牛津译林版（2019）必修3《Unit 1 Nature in the balance》2021年同步练习卷（课时作业2）
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一、词汇应用
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1．史蒂夫住院期间通过电话了解他生意的经营情况。
Stevehis business by telephone while he was in hospital.组卷：2引用：2难度：0.7 -
2．我报名参加了攀岩课程，并在周日上了第一节课。
Ithe rock climbing course and took my first lesson on Sunday.组卷：1引用：2难度：0.7 -
3．我喜欢第一版。我们也是。
---I prefer the first version.
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4．我们没东西吃的日子一去不复返了。
the days when we had nothing to eat.组卷：2引用：2难度：0.7
一、词汇应用
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11．The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place.Now it is an ecological disaster area.Nauru's heartbreaking story may have one good result - other countries might learn from its mistakes.
For thousands of years，Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru，far from western civilization.The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798.He was the British captain of the Snow Hunter y a whaling ship.He called the island Pleasant Island.
However，because it was very remote，Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first.The whaling ships and other traders began to visit，bringing guns and alcohol.These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island.A ten-year civil war started，which reduced the population from 1，400 to 900.
Nauru's real troubles began in 1899 when a mining company discovered phosphate（磷酸盐）on the island.In fact，it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate，which is a very important fertilizer for farming.The company began mining for the phosphate.
A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground；it is a strip mine.When a company strip-mines phosphate，it removes the top layer of soil.Then it takes away the material it wants.Strip mining totally destroyed the land.Gradually，the lovely island of Nauru started to look like the moon.
In 1968，Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world.Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate.
Unfortunately，the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars.In addition，they used millions more dollars for personal expenses.Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem - their phosphate was running out.Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing.By 2000，Nauru was almost financially ruined.Experts say that it would take nearly ﹩433，600，000 and more than 20 years to repair the island.This will probably never happen.
（1）What might be the author's purpose of writing the text？
A．To seek help for Nauru's problems.
B．To give a warning to other countries.
C．To show the importance of money.
D．To tell a heartbreaking story of a war.
（2）What did the ecological disaster in Nauru result from？
A．The soil pollution.
B．The phosphate overmining.
C．The farming activity.
D．The whale hunting.
（3）Which of the following is a cause of Nauru's financial problem？
A．Its leaders misused the money.
B．It spent too much repairing the island.
C．Its phosphate mining cost much money.
D．It lost millions of dollars in the civil war.
（4）What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph？
A．The ecological damage is difficult to repair.
B．The leaders will take the experts' words seriously.
C．The island was abandoned by the Nauruans.
D．The phosphate will be mined further.组卷：9引用：1难度：0.5 -
12．It is said （1）
in the last 500 years，over 300 species of land animals have gone extinct.Maybe a question springs（2）your mind：what is responsible for it？Recently environmental scientists have done a piece of research （3）（show）that in fact，human beings have （4）greatest impact on animal populations.
In order to get delicious food from animals，some people hunt and fish.Even some people hunt animals for fashion or for fun，（5）has had damaging effects on the world's animal numbers.
（6）the human population increasing，we take up more land to build cities，which destroys animal habitats and leaves many animals with nowhere（7）（live） ，or no food to eat.Due to pollution （8）（cause）by human activities，some animals' population （9）（drop）greatly.As the human population continues to grow，（10）does the effect we have on animals.组卷：4引用：2难度：0.5
