高三英语单元复习调研检测卷15

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1、Ⅰ.阅读理解Environmentalistssaidourplanetwasdoomedtodie.Nowonemansaystheyarewrong.“Everyoneknowstheplanetisinbadshape,”thunderedamagazinearticlelastyear.Speciesarebeingdriventodieoutatrecordrates,andtheriversaresopoisonousthatfisharefloatingonthesurface,dead.Butthere’sagrowingbeliefthatwhateveryonetakesf

2、orgrantediswrong:thingsareactuallygettingbetter.Anewbookisabouttooverturnourmostbasicassumptionsabouttheworld’senvironment.Rivers,seas,rainandtheatmosphereareallgettingcleaner.Thetotalamountofforestsintheworldisnotdeclining.TheSkepticalEnvironmentalistbyBjornLomborg,professorofstatisticsattheUnivers

3、ityofAarhusinDenmark,isanattackonthemisleadingclaimsofenvironmentalgroups,andthe“badnews”culturethatmakespeoplebelieveeverythingisgettingworse.Nowtheattacksareincreasinglycoiningfromleft-wingenvironmentalistssuchasLomborg,aformermemberofGreenpeace.Theaccusationisthat,althoughtheenvironmentisimprovin

4、g,greengroups——withprofitsofhundredsofmillionsofpoundsayear——areusingscaretactics(谋略)togaindonations.Lomborg’sbookdoesn’tdenyglobalwarming——probablythebiggestenvironmentalthreat——butdestroysalmosteveryotherenvironmentalclaimwithmanyofficialstatistics.TheWorldwatchInstituteclaimsthat“deforestationhas

5、beenacceleratingoverthelast30years”.ButLomborgsaysthatissimplyrubbish.Sincethedawnofagriculturetheworldhaslostabout20percentofitsforestcover,butinrecentdecadestheforestarea’sdepletinghascometoastop.AccordingtoUNfigures,theareaofforestshasremainedalmoststeady,atabout30percentoftotallandarea,sincethe1

6、940s.ForestsincountriessuchastheUS,theUKandCanadahaveactuallybeenexpandingoverthepast40years.DespiteallthewarningstheAmazonrainforesthasonlyshrunk（缩小）byabout15percent.Norareallourspeciesdyingout.Somecampaignersclaimthat50percentofallspecieswillhavediedoutwithin50years.Butotherstudiesshowonly0.08perc

7、entofspeciesaredyingouteachyear.Conservationeffortshavebeensuccessful.Whalesarenolongerthreatenedandthebaldeagleisofftheendangeredlist.[来源:Z*xx*k.Com]Environmentalgroupsclaimthatmanyoftheimprovementsa