《2025年创新设计高中英语选择性必修第一册北师大版》

Step One:Pre - reading
According to the title, can you guess what the passage mainly talks about?
The passage is mainly about we humans can take action to stop destroying our planet to avoid a sixth extinction.

答案： The passage is mainly about we humans can take action to stop destroying our planet to avoid a sixth extinction.

Ⅰ.Read for the main idea
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Why human beings are closely related to nature.
B. Why most living things will die out in the future.
C. Why no forest will exist on the earth in the future.
D. Why extinctions happen and how to avoid the sixth mass extinction.
2. Read the passage quickly and match the main idea with each paragraph.
Para. 1 A. Human activity causes species to die out faster.
Para. 2 B. How do we avoid a sixth mass extinction?
Para. 3 C. Extinctions in history and the reasons.
Para. 4 D. The possible consequences of the sixth mass extinction.

答案： 1.D 2. Para.1 C Para.2 A Para.3 D Para.4 B

Ⅱ.Read for the structure

答案： ①including ②vary ③blame ④faster ⑤affected ⑥balance ⑦way ⑧work ⑨Improve ⑩Stop