Unit 5 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 沪教牛津版 英语八年级下册

Unit 5 单元拓展阅读训练 2023—2024学年 牛津深圳版 英语八年级下册 一、阅读理解 Every summer 3 billion birds migrate (迁徙) from southern Africa to Europe. In winter, they return to Africa’s warmer coasts (海岸). Both large and small birds travel thousands of kilometers. The migrating trip is long and difficult, and some of the animals die during the trip. However, it is not this twice-a-year trip that offers the most serious danger to these animals. The main problem of their survival (幸存) is from people. All over the Mediterranean (地中海), millions of birds are killed for food, selling and sport every year. As a result, birds’ number is dropping all over the Mediterranean. Countries over the Mediterranean have realized this, and decide to make changes. Many European countries stop people from killing migrating birds. Across the Mediterranean, Nature Conservation (保护) Center is working to increase protection of its country’s wildlife, including migrating birds. As part of the project, the group is trying to develop activities such as eco-tourism (环保旅游) along the coasts. The hope is that, as more tourists come to visit protected natural areas, there will be a kind of incentive for local people to care for the birds and their habitats (栖息地). Wildlife organizations around Mediterranean are helping to bring about changes, “Hunting bans (禁令) are working,” says Martin Jacoby, a bird expert. But there is still more to do. Environmentalists hope to stop hunting and protect bird habitats all over the Mediterranean. If this can be done, the birds’ number will increase. “There is a long way to go,” Jacoby says, “but just like after a long trip in the desert, there will be an oasis (绿洲).” 1．What’s the biggest danger to migrating birds? A．The migration is too long. B．They can’t get enough food. C．Terrible weather. D．Human hunters. 2．What does the word “incentive” mean in Paragraph Two? A．Chance. B．Energy. C．Dream. D．Place. 3．What does the last paragraph mean? A．They will try more ways to make things better. B．The