四川省雅安市2015-2016学年高二英语下学期第2周周考试题

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1、天全中学2015—2016学年下期高二第2周周考英语试题（满分100分时间40分钟）班级：姓名：成绩：第一节：阅读理解（8*3=24分）ANaturerespondstoclimatechange.Tounderstandit，weneedtomonitorkeylifecycleevents—flowering，theappearanceofleaves，thefirstfrogcallsofthespring—allaroundtheworld.Butscientistscan’tbeeverywheresothey’returningtononscientists，sometimes

2、calledcitizenscientists，forhelp.AgroupofscientistsandeducatorssetupanorganizationlastyearcalledtheNationalPhenologyNetwork.“Phenology”iswhatscientistscallthestudyofthetimingofeventsinnature.Oneofthegroup’sfirsteffortsdependsonscientistsandnonscientistsaliketocollectdataaboutplantfloweringandleafin

3、geveryyear.Theprogram，calledProjectBudBurst，collectslifecycledataondifferentkindsofusualplantsfromacrosstheUnitedStates.“Peopledon’thavetobeplantexperts—theyjusthavetolookaroundandseewhat’sintheirneighborhood，”saysJenniferSchwartz，anadviserwiththeproject.“Aswecollectthisdata，we’llbeabletopredictho

4、wplantsandcommunitiesofplantsandanimalswillrespondastheclimatechanges.”Thatdatawillhelpscientistspredictnotonlyhownaturalcommunitiesmaychangebutalsohowthesechangeswillaffectpeople.ScientistsmonitoringlilacfloweringintheWesternUnitedStatesreportedthatinyearswhenlilacsbloomedearly—beforeMay20th—wild

5、fireslaterinthesummerandfallarelargerandmoresevere.“Lilacbloomingcouldserveasanalarmbell，”Jennifersays.Improvedmonitoringisanimportantsteptowardpredictinghownaturalcommunitieswillrespondtoclimatechange.“Thebestwayforustoincreaseourknowledgeofhowplantsandanimalsarerespondingtoclimatechangeistoincre

6、asetheamountofdatawehave，”shesays.“That’swhyweneedcitizenscientiststogetasmuchinformationasmanyplacesonasmanyspeciesoveraslongatimeperiodaswecan.”1．TheNationalPhenologyNetworkissetupto________.A．researchhownaturemakesresponsetoclimatechangeB．keeparecordofwhatishappeninginnatureC．makeastudyofthefir

7、stfrogcallsofthespringD．judgewhatplantswilldieoutinthefuture2．ThetaskofProjectBudBurstisto________.A．growmoreplantstoimprovetheclimateB．collectinformationaboutusualplantsC．makecitizenstelldifferentplantsD．findout