2016届高考英语人教版一轮复习：课时作业15
<p> 课时作业15 <span word="Canada">Canada</span>—“<span word="The">The</span> <span word="True">True</span> <span word="North">North</span>”</p><p> .阅读理解</p><p> (2017·湖北省黄石市示范三校元月联考)</p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="baobab">baobab</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="South">South</span> <span word="Africa">Africa</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="large">large</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="pub">pub</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="established">established</span> <span word="inside">inside</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="trunk">trunk</span>. <span word="Many">Many</span> <span word="local">local</span> <span word="cultures">cultures</span> <span word="consider">consider</span> <span word="baobab">baobab</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="sacred">sacred</span> (神圣的). <span word="Others">Others</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="nutritious">nutritious</span> <span word="fruits">fruits</span>, <span word="eatable">eatable</span> <span word="leaves">leaves</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="beautiful">beautiful</span> <span word="flowers">flowers</span>.</p><p> <span word="But">But</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="size">size</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="necessarily">necessarily</span> <span word="protected">protected</span> <span word="them">them</span>. <span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="published">published</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Biological">Biological</span> <span word="Conservation">Conservation</span>, <span word="two">two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Madagascar">Madagascar</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="baobab">baobab</span> <span word="tree">tree</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="lose">lose</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="available">available</span> <span word="habitat">habitat</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> 70 <span word="years">years</span>. <span word="One">One</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="survive">survive</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="century">century</span>. <span word="Madagascar">Madagascar</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="home">home</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="seven">seven</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="eight">eight</span> <span word="baobab">baobab</span> <span word="species">species</span>, <span word="six">six</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="which">which</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="found">found</span> <span word="nowhere">nowhere</span> <span word="else">else</span>.</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span>—<span word="by">by</span> <span word="scientists">scientists</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="French">French</span> <span word="agricultural">agricultural</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="center">center</span> <span word="CIRAD">CIRAD</span>—<span word="relied">relied</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="satellite">satellite</span> <span word="images">images</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="population">population</span> <span word="estimates">estimates</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="distribution">distribution</span> <span word="models">models</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="baobab">baobab</span> <span word="species">species</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="three">three</span> <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> <span word="listed">listed</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="endangered">endangered</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="IUCN">IUCN</span> <span word="Red">Red</span> <span word="List">List</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="suggests">suggests</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="reclassified">reclassified</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="seriously">seriously</span> <span word="endangered">endangered</span>.</p><p> <span word="One">One</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="species">species</span>, <span word="A">A</span>. <span word="perrieri">perrieri</span>, <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lowest">lowest</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="population">population</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="just">just</span> 99 <span word="trees">trees</span> <span word="observed">observed</span> <span word="during">during</span> <span word="ten">ten</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="field">field</span> <span word="study">study</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="researchers">researchers</span> <span word="estimate">estimate</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="climate">climate</span> <span word="change">change</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="decrease">decrease</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="habitat">habitat</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="species">species</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="about">about</span> 21,000 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="today">today</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="over">over</span> 6,500 <span word="square">square</span> <span word="kilometers">kilometers</span> <span word="in">in</span> 2080.</p>
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