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1、专题限时检测(二十五) 阅读理解D篇专练(三)(共2篇，限时20分钟)A(2019·南通七市二模)UNscholarshavecalculatedthatwithinthenext10yearsthedegradation(退化)offarmandgrasslandcouldturn50millionpeopleintomigrants.AnotherUNagencycalculatedthatinthelast25years,another3%oftheplanet'sforestshadbeenburnedorcutdo
2、wn.OnceyouhavereadGaiaVince'sbook,youstarttoregisterthescaleofchangeinafastchangingworld.AdventuresintheAnthropoceneholdsamirroruptohumanityandsays:lookwhatyouhavedonetotheworld,theonlyworldyouwilleverhave.TheAnthropocene—theAgeofMan—isaproposednewnameforthequatern
3、ary(第四纪)periodthatwenowlivein,anditincludeswhathascometobecalledtheGreatAcceleration,inwhichduringthelast65years,whateverhumansdid,theydiditfasterandmoreeffectively,andonagreaterscale,while_at_the_same_time_reproducing_more_and_dying_much_less.Didittake50,000yearst
4、oreachapopulationofonebillion?Justinthelast10years,anotherbillionpeopleappearedontheplanet,andbytheendofthiscentury,itcouldbehometo9,or10,or11billionsouls,eachofwhichwillhopefortheminimumtosustainhealthandcontentment.Manyofthemwilldemandalotmore,whichiswheretheprob
5、lemsbegin.Tobuildcities,pavehighwaysandestablishfactories,humansdecadesagobecamethegreatestearthmovingforceontheplanet:theyeachyearshiftmorerockandsoilthanthewindandtherain,theriversandtheglaciers(冰川)combined.Citiesnowcover2%oftheplanet'sland:by2030,thiswillbe10%.O
6、verthenext80years,thespecieswillbuildacityforonemillionpeopleevery10days.Tokeepthesecitiesfunctioning,humanswillconsume18terawattsofenergyandby2020,around5billionofthemwillhavesmartphones,andInternetaccess,andalreadypeoplewhoaremiserablypoorcansee,atafinger'stouch,
7、whattheyaremissing,andwantitforthemselves,andinthecourseoftryingtogetit,consumemoreresourcesandcausedestructiontotheecosystem.Anyonewhoreadsthisbookwillhavenoexcusefornotthinkingaboutit.Vincedoesn'tjustcollectthestatisticsofexploitationanddestruction,shegoestoseefo
8、rherselfwhattheymean.Likeagoodreporter,shetriestoseebothsides:sheexploresboththehumandestructionandthebeneficialandsometimesamazing7solutionsthat
