2023版新教材高考英语一轮总复习Unit1单元主题训练新人教版选择性必修第四册(含答案).pdfVIP

新教材高考英语一轮总复习：

UNIT1单元主题训练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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2022·茂名模拟Catchingnearly4,000wildbutterflieswithhandheldnetsand

takingthetemperatureofeachtinyinsectmustrankamongtheharderofscientific

efforts.

However,researchershavediscoveredsignificantdifferencesintheabilityof

Britishbutterfliestomaintainasuitabletemperature,raisingfearsthatglobal

heatingwillthreatenthepopulationsofsomespecies.

Butterfliesareectotherms-unabletogeneratetheirownbodyheatandrequire

warmtemperaturestofly.However,extremetemperaturescanposeproblems,

particularlyforthosebutterfliesthatmustfindshadyhabitatstoregulate(调

节)theirbodytemperature.

Thestudyshowsthatlarger,palerbutterfliesarebestabletoprotectthemselves

fromextremetemperatures,changingtheanglesoftheirreflectivewingsinrelation

tothesuntodirectheatawayfromorontotheirbodies.Thesurroundingtemperature

ofthebutterflysperch(栖息处),orairtemperature,wasalsotaken,whichindicated

thedegreetowhichbutterflieswereseekingspecificlocationstoregulatetheir

bodytemperature.Darker,largespecieshavegreaterdifficultycontrollingtheir

bodytemperature,buteventheyarebetterthan“thermalspecialists”，whichrely

onfindingaspotataspecifictemperatureinalandscape—a“microclimate”—

tocontroltheirbodytemperature.

“AfterbeingcaughtinbutterflynetsonBritishnaturereserves,the29

differentspeciesofbutterfliestemperaturesweretakenwithafineprobe.Aswe

planconse