2019-2020年高二英语下学期第2周周考试题

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1、2019-2020年高二英语下学期第2周周考试题第一节：阅读理解（8*3=24分）ANaturerespondstoclimatechange.Tounderstandit，weneedtomonitorkeylifecycleevents—flowering，theappearanceofleaves，thefirstfrogcallsofthespring—allaroundtheworld.Butscientistscan’tbeeverywheresothey’returningtononscientists，so

2、metimescalledcitizenscientists，forhelp.AgroupofscientistsandeducatorssetupanorganizationlastyearcalledtheNationalPhenologyNetwork.“Phenology”iswhatscientistscallthestudyofthetimingofeventsinnature.Oneofthegroup’sfirsteffortsdependsonscientistsandnonscientistsalike

3、tocollectdataaboutplantfloweringandleafingeveryyear.Theprogram，calledProjectBudBurst，collectslifecycledataondifferentkindsofusualplantsfromacrosstheUnitedStates.“Peopledon’thavetobeplantexperts—theyjusthavetolookaroundandseewhat’sintheirneighborhood，”saysJenniferS

4、chwartz，anadviserwiththeproject.“Aswecollectthisdata，we’llbeabletopredicthowplantsandmunitiesofplantsandanimalswillrespondastheclimatechanges.”Thatdatawillhelpscientistspredictnotonlyhownaturalmunitiesmaychangebutalsohowthesechangeswillaffectpeople.Scientistsmonit

5、oringlilacfloweringintheWesternUnitedStatesreportedthatinyearswhenlilacsbloomedearly—beforeMay20th—wildfireslaterinthesummerandfallarelargerandmoresevere.“Lilacbloomingcouldserveasanalarmbell，”Jennifersays.Improvedmonitoringisanimportantsteptowardpredictinghownatu

6、ralmunitieswillrespondtoclimatechange.“Thebestwayforustoincreaseourknowledgeofhowplantsandanimalsarerespondingtoclimatechangeistoincreasetheamountofdatawehave，”shesays.“That’swhyweneedcitizenscientiststogetasmuchinformationasmanyplacesonasmanyspeciesoveraslongatim

7、eperiodaswecan.”1．TheNationalPhenologyNetworkissetupto________.A．researchhownaturemakesresponsetoclimatechangeB．keeparecordofwhatishappeninginnatureC．makeastudyofthefirstfrogcallsofthespringD．judgewhatplantswilldieoutinthefuture2．ThetaskofProjectBudBurstisto______

8、__.A．growmoreplantstoimprovetheclimateB．collectinformationaboutusualplantsC．makecitizenstelldifferentplantsD．findouthowmanykindsofplantsthereareinAmeric