Unit8 GREEN LIVING 题型专项强化练（word练习）-【状元桥·优质课堂】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语必修第三册（北师大版2019）

UNIT 8　题型专项强化练 (限时：100分钟) Ⅰ.阅读 The great auk. The heath hen. The Labrador duck. The Carolina parakeet. You may have never heard of these birds. However, you surely have heard of the passenger pigeon. Like the passenger pigeon, the four other species were also driven into extinction from North America by man. All of the five birds are included in Todd McGrain's “Lost Bird Project” which will be leaving the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville, FL after spending almost a year there. “‘Lost Bird Project’ is an opportunity to host an exhibit that shows the relationship between art and nature and art and the environment，” Cummer Museum Marketing Manager Amber Sesnick said. Birds are meant to sing and move. But these birds just stand there.“I hope the exhibit has brought attention to issues around the way that we affect the world around us as humans in our society，” Sesnick said.“I don't know if one exhibit has had that result, but I think that every time we are able to do something like this, it is one more drop in the bucket(水桶) towards moving forward in the best direction.” The most famous species in “Lost Bird Project” is the passenger pigeon. The passenger pigeon mainly lived in the east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, numbering in the billions. In the early 1800's, it was likely the bird species with the largest population in the world. In 1900, the last confirmed wild pigeon was shot in Ohio. In 1914, the last passenger pigeon, a female named Martha, died in the Cincinnati Zoo. “All of the species of birds in the exhibition were the ones that I wasn't even aware of，” Sesnick said. “That was eye-opening for me personally. Having to be confronted with(面对) the idea of species going extinct because of our actions is probably something everyone should be thinking more about. And the exhibition can encourage people to do that.” 语篇导读　主题语境：人与自然/人与环境。本文为说明文。Lost Bird Project是一个美国保护鸟类的项目，它旨在让人们知道人类行为对环境的影响。 1．What do we know about the five species