Unit 2 学霸新视野时文阅读-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年八年级上册英语 人教版

学霸新视野 ▶ “答案与解析”见P6时文阅读 [热点素材](2023·原创) 保卫黄河 China passed the law on Yelow River protection in October, 2022. It is China􀆳s second river protection law. Due to long-time human activities, the Yelow River􀆳s ecology(生态) has been greatly destroyed. So the new law is pretty important and timely. The Yelow River is regarded as the mother river of China. Its basin once served as the nation􀆳s political, economic and cultural center for over 3,000 years. The 5,464-km- long waterway runs through 9 provinces and regions in our country, feeding 12 percent of the Chinese population. The Yelow River Protection Law stresses the need to save water resources. It also cals for the protection of the ecological system, flood control and polution prevention. For generations(代), flood control has been the major chalenge for people living along the Yelow River. The river once broke its banks in 1953, when it rose about two thirds of the way up an embankment in the city, putting hundreds of residents at risk. In autumn 2021, some areas on the lower reaches of the river saw severe flooding. Besides the protection of the river􀆳s ecological system, the new law also cals for itsnecessity to inherit(传承) and spread the Yelow River culture. Every autumn, an art festival featuring manhandiao, is held in Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia, to carry forward the long history of the Yelow River art forms. Manhandiao was created on rich land in the Yelow River Basin. The art form mixes the Yelow River culture together with the gra