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六、（2023·扬州市梅岭中学教育集团运河中学模拟）任务型阅读。〔人与自然——环境保护〕
The Yangtze River，about 6,300 kilometres long，is the longest river in Asia. It provides a lifeline for hundreds of millions of people. It covers about 1.8 million square kilometres，about a fifth of the country’s total area. The river also provides a third of our country’s fresh water resources. Along with the Yellow River，it is considered as China’s “mother river”.
However，in recent years，this “mother river” has met some environmental problems. It is seriously polluted and the number of the fish is getting smaller. To solve these problems，the government passed the Yangtze River Protection Law. The law came into force on March 1，2021. There are nine parts in the law，covering areas such as resource protection，anti - pollution measures，green development and legal responsibilities. More importantly，the law has introduced a ten - year fishing ban（禁令）on the Yangtze River’s natural waterways. According to the law，both the central government and local organizations would put the river protection into their economic（经济的）and social development plans.
Around 231,000 fishermen had given up their fishing rights along the Yangtze River. Chinese Vice President Han Zheng said that more support should be given to these people to help them find new jobs. He also called for stronger efforts to help prevent activities which are not allowed by the law and encouraged the public to support the ban.
根据短文内容，回答下列问题。（每题答案不超过6个词）
1. What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to? _______
2. Why did the government pass the Yangtze River Protection Law? _______
3. How many parts are there in the law? _______
4. How would the government help the fishermen? _______
5. What do you think of the Yangtze River Protection Law? _______

答案： 1. The Yangtze River. 2. To solve (some) environmental problems. 3. Nine. 4. By helping them find new jobs. 5. Useful./Helpful./Meaningful.（言之有理即可）