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1、2019-2020年高三英语下学期周练试题承智班(I)一、阅读理解Goodnewsforgiantpandalovers:Thecuteandcuddlycreaturehasjustbeenbroughtbackfromthebrinkofextinction.TheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN)downgradedthespeciesfrom“endangered”to“vulnerable”astheunionreleaseditsupdatedRedListonSept4atHawaii.Thed
2、owngradecameafterIUCNdatasuggestedthattherewere1,864giantpandasinthewildinChinainxx—theirpopulationhasgrownby17percentinthedecadeleadinguptoxx.Chineseconservationefforts,includingforestprotectionandreforestation,areconsideredtobethedrivingforcebehindtheanimal’sresurgence.“It’sallaboutre
3、storingthehabitats,”CraigHilton-Taylor,headoftheIUCNRedList,toldtheBBC.ThenumberofpandareservesinChinahasalsojumpedto67,from13in1992.Nearlytwo-thirdsofallwildpandasliveinthesereserves,accordingtotheWorldWildlifeFund.“Justbyrestoringthepanda’shabitat,that’sgiventhembacktheirspaceandmadef
4、oodavailabletothem,”Hilton-Taylorsaid.Alossofhabitats,onthecontrary,waswhatcausedthenumberofpandastodroptojustover1,200inthe1980s,Hilton-Tayloradded.Apartfromgiantpandas,theTibetanAntelopehasalsomovedfrom“endangered”to“nearthreatened”.AccordingtoastatementfromIUCN,theanimal’snumbersdwin
5、dledseverely—droppingfromaround1milliontoanestimated65,000-72,500inthe1980sandearly1990s—duetomercialpoaching.Rigorous(严格的)protectionhassincebeenenforcedtoprotectthebeastsandthepopulationisnowlikelytobebetween100,000and150,000.Despitetheimprovedstatuses,wildanimalslikethegiantpandaandth
6、eTibetanAntelopestillfacegreatchallenges.TheIUCNwarned,forexample,thatongoingthreatsfromclimatechangecouldeliminatemorethan35percentofthepanda’sbamboohabitatinthenext80years,whichwouldreversethespeciesrecentgains.1．Whatdoestheunderlinedwordinpagagraph1mean?A.dangerousandthreatened.B.saf
7、eandsound.C.weakandeasilyhurt.D.normalandmon.2．Whichofthefollowingcanaccountforpandas’livingimprovement?A.Betterclimate.B.Morebuiltreserves.C.Wellrestoredhabitats.D.Arousedpublicawareness.3．Thepassageiswritteninorderto________.A.convinceB.informC.argueDadvocate4．Whatdoesthelast
