2024届广东省汕头市高三下学期二模英语试题.pdf

2024届广东省汕头市高三下学期二模英语试题

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一、阅读理解

AccordingtotheInternationalUnionforConservationofNature(IUCN),hundredsof

marine(海洋的)speciesacrosstheworldcomeunderendangeredandcriticallyendangered

categories.Someoftheendangeredandrecognizablemarinespeciesarenamedhere.

Kemp’sRidleySeaTurtle

TheKemp’sRidleySeaTurtle,alsoknownastheAtlanticRidleySeaTurtle,isendangered

astherarestandsmallestseaturtle.

DistributedthroughouttheGulfofMexicoandU.S.Atlanticseaboard,theygatheroffthe

coastinnortheasternMexicoandcomeashoreinlargegroupstolayeggseveryyear.Asmarine

reptiles(爬行动物),theyarethreatenedbyoilspills,lackoffoodandmarinepollution.

Vaquita

Asararemarinemammal,Vaquitaisontheedgeofextinctiononlyahalf-centuryafterits

firstsighting.

ExtensivefishingintheGulfofCaliforniahasendangeredthismarinespecies,resultingin

agradualdropinpopulationsincethe1940s.Accordingtoreports,thereareonlyadozenofthese

marinemammalsleftintheworldsincethepercentageofdeclineintheirpopulationwasasmuch

as90%since2011.

Whale

FinWhaleisthesecond-largestmammalontheplanetafterBlueWhaleanditisalsoa

victimofhunting.Accordingtoestimates,theglobalpopulationofFinWhalerangesfrombelow

100,000toaround119,000.

HumpbackWhale,anotherwhalespecies,hasalsobeenlistedasanendangeredmarine

species.Beforetheintroductionofthewhalingmoratorium(暂停)in1966,thespecieswashunted

foritsfur,whilethepopulationdroppedby90%.Currently,around2,500HumpbackWhales

surviveintheworld.

HawaiianMonkSeal

AnativeoftheNorthwesternHawaiianIslands,HawaiianMonkSealisoneoftheearless