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第一篇
Climate
change
has
claimed
its
latest
victim
:
Limacina
helicina
,
a
planktonic
,
predatory(
捕食的)sea snail that’s a member of the taxonomic group
more(36)__________ known as sea butterflies
.
(The name is(37)__________ from the
wing-like
lobes(
叶瓣
)the
tiny
creatures
use
to
get
around
.
)In
a
study(38)__________
published
in
joumal
Proceedings
of
the
Royal
Society
B
,
a
group
of
scientists
from
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)and Oregon State
University have fo
und that the Pacific Ocean’s dec
reasing pH
—
its acidifying(
酸
化
)
,
in other words- is dissolving L
.helicina’s thin shells.
The
researchers
collected
sea
butterfly(39)__________
from
13
sites
along
the
Pacific coast(between Washington and southern California
,
going over each with a
scanning electron microscope
.
More than half of the shells(53
%
)from onshore
individuals(40)__________
signs
of
“severe
dissolution
damage,
”while
24%
of(41)
__________ individuals suffered dissolution damage
.The study’s(42)__________
investigator,
Dr.
Nina
Bednarsek
of
NOAA
,
described
the
affected
L
.
helicina
shells
as having a texture not unlike
“cauliflower”
or
“sandpaper.”
According
to
the
paper
,
there
was
a
“strong
positive(43)__________
”between
the proportion of sea butterflies with severe shell dissolution damage and
“the
percentage
of
undersaturated(
未达到饱和的
)water
”
near
the
ocean’s
surface.
The
researchers conclude
“shell dissolution owing to(human.
caused
ocean(44)_________has doubled in near shore habitats since pre
.
industrial
conditions across this region and is on track to triple by 2050
,”a
truly(45)__________
prediction
.
Moreover, the
broader
implications
for
ecosystem
are
unclear,
as
damaged
shells
make
it
harder
for
L
.
helicina
to
fight
infections
,
stay buoyant
,
and protect themselves from predators
.
A. showed
B. recently
C. protected
D. commonly
E. derived
F. samples
G. offshore
H. principal
I. noticed
J. correlation
K. encouraging?
L. seaward
M. acidification
N. grim
O. pollution
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第二篇
The social network will let users
“
mute
”
messages from other users on their
timelines
without
the
muted
person
’
s
knowledge
,
thereby
avoiding
the(36)__________
process
of
having
to
unfollow(
取消关注
)
,
or
put
up
with
,
your(37)__________talkative
IRL friends
.
Twitter rolled out new(38)__________to let users better manage the
deluge(
泛滥
)of tweets they receive
.
Users can now
“
mute
”
people they follow, removing those people
’
s tweets and
retweets
from
their
own
timelines
.
The
muted
person
won
’
t
know
that
he
or
she
has
been(39)__________
.
It
’
s a stealthy way to read less content from certain users
without having to unfollow them
.
A person can easily be muted or(40)__________at
any time
,
Twitter said in a blog post
.
“
Mute gives you even more(41)__________over the content you see on Twitter
by
letting
you
remove
a
user
’
s
content
from
key
parts
of
your
experience
,
”
the company said
.
Though
had
been
experimenting
with
the
feature
in
recent
weeks
,
it
announced
that muting will be(42)__________to all users of the company
’
s iOS and Android
apps
,
as well as
the Twitter
.
com website
.
Some other Twitter applications
,
like TweetDeck
,
already allowed muting
.
The feature is part of Twitter
’
s(43)__________strategy to make its service
more accessible to a wider range of people
.
Following a successful initial public
offerin9
,
’
s stock has tumbled in recent months as investors worry about
the
social
network
’
s(44)__________to
attract
new
users
.
CEO
Dick
Costolo(45)__________that Twitter would make changes to its interface this year
to make it easier to understand and manage
.
The company overhauled(
彻底检修
)user
profile pages in April as part of this effort
.
A. silenced
I. overall
B. awkward
J. vowed
C. unmvted
K. generally
D. feature
L. ability
E. embarrassment
M. accepted
F. unfollowed
N. available
G.. control
O. characters
H. extremely
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第三篇
The poll of 2,000 adults in England was(36)__________out as part of the
government’s drive to curb people’s drinking habits.
The campaign also stresses that a heavy drinking session is
often(37)__________by an unhealthy breakfast
,
which again helps to pile on the
pounds
.
The
Know
Your
Limits
campaign
has
in
the
past
focused
on
other(38)__________0f
drinking
,
such as disease risk
.
But to(39)__________with the focus on weight
,
the Depa Ihiient of Health carried
out research showing a regular beer drinker, who downed(
喝
)five pints a week or
250 over the(40)__________of a year, packed away the same number of calories as
someone eating 22 1 doughnuts over the space of 12 months
.
It also revealed the average wine drinker consumed 2,000 calories each
month
.
over the course of a year, that is the(41)__________of eating all extra 38
roast beef dinners
.
Health minister Phil Hope said
,“Regularly drinking more than
our(42)__________daily
limits
can
have
a
knock-on
effect
on
our
health
,
including
an expanding waistline
.
“It’s not only the calories in the drinks themselves that can help to pile
on the pounds
,we’re also more(43)__________to eat fatty foods when we’ve had
one too many
.”
Heather
Caswell
,
of
the
British
Nutrition
Foundation
,
added
,
“Most
people
would
baulk(
犹豫
)at consuming a full glass of single cream
,but wouldn’t
mind(44)__________about a couple of pints
.”
“But
the
calorie
content
is
similar
and,
over
time
,
excess
alcohol
intake
is
likely to lead to weight gain
.”
And a spokesman for the Drink aware Trust added
:“It’s(45)__________we are
in the know when it comes to what we are drinking
.”
A. consequences
B. carried
C. communicate
.
D. followed
E. equivalent
F. held
G. twice
H. likely
I. coincide
J. necessity
K. course?
L. related
M. imperative
N. over?
0. recommended
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