2025北京版新教材英语高考第一轮基础练习--主题群七　自然生态与环境保护（含答案）.docxVIP

2025北京版新教材英语高考第一轮

人与自然

主题群七自然生态与环境保护

五年高考

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Passage1(2021北京,D)主题人与环境词数453

Earlyfifth-centuryphilosopherSt.Augustinefamouslywrotethatheknewwhattimewasunlesssomeoneaskedhim.AlbertEinsteinaddedanotherwrinklewhenhetheorizedthattimevariesdependingonwhereyoumeasureit.Todaysstate-of-the-artatomic(原子的)clockshaveprovenEinsteinright.Evenadvancedphysicscantdecisivelytelluswhattimeis,becausetheanswerdependsonthequestionyoureasking.

Forgetabouttimeasanabsolute.Whatif,insteadofconsideringtimeintermsofastronomy,werelatedtimetoecology?Whatifweallowedenvironmentalconditionstosetthetempo(节奏)ofhumanlife?WereincreasinglyawareofthefactthatwecantcontrolEarthsystemswithengineeringalone,andrealizingthatweneedtomoderate(调节)ouractionsifwehopetoliveinbalance.Whatifourdefinitionoftimereflectedthat?

Recently,Iconceptualizedanewapproachtotimekeepingthatsconnectedtocircumstancesonourplanet,conditionsthatmightchangeasaresultofglobalwarming.WerenowbuildingaclockattheAnchorageMuseumthatreflectsthetotalflowofseveralmajorAlaskanrivers,whicharesensitivetolocalandglobalenvironmentalchanges.Weveprogrammedittomatchanatomicclockifthewaterwayscontinuetoflowattheirpresentrate.Iftheriversrunfasterinthefutureonaverage,theclockwillgetaheadofstandardtime.Iftheyrunslower,youllseetheoppositeeffect.

Theclockregistersbothshort-termirregularitiesandlong-termtrendsinriverdynamics.Itsasortofobservatorythatrevealshowtheriversarebehavingfromtheirowntemporalframe(时间框架),andallowsustowitnessthosechangesonoursmartwatchesorphones.AnyonewhooptstogoonAlaskaMeanRiverTimewillliveinharmonywiththeplanet.Anyonewhoconsidersrivertimeinrelationtoatomictimewillencounteramajorimbalanceandmaybemotivatedtocounteractit