2023届高考英语时事新闻阅读保护栖息地感受生态之美 练习

Protecting habitats is vital for bird survival 保护栖息地，感受生态之美 Humans need homes as safe havens to protect 1____________(they) from bad weather and threats from other animals and creatures. Birds also need habitats for2___________(survive).  Yet, climate change has posed a great threat to their habitats. 3__________(solve) such habitat problems, China has recently recognized 1,140 sites 4______ important breeding (繁殖), wintering grounds, and migratory (迁徙的) stops, with most of them located in wetlands.  Wetlands include coastal areas with a water 5_________(deep) of no more than 6 meters at low tide (潮汐), 6______ exclude paddy fields (水稻田) and expanses of water used for aquaculture (水产养殖) and artificial breeding. 7_____________(refer) to as the “kidneys (肾脏) of the Earth” and as “species gene pools”, wetlands conserve clean water, maintain biodiversity, help contain floods and prevent droughts, reported China Daily. To protect China’s wetlands, a law8 ____________(introduce) in 2022 to restrict construction at important national wetlands and ban 9____________(harm) activities including land reclamation (土地开垦), overgrazing (过度放牧), overharvesting and the discharging of wastewater. Since these measures 10_____________(go) into effect, more birds have been spotted wintering in the nation’s wetlands. In February, the forestry bureau in Hunan province reported 72 species of waterbirds that spent this past winter at Dongting Lake, a region that stretches across several cities. Mallards and Eurasian cranes are among the birds which stay at the lake. Black-faced spoonbills (黑翅长脚鹬), a rare and endangered species, were also spotted at Dongting after an 11_____________(absent)of five years. 12_________number of spoonbills has increased from 300 in the 1980s to more than 5,000 presently, according to the National Forestry and Grassland 参考答案：1 themselves 2 survival 3 To solve 4 as 5 depth 6 but 7 Referred 8 was introduced 9 harmful 10 have gone 11 absence 12 The 重点词汇：