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色学科网书城■ 品牌书店·知名教辅·正版资源 b.zxxk.com 您身边的互联网+敷辅专家 UNT3主题训练人与环境、人与动植物 一、主题下的语篇训练 〡阅读理解 (2023·山东青岛一模)On September29,2o2l,the US Fish and Wildlife Service declared it would be removing 23 species from its Endangered Species Act, including the ivory-billed woodpecker,various Hawaiian birds and freshwater fish,not because they had been pulled back from the edge of extinction,but because the USFWS believed these species would never recover,and were most likely extinct,therefore not requiring protection. In April,195 countries are getting together in China for a UN conference to discuss global agreements to protect nature and biodiversity,with the hope of finalizing an agreement to safeguard plants,animals,and ecosystems.However, the new strain (of COVID-19,Omicron,has potentially thrown the plans into a mess,and negotiators may switch to online talks if travel restrictions to China are put in place again. "We can't go another four months without any progress"said Georgina Chandler,senior international policy officer at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds.Conservationists are urging the talks to go ahead-online if necessary -as the biodiversity crisis shows no sign of slowing up. "Nature loss has not gone away and threatens both human lives and the global economy."said Lin Li,director of global policy at the organization."With one million species currently in danger of extinction,delaying action is not an option..” Improving conservation and management of natural areas,such as oceans, forests,and wildernesses is crucial to safeguarding the ecosystems on which humans depend.However,forests are still being devastated,_often for farming or commercial use.As trees absorb about a third of planet-warming emissions produced worldwide,stopping deforestation is key.At COP26 in Glasgow last November,world leaders plan to invest $19 billion in public and private funds to protect and restore global forests. It's easy to feel disheartened by the disappointing news,but the only