江西省重点中学盟校2012届高三第二次联考英语试题答案(4)

The loss of biodiversity could be devastating. “It is wrong to think that biodiversity can be reduced indefinitely without threatening humans,” said Harvard University biologist Edward O. Wilson, known as the “father of biodiversity”. He warned, “We are about to reach a critical point beyond which biodiversity loss will become irreversible（不可挽回的）.”
But what can we do? The present problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague（含糊的）. People might care about giant pandas, but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of tiny sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines. The Guardian newspaper is trying to help. It has launched the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action to deal with the widespread concerns about biodiversity. This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to reverse the decrease in the sea life caused by industrial fishing, stopping fishing sharks by the Japanese fishermen and banning the killing of dingoes in Australia, among many other things. 高考网Www.gaoKw.CoM

There is a lot to do. And we’ d better act quickly if we don’t want to end up with a planet that can’t sustain life!
56. The writer thinks it        to pull down Big Ben to make way for a car park.
A. unreasonable       B. necessary       C. difficult       D. reasonable
57. The underlined sentence “Nature is shrinking by the day.” means that      .
A. nature is badly polluted by humans       B. species are becoming fewer and fewer day by day
C. rainforests are being cut down every day   D. nature is full of mysteries
58. Edward O. Wilson thinks that        .
A. it doesn’t matter to reduce biodiversity     B. people have done enough to preserve biodiversity
C. the situation of biodiversity is very serious  D. biodiversity loss has become irreversible

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59. When it comes to biodiversity, the present problem is that        .
A. people might not clearly know what is biodiversity and what should be protected
B. people are not aware that giant pandas are endangered
C. people don’t realize that biodiversity is vital to everyday life
D. people hunt sea creatures for food
60. From the passage we can infer that        .
A. plenty of marine reserves have been set up in the UK
B. fishing sharks is illegal in Japan
C. tiny organisms are harmful to the fish in the river
D. killing dingoes in Australia is very common
B
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●Name：Susan Lane       Age：22 Place：Reykjavik, Iceland, 1994.    Cost：$7,000      Organization：AFS 高考网Www.gaoKw.CoM Experience：“I think it was a turning point in my life. I began to understand more about my own culture by experiencing another culture and seeing how other people live.” ●Name：Sara Small        Age：23 Place：Crivitz, Germany, 1996.     Cost：$8,000       Organization：EF Foundation Experience：“I love the traveling and I made a lot of friends. I found the European school system to be hard but I am fluent now in German so it was worth it. I did miss my family and friends in Australia but I would love to do it again.” 高考网Www.gaoKw.CoM ●Name：David Links       Age：16 Place：Stuttgart, Germany, 1996.    Cost：$6,000  Organization：Southern Cross Cultural Exchange Experience：“I wanted to try something that was very different in culture. In Germany everything was different but I soon got settled. The family I was with was great and I really feel as though I have a second family.” ●Name：Tom Jennings      Age：21 Place：Conflans, France, 1995.    Cost：$7,000   Organization：Southern Cross cultural Exchange Experience：“There were times when it was difficult but I liked it, experiencing a different culture. You just have to play each situation as it comes. If there is one thing you learn when you are on a student-exchange program it is how to take care of yourself.” 高考网wWw.GaoKw.cOm ●Name：Linda Marks       Age：19 Place：Chonburi Province, Thailand, 1994.   Cost：$3,500      Organization：Rotary International  Experience：“There are lots of ups and downs, but you always come back for more. I had a few problems but there was always someone to turn to and that was great.”

61.The passage is intended to___________.