Good news for giant panda lovers: The cute and cuddly creature has just been brought back from the brink of extinction.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) downgraded the species from “endangered” to “vulnerable” as the union released its updated Red List on Sept 4 at Hawaii.
The downgrade came after IUCN data suggested that there were 1,864 giant pandas in the wild in China in 2014 — their population has grown by 17 percent in the decade leading up to 2014.
Chinese conservation efforts, including forest protection and reforestation, are considered to be the driving force behind the animal’s resurgence.
“It’s all about restoring the habitats,” Craig Hilton-Taylor, head of the IUCN Red List, told the BBC.
The number of panda reserves in China has also jumped to 67, from 13 in 1992. Nearly two-thirds of all wild pandas live in these reserves, according to the World Wildlife Fund.
“Just by restoring the panda’s habitat, that’s given them back their space and made food available to them,” Hilton-Taylor said.
A loss of habitats, on the contrary, was what caused the number of pandas to drop to just over 1,200 in the 1980s, Hilton-Taylor added.
Apart from giant pandas, the Tibetan Antelope has also moved from “endangered” to “near threatened”. According to a statement from IUCN, the animal’s numbers dwindled severely — dropping from around 1 million to an estimated 65,000-72,500 in the 1980s and early 1990s — due to commercial poaching. Rigorous(严格的) protection has since been enforced to protect the beasts and the population is now likely to be between 100,000 and 150,000.
Despite the improved statuses, wild animals like the giant panda and the Tibetan Antelope still face great challenges. The IUCN warned, for example, that ongoing threats from climate change could eliminate more than 35 percent of the panda’s bamboo habitat in the next 80 years, which would reverse the species recent gains.
1.What does the underlined word in pagagraph 1 mean?
A. dangerous and threatened.B. safe and sound.
C. weak and easily hurt.D. normal and common.
2.Which of the following can account for pandas’ living improvement?
A. Better climate.B. More built reserves.
C. Well restored habitats.D. Aroused public awareness.
3.The passage is written in order to ________.
A. convinceB. informC. argueD advocate
4.What does the last paragraph imply?
A. The climate will influence the threatened species.
B. We humans still have a long way to go to protect the endangered species.
C. Pandas will go extinct for lack of abundant food.
D. Habitats for giant pandas will decrease sharply.
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Depressed? Do What You Love
About 350 million people around the world suffer from depression. Therapists can use many different techniques to help, but none has more accurate scientific evidence behind it than cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). This “inside-out” technique focuses mainly on thought patterns, training patients to recognize and reframe their thinking. __1.__
BA is an outside-in technique in which therapists focus on adjusting actions rather than thoughts. “The idea is that what you do and how you feel are linked,” says David Richards, a health services researcher at the University of Exeter in England. If a patient values nature and family, for example, a therapist may encourage him to schedule a daily walk in the park with his family members. __2.__This could create an alternative to more negative pastimes such as thinking on loss. BA has existed for decades, yet until now it has never been tested with the scale and exactness needed to assess its relative strength as a stand-alone approach.
In one of the largest studies of its kind, Richards led a group of 18 researchers working at three mental health centers in the U.K. who put BA and CBT head-to-head. They assigned 440 people with depression to about 16 weeks of one of the two approaches, then followed the patients’ progress at six, twelve and eighteen months after treatment began. __3.__ A year on, about two thirds of the patients in both groups reported at least a 50 percent reduction in their symptoms.
_4.__ For instance, patients with depression could begin with simpler therapies such as BA, and then seek out more specialized care if they do not respond to that treatment. “We believe that BA is a good first step in treatment, and the report addresses that point,” says George Alexopoulos at Weill Cornell Medical College, a key member of the team.
In addition, Richards and his colleagues found that junior health workers could provide BA after a brief training period, which makes it significantly cheaper compared with CBT, for it requires highly specialized therapists. __5._
A. These findings could change treatment guidelines.
B. As shown in a report, the team found the treatments equally effective.
C. In doing so, it helps increase the rewards of engaging more with the outside world.
D. The disorder of depression is characterized by continuous sadness and also interference with day-to-day work.
E. Trained medical professionals should diagnose depression not only by a physical examination, but by asking the right questions.
F. This distinction could make the former a blessing to developing countries, where resources for mental health are especially in need.
G. Now, however, mental health professionals have another option: a technique called behavioral-activation (BA) therapy is just as effective.
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A. had leftB. has left
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“Father, I don’t like to go to school,” said Harry Williams one morning. “I wish you ________ let me stay at home. Charles Parker’s father doesn’t make him go to school.”
Mr. Williams took his little boy ________ the hand, and said kindly to him, “Come, my son. I want to ________ you something in the garden.”
Harry walked into the garden with his father, who led him along ________ they came to a bed in which peas were growing. Not a weed was to be ________ about their roots.
“See how beautifully these peas are ________, my son,” said Mr. Williams. “How clean and healthy the vines(藤) look. We shall have a good ________. Now let me show you the vines in Mr. Parker’s garden.”
Mr. Williams then ________ Harry to look at Mr. Parker’s pea vines.
After a few moments, Mr. Williams asked, “Well, my son, what do you ________ Mr. Parker’s pea vines?”
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“I would rather go to school,” said Harry.
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2.A. inB. byC. withD. of
3.A. offerB. giveC. showD. remind
4.A. untilB. whereC. beforeD. when
5.A. madeB. changedC. seenD. planted
6.A. dancingB. movingC. shakingD. growing
7.A. resultB. harvestC. matchD. present
8.A. ledB. orderedC. followedD. forced
9.A. hear ofB. look atC. think ofD. deal with
10.A. uglyB. fineC. dirtyD. poor
11.A. deepB. longC. highD. wide
12.A. WhenB. HowC. WhereD. Why
13.A. pleasedB. stayedC. leftD. belonged
14.A. aheadB. afterwardC. forwardD. outside
15.A. asB. orC. ifD. so
16.A. requiredB. answeredC. explainedD. announced
17.A. carefullyB. correctlyC. gentlyD. slightly
18.A. schoolB. mindC. familyD. dream
19.A. produceB. developC. decreaseD. drop
20.A. findB. supportC. knowD. prefer
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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）, 并在其下写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
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With the growing popularity of the Internet, more and more children are addicted to play online games day and night. It does harm not only to their health, especial their eyes, but also to their studies.
Comparing with online games, many traditional games, like hide-and-seek, benefits kids mentally and physically. They were ever popular with several generations, which not only learned anything valuable but also enjoyed playing the games. Therefore, the games are dying away now.
Personally, I think teachers and parents should take measure to limit their children’s Internet time. Let children to know the harm of online games and the benefits of traditional games. Help children judge healthy and unhealthy games. What’s more, we should often organize events for children in which traditional games played.
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增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词。
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My four-year-old son ran down the stairs very excitedly in Christmas morning and went straight for the gifts under the tree. And, to my surprise, the first gift he grabbed was a gift he had been made for his father and me. He stood there with joys and patience as we opened our gift. When I saw the gift, that was a hand-made wreath made his small handprints, I started to cry. My husband leaned over and asked how I was crying. I said I can not believe the thoughtfulness of this child. My son was most exciting about giving us the present he had made for us. I felt proud for him. That is actually the best gift I received for Christmas.
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