资源描述:
《2017普陀区高三英语二模试卷(完整版)》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在学术论文-天天文库。
1、2017届上海市普陀区高考二模试卷(含答案)II.GrammarandVocabularySectionADirections:Afterreadingthepassagebelow,fillintheblankstomakethepassagecoherentandgrammaticallycorrect.Fortheblankswithagivenword,fillineachblankwiththeproperformofthegivenword;fortheotherblanks,useonewordthatbestfitseachbla
2、nk.WildlifeinDeclineThepopulationsofEarthswildvertebrates(脊椎动物)havedeclinedby58%overthepastfourdecades,accordingtotheLivingPlanetReport2016publishedbytheWorldWildlifeFund.Climatechangeandactivitiessuchasdeforestationandpoaching(偷猎)areinlargepart(21)______(blame)forthedecline.
3、Ifthetrendcontinues,by2020,theworld(22)________(lose)two-thirdsofitsvertebratebiodiversity.“Sadly,thereisnosignyet(23)________thisratewilldecrease,”thereportsays.“Acrossland,freshwaterandtheoceans,humanactivitiesareforcingwildlifepopulationstotheedge,"saysMarcoLambertini,dire
4、ctor-generalofWWFInternational.TheLivingPlanetReportispublishedeverytwoyears.Itaimstoprovideanassessmentofthestateoftheworldswildlife.The2016studyincluded3700differentspeciesofbirds,fish,mammals,amphibiansandreptilesaroundtheworld.Theteamcollecteddatafrommorethan3000sources,i
5、ncludinggovernmentstatisticsandsurveys(24)______(carry)outbyconservationgroups.Theythenanalyzed(25)______thepopulationsizeshadchangedovertime.Lambertinisaidsomegroupsofanimalshaddoneworsethanothers.''Wedoseeparticularlystrongdeclines(26)______thefreshwaterenvironment.Forfresh
6、waterspeciesalone,thedeclinestandsat81%since1970.Thisisrelatedtothewaythatwater(27)________(use)andtakenoutoffreshwatersystems,andalsotothefragmentation(分裂)offreshwatersystemsthroughdambuilding,forexample.”Thereportalsohighlightedotherspecies,suchasAfricanelephants,(28)______
7、__navesufferedhugedeclinesinrecentyears,andsharks,whicharethreatenedbyoverfishing.(29)________________________alltheterrifyingfacts,however,someconservationistssaythereisstillhope.“OneofthethingsthatIthinkisthemostimportantisthatthesewildanimalshaven'tyetgoneextinct,”saidRobi
8、nFreeman,headoftheZoologicalSocietyofLondon.“Onthewhole,(30)________