詞匯團1113學習匯總文本周五中級閱讀

1、周五中級閱讀：導語：文章介紹了海洋商業(yè)捕撈和環(huán)境變化對海龜繁殖產(chǎn)生的影響。專有名詞較多，注意根據(jù)上下文判斷詞義。Fordreds of millions of years, turtles (海龜) have struggled out of thesea to lay their eggs on sandy beaches, long before there were nature documentaries to ce track them, or vorate them, or GPS salites and marine biologists toteers to hand-carr

2、y the hatchlings (幼龜) down to thewaters edge lest theye disoriented by headlights and crawl towardsa moparking lot instead. A formidable wall of bureaucracy has beenerected to protect their prime nesting on thecoastlines. With all that attention paid to them, youd think these creatures would at leas

3、t have the gratitude not to go extinct.But Nature is indifferent to human notions of fairness, and a report by theFish and Wildlife Service showed a worrisome drop in the populations of several species of Northturtles, notably loggerheads(紅海龜), whichcan grow to as much as 400 pounds. The South Flori

4、da nesting population, the largest, has declined by 50% in the last decade, according to Elizabeth Griffin, a marine biologist with the environmental group Oceana. The figures prompted Oceana to petition theernment to upgrade the level ofprotection for the Northloggerheads from “ threatened ” to “ e

5、ndangered ” meaning they are in danger of disappearing without additionalhelp.Which raises the obvious question: what else do these turtles want from us, anyway? It turns out, according to Griffin,t while we have done a good job of protecting the turtles for theks they spend on land (as egg-laying f

6、emales, as eggs and as hatchlings), we have neglected the years spend in the ocean. “The threat is from commerl fishing,” says Griffin. Trawlers (which drag large nets through the water and along the ocean floor) and long line fishers (which can deploy thousands of hooks on lines that can stretch fo

7、r) take a heavy toll on turtles.Of course, like every other environmental ie today, this is playing out against the background of global warming and humanural ecosystems. The narrow strips of beach on which eggs are being squeezed on one side by developmenterference with natthe turtles lay their and

8、 on the other bythe threat of rising sea levels as the oceans warm. Ultimay we must get a handle on those i es as well, or a creature t outlived the dinosa urs (恐龍) will meet its end at the hands of humans, leaving our descenda nts to wonder how creature so ugly could have won so much affection.1. W

9、e can learn from theparagrapht .human activities have changed the way turtles surviveefforts have been made to protect turtles from dying outCernment bureaucracy has contributed to turtles extinctionDmarine biologists are looking for the secret of turtles reproductionWhat does the author mean by “Na

10、ture is indifferent to human notions of fairness” (Line 1, Para. 2)?Nature is quite fair regarding the survival of turtles.Turtles are by nature indifferent to human activities.The course of nature will not be changed by humanerference.The turtle population has decreased in spite of human protection

11、.What constitutes a major threat to the survival of turtles accord ing to Elizabeth Griffin?Their inadequate food supply.BUnregulated commerl fishing.CTheir lower reproductively ability.DContamination of sea waterHow does global warming affect the survival of turtles?It threatens the sandy beaches o

12、n which they lay eggs.The changing climate makes it difficult for their eggs to hatch.The rising sea levels make irder for their hatchlings to grow.It takes them longer to adapt to the high beach temperature.5. The last sentence of the passage is meant to .rsuade human beings to show more affection

13、for turtles Bstresst even the most ugly species should be protectedCcall for effective measures to ensure sea turtles survivalDwarn our descendants about the extinction of species【必背詞匯1. sandy】sandy 在文中的意思是“沙的”，也指“沙色的”。例如：The snail dawdled along the s andy path. 蝸牛在沙徑上緩慢爬行。又例如：She touched the thick

14、mat of sandy hair on his chest. 她摸著他那濃密的淡棕色胸毛。2. marinemarine 在文中的意思是“海的”，marine 做名詞時表示“；海事”。例如：The phosphate was deited by the decay of marine microanisms. 海洋微生物腐爛后沉積形成磷酸鹽。再比如：Marine insurance iserned by a strict series ofrules and regulations. 關(guān)于海險有一系列嚴格的規(guī)章制度對其作了規(guī)定。3. formidableformidable 在文中的意思是“

15、可怕的”，formidable 也含有“令人敬畏的；難以對付的”意思。例如：They and teargas. a formidablesess a formidable arsenal of rifles, machine guns, landmines數(shù)量驚人。再比如：Marsalis has他們持有的、機槍、和repuion in both jazz and classical music.在爵士樂和古典音樂領域都有極高的聲望。4. neglectneglect 的意思為“疏忽”，fet, omit, neglect, overlook, disregard, ignore 這些動詞均有

16、疏忽，忽略或忘記之意。fet： 普通用詞，側(cè)重某事不重要或太復雜而未能記住，也指有意疏忽或忘掉。omit： 指有意或無意地忘記做某事，也指刪去被視作不重要、不合意的東西。neglect： 側(cè)重指有意的忽略或忽視，也可指粗心與疏忽。overlook： 指因匆忙而疏忽或。disregard： 多指有意或自覺地不顧某事。ignore： 通常指有意不顧，或不理顯而易見的事物。例如：After years of neglect and decline the city was cleaning itself up. 多年過后，這個城市在進行自我整頓。又如：They neglect their dutof

17、 fun elsewhere. 別處哪怕發(fā)生一丁點兒樂事，他們便會忘記自的玩忽職守和經(jīng)濟y at the least h己的職責。5. tolltoll 在這里，表示“傷亡數(shù)量”，常用詞組 take its toll (或 take a heavy toll)“造成損失（或危害、傷亡）”。例如：This has taken a great toll on meally andprofesare fearsally. 這給個人生活和工作都造成了嚴重的不良影響。又比如：Theret the casualty toll may be higher. 有人擔心傷亡總數(shù)可能會更高?！竞汀?.選B。題目問

18、說為了海龜，從第一段可以知道什么？本題考查的是對第一段的整體理解。第一段做了不少努力來保護沿岸的主要棲息地。所以第一段講的是人們?yōu)榱吮Ｗo海龜做出的努力。選擇 B 就顯而易見了。A 和 D 原文都沒有提到，C 選項與原文說的正好相反的。2.選D。題目問第二段的某一句話的含義，本題定位到該句。第一段最后一句說，有了這么多的保護，人們可能認為海龜就不會的了，顯然這句話是所得有含義的，第二段第一句的 but 就驗證了這個猜想了，大自然似乎不太在意人類的公平觀念。而后邊也說出了海龜?shù)臄?shù)量也在下降。也就是說，盡管人類在保護海龜選 D。海龜?shù)臄?shù)量還是在減少。3.選B。題目問根據(jù) Elizabeth Griffin 的說法現(xiàn)在對海龜?shù)淖畲蟮氖巧?？本題定位到第三段最后兩句。很