人教版(新教材)高中英语选修3Unit 3　Environmental Protection课时作业5：Learning About Language

1、lack of sleep could put the birds health at risk.His study shows that when robins are exposed to light at night in the lab, it leads to some genes being active at the wrong time of day. A nd the more birds are exposed to light, （he more active they are at night.He told people at a conference 44There

2、 have been a couple of studies suggesting （hey are increasing （heir song output at night and during （he day they are still singing.Singing is a costly behaviour and it takes energy.So by increasing their song output, there might be some costs of energy.vAnd it is not just robins （hat are being kept

3、awake by artificial light.Blackbirds and seagulls are also being more nocturnal.Dr Dominoni said, “In Glasgow where I live, gulls are a serious problem.I have people coming to me saying You are the bird expert.Can you help us kill these gulls? During the breeding（繁殖）season, between April and June, t

4、hey arc very active at night and very noisy and people can t sleep. ”Although Dr Dominoni has only studied light pollution, other research concludes that robins living in noisy cities have started to sing at night to make themselves heard over loud noise.However , some birds thrive（兴旺）in noisy envir

5、onments.A study from California Polytechnic University found more hummingbirds in areas with heavy industrial machinery.lt is thought that they are capitalising on their predators（天敌）fleeing to quieter areas.语篇解读 本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了一项研究调查的结果，由于人类制造的光线问 题，越来越多的鸟类如知更鸟在晚上也会唱歌，这极大地影响了鸟的健康。According io Dr Dom

6、inoni * s study, what causes robins to sing so much?The breeding season.The light in modern life.The dangerous environment.The noise from heavy machinery.K答案BK解析1细节理解题。根据文章第二段可知，是现代生活中的灯光使知更鸟频繁唱歌。应选BoWhat is the researchers concern over the increase of birds song output?The environment might be poll

7、uted.The birds health might be damaged.The industry cost might be increased.The peopleJ s hearing might be affected.K答案BK解 析H细节理解题。根据第四段最后两句可知，鸟儿唱歌频繁，鸟儿的健康可能受到 影响，应选B。What does the underlined word unocturnalin Paragraph 5 mean?Active at night.Inactive at night.Active during the day.Inactive during t

8、he day.K答案AK解 析 词义猜想题。根据上文的 “And it is not just robins.Blackbirds and seagulls are also.”可知，鸟鸦和海鸥情况也一样，也就是说这两种鸟晚上也唱歌，指晚上很兴奋。故 选A。Why do some birds thrive in noisy environments?Because there are fewer dangers.Because there is more food to eat.Because there is less light pollution.Because there are mo

9、re places to take shelter.K答案AK解析）推理判断题。根据最后一段最后一句可知，它们的天敌都去了安静的地方，指在这些工业区，天敌更少，也就是危险更少。应选A。B（2021新高考全国I卷，C）When the explorers first set foot upon the continent of North America, the skies and lands were alive with an astonishing variety of wildlife.Native Americans had taken care of these precious

10、natural resources wisely. Un fortunately, il took the explorers and the settlers who followed only a few decades to decimate a large part of these resources.Millions of waterfowl（水禽）were killed at the hands of market hunters and a handful of overly ambitious sportsmen.Millions of acres of wetlands w

11、ere dried to feed and house the ever-increasing populations, greatly reducing waterfowl habitat（栖息地）.In 1934, with the passage of （he Migratory Bird Hunting Stamp Act （Act）, an increasingly concerned nation took firm action to stop the destruction of migratory（迁徙的）waterfowl and the wetlands so vital

12、 to their survival.Under this Act, all waterfowl hunters 16 years of age and over must annually purchase and carry a Federal Duck Stamp.The very first Federal Duck Stamp was designed by J. N. “Ding Darling, a political cartoonist from Des Moines, Lowa, who at that time was appointed by President Fra

13、nklin Roosevelt as Director of the Bureau of Biological Survey.Hunters willingly pay the stamp price to ensure the survival of our natural resources.About 98 cents of every duck stamp dollar goes directly into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund to purchase wetlands and wildlife habitat for inclusi

14、on into the National Wildlife Refuge Systema fact that ensures this land will be protected and available for all generations to come.Since 1934, better than half a billion dollars has gone into that Fund (o purchase more than 5 million acres of habitat.Lillie wonder (he Federal Duck Stamp Program ha

15、s been called one of (he most successful conservation programs ever initiated.语篇解读本文介绍了美国政府创造性地将邮票和狩猎凭证联系在一起以保护水禽及其 栖息地。What was a cause of the waterfowl population decline in North America?Loss of wetlands.Popularity of water sports.Pollution of rivers.Arrival of other wild animals.K答案AK 解 析 细节理解题。

16、根据第一段中的 “Millions of acres of wellands were dried feed and house the ever-increasing populations, greatly reducing waterfowl habitat(栖息地).”可知, 湿 地丧失是水禽数量减少的原因之一，故A项正确。What does the underlined word “decimate” mean in (he first paragraph?A. Acquire.B. Export.C. Destroy.D. Distribute.K答案)cK解析 词义猜想题。根据语

17、境可知，画线词所在句与上文形成转折，上文讲到了探险 者抵达北美洲时，这片大陆上充满了各种各样的野生物种，整个大陆生机勃勃。美洲土著居 民明智地照顾着这些珍贵的自然资源，因此画线词所在句应讲述这些资源受到的破坏探 险者及随之而来的殖民者只用了几十年就将大局部资源破坏，故画线词与c项的意义最接 近。What is a direct result of the Act passed in 1934?The stamp price has gone down.The migratory birds have flown away.The hunters have stopped hunting.The

18、 government has collected money.K答案DK解析) 细节理解题。根据第三段中的 “About 98 cents of every duck stamp dollar goes directly into the Migratory Bird Conservation Fund.Since 1934, better than half a billion dollars has gone into that Fund可知，候鸟狩猎印花秘法案带来的一个直接结果是政府筹到了钱， 故D项正确。Which of the following is a suitable tit

19、le for the text?The Federal Duck Stamp StoryThe National Wildlife Refuge SystemThe Benefits of Saving WaterfowlThe History of Migratory Bird HuntingK答案AK解析U标题归纳题。阅读文章内容可知，本文主要讲述了候鸟狩猎印花税法案出台的背景、联邦鸭邮票的设计、用途及其作用和影响，故A项正确。IV .语法填空With seasonal temperatures breaking records almost every year, tree specie

20、s 1. (expect) to adapt to the changes by slowly shifting their population centers northward.But 2. recent survey shows the trend toward westward movement is even 3.(strong) than expectedin some cases, species have shifted their ranges to west by as much as 73 percent.The survey shows that roughly th

21、ree-quarters of the 86 tree species 4.(survey) have shifted their population centers westward 5. 1980.Obviously trees aren t uprooting 6.(them) and moving elsewhere.The survey provides insight into general population trends as young trees continue to take root in westward land, while some of the old

22、er 7.(plant) of the species in the eastern areas arc slowly dying out.In this way, the center of a species, range can gradually shift over time.Though scientists aren? t sure 8. is causing this change, the publishers of the study think that it s connected to rainfall.Rainfall totals across the United States have changed,9.(cause) areas such as (he Southeast to experience significantly less rain annually, while the Great Plains is getting far more than its historical average.For this reason, most trees ar