2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练 热点119 生态文明建设的重要性(学生版+解析版).docx

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1、2023年中考英语时事热点阅读专练热点119生态文明建设的重要性一、阅读理解1If you adopt pets in a foreign country, can you bring them to your home country? Chinas new Biosafety Law, which went into effect on April 15, answers this question.The law introduced regulations（规定）in eight areas, including infectious （传染性的）disease prevention

2、and control, biotechnology, and the prevention of invasive （入侵的）species.Biosafety is important for peoples health, environmental protection and national interests（国家不（J益），said Qin Tianbao, director of the Research Institute of Environmental Law at Wuhan University.Take bioinvasion （生物入侵）as an exampl

3、e. China has suffered from bioinvasion. The country has more than 660 alien species. Seventy-one of them have harmed or could harm the natural ecological system, CGTN reported. This results in economic losses of 200 billion yuan every year.For example, the apple snail, introduced from Central Americ

4、a 40 years ago, is still a headache in Guangdong. After being set free in the wild, the snail has polluted water with its feces（粪便），eaten vegetables and fruit, and made animals sick. It has now spread to 21 cities throughout Guangdong, destroying large areas of farmland, according to Guangdong Agric

5、ultural Sciences.Other examples include red-eared slider （巴西龟）,the scavenger fish C青道夫鱼）and red imported fire ants in southern China. Bioinvasion can happen naturally, but it is more often a result of human activity.1. What is the passage about?A. Pet adoption in foreign countries.B. International t

6、ravel with pets.C. Chinas new Biosafety Law.D. Bioinvasion in China.2. What does the CGTN report tell us?A. Biosafety is important for peoples health.B. Seventy-one alien species in China are dangerous.C. Bioinvasion is often a result of human activity.D. China spends over 200 billion yuan each year

7、 to fight bioinvasion.3. According to Paragraph 5, which species is still doing harm in Guangdong?A. The apple snail.B. The red-eared slider.C. The scavenger fish.D. Red imported fire ants.2Recently, the term carbon neutral（碳中和）“has been used frequently at some important meetings in many countries.

8、Many countries have put forward the goal of striving（奋斗 目 标）to be carbon neutral. China is expected to be carbon neutral by 2060. So, as middle school students, what can we do to protect the environment and live a low carbon life? Here are some suggestions for you.Travel in a green way. Now more Chi

9、nese people have cars of their own. It has brought us a lot of benefits but has created some serious problems as well. So wed better do more walking, cycling and less driving. By doing so, we can save energy and reduce pollution.Cut down white pollution. We should reduce the pollution of plastic bag

10、s. When you go to the supermarket, bring your own shopping bags.Save water. Lack of water resources will affect the ecological environment（生态环境）.So please turn off the tap after using it.Sort the rubbish. Doing garbage classificalion（垃圾分类）in a right way can turn waste into wealth.Plant more trees. P

11、lanting more trees means cutting down and reducing the carbon footprint（碳足迹）and spreading of greenhouse gases. For example, the trees planted in China are playing an important role. A report published in Nature shows that CO? absorption（吸收）in two new forest areas in China is more than we thought. Th

12、e two areas are located in Chinas southwestern and northeastern provinces. They make up over 35 percent of Chinas carbon sinks（碳汇）.The main natural carbon sinks are trees and other plants.Use both sides of the paper. The paper production process uses a lot of trees.Now is the time that we should tak

13、e up our responsibility to protect our environment from being polluted. Lefs join our hands and take actions immediately.4. How many suggestions does the writer give in the passage to be carbon neutral?A. 5.B. 6.C. 7.5. In order to protect the environment and live a low carbon life, we can.walk, cyc

14、le more and drive less use plastic bags while shoppinguse only one side of the paper turn off the water after using itdo garbage classification in a right wayC.A.B.6. Chinas carbon sinks are mainly located in the.A. southeast and northeast B. southwest and northeast C. southeast and northwest7. The

