【单选题】Several men have been responsible for promoting forestry as a profession. Foremost was Gifford Pinchot, the father of the professional forestry in America. He was chief of the Forest Service from 1898 until 1910, working with President Theodore Roosevelt to instigate sound conservation practices in forests. Later he was professor of forestry and founder of the Pinchot School of Forestry at Yale University. Another great forester was Dr. Bernard E. Fernow, the first head of the U.S. Forest Service. He organized the first American school of professional forestry at Cornell University.
The foresters of today, like Pinchot and Fernow in the past, plan and supervise the growth, protection, and utilization of trees. They make maps of forest areas, estimate the amount of standing timber and future growth, and manage timber sales. They also protect the trees from fire, harmful insects, and disease. Some foresters may be responsible for other duties, ranging from wildlife protection and watershed management to the development and supervision of camps, parks, and grazing lands. Others do research, provide information to forest owners and to the general public, and teach in colleges and universities.
1.Why does the author compare Pinchot and Fernow to the foresters of today?
A.To describe different philosophies of forestry management
B.To show how the field of forestry has changed in 100 years
C.To argue for the expansion of university forestry programs
D.To introduce the type of work done by professional foresters
2.All of the following are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT
A.what foresters do besides protecting trees
B.how to select a good school of forestry
C.people who promoted forestry as a career
D.management of timber and timber sales
3. Think about how professors can contribute their wisdom to the public affairs. Write down your contemplations in a essay which have a minimum of 100 words.
The foresters of today, like Pinchot and Fernow in the past, plan and supervise the growth, protection, and utilization of trees. They make maps of forest areas, estimate the amount of standing timber and future growth, and manage timber sales. They also protect the trees from fire, harmful insects, and disease. Some foresters may be responsible for other duties, ranging from wildlife protection and watershed management to the development and supervision of camps, parks, and grazing lands. Others do research, provide information to forest owners and to the general public, and teach in colleges and universities.
1.Why does the author compare Pinchot and Fernow to the foresters of today?
A.To describe different philosophies of forestry management
B.To show how the field of forestry has changed in 100 years
C.To argue for the expansion of university forestry programs
D.To introduce the type of work done by professional foresters
2.All of the following are mentioned in the passage EXCEPT
A.what foresters do besides protecting trees
B.how to select a good school of forestry
C.people who promoted forestry as a career
D.management of timber and timber sales
3. Think about how professors can contribute their wisdom to the public affairs. Write down your contemplations in a essay which have a minimum of 100 words.
【单选题】 The pear tree has simple, oval leaves that are smoother and shinier than them of the apple.
【单选题】 There are about 350 species and subspecies of birds in danger of become extinct, with a large number of them, 117 in all, found on oceanic islands.
【单选题】 Oxygen and nutrients reach the body's tissues __________ from the blood through the capillary wall.
A.( pass
B.( by passing
C.( to be passing
D.( have passed
A.( pass
B.( by passing
C.( to be passing
D.( have passed
【单选题】rEADing 1 "ExotiC AnDEnDAngErED spECiEs"
→ whEn you hEAr somEonE BuBBling EnthusiAstiCAlly ABout An ExotiC spECiEs, you CAn sAFEly BEt thE spEAkEr isn’t An ECologist. this is A nAmE For A rEsiDEnt oF An EstABlishED Community thAt wAs DEliBErAtEly or ACCiDEntAlly movED From its homE rAngE AnD BECAmE EstABlishED ElsEwhErE. unlikE most imports, whiCh CAn’t tAkE holD outsiDE thEir homE rAngE, An ExotiC spECiEs pErmAnEntly insinuAtEs itsElF into A nEw Community.
somEtimEs thE ADDitions ArE hArmlEss AnD EvEn hAvE BEnEFiCiAl EFFECts. morE oFtEn, thEy mAkE nAtivE spECiEs EnDAngErED spECiEs, whiCh By DEFinition ArE ExtrEmEly vulnErABlE to ExtinCtion. oF All spECiEs on thE rArE or EnDAngErED lists or thAt rECEntly BECAmE ExtinCt, ClosE to 70 pErCEnt owE thEir prECArious ExistEnCE or DEmisE to DisplACEmEnt By ExotiC spECiEs. two ExAmplEs ArE inCluDED hErE to illustrAtE thE proBlEm.
