(英语)阅读理解(科普环保)练习含解析.pdf

（英语）阅读理解(科普环保)练习含解析

一、高中英语阅读理解科普环保类
1．犇犇阅读下面文章，然后从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出每个问题的最佳
选项。
AninternationalteamofresearchersfromtheUniversityofOxfordhavefoundthattheway
peopleusetheInternetiscloselytiedtotheseasonalmovementsinthenaturalworld.Their
onlinespeciessearchesfollowthepatternsofseasonalanimal迁徙migrations).(
Migratorybirds(候鸟)floodbacktowheretheyreproduceeveryspring.Thatmigratory
behaviorisaccompaniedbysomehumanbehavior."InEnglish-language维基百科Wikipedia),(
theonlinesearchesformigratoryspeciestendtoincreaseinspringwhenthosebirdsarriveinthe
UnitedStates,"saidtheleadauthorJohnMittermeier.
Andnotjustbirds.Mittermeierandhisteamsurveyednearly2.5billionWikipediasearch
records,for32,000species,across245languages.Theyalsosawvariablesearchratesforinsects,
horsetailsandfloweringplants.SeasonaltrendsseemedtobewidespreadinWikipediabehavior
formanyspeciesofplantsandanimals.
Thisfindingsuggestsnewwaystomonitorchangesintheworld'sbiologicaldiversity.Italso
showsnewwaystoseehowmuchpeoplecareaboutnature,andwhichspeciesandareasmight
bethemosteffectivetargetsforconservation.
Mittermeierisencouragedbythesearchresults.Hecommented,"Ithinkthere'saconcern
amongconservationists生态环境保护者()thatpeoplearelosingtouchwiththenaturalworld
andthatthey'renotinteractingwithnativespeciesanymore.Andsointhatsense,itwasreally
excitingandquiteunexpectedformetoseepeople'sWikipediainterestcloselyrelatedto
changesinnature."
RichardGrenyer,AssociateProfessorfromtheUniversityofOxford,sayssearchdataisusefulto
conservationbiologists,"Byusingthesebigdataapproaches,wecandirectourattentiontowards
thedifficultquestionsinmodernconservation:whichspeciesandareasarechanging,andwhere
arethepeoplewhocarethemostandcandothemosttohelp."
（1）Whathaveresearchersfoundaboutspeciessearches?
A.Theystrengthentiesamongpeople.
B.Theyaffecttheanimalmovements.
C.Theydifferinlanguagebackgrounds.
D.Theyreflectanimalmigrationseasons.
（2）WhatisthepurposeofwritingParagraph3?
A.Tosummarizetheresearchprocess.
B.Tofurthersupporttheresearchfindings.
C.