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1、WildlifeProtection李仕才(必修2 Unit4)【短文语法填空】根据短文内容,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。Asweallknow,thesistersVenusandSerenaWilliamsarefamoustennischampionsintheworld.Infact,thesisters’roadtosuccessisvery1.amazing(amaze).2.Born(bear)inapooranddangerousarea,thetwos
2、istersoftenhadtorunandhidewhile3.practising(practise)tennis,4.forsomebulletsstartedflying.FinallytheWilliamsmovedtoasaferarea.Thesisters’father5.started(start)totrainthemwhentheywereveryyoung.Hewasstrictwiththem,6.training(train)themhardtocompeteagains
3、teachother.Itwasthesisters’mother7.who/thathelpedthemcompletetheirhighschoolathome.Andtoday,bothsistersarestudyingdesignatcollege,8.whichtheyareveryinterestedin.They9.have_made(make)fantasticprogresssince1996.10.Fortunately(fortunate)forthem,tennishasn
4、evercausedproblemsbetweenthem.Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2016·沈阳第一次质量监测)In2013aloneatleast20,000Africanelephantswerekilledfortheirteeth.InSouthAfricaoverthelasttwoyearsmorethan2,200rhinoswerekilledfortheirhorns.Thesenumbersarealarming,becausecurrentratesofillegalhuntinga
5、refasterthanbirthrates,whichcouldleadtoextinctionoftheseecologicallyimportantcreaturesintheenvironment.Indeed,someelephantandrhinopopulationsareontracktobelocallyextinctwithinthenextdecade.Ifyouarereadingthis,youmayalreadybeawareofthesefacts.Butyoumigh
6、tnotknowthatwildlifetrafficking(非法交易)notonlythreatenstheexistenceofelephantsandrhinosbutisalsoleadingtoextinctionofotherspecies,suchastigers,tortoises,seaturtles,andtheworld’smosttraffickedmammal(哺乳动物)—pangolins.Pangolinsaretheonlymammalsthatareentirel
7、ycoveredintoughscales(鳞),whichmakesthemlookverystrong.Butactuallytheyareendangeredmammals.Thereareeightdifferentspeciesofpangolins,fourinAsiaandfourinAfrica,andallarethreatenedwithextinction.Althoughpangolinsareprotectedthroughoutmostofthecountrieswher
8、etheylive,highdemandinEastAsia,wherethedeliciouspangolinmeatisconsideredadelicacyandwheretheirscalesareusedintraditionalmedicines,isdrivinganillegaltradeinbothliveanimalsandpangolinparts.Thenumberofpangolintraffickingisshocking.Expertsb