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1、Unit3Traveljournal李仕才一、阅读理解。Illegallytradedendangeredspeciesthatescape,formingsecondarypopulations,offerhopetotheirlong-termsurvival,astudysuggests."ThisfirstcametomyattentionwhenIreadanewsstoryabouttheseizureofanillegalshipmentof23yellowcrestedcockatoos(小葵花凤头鹦鹉),"saidLukeGibson,acollege
2、teacher.Helearnedthatthespecieswascriticallyendangered,whichsurprisedhim.ThisencouragedDr.Gibsonandhiscolleaguetoinvestigate(调查)howacriticallyendangeredspecieshadbecomeself-sustainingoutsideofitsnaturalrange.Theydiscovered49casesofagloballythreatenedspeciesbecomingestablishedasaseparatep
3、opulation,whichtheyhadn’tthoughtof,includingtheyellow-crestedcockatoointheircity."Thisisaspecieswhichisprimarilythreatenedbywildlifetrade,"hetoldBBCNews."Poachers(偷猎者)gooutintotheforestinitsnativerangeineasternIndonesiaandcapturethebirdandthenshipthemoff,usuallyuptoourcitywherethereisast
4、rongdemandforpetbirds.Thisiswhathasfueledthedeclineofthisspeciesinitsnativerange.Butit'sreallyinterestingbecausethatsamecausealsohadanothereffect:someofthepeoplewhowerekeepingthisspecieshereaccidentallyorintentionallyreleasedthem.”Asaresultofenoughofthebirdssetfree,itallowedanewself-sust
5、ainingpopulationtobeestablishedinthiscity.ThegovernmentinofDr.Gibson’scityhasmadeitillegaltocapturethespecies,eventhoughitisanon-nativespecies.Becausethecityisaffluentandrelativelywelleducated,thecasesofpeoplebreakingthelawareextremelyrare,explainedDrGibson,unlikeinitsnativerangeinIndone
6、sia,wherecapturingbirdsformsamajorsourceofincome.However,therecanbedownsides(缺点)tothenewlyestablishedpopulationofendangeredspecies,suchasalimitedgeneticpool,andsufferingfromnoveldiseases.Itdidalsopresentapossible“veryinteresting”opportunityforconservationists,Dr.Gibsonsuggested.Thiswould
7、involve"harvesting"someofthenewlyestablishedsecondarypopulation,whichmayprovideawaytohelpslowglobalbiodiversityloss.1.WhatwasbeyondGibson’sexpectationsaccordingtothefirstparagraph?A.Thehighrateofwildlifetrade.B.Thepreciousnessofthebirds.C.Thefactthatthebirdsnearlydisappea