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复习巩固:(5)Unit 5 Into the wild——2023-2024学年高一英语外研版(2019)寒假轻松衔接
一、填空题
1.__________(fortunate), I won’t be able to attend the meeting.
2.We are bound to see some ups and downs along the road to economic _____(recover).
3.The People's Republic of China _____(found) on October 1st, 1949.
4.It is reported that this town attracts more than three million tourists _____(annual).
5.The _____(solve) is not perfect but no one can come up with a better one at the moment.
6.Moreover, the scenery along the river is _____(amaze), with many well-known sightseeing spots.
7.In order to see the sunrise, they determined _____(set) off early the next morning.
8.It is inspiring to know that the person that we had lost track of _____(eventual) turned up.
9.The number of wild animals in the world _____(crash) by about 70% in the last 50 years.
10.The scientific and technological progress allows online teaching _____(emerge).
二、阅读理解
It is quite clear to me, based on my research, that tropical(热带的) insects rather than polar bears could be among the first species to become extinct(灭绝的) as a result of global warming.
Insects in the tropics are already living at the limit of their temperature range and any further increase could quickly kill them off. This would be a major disaster for tropical habitats, which rely on insects for everything from pollination(授粉) to waste disposal(处理). We have found that a rise in average temperatures in the tropics of just 1℃ or 2℃ could be enough to bring about a significant and harmful effect on the survival of a wide variety of important insects. Fitness levels most likely decline quickly and there may not be much we can do about it.
Many tropical species can only accept a narrow range of temperatures because the climate they experience is pretty steady throughout the year. Now our study shows that they will be harmed by rising temperatures more than species in cold climates. Unfortunately, the tropics also hold the large majority of species on th