2019-2020学年英语人教版(2019)必修第二册同步提升练习：Unit 2 Reading for Writing

Unit 2 Reading for Writing1、Wildlife faces threats from habitat destruction, pollution and other human actions. Although protecting wildlife can seem difficult at times, even small actions in your own neighborhood can help protect many different animals. As the saying goes, "Think globally and act locally." You can protect wildlife for future generations.Create wildlife-friendly areas in your backyard. When choosing your lawn and landscaping, choose native plants that can provide food or living places for native wildlife. This will also help cut down on pollution. Add bird or bat houses to your yard or garden to attract these species and offer places to them to live in.Avoid disrupting (扰乱) the natural ecosystem in your area. Non-native plants or animals can destroy habitats, particularly if there is no natural predator (捕食性动物) to keep the species in a certain amount. They can kill or disturb native plants that provide food and living places for wildlife.Practice a greener lifestyle. By saving water and fossil fuels, you will be helping to protect the wildlife around you. Take public transportation when you can, turn off electric devices when you’re not using the m, take shorter showers and keep your heat at or below 20℃during the winter. Become knowledgeable about what can cause global warming, which disrupts migration patterns and habitats.Buy products that are wildlife friendly. Avoid products that are made from threatened or endangered animals. Keep in mind that some endangered animals are killed by traps, or hunters who are after other wildlife within the same habitat.Talk to or write to policymakers about protecting wildlife. Write letters to a local newspaper. Discuss ways to help animals with friends and family members.Limit the family size. Population growth is one of the major factors in habitat destruction. By living in established city limits and limiting the family size to around two children per family, the earth’s population will stabilize (稳定) and native habitats can be protected.1.What's the main idea of the first paragraph?A.It is impossible to protect wildlife.B.You can protect wildlife by taking small actions.C.Protecting wildlife needs ideas rather than actions.D.Humans are big threats to wildlife in fact.2.What should we do to protect wildlife?A.Stop non-native plants and animals destroying the natural ecosystem.B.Know more knowledge about wildlife.C.Increase the number of the population in the world.D.Write letters about animals to your friends.3.Which of the following can be taken as a greener lifestyle?A.Planting native trees in your backyard.B.Keeping the water above 20℃ when you are bathing.C.Taking a bus when you are going out.D.Only eating vegetables.4.What’s the best title for the tex t?A.Why global warming affects wildlifeB.Whether we are friendly to wildlifeC.What makes wildlife endangeredD.How we can protect wildlife2、The words “protect animals” appear everywhere in books and on screens, because some animals are even in danger of dying out. But sometimes the reality can be a little different from what people read or watch.About 300 black bears were killed in Florida, the US, in October, 2015. It’s been the first bear hunt in the state since 1994. Local officers explained that the black bear population had grown to 3,500 and become a menace to local people. In the past two years, bears have hurt at least four people in Florida.Months ago, the Swiss government allowed locals to kill a wolf. This was because the wolf killed 38 sheep, and it was a great loss to some local farmers. Days ago in China, three old men were caught by the police for killing a serow (鬣羚), a kind of protected animal. They said they killed the animal because it ate the plants they grew.However, these stories don’t always mean that animal protection stops because of human interests especially when it is related to economic development. A man named Zhou Weisen setup a wild animal base in Guilin, Guangxi. He saved over 170 tigers and about 300 bears. His base also offered jobs to local people.“There may never be a standard answer to the question of whether we should give more attention to the environment or human development,” said Robert May, a British expert at Oxford University. “But we shouldn’t push either one to the side, as the future is uncertain.”1.In October, 2015, Florida held its first bear hunt after about ___________.A.five yearsB.ten yearsC.fourteen yearsD.twenty-one years2.What does the underlined word “menace” in the second paragraph mean?A.threatB.chanceC.bargainD.treasure3.What does the author intend to tell us by mentioning Zhou Weisen’s story?A.Protecting animals needs hard work.B.Zhou was good at feeding wild animal.C.Zhou had a good relationship with local people.D.Protecting animals can bring economic development.4.Which of the following statements might Robert May agree with?A.Human development should be considered first.B.We should pay more attention to animal protection.C.We should consider both the environment and human interests.D.It’s difficult to find proper ways to solve environmental problems.3、Polar bears live in a special environment that is too cold for most animals. For much of the year, they live and hunt on the 1.________(freeze) Arctic sea ice. Nature has prepared them for the cold conditions but nothing has prepared them for the danger 2.________ threatens their only home.The polar bears' world is melting. Polar bears 3.________(suffer) in a warmer world are in danger. Studies show that the polar ice 4.________(decrease) by 9. 8% every 10 years since 1979. At present, about 20,000 to 25,000 polar bears live inthe Arctic. Polar bears depend 5.________ the sea ice for their 6.________(survive). "The sea ice is more than just the platform that the bears walk on," says Andrew Derocher, who studies North American polar bear populations, "Without 7.________, they can't exist."Some melting and refreezing of the sea ice is 8.________(nature). But in a warmer world, these cycles speed up, and bears have less time to hunt.9.________(normal), they have three months in the spring when they gain more weight and the extra fat is used later, when the bears are not actively hunting.So it is important 10.________(protect) the environment and keep the ecological balance. 4、最近，不少动物园都发生了动物袭击游客的事件。