Module 9学霸新视野时文阅读-【拔尖特训】2023-2024学年九年级上册英语 外研社版

学霸新视野 时文阅读 ▶ “答案与解析”见P35 [热点素材](2023·原创) 湿地城市风采重现 The area of the Yelow River Wetland Park in Yinchuan, the capital of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, was once a place local people avoided: poluted water caused awful smels and almost no grass could grow on the land. Now, the park has not only become a popular destination for the locals to take a walk, but also become a habitat for migratory birds. As the secretary-general of Ningxia􀆳s birdobservation association, Li Zhijun has witnessed the big changes in the park in recent years. According to him, the Yinchuan Wetland Park, together with some other wetland areas along the Yelow River in Ningxia, has become a famous spot for bird photographers. The Yinchuan Wetland Park is a microcosm(缩影) of China􀆳s achievements in wetland protection. On Nov.10, 2022, seven Chinese cities were accredited(官方认可的) as “international wetland cities” at the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands. So far there have been 13 wetland cities in China, showing a great variety of patterns and styles. For example, Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province, is known as a “city of one hundred lakes”. The city has large wetland reserves where tens of thousands of birds come to stay in wintertime. Liangping District in Chongqing, however, is totaly different from the natural wetland. It is more closely tied to human activities. People have built smal wetlands in rural areas. What􀆳s more, they have combined these wetlands with org