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科目:高中英语 来源:2012-2013学年广东省执信中学高二上学期期末考试英语试卷(带解析) 题型:阅读理解
What would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul’s Cathedral to widen the road? Or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It would be ridiculous, right? But when it comes to devastation (毁灭) of the natural world, we aren’t so easily shocked. But we should be…or we’ll be in a lot of trouble.
Nature is shrinking by the day. Ancient forests are destroyed. Wetlands are becoming dry. Woodland is disappearing, and all in the name of progress. This is bad in itself, but it’s devastating for biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plants, animals and other living things that are all interconnected. The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life. The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis (光合作用) by green plants. Insects, worms and bacteria break down waste and make soils rich. And tiny organisms clean the water in rivers and sea. In fact, all life on the earth exists thanks to the benefits of biodiversity. More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species. And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals. Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.
The loss of biodiversity could be devastating. “It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,” said Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson, known as the “father of biodiversity”. He warned, “We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will become irreversible (不可挽回的).”
But what can we do? The present problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague (含糊的). People might care about giant pandas, but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines. The Guardian newspaper is trying to help. It has launched the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity. This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to reserve the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing, stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes (wild dogs) in Australia, among many other things.
There is a lot to do. And we’d better act quickly if we don’t want to end up with a planet that can’t sustain life!
【小题1】The writer thinks it ________ to pull down Big Ben to make way for a car park.
A.unreasonable | B.necessary | C.difficult | D.reasonable |
A.nature is badly polluted by humans |
B.species are becoming fewer and fewer day by day |
C.rainforests are being cut down every day |
D.nature is full of mysteries |
A.it doesn’t matter to reduce biodiversity |
B.people have done enough to preserve biodiversity |
C.the situation of biodiversity is very serious |
D.biodiversity loss has become irreversible |
A.people might not clearly know what is biodiversity and what should be protected |
B.people are not aware that giant pandas are endangered |
C.people don’t realize that biodiversity is vital to everyday life |
D.people hunt sea creatures for food |
A.The UK government. | B.The concept of biodiversity. |
C.The action to deal with the problem. | D.The Guardian newspaper. |
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根据句意和所给首字母补全单词。(共15题,每小题1分,满分15分)
1.Milk, water and oil are all l_____ while wood, iron and glass are solids.
2.You can easily find the site by entering the k_______ “Quark”.
3.Water is recognized as the s_____ of all life. Without it, there would be no life.
4.She was born in a (富裕的) family.
5.The old man had no a________ to education when he was young.
6.Helen is____________ (担心的) about traveling on her own.
7.I think it’s only an o_________ camera and I needn’t pay such a high price for it.
8.Living in the business d_______ of a city provides a great convenience for shopping.
9.As students, we must c____________ our attention on our lessons.
10.People are concerned about the quality of the air they___________ (呼吸).
11.Children should be encouraged to be __________(独立的)thinkers.
12.Helen is the most diligent shop____________ (助手) that I have ever seen.
13.She lost the d_______ necklace that she borrowed from one of her friends.
14.She has read many of the major works of _________ (文学).
15.The _________ (百分率) of overweight people around the world has been increasing these years.
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What would you think if someone suggested knocking down St Paul’s Cathedral to widen the road? Or pulling down Big Ben to make way for a car park? It would be ridiculous, right? But when it comes to devastation (毁灭) of the natural world, we aren’t so easily shocked. But we should be…or we’ll be in a lot of trouble.
Nature is shrinking by the day. Ancient forests are destroyed. Wetlands are becoming dry. Woodland is disappearing, and all in the name of progress. This is bad in itself, but it’s devastating for biodiversity.
Biodiversity refers to the variety of plants, animals and other living things that are all interconnected. The ecological services provided by biodiversity are vital to everyday life. The air we breathe is a product of photosynthesis (光合作用) by green plants. Insects, worms and bacteria break down waste and make soils rich. And tiny organisms clean the water in rivers and sea. In fact, all life on the earth exists thanks to the benefits of biodiversity. More than 90 percent of the calories consumed by people worldwide are produced from 80 plant species. And 30 percent of medicines are developed from plants and animals. Maintaining a wide diversity of species in each ecosystem is necessary to preserve all living things.
The loss of biodiversity could be devastating. “It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,” said Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson, known as the “father of biodiversity”. He warned, “We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will become irreversible (不可挽回的).”
But what can we do? The present problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague (含糊的). People might care about giant pandas, but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines. The Guardian newspaper is trying to help. It has launched the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity. This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to reserve the decrease in the sea-life caused by industrial fishing, stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes (wild dogs) in Australia, among many other things.
There is a lot to do. And we’d better act quickly if we don’t want to end up with a planet that can’t sustain life!
1.The writer thinks it ________ to pull down Big Ben to make way for a car park.
A.unreasonable B.necessary C.difficult D.reasonable
2.The underlined sentence “Nature is shrinking by the day.” means that ________.
A.nature is badly polluted by humans
B.species are becoming fewer and fewer day by day
C.rainforests are being cut down every day
D.nature is full of mysteries
3.Edward O. Wilson thinks that ________.
A.it doesn’t matter to reduce biodiversity
B.people have done enough to preserve biodiversity
C.the situation of biodiversity is very serious
D.biodiversity loss has become irreversible
4.When it comes to biodiversity, the present problem is that ________.
A.people might not clearly know what is biodiversity and what should be protected
B.people are not aware that giant pandas are endangered
C.people don’t realize that biodiversity is vital to everyday life
D.people hunt sea creatures for food
5.What does the underlined word “It” in paragraph 5 refer to?
A.The UK government. B.The concept of biodiversity.
C.The action to deal with the problem. D.The Guardian newspaper.
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科目:高中英语 来源: 题型:
单词拼写。
1.Mencius is one of the greatest p________ in China.
2.About 800 historical r________ have been submerged.
3.Unfortunately,some old temples d_______ from the l8th century were destroyed in a big fire.
4.France,s______ on the River Seine,belongs to continental Europe.
5.The worst hurricane disaster of all time o____ on the 8th September l900.
6.I still need some ______ (证据)to prove it.
7.It’s high time we took effective ______ (措施)to improve our working conditions.
8.He is always______ (抱怨)to me about what has happened to him,and I'm tired of it.
9.China Daily is one of the most ______ (有影响力的)newspapers among Chinese.
10.He has lived in ______ (贫穷)all his life and has never had a college education.
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