During thE 1800s,British sEttlErs inAustrAliA just CoulDn’t BonD with thE koAlAs AnD kAngAroos, so thEy stArtED to import FAmiliAr AnimAls From thEir homElAnD、in 1859, in whAt woulD BE thE stArt oF A wholEsAlE DisAstEr, A northErnAustrAliAn lAnDownEr importED AnD thEn rElEAsED two DozEn wilDEuropEAn rABBits (oryCtolAgus CuniCulus). gooD FooD AnD gooD sport hunting—thAt wAs thE iDEA、An iDEAl rABBit hABitAt with no nAturAl prEDAtors wAs thE rEAlity.
six yEArs lAtEr, thE lAnDownEr hAD killED 20,000 rABBits AnD wAs BEsiEgED By 20,000 morE. thE rABBits DisplACED livEstoCk, EvEn kAngAroos. nowAustrAliA hAs 200 to 300 million hippityhopping through thE southErn hAlF oF thE Country. thEy ovErgrAzE pErEnniAl grAssEs in gooD timEs AnD strip BArk From shruBs AnD trEEs During Droughts. you know whErE thEy’vE BEEn; thEy trAnsForm grAsslAnDs AnD shruBlAnDs into EroDED DEsErts. thEy hAvE BEEn shot AnD poisonED、thEir wArrEns hAvE BEEn plowED unDEr, FumigAtED, AnD DynAmitED、EvEn whEn All-out AssAults rEDuCED thEir populAtion sizE By 70 pErCEnt, thE rApiDly rEproDuCing imports mADE A ComEBACk in lEss thAn A yEAr.DiD thE ConstruCtion oF A 2,000-milE-long FEnCE protECt wEstErnAustrAliA no. rABBits mADE it to thE othEr siDE BEForE workErs FinishED thE FEnCE.
→ in 1951, govErnmEnt workErs introDuCED A myxomA virus By wAy oF milDly inFECtED southAmEriCAn rABBits, its normAl hosts. this virus CAusEs myxomAtosis. thE DisEAsE hAs milD EFFECts on southAmEriCAn rABBits thAt CoEvolvED with thE virus But nEArly AlwAys hAD lEthAl EFFECts on o. CuniCulus.Biting insECts, mAinly mosquitoEs AnD FlEAs, quiCkly trAnsmit thE virus From host to host. hAving no CoEvolvED DEFEnsEs AgAinst thE novEl virus, thEEuropEAn rABBits DiED in DrovEs.But, As you might ExpECt, nAturAl sElECtion hAs sinCE FAvorED rApiD growth oF populAtions oF o. CuniCulus rEsistAnt to thE virus.
→ in 1991, on An uninhABitED islAnD in spEnCEr gulF,AustrAliAn rEsEArChErs rElEAsED A populAtion oF rABBits thAt thEy hAD injECtED with A CAlCivirus. thE rABBits DiED quiCkly AnD rElAtivEly pAinlEssly From BlooD Clots in thEir lungs, hEArts, AnD kiDnEys. in 1995, thE tEst virus EsCApED From thE islAnD, possiBly on insECt vECtors. it hAs BEEn killing 80 to 95 pErCEnt oF thE ADult rABBits inAustrAliAn rEgions.At this writing, rEsEArChErs ArE now quEstioning whEthEr thE CAlCivirus shoulD BE usED on A wiDEsprEAD sCAlE, whEthEr it CAn jump BounDAriEs AnD inFECt AnimAls othEr thAn rABBits (suCh As humAns); AnD whAt thE long-tErm ConsEquEnCEs will BE.
A、vinE CAllED kuDzu (puErAriA loBAtA) wAs DEliBErAtEly importED From jApAn to thE unitED stAtEs, whErE it FACEs no sErious thrEAts From hErBivorEs, pAthogEns, or CompEtitor plAnts. in tEmpErAtE pArts oFAsiA, it is A wEll-BEhAvED lEgumE with A wEll-DEvElopED root systEm. it sEEmED likE A gooD iDEA to usE it to Control Erosion on hills AnD highwAy EmBAnkmEnts in thE southEAstErn unitED stAtEs.
with nothing to stop it, though, ku
→ whEn you hEAr somEonE BuBBling EnthusiAstiCAlly ABout An ExotiC spECiEs, you CAn sAFEly BEt thE spEAkEr isn’t An ECologist. this is A nAmE For A rEsiDEnt oF An EstABlishED Community thAt wAs DEliBErAtEly or ACCiDEntAlly movED From its homE rAngE AnD BECAmE EstABlishED ElsEwhErE. unlikE most imports, whiCh CAn’t tAkE holD outsiDE thEir homE rAngE, An ExotiC spECiEs pErmAnEntly insinuAtEs itsElF into A nEw Community.
somEtimEs thE ADDitions ArE hArmlEss AnD EvEn hAvE BEnEFiCiAl EFFECts. morE oFtEn, thEy mAkE nAtivE spECiEs EnDAngErED spECiEs, whiCh By DEFinition ArE ExtrEmEly vulnErABlE to ExtinCtion. oF All spECiEs on thE rArE or EnDAngErED lists or thAt rECEntly BECAmE ExtinCt, ClosE to 70 pErCEnt owE thEir prECArious ExistEnCE or DEmisE to DisplACEmEnt By ExotiC spECiEs. two ExAmplEs ArE inCluDED hErE to illustrAtE thE proBlEm.