15、purpose of the passage is.A. to call us to cut down white pollutionB. to give advice on how to protect the environmentC. to advise us to travel in a green way8. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Live a low carbon life. B. Sort the rubbish.C. Travel in a green way.3China says it will prevent th

16、e act of eating wild animals and seriously fight against the unlawful trade as wild animals are widely believed to be the source that causes the outbreak of the COVID-19, according to a decision accepted by the top legislature on Feb. 24. The decision was made to fight against the unlawful wildlife

17、trade and give up the bad habit of eating wild animals. It was also made to safeguard peoples lives and health.The decision, made up of eight items, pays attention to the serious problem of some people eating wild animals. It aims to completely ban eating wild animals and fight against the unlawful

18、wildlife trade. Later, some laws will be amended to provide a strong legislative promise for safeguarding public health and ecological security, according to the legislature.The habit of eating wild animals and the related unlawful trade have caused huge public attention after the outbreak of the CO

19、VID-19. Disease control experts have said wild animals are very likely to be the source of the new virus.The top legislature said in a statement that eating wild animals causes huge hidden risks to public health, but amending the Wild Animal Protection Law needs time and should go through legislativ

20、e procedures.“At the serious moment in the COVID-19 prevention and control, its highly necessary and important fbr the NPC Standing Committee to pass a special decision/ the statement said, adding that the decision takes effect immediately.Under current laws, wild animals that are banned from being

21、eaten are those under national protection or those without a lawful source. However, the latest decision increases the scope by completely banning eating wild animals, according to the statement.9. What may be the source that causes the COVID-19? A. Wild plants. B. Dirty water. C. Wild animals. D. S

22、ick persons.10. According to the NPC Standing Committee, its necessary and important to at this moment.A. take care of patientsB. pass a special decisionC. raise animals for foodD. stay away from wild animals11. The decision was made mainly because of.A. being short of animalsB. being short of docto

23、rs and nursesC. the bad habits of eatingD. the outbreak of the COVID-194The Chinese government raised the protection level of Chinese pangolins （穿山甲）to the top level on World Environment DayJune 5th. Pangolins used to be at the second level under national protection. This act makes people pay more a

24、ttention to ecological civilization （生态文明）.It also shows our great determination to fight against the illegal hunting （非法捕猎）and the trading of wild animals and other things made from them.According to a national wildlife study in the 1990s, there were about 60,000 Chinese pangolins in 11 provinces,

25、including Yunnan, Hunan, Guangdong, Sichuan and Zhejiang. Until now, pangolins have become fewer and fewer because of the living places that are being destroyed, crazy hunting and smuggling. In 2017, Chinese pangolins were placed on the Red Lis of Threatened Species after a team of experts believed

26、their number had dropped by 90 percent in the past years.“The value of pangolins to the ecosystem is much more than the value of their meat or scales （鳞）.There is a long way to go in protecting them, but we can start by saying no to things made from them, said Zhou Fei, chief program officer of the

27、World Wildlife Fund of China.Whats more, the pangolin has a very strong response （反应）to stress, which means that it easily becomes nervous when it is caught.Pangolin scales have been taken away from the Chinese Pharmacopeia （药典）.It means the scales will no longer be used as a kind of medicine.12. No

28、w, Chinese pangolins are.A. at the top protection levelB. at the second protection levelC. at the third protection levelD. not under national protection13. What does the underlined word smuggling“ mean in this passage?A.灭绝B.走私C.饥饿D.自杀14. As students, what can we do to protect the pangolins according

29、 to the passage?A. We can fight against the illegal hunters by ourselves.B. We can help to find more living places for them.C. We can tell people the value of their meat and scales.D. We can refuse to buy things made from them.15. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Pangolins, number has dropped by 80

30、 percent in the past years.B. Pangolin scales have been taken away from the Chinese PharmacopeiaC. We can protect pangolins in a short time.D. The pangolin hardly becomes nervous when it is caught.16. The main purpose of this passage is to tell us.A. what kind of medicine pangolins can be used asB.

