2023课标版英语高考第一轮专题练习--第一部分 主题三 人与自然.pdfVIP

2023 课标版英语高考第一轮专题练习 第一部分 主题高频词 主题三 人与自然 子主题 1 自然生态 一、阅读理解 A [2021辽宁临门一卷]Scientists have assessed 78 mountain glacier-based water systems around the world and ranked the Asian water towers as the most threatened, according to a recently published study in the journal Nature . Scientists ranked the importance of the water systems to neighbouring lowland communities while assessing the vulnerability (脆弱性) to future environmental and socioeconomic changes. These water systems, known as mountain water towers, store and transport water via glaciers, snowpack, lakes and streams, therefore supplying invaluable water resources to 1.9 billion people. The scientists analyzed the various factors that influenced how independent downstream communities were upon the supplies of water from these systems. They also assessed each water tower to determine the vulnerability of the water resources, as well as the people and ecosystems that depended on them, based on predictions of future climate and socioeconomic changes. The paper said that global water towers are at risk due to the threats of climate change, growing populations and mismanagement of water resources. Among the 78 global water towers identified, Asian water towers that rely on river systems in the Third Pole region were ranked as the most threatened water towers. If temperatures increase two degrees Celsius globally, the Asian water towers could see a temperature hike as high as four degrees Celsius, said Prof. Yao Tandong, a scientist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences and also a co-author of the research, adding that by 2060 to 2070, rising temperatures due to climate change could lead to ever-stronger glacier reduction in the region. Since 20