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【生态环保、自然灾害类】话题阅读练习（四）

（阅读理解9篇+语法填空3篇）

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Ingeneral,therichesofthenaturalworldarentspreadevenlyacrosstheglobe.PlacesliketheTropical.AndesinSouthAmericaaresimplypackedwithuniquespecies,manyofwhichcantbefoundinanyotherplaces.Untilrecently,themainexplanationforthebiologicalrichesconcentratedinplacesliketheAmazonBasinwasthatsuchplacesmustbeenginesofbiodiversity,withnewspeciesevolvingatafasterratethanotherpartsoftheworld.Butnow,newresearchonbirdevolutionmayturnthatassumptiononitshead,insteadsupport