2023-2024学年初升高英语每日打卡阅读学案Day9-10

初升高英语每日打卡阅读 每日阅读打卡 DAY 9-10(环境类） 导读：近些年，中高考阅读理解的取材大部分来源于英文原版文章，通过阅读英文原版文章，我们可以更直接地接触到外国优秀的文化，此外，这套英文原版中涉及的单词大多是新课标规定的词汇，对于我们日常扩大词汇量帮助很大，最后，这套教材多涉及社科人文自然热门话题，读起来有趣易懂，很适合作为课外阅读读物，后面还特别附上了猜测词义练习和阅读技能训练，希望对大家有所帮助。 Day9 In One Cubic Foot（在一立方英尺内） In any environment-forest, mountain, water—you always see the big animals first: birds, mammals, fish.But under your feet, on land or in the water, there are many smaller organisms: insects, tiny plants, miniature sea creatures.They seem unimportant, but, in fact, these sea creatures and ground dwellers are "the heart of life on Earth," says naturalist E.O.Wilson. Without them, our world would change dramatically. The Cycle of Life Most organisms on Earth live on the ground or just below it.Here, they are part of an important cycle. Plants and animals fall to the ground when they die.Later, tiny insects and other organisms break down the dead plant and animal material.This process eventually returns nutrients to the soil and gives plants energy. Plants can then help to maintain a healthy environment for humans and other animals. Discoveries in a Cube Despite their importance, scientists know very little about most ground organisms.To learn more, photographer David Liittschwager went to different places around the world, including a forest, a river, a mountain, and a coral reef.In each place, he put a green 12-inch (30 cm) cube on the ground or in the water.Then he and his team counted and photographed the organisms that lived in or moved through the cube. Often they discovered hundreds, some only a millimeter in size. "It was like finding little gems（宝石）,"5 he says. 【词义推测】 Match the two words with the same meaning. insect A.毫米 dweller B.居民 dramatically C.摄影师 cycle D.戏剧性地，夸张地 break down E.昆虫 material F.分解 process G.原材料，原料 nutrients