选修4 UNIT 2 ICONIC ATTRACTIONS 课时作业(1)-(2)(Word练习)-【创新方案】2024高考英语一轮复习(新教材 新高考 人教版)

1/9 多学科网书城四 品牌书店，知名教辅+正版资源 ■.ZXXK.c0m● 您身边的互联网+教辅专家 UNIT2课时作业（一）-（二) 课时作业（一）主题阅读集群训练限时40分钟 1.阅读理解 A (2023:邢台高三联合考试)Almost every morning for the past two decades,.Juliet the macaw (has been visiting the local zoo in Rio de Janeiro to interact with others of her kind through the metal enclosure. Macaws are social birds,so being lonely is a tough burden to bear for Juliet,a beautiful blue-and-yellow macaw who calls Rio home.No one really knows much about her.Zoo staff named the bird Juliet,but they don't even know if she is actually female.It's really hard to tell with macaws,and to determine her true gender()they would need to capture the bird,and either examine her gonads (or take blood or feather samples.And there's really no need to put Juliet through all that stress just to satisfy human curiosity.All that everyone knows is that Juliet loves coming to the zoo every morning to be with others of her species. Macaws have an average life expectancy of about 35 years,and Juliet has been around for at least two decades.Yet,she has never had a mate,built a nest or had chicks,and she probably never will,because there's just no one to do it with. Luckily,there is hope for Rio's loneliest bird.Through Refauna,an initiative which reintroduces species into protected areas,scientists want to raise some 20 chicks that will receive training on wild food sources,as well as enemies and power line avoidance,before being released into the wild. The birds will be released into Rio de Janeiro's giant Tijuca Forest National Park,where Juliet is believed to spend her nights.Scientists hope the birds will help keep balance in the local ecosystem,by breaking seeds that other birds can't,thus spreading those seeds.But they will also become welcome company for Juliet,allowing her to fly with others of her kind for the first time in 20 years.And maybe she'll even find love. 语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了一只爱好社交的金刚鹦鹉Juliet以及二 十只雏鸟将会被释放到公园中，希望它们能够为生态平衡做出贡献并且Juliet有望找到伴侣. 1.What is the most unbearable f