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（2022·广西·柳铁一中高一阶段练习）California has lost half its big trees since the 1930s, according to a study to be published Tuesday and climate change ems to be a major factor.
The number of trees larger than two feet across has dropped by 50 percent on more than 46, 000 square miles of California forests, the new study finds. No area was spared or unaffected, from the foggy northern coast to the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the San Gabriels above Los Angeles. In the Sierra high country, the number of big trees has fallen by more than 55 percent; in parts of southern California the decline was nearly 75 percent.
Many factors contributed to the decline, said Patrick McIntyre, an ecologist who was the lead author of the study. Woodcutters targeted big trees. Housing development pushed into the woods. The wildfire control measures have left California forests crowded with small tre
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But in comparing a study of California forests done in the 1920s and 1930s with another one between 2001 and 2010, McIntyre and his colleagues documented a widespread death of big trees that was evident even in wildlands protected from woodcutting or development.
The loss of big trees was greatest in areas where trees had suffered the greatest water shortage. The rearchers figured out water stress with a computer model that calculated how much water trees were getting in comparison with how much they needed, taking into account such things as rainfall, air temperature, dampness of soil, and the timing of snowmelt.
Since the 1930s, McIntyre said, the biggest factors driving up water stress in the state have been rising temperatures, which cau trees to lo more water to the air, and earlier snowmelt, which reduces the water supply available to trees during the dry ason.
1．What can we infer from the cond paragraph?
A．The big-tree loss is rous in California.怎么抢票成功率高
B．The variety of California big trees is declining.
C．Only few areas suffer big –tree loss in California.
高速限速规定D．The loss of the big trees has no influence on California.
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2．Which of the following is well-intentioned but may be bad for big trees?
A．Ecological studies of forests. B．Banning woodcutting.
C．Limiting housing development. D．Fire control measures.
3．What is a major cau of the water shortage according to Melntyre?
A．the rainfall. B．A longer dry ason.
C．A warmer climate. D．Dampness of the air.
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4．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．California’s Forests: Where Have All the Big Trees Gone?鼠标中键
B．Cutting of Big Trees to Be Forbidden in California Soon
C．Why Are the Big Trees Important to California Forests?
二本公办大学D．Patrick McIntyre: Grow More Big Trees in California
（2022·浙江·慈溪中学高一阶段练习）This past Earth Day, people who usually celebrated by heading outdoors relied on virtual tours instead. It was a fitting opportunity to experience virtual reality（VR）technology that some experts had advanced as an eco-friendly solution to the problem of over tourism. But will interest in travelling virtually last beyond the pandemic?
For years, travel agencies have ud VR technology to market destinations to potential customers. Now, “the impact of COVID-19 may allow it to shake off its image of being a gi
mmick,” says Ralph Hollister, a tourism analyst at Global Data.Virtual travel experiences are eing a surge in popularity. Valerity Kondruk, CEO of VR travel company Ascape, has en app downloads grow 60 percent from last December.
Still, there is a big gap between using VR to “try before you buy” and treating VR like the destination itlf. To start with, the technology is not mature（成熟的）yet. 360-degree VR videos are usually experienced through a headt or an app. The headts are expensive, heavy, and uncomfortable to wear for more than 30 minutes. The apps have none of the problems, but simply are not as impressive. Limited nsations（感觉）are another hurdle. The videos focus on the sights and sounds of a place but cannot do much with its smell, touch or taste. Additionally, tourists are neither locals nor business travelers. They tend to be less directed in their explorations and more focud on new discoveries. This simply cannot be recreated in VR.
VR may never replace traditional travel, but it still offers various possibilities. Most importantly, it could help bring people to places that are otherwi inaccessible. Kondruk’
s travel company, for instance, has been working with a major Vietname travel agency on recreating areas of the country where the government has limited tourist travel.
Utimately, the impact of VR on ravel will be determined by the gradual development of new technologies. So far, advances have been significant, but not great enough to affect the travel industry or support a drop in travel-related carbon emissions after the pandemic has ended.
5．What’s the function of paragraph 1?
A．To describe a scene. B．To introduce a topic.
C．To offer an argument. D．To celebrate Earth Day.
6．What does the underlined word “hurdle” in Paragraph 3 mean?
