Module 12 任务型阅读练习 2023-2024学年外研版英语九年级上册

Module 12 Save our world 任务型阅读练习 A Polar bears are the world’s largest land predators.And adult polar bear weighs about 600 kg and is about three metres tall.They look white or yellow in colour.Their thick fur helps keep their bodies warm in the really cold environment of ice and sea.Polar bears have good noses.While looking for seals,their main food,they can smell a seal hole from a mile away.A polar bear will wait by the hole and attack the seal’s head when it appears. A mother polar bear usually gives birth to two babies at a time.The babies will spend two years with their mother learning necessary skills. But the earth’s temperatures are rising,and this is influencing the life of polar bears.Higher temperatures mean there is less ice and fewer seals.So there are fewer places for polar bears to live and less food to eat.Scientists have predicted that two thirds of the world’s polar bears will disappear by 2050. To help save the polar bear,everyone can do something.For example,to stop temperatures from becoming higher,we could walk or take public transportation instead of driving. Polar Bears Weight of an adult polar bear 600 kg Height of an adult polar bear About 1._ metres tall Their fur Keeps their bodies 2._. Their noses Help them look for 3._,their main food. Babies It takes two years for baby polar bears to 4._ necessary skills from their mother. Their situation 5._ influence the living space and food of polar bears,and therefore influence the number of polar bears. B Why do we need to throw less away? There are two reasons. One is that some resources(资源)are nonrenewable(不可再生的). That means there is only a certain amount of that resource in the world. One example of this is oil. When we use up all the oil in the world, there will be no more. There is another reason for throwing less away. All of our trash has to be put somewhere. Often, it is put into garbage dumps(垃圾场). Much of that trash will be there for hundreds of years. The dumps will be filled up with