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深圳龙岗区龙岗外国语学校2024-2025学年九年级上学期开学开始英语试卷
The last Eurasian lynx (猞猁) in the British Isles lived a life of danger as it moved quickly to avoid campfires and vicious dogs, and hid in holes. Because of disappearing woodlands, being short of animals for food, and hunting, lynx started to disappear from these islands about 1, 500 years ago. But experts hope to one day bring the Eurasian lynx back to Scotland.
Wildlife conservationists (环保主义者) in Switzerland, Germany, France, and other countries have taken Eurasian lynx from elsewhere in their areas and introduced them again to protected forests, allowing their populations to grow. Now they' re hoping to do the same thing in Scotland. Returning the cats would do more than just improve the numbers of this once- endangered animal. A win for the lynx is a win for the forest- and the planet.
When the Eurasian lynx disappeared, so did the Scottish landscape. Without these cats and other animals hunting them, deer populations increased a lot. Those animals lived on the leaves of trees and bushes for food, and soon large areas of the Scottish forest disappeared since it couldn't grow fast enough to keep up with the deer's wish for food. Birds and rodents (啮齿动物) that depended on shelter (庇护所) in the lower level of forest plants became food for foxes, which lynx also hunt.
Experts trying to restore the forests have to put up fences to keep deer from eating leaves of young trees. But with lynx hanging out in the woods, experts think these cats would keep the deer from harming the young trees, helping the forests make a comeback.
And that would have even bigger influences. The Earth is losing woodlands as people cut down trees to make room for farming, and to sell the wood for products like furniture and toilet paper. In 2020 alone, the Earth lost as many trees as would cover an area larger than Michigan.
So restoring forests in places like Scotland can help provide more space for wildlife and even fight climate change. That's because trees take in carbon dioxide, which takes in the sun's heat and warms our planet.
① Woodlands disappeared. ② The weather was too hot.
③ There was not enough food. ④ People hunted Eurasian lynx.
When we are in the wild, we find that water is important for us to live. There are many ways to get some clean water. For example, if there is fire and enough water, the best way is to boil the water. But in many cases, there doesn't seem to be any safe water available.
Can you think of a way of cleaning dirty water by using the sun? In this activity, you will make a "solar still (太阳能蒸馏器)". Let's get started to make pure water (纯净水)!
Things to prepare:☆a wide plastic basin (塑料盆) ☆a large piece of plastic paper ☆a smaller glass for collecting the clean water ☆a thin string (绳子) ☆salt and stone Steps: ⒈Mix salt with water. Put salty water in your basin. ⒉Put your collecting glass in the middle of your basin. ⒊Cover the basin with the plastic paper. Use a string to seal off the edges (封住边缘). ⒋Place a stone in the middle of the plastic paper just above your collecting glass. ⒌Carefully move the solar still into the sun so that the sun can heat (加热) the salty water and turn it into vapor (水蒸汽). … |
Eric London I went to climb the mountain s with my friends last weekend. The weather was warm. We took a walk in the mountains and saw quite a few animals. They were cute. There were lots of flowers. Janie New York City. I went to the countryside with my family and stayed there for about two weeks. The air there was clean. Every day, we fed the chickens, milked the cows, played with the dogs and went fishing. We had a good time. Linda Toronto I went to a beautiful beach with my classmates last summer. We stayed in a hotel near the sea. It was clean and quiet. We stayed there for five days. Every day we went swimming in the sea. Lu Jing Hangzhou I found the summer vacation was not so interesting as I imagined（想象）. It was very hot, so I had to spend most of the time staying at home, watching TV, listening to the radio and playing with my dog. Sometimes, I went to visit my relatives（亲属）. |
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