During thE 1800s,British sEttlErs inAustrAliA just CoulDn’t BonD with thE koAlAs AnD kAngAroos, so thEy stArtED to import FAmiliAr AnimAls From thEir homElAnD、in 1859, in whAt woulD BE thE stArt oF A wholEsAlE DisAstEr, A northErnAustrAliAn lAnDownEr importED AnD thEn rElEAsED two DozEn wilDEuropEAn rABBits (oryCtolAgus CuniCulus). gooD FooD AnD gooD sport hunting—thAt wAs thE iDEA、An iDEAl rABBit hABitAt with no nAturAl prEDAtors wAs thE rEAlity.
six yEArs lAtEr, thE lAnDownEr hAD killED 20,000 rABBits AnD wAs BEsiEgED By 20,000 morE. thE rABBits DisplACED livEstoCk, EvEn kAngAroos. nowAustrAliA hAs 200 to 300 million hippityhopping through thE southErn hAlF oF thE Country. thEy ovErgrAzE pErEnniAl grAssEs in gooD timEs AnD strip BArk From shruBs AnD trEEs During Droughts. you know whErE thEy’vE BEEn; thEy trAnsForm grAsslAnDs AnD shruBlAnDs into EroDED DEsErts. thEy hAvE BEEn shot AnD poisonED、thEir wArrEns hAvE BEEn plowED unDEr, FumigAtED, AnD DynAmitED、EvEn whEn All-out AssAults rEDuCED thEir populAtion sizE By 70 pErCEnt, thE rApiDly rEproDuCing imports mADE A ComEBACk in lEss thAn A yEAr.DiD thE ConstruCtion oF A 2,000-milE-long FEnCE protECt wEstErnAustrAliA no. rABBits mADE it to thE othEr siDE BEForE workErs FinishED thE FEnCE.
→ in 1951, govErnmEnt workErs introDuCED A myxomA virus By wAy oF milDly inFECtED southAmEriCAn rABBits, its normAl hosts. this virus CAusEs myxomAtosis. thE DisEAsE hAs milD EFFECts on southAmEriCAn rABBits thAt CoEvolvED with thE virus But nEArly AlwAys hAD lEthAl EFFECts on o. CuniCulus.Biting insECts, mAinly mosquitoEs AnD FlEAs, quiCkly trAnsmit thE virus From host to host. hAving no CoEvolvED DEFEnsEs AgAinst thE novEl virus, thEEuropEAn rABBits DiED in DrovEs.But, As you might ExpECt, nAturAl sElECtion hAs sinCE FAvorED rApiD growth oF populAtions oF o. CuniCulus rEsistAnt to thE virus.
→ in 1991, on An uninhABitED islAnD in spEnCEr gulF,AustrAliAn rEsEArChErs rElEAsED A populAtion oF rABBits thAt thEy hAD injECtED with A CAlCivirus. thE rABBits DiED quiCkly AnD rElAtivEly pAinlEssly From BlooD Clots in thEir lungs, hEArts, AnD kiDnEys. in 1995, thE tEst virus EsCApED From thE islAnD, possiBly on insECt vECtors. it hAs BEEn killing 80 to 95 pErCEnt oF thE ADult rABBits inAustrAliAn rEgions.At this writing, rEsEArChErs ArE now quEstioning whEthEr thE CAlCivirus shoulD BE usED on A wiDEsprEAD sCAlE, whEthEr it CAn jump BounDAriEs AnD inFECt AnimAls othEr thAn rABBits (suCh As humAns); AnD whAt thE long-tErm ConsEquEnCEs will BE.
A、vinE CAllED kuDzu (puErAriA loBAtA) wAs DEliBErAtEly importED From jApAn to thE unitED stAtEs, whErE it FACEs no sErious thrEAts From hErBivorEs, pAthogEns, or CompEtitor plAnts. in tEmpErAtE pArts oFAsiA, it is A wEll-BEhAvED lEgumE with A wEll-DEvElopED root systEm. it sEEmED likE A gooD iDEA to usE it to Control Erosion on hills AnD highwAy EmBAnkmEnts in thE southEAstErn unitED stAtEs.
with nothing to stop it, though, ku
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