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主题语境3 人与自然
1.自然生态
Passage1(2023全国甲卷,D篇)
题材 美国灰熊生存环境和状况 体裁 说明文 词数 319 建议用时 8′ 难度:
Grizzlybears,whichmaygrowtoabout2.5
mlongandweighover400kg,occupyaconflictG
edcorneroftheAmericanpsyche—werevere
(敬畏)themevenastheygiveusfrightening
dreams.Askthetouristsfromaroundtheworld
thatfloodintoYelowstoneNationalParkwhat
theymosthopetosee,andtheiranswerisoften
thesame:agrizzlybear.
“GrizzlybearsarereGoccupyinglargeareas
oftheirformerrange,”saysbearbiologistChris
Servheen.Asgrizzlybearsexpandtheirrange
intoplaceswheretheyhaventbeenseenina
century or more,theyre increasingly being
sightedbyhumans.
ThewesternhalfoftheU.S.wasful of
grizzlieswhen Europeanscame,witharough
numberof50,000ormorelivingalongsideNG
ativeAmericans.Bytheearly1970s,aftercentuG
riesofcruelandcontinuoushuntingbysettlers,
600to800grizzliesremainedonamere2perG
centoftheirformerrangeintheNorthernRockG
ies.In1975,grizzlieswerelistedundertheEnG
dangeredSpeciesAct.
Today,thereareabout2,000ormoregrizG
zlybearsintheU.S.Theirrecoveryhasbeenso
successfulthattheU.S.FishandWildlifeServG
icehastwiceattemptedtodelistgrizzlies,which
wouldloosenlegalprotectionsandalowthemto
behunted.Botheffortswereoverturneddueto
lawsuitsfrom conservationgroups.Fornow,
grizzliesremainlisted.
Obviously,if precautions(预 防 )arent
taken,grizzliescanbecometroublesome,someG
timeskilingfarmanimalsorwalkingthrough
yardsinsearchoffood.Ifpeopleremovefood
andattractantsfromtheiryardsandcampsites,
grizzlieswiltypicalypassbywithouttrouble.
Puttingelectricfencingaroundchickenhouses
andotherfarmanimalquartersisalsohighlyefG
fectiveatgettinggrizzliesaway.“Ourhopeisto
haveaclean,attractantGfreeplacewherebears
canpassthroughwithoutlearningbadhabits,”
saysJamesJonkel,longtimebiologistwhomanaG
gesbea