必修第1册 Unit 6 At one with natur-【创新教程】2024高考英语总复习大一轮课时作业word（新教材，外研版）

Unit 6　At one with nature Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2023·江苏高考打靶卷)Due to climate change and changes in land use, wildfires are predicted to rise by up to 14 percent by 2030, 30 percent by 2050 and 50 percent by the end of this century, and even areas once considered safe from major fires such as the Arctic, will “very likely” experience a major increase in burning, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP)． The report, Spreading like Wildfire: The Rising Threat of Extraordinary Landscape Fires, says that wildfires and climate change are “mutually exacerbating.” Wildfires are made more serious by climate change through increased drought, high air temperatures, low humidity, lightning, and strong winds. Meanwhile, climate change is made worse by wildfires, mostly by ravaging sensitive and carbon­rich ecosystems like rainforests. Wildfires can threaten people's health and lives, contaminate water, destroy crops and reduce land available to grow food. Costs of rebuilding after areas are struck by wildfires can be beyond the means of low­income countries. Wildlife, as well as natural habitats, is also rarely spared. All these slow progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals. While the situation “is certainly extreme, it not yet hopeless.” The publication calls on governments to adopt a new “Fire Ready Formula，” with two­thirds of spending devoted to planning, prevention, preparedness, and recovery, with one­third left for response. Currently, direct responses to wildfires typically receive over half of related expenditures, while planning and prevention receive less than one percent. “We have to minimize the risk of extreme wildfires by being better prepared: invest more in fire risk reduction and shift from passive response to prevention and preparedness，” said Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director. Setting up data and science­based monitoring systems, strengthening regional and international cooperation, restoring ecosystems and thinning forests aroun