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Unit7单元主题语篇训练
(课时作业一)
I.阅读理解
1.What does the new study aim to do?
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A.To save the grand vertebrate groups on earth.
As far back as the age of dinosaurs millions of
B.To warn people of turtles'terrible situation.
years ago,turtles(海龟)wandered around the
C.To make the importance of turtles'roles known.
Earth.Even nowadays it is generally assumed that
D.To claim turtles may be related to dinosaurs.
turtles are the world's steadiest creature.
2.How might the disappearance of turtles influence
However,a new research shows 61 percent of
certain plants?
the 356 species of turtles are already threatened or
A.Speed up these plants'disappearing.
no longer exist.The destruction of their homes,B.Put an end to these plants'seed spreading.
disease,climate change and other reasons have
C.Allow more seeds to grow into plants.
caused their population to drop sharply.In a new
D.Give these plants no chance of survival.
study published in the journal BioScience,a team of3.What can be a suitable title for the text?
scientists from various institutions claim that turtles
A.Turtles Are Sure to Stop Existing
are one of the most threatened among the major
B.The Ecology Will Change with Turtles
vertebrate(脊椎动物)groups.
C.Decline of Turtles Threatens the World
This could,the authors say,have serious
D.Turtles'Dying Out Worldwide Matters a Lot
consequences for the ecology.Turtles contribute to
the health of many environments,including desert,
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wetland,freshwater and marine ecosystems,and the
(2022·扬州适应性测试)Sound may offer a
decline may lead to bad effects on other species,:creative way to take the ocean's temperature.
including humans,they explain.Whit Gibbons,:Climate change is steadily warming the seas,which
senior author and professor at the University of have absorbed about 90 percent of the excess heat
Georgia's Savannah River Ecology Laboratory,says:trapped by greenhouse gases.This warming
in a statement that the intention of the study is to inform contributes to the sea-leve