专题01 阅读理解(说明文)高频话题01 人与自然环境保护Passage 12022-2023学年下学期江苏镇江高二期中试卷Fifty millilitres of perfume rests inside a piece of an elegantly engineered glassware. This delicate bottle, in turn, sits within an equally elegant cardboard box. This box is wrapped(包装)in a thin layer of transparent plastic film and sealed with a holographic sticker. Would you like it gift-wrapped?”, asks the eager salesperson. Now another layer of glossy paper, complexity and ribbons is added. Finally, the whole thing is dropped into a cardboard gift bag, bearing the shops branding.Surely, its the gift that counts. It turns out, however, that we appear to appreciate gifts more if they have been gift-wrapped. Studies found gift-wrapped presents were, on average, always rated more highly than non-wrapped ones. This preference was true even when gift-wrapping was pretty basic, that is, no bows or ribbons. One explanation is that, on some level, what we appreciate is the extra effort that it takes to package and gift-wrap items so delicately.The downside of our love of beautiful packaging and seemly gift-wrapping, however, is that it has an impact on the environment. According to The Guardian, the United Kingdom alone consumes 8,000 tons of wrapping paper a year. Using the most conservative estimates, it takes approximately 12 trees to produce one ton of paper: thats about 96,000 trees in gift-wrap each year for the UK alone.Perhaps during festive periods, we could launch highly visible campaigns urging the disposal of gift-wrap and product packaging within easily accessible recycling bins. Similarly, shops that offer gift-wrapping could be strongly encouraged to use only recycled paper. Beyond consumer and retailer efforts, producers also need to rethink their packaging - less is best. I would like to see all perfume bottles manufactured so as to be refillable, as they once were and still are in the more traditional Arabian perfume shops.1. How does the writer begin the passage?A. By making a comparison.B. By describing a scene.C. By presenting a reason.D. By raising a question.2. What does the gift-wrapping preference cause?A. The boom of non-wrapped gifts.B. Fierce competitions between shops.C. The disappearance of simple packaging.D. Unnecessary consumption of resources.3. Whats the writers attitude towards traditional Arabian perfume shops?A. Reserved.B. Favorable.C. Ambiguous.D. Opposed.4. What can be the best title for the passage?A. Sending Fewer Gifts Is BetterB. Gift-wrapping Is Here to StayC. It Makes No Sense to Wrap GiftsD. Gift-wrapping Culture Needs to ChangePassage 22022-2023学年下学期江苏无锡期中Deciduous forests(落叶林) are home to many wild animals. The development and expansion of human presence in the forests has caused many of their native species to become endangered.Giant PandaThe giant panda, one of the most recognizable endangered species, is a large, docile species of bear native to the deciduous forest of eastern China Myanmar and Vietnam because of its limited diet-the pandas main source of food is bamboo-the species is limited in its habitat to areas where bamboo is available. Now the species only can be found today in 20small patches of forest at the western edge of its historic range.Gray and red wolvesThe gray wolf, which once ranged from the East Coast of America to the west, and south to Mexico, now has a population of only 5,000 in the lower 48 states, mostly in the Rocky Mountains. The smaller red wolf, native to the southeastern United States, was declared extinct in the wild in 1980, though conservation efforts have reintroduced small captive populations to the wild in California.Red-Crowned craneThe red -crowned crane is native to Japan, Korea and eastern China. Agricultural expansion and deforestation in these areas have removed a great deal of the marshes and forests that are the cranes primary habitats. For a time, the crane was thought to have completely disappeared from Japan, but the recent discovery of cranes in Japanese marshlands has restarted conservation efforts. Today, around 2,500 cranes live in the wild, including 1,000 in Japan.European MinkNative to Europe, the European mink ranges from France in the west to Finland in the north, Russia in the cast and the Balkans in the south. Destruction of the mink habitat and use of the species for fur have caused dramatic drops in the species population, which has been reduced by 85 percent since the mid-19th century.5. What has caused the wild animals to become endangered?A. Global warming.B. International trade.C. Environmental pollution.D. The invasion of mankind.6. Which is mentioned as the reason for the decline of European minks?A. The loss of their natural food.B. The hunting of human beings.C. Drought and forest fire.D. Excessive deforestation.7. What is the purpose of the text?A. To call for more efforts to protect forests.B. To study the living habi