课时作业（九）Nature in the balance-【学易优】2024年高考英语一轮总复习课时分层突破（牛津译林版）

课时作业 课时作业（九）Nature in the balance I,阅读理解 "The encouraging takeaway from this study is A that if we act quickly and decisively(果断地)， (2023·江苏省南京市部分学校高三模拟) there is a slim window in which we can still conserve No doubt that humans have widely changed, roughly half of the Earth's land in a relatively developed,and exploited (much of the natural untouched state,"says biologist and lead author of world for our own ends.But how much of the land the study,Jason Riggio. surface remains free of our often-harmful influence? There's a chance,right now,to draw a line in In a new study,scientists compared figures the sand,and say“no more'”. 1.Why was the new study carried out? from four different sets of data using different A.To find out why humans exploit nature. kinds of methods and classification (systems B.To figure out the land free from human influence. to answer this question.On average,the research- C.To prove humans are harmful to nature. ers say roughly half (48 to 56 percent)of the D.To clarify the Earth is not occupied by humans world's land shows“low”influence of humans. completely. While the figures may inspire many-stressing the 2.Which places are influenced most by humans? vast expanse of significantly untouched lands that A.Woodless lands. can still be protected through conservation meas- B.Ice-free lands. ures-the study also shows just how much of the Earth C.Places with biodiversity. ! has already been occupied and used by humans. D.Places with warmth. In fact,only about a quarter (20 to 34 per- 3.What can we do based on the research? cent)of the planet's ice-free land surface shows A.Make use of the unlivable area through dif- "very low"signs of human influence,the research- ferent means. ers say,and the parts of the planet that we have B.Remove the influence on the previous dis- left alone up until now constitute(构成)some of turbed area. the least livable places on Earth.In other words, C.Attempt to have no bad effect on the whether through urbanization,for