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1、改编高考阅读理解真题，集中记忆话题词汇（浙江卷2012） 改编高考阅读理解真题，集中记忆话题词汇（浙江卷2012） Easter(复活节)isstillagreatdayforworship,candyinbasketsandrunningaroundtheyardfindingeggs,buteveryyearitgetsquiteabitworseforbunnies. Andno,notbecausethekidsliketopulltheirears.Theculpritisclimatechange
2、,andsomeresearchersfoundthatrisingtemperaturesarehavingharmfulimpactsonatleastfivespeciesofrabbitintheUS. TaketheLowerKeysMarchrabbit,forinstance.AnendangeredspeciesthatlivesintheLowerFloridaKeys,thisspeciesofrabbitisagreatswimmer,butitisalreadyseverelyaffect
3、edbydevelopmentandnowbyrisingoceanlevels.AccordingtotheCenterforBiologicalDiversity,anoceanlevelriseofonly0.6meterswillsendtheseguysjumpingtohighergroundandarisewouldtotallywipeouttheirhabitat(栖息地). Thesnowshoehare,ontheotherhand,hasacolorissue.Mostoftheserab
4、bitschangetheirfurcolorfromwhiteinthewintertimetobrowninthesummer,eachdesignedtogivethembettercoverfrompredators（捕食者）.Asthenumberofsnowdaysdecreasesallacrossthecountry,however,moreandmorebunniesarebeingleftinwhitefurduringbrowndirtdaysofbothfallandspring,makin
5、gthemaneasiermarkforpredators.Researchersknowthatthecolorchangeiscontrolledbythenumberofhoursofsunlight,butwhethertherabbitwillbeabletoadaptquickenoughtosurviveisabigquestion.TheNationalWildlifeAssociationhasreportedthathuntershavenoticedtheirnumbersarealready
6、markedlydownannually. Americanpikasorrockrabbits,arelativeofrabbitsandhares,mightbethefirstofthesespeciestogoextinctduetoclimatechange.About7-8incheslong,pikaslivehighinthecool,dampmountainswestoftheRockyMountains.Asglobaltemperaturesrise,theywouldnaturallymi
7、grate(迁徙)tohigherground—buttheyalreadyoccupythemountaintops.Theycan’tgoanyhigher.TheNationalWildlifeAssociationreportsthattheymightnotbeabletostandthenewtemperaturesastheirhabitatheatsup. Thevolcanorabbithasthesameproblem.Theserabbitsliveontheslopes（山坡）ofvolc
8、anoesinMexico,andrecentstudieshaveshownthatthelowerrangeoftheirhabitathasalreadyshiftedupwardabout700meters,buttherearenotsuitableplantsforthemtomovehigher,sotheyarestuckinthemiddl
