcurrentlychairofanintergovernmentalpanelonbiodiversitythatsaidi

5、nMarchthatthedestructionofnatureisasdangerous(8)climatechange.“Naturecontributestohumanwellbeing(9)(cultural)andspiritually,aswellasthroughthecriticalproductionoffood,cleanwater,andenergy,andthroughregulatingtheEarth'sclimate,pollution,pollinationandfloods,”hesaid.“TheLivingPlanetreportclearlyde

6、monstratesthathumanactivitiesaredestroyingnatureatanunacceptablerate,threateningthewellbeingofcurrentandfuturegenerations.”Thebiggestcauseofwildlifelossesisthedestructionofnaturalhabitats,muchofittocreatefarmland.Three-quartersofalllandonEarthisnow(10)(significant)affectedbyhumanactivities.Killingfo

7、rfoodisthenextbiggestcause一300mammalspeciesarebeingeatenintoextinction一whiletheoceansaremassivelyoverfished,withmorethanhalfnowbeingindustriallyfished.二、參考答案：DBACHEKIFJ(1)do(2)hasdestroyed(3)that(4)produced(5) of(6)latest(6) (7)scientists(8)as(9)culturally(10)significantly三、核心詞匯：l.revealrvilv.揭示;透露;

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9、了現(xiàn)有運輸系統(tǒng)的不足之處。（3）revealv.揭示，揭露指揭露此前不為人知或隱秘的事，?？膳cdisclose換用。Shewillneverreveal/discloseherfriends'secrets.她絕不會泄露朋友的秘密。3詞根詞綴veil=tocover蓋上（1）revealv.揭露re相反；反對；不+veal=veil蓋上f不蓋上f揭露unveilv.揭露un打開+veil蓋上f揭開面紗f揭露veiln.面紗；借口四、原文翻譯報告發(fā)現(xiàn)，自1970年以來，人類已經(jīng)消滅了許多動物種群德國波茨坦氣候影響研究所全球可持續(xù)性專家約翰羅克斯特倫教授說：“我們很快就沒時間了。”?！爸挥?/p>

10、同時解決生態(tài)系統(tǒng)和氣候問題，我們才有可能為人類在地球上的未來維護一個穩(wěn)定的地球。”許多科學家認為，世界已經(jīng)開始了第六次大滅絕，第一次是由一個物種一一智人引起的。最近的其他分析顯示，自文明誕生以來，人類已經(jīng)摧毀了83%的所有哺乳動物和一半的植物，即使這種破壞現(xiàn)在就要結(jié)束，自然世界也需要500-700萬年才能恢復。倫敦動物學會為世界自然基金會編制的“活星球指數(shù)”使用了16704個哺乳動物、鳥類、魚類、爬行動物和兩棲動物種群的數(shù)據(jù)，代表了4000多個物種，來追蹤野生動物數(shù)量的下降。根據(jù)最新數(shù)據(jù)顯示，1970年至2014年間，人口平均下降了60%。四年前，下降了52%。巴雷特說，“令人震驚的事實是，野

11、生動物墜毀事件仍在有增無減。野生動物和生態(tài)系統(tǒng)對人類生命至關(guān)重要，世界上最杰出的環(huán)境科學家之一、現(xiàn)任政府間生物多樣性委員會主席鮑勃沃森教授今年3月表示，對自然的破壞與氣候變化一樣危險。他說：“自然在文化和精神上為人類福祉做出了貢獻，也通過糧食、清潔水和能源的關(guān)鍵生產(chǎn)，以及通過調(diào)節(jié)地球的氣候、污染、授粉和洪水?！?。“活星球報告清楚地表明，人類活動正在以不可接受的速度破壞自然，威脅到今世后代的福祉?！币吧鷦游飺p失的最大原因是自然棲息地的破壞，其中大部分是為了創(chuàng)造農(nóng)田。地球上四分之三的土地現(xiàn)在受到人類活動的嚴重影響。捕殺食物是下一個最大的原因300種哺乳動物正在被吃掉走向滅絕而海洋被大量過度捕撈，目

12、前一半以上是工業(yè)捕撈。五、拓展閱讀（精讀后續(xù)）Humanityhaswipedout60%ofmammals,birds,fishandreptilessince1970,leadingtheworld'sforemostexpertstowarnthattheannihilationofwildlifeisnowanemergencythatthreatenscivilisation.ThenewestimateofthemassacreofwildlifeismadeinamajorreportproducedbyWWFandinvolving59scientistsfromacr

13、osstheglobeItfindsthatthevastandgrowingconsumptionoffoodandresourcesbytheglobalpopulationisdestroyingtheweboflife,billionsofyearsinthemaking,uponwhichhumansocietyultimatelydependsforcleanair,waterandeverythingelse.“Wearesleepwalkingtowardstheedgeofacliff”saidMikeBarrett,executivedirectorofscienceand

14、conservationatWWF.“Iftherewasa60%declineinthehumanpopulation,thatwouldbeequivalenttoemptyingNorthAmerica,SouthAmerica,Africa,Europe,ChinaandOceaniaThatisthescaleofwhatwehavedone.”“Thisisfarmorethanjustbeingaboutlosingthewondersofnature,desperatelysadthoughthatis,”hesaid“Thisisactuallynowjeopardising

15、thefutureofpeopleNatureisnotanicetohave'一itisourlife-supportsystem.”TheworstaffectedregionisSouthandCentralAmerica,whichhasseenan89%dropinvertebratepopulations,largelydrivenbythefellingofvastareasofwildlife-richforest.Inthetropicalsavannahcalledcerrado,anareathesizeofGreaterLondonisclearedeveryt

16、womonths,saidBarrett.“Itisaclassicexampleofwherethedisappearanceistheresultofourownconsumption,becausethedeforestationisbeingdrivenbyeverexpandingagricultureproducingsoy,whichisbeingexportedtocountriesincludingtheUKtofeedpigsandchickens,”hesaid.TheUKitselfhaslostmuchofitswildlife,ranking189thforbiod

17、iversitylossoutof218nationsin2016.Thehabitatssufferingthegreatestdamageareriversandlakes,wherewildlifepopulationshavefallen83%,duetotheenormousthirstofagricultureandthelargenumberofdams.“Againthereisthisdirectlinkbetweenthefoodsystemandthedepletionofwildlife,”saidBarrettEatinglessmeatisanessentialpa

18、rtofreversinglosses,hesaidTheLivingPlanetIndexhasbeencriticisedasbeingtoobroadameasureofwildlifelossesandsmoothingovercrucialdetails.Butallindicators,fromextinctionratestointactnessofecosystems,showcolossallosses.“Theyalltellyouthesamestory,”saidBarrett.Conservationeffortscanwork,withtigernumbershavingrisen20%inIndiainsixyearsashabitatisprotected.GiantpandasinChinaandottersintheUKhavealsobeendoingwellButMarcoLamb