31、what value pangolins bring usC. why our government raised the protection level of pangolinsD. why pangolins have become fewer and fewer5Recently, the term “carbon neutral （碳中和）“has been used frequently at some important meetings in many countries. Many countries have put forward the goal of striving

32、（奋斗 目标）to be carbon neutral. China is expected to be carbon neutral by 2060. So, as middle school students, what can we do to protect the environment and live a low carbon life? Here are some suggestions for you.Travel in a green way. Now more Chinese people have cars of their own. It has brought us

33、 a lot of benefits but has created some serious problems as well. So wed better do more walking, cycling and less driving. By doing so, we can save energy and reduce pollution.Cut down white pollution. We should reduce the use of plastic bags. When you go to the supermarket, bring your own shopping

34、bags.Save water. Lack （缺乏）of water resources will affect the ecological environment （生态环境）.So please turn off the tap after using it.Sore （分类）the rubbish. Doing garbage classification （垃圾分类）in a right way can turn waste into wealth.Plant more trees. Planting more trees means cutting down and reducin

35、g the carbon footprint （碳足迹）andspread of greenhouse gases （气体）.Use both sides of the paper. The paper production process uses a lot of trees.Now is the time that we should take up our responsibility to protect our environment from being polluted.Lefs join our hands and take action immediately.17. Wh

36、ich way is bad for the environment ?A. Walking.B. Riding a bike.18. White pollution meansA. water pollution.B. plastic pollution.19. When we go shopping, wed better useA. plastic bags.B. shopping cards.C. Driving.C. air pollution.C. shopping bags.20. How many suggestions does the writer give in the

37、passage to be carbon neutral?A. 5.B. 6.C. 7.21. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Live a low carbon life. B. Sore the rubbish.C. Travel in a green way.6The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological （生态的）disaster area. Naurus heartbreaking story could

38、have one good result-other countries might learn from its mistakes.For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru. The first European to arrive was John Feam in 1798. He was the British captain of a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island.However, because it

39、 was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. Then whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and wine. These things destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. And a ten-year civil war started.Naurus real troubles began in 1

40、899 when a British mining （采矿）company discovered phosphate （磷酸盐）on the island. In fact, it found that Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which is a very important fertilizer （月巴料）for farming. The company began mining the phosphate. Constant mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovely island

41、 of Nauru started to look like the moon.In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.Unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they use mi

42、llions more dollars for personal use. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem-their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was almost financially （经济上的）destroyed. Experts say that it would take about $433,600,000 and

43、 more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen.22. What might be the authors purpose in writing the text?A. lb look for help for Naurus problems.B. To give a warning to other countries.C. To show the importance of money.D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.23. What wa

44、s Nauru like before the Europeans came?A. Rich and powerful.B. Modem and open.C. Peaceful and attractive.D. Noisy and crowded.24. Which of the following was a cause of Naurus financial problem?A. Its leaders misused the money.B. It spent too much repairing the island.C. Its leaders spent much money

45、mining.D. It lost millions of dollars in a war.25. From the last paragraph, we can infer that.A. the phosphate mines were destroyed in NauruB. the Nauruans wont live in the island any moreC. the ecological damage in Nauru is difficult to repairD. the leaders of Nauru will take the experts words seri

46、ously7A report from the United Nations said that around 60 million people across the world, with 80% of them in Asia, are drinking polluted water. Some 4,500 children die every day because of polluted water.A report showed that environmental problems kill 3 million children under five years old each

47、 year, making them one of the key contributors （捐助者）in more than 10 million child deaths worldwide each year.Dangerous factors include indoor and outdoor air pollution, water pollution, lack of good hygiene facilities （卫 生设施）and poor ecological systems （生态系统）,it said.Another study showed that parent

48、s and experts from seven countries including the United States, India and Nigeria, regarded pollution as the biggest threat （威胁）to childrens natural living environment.Many parents say that children today are being brought up with fewer blue skies than when they were little kids.Mrs. Green tries to teach her daughter Susan by setting a personal example. She picks out recyclable waste and uses the water from the washing machine to wash the toilet.Chinese children mostly learn about environmental protection in school.Some non-governmental organ