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1、雅思阅读考试需要大家在备考中积累很多的阅读方法和技巧，并且灵活应用。下面新东方网雅思频道为大家搜集整理了一篇雅思阅读练习题，包括了雅思阅读文章和后面的阅读题目两个部分，最后还附有题目的答案。下面是详细内容，大家一起来参考一下吧。 Youshouldspendabout20minutesonquestions1-15,whicharebasedonReadingPassage1below. NationalParksandClimateChange A Nationalparks,natur
2、ereserves,protectedareasandsitesofspecialscientificinterest(SSSIs)areanimportantpartofthenaturallandscapeinmostcountries.Theirhabitatandterrainsvarymassively,fromtundraandglacierparksinthenorthtowetlandsinEurope,steppesincentralandeasternEurope,andpra
3、iriegrasslandsanddesertsinotherareas.Virtuallyallkindsoflandscapeareprotectedsomewhere.Andtheseprotectedareasareimportantforthevarietyofplantandanimallifetheyharbour:caribou,bears,wolves,raretypesoffishandbirds. B Buttheseareasareunderthreatfromarec
4、entperil-globalclimatechange.Noamountoflegislationinanyonecountrycanprotectagainstaworldwideproblem.Whatexactlyaretheproblemscausedbyclimatechange?DavidWoodward,headoftheBritishCouncilforNatureConservation,spoketoScienceNowaboutsomeoftheseareas,andhis
5、firstpointhighlightedtheenormousvariationinnaturereserves. C "Eachparkorreserveisanecosystem,"hesays,"andthelargerreserves,suchasthoseinCanada,mayhaveseveraltypesofecologicalsubsystemswithinit.TherearereserveswhicharehalfthesizeofWesternEurope,soitd
6、oesn'tmakesensetotalkaboutthemasiftheywereallthesame,orasifthemicroclimateswithinthemwereuniform."WoodwardoutlinessomeofthedangersposedbyclimaticchangetoparksinthenorthernAmericas,forexample. D "Ifclimaticchangeissevere,andinparticularifthechangeish
7、appeningasquicklyasitisatthemoment,thentheboundariesoftheparknolongermakemuchsense.Aparkthatwasdesignatedasaprotectedarea90yearsagomaysuffersuchchangeinitsclimatethatthenatureofitchangestoo.Itwillnolongercontaintheanimalandplantlifethatitdid.Sothearea
8、whichonceprotected,say,aspeciesofreindeeroratypeofscenery,willhavechanged.Ineffect,youlosethethingyouweretryingtoprotect."ThiseffecthasalreadybeenseeninCanada,whereparkswhichoncecontainedglaciershaveseentheglaciersmeltedbyglobalwarming. E Je
