2017_2018学年高中英语Unit4Wildlifeprotection课时作业新人教版必修.docVIP

Unit 4　Wildlife protection 【导语】　专家指出：地球上的动植物物种正以前所未有的速度消失而无论是它们栖息地的丧失、污染还是全球变暖带来的间接影响祸根都源于人类。 北部白犀牛　　　小嘴狐猴Extinction is for ever! As almost everyone knows，to become extinct is to be gone for ever.Even before mans arrival on Earth，species became extinct quite naturally.Natural extinction happens when a species decreases in numbers gradually but steadily at the end of its evolutionary period on Earth.The length of this period depends on how well a species can get used to changes around it.This process of extinction can take a very long time—sometimes several million years—and the extinction of o