2024-2025学年下学期高一英语人教新版期中必刷常考题之说明文阅读理解.docx

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2024-2025学年下学期高一英语人教新版期中必刷常考题之说明文阅读理解

一．阅读理解（共15小题）

1．（2022秋?邯郸期末）Theworldsanimalpopulationshavereducedbymorethantwothirdssince1970，accordingtoarecentresearchfromtheWorldWildlifeFund.

TheLondongroupprovidedinformationon32，000wildlifepopulationswhichincludedmorethan5，000species.Theresearchersfoundthatpopulationsizeshadreducedby69percentonaverage.Theysaidthelossofforests，humanexploitation（开采）oftheenvironment，pollution，andclimatechangeweregreatcausesofthereducedpopulations.Land﹣usechangeisstillthebiggestthreattowildlife.However，theresearchersalsoaddedthatclimatechangewaslikelytobecomethemajorcauseinthecomingyears.

WildlifepopulationsinLatinAmericanandtheCaribbeanSeaareaweregreatlyaffected.Theresearchshoweda94percentdropinthoseareasinover50years.Wildlifepopulationsinriverandlakehabitatsdecreasedthemost.Freshwaterpopulationshavereduceddramaticallysince1970.Forexample，onepopulationofpinkriverdolphinsintheAmazonRiverareaofBrazilfellby65percentbetween1996and2021.

Thesefindingsarearedflagthatwarnsofalargersystemfailureontheway.Evenonespeciespopulationdropcanaffectotherspecies，finallyaffectingtheecosystemsabilitytofunction（运转）.Humansdependonanunchangeableclimateandproductivefarmlandandfisheriestogetahead，butthepresentstatesarethreateningmanylife﹣sustainingecosystems.

Ourfuturedependsonchangingtheunbalancesituationofnaturejustasitdependsonaddressingclimatechange.Andyoucantsolveonewithoutsolvingtheother.Everyonehasaroleindoinghisbit，fromindividuals（个人）tocompaniestogovernments.Ifnothingchanges，animalpopulationswillundoubtedlycontinuetofall，threateningtheecosystemsonwhichwealldepend.

（1）Whatisthegreatestthreattothewildlifepopulationsnow？

A．Airpollution.

B．Land﹣usechange.

C．Globalclimatewarm