《2025年实验班全程提优训练高中英语选择性必修第二册外研版》

Ⅲ. 跨学科
(2025·福建龙岩第一中学月考)语法填空
主题语境: 人与社会
语篇类型: 说明文
建议用时: 8 min
Scientists at the international conservation charity Zoological Society of London (ZSL) have used historical records from China stretching back over 400 years 1. to track (track) changes in the distribution of gibbons(长臂猿), which today are some of China's most 2. threatened (threaten) species. This is one of the first instances 3. that use ancient historical records to reconstruct the course of extinctions across several centuries.
4. Using (use) local government records dating from as early as 1600 AD, the researchers were able to infer the former presence of gibbons in different regions. They found that only a few hundred years ago, gibbons 5. were distributed (distribute) across almost half of China. 6. However, gibbon populations collapsed during the 20th century, and today they survive in only a few remote forests. One of China's gibbon species, the Hainan gibbon, is now probably the 7. rarest (rare) mammal species in the world, 8. with a total population of only 26—28 individuals.
Dr Samuel Turvey, senior research fellow at ZSL, said: “China has a fantastically rich historical record, including 9. a wealth of environmental data that has rarely been used for conservation 10. management (manage). Because of the current global environmental crisis, we have to explore new ways to better understand the kinds of factors that put species in danger of extinction. ”

答案： 1.to track 2.threatened 3.that 4.Using 5.were distributed 6.However 7.rarest 8.with 9.a 10.management