时文热点21--高考英语时文热点之原创特训组合练（阅读理解+语法填空）

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1阅读理解日本迎 1200 年来最早樱花季或预示严重生态危机

2阅读理解外国公司在中国找到了稳定和连续性的最佳平衡点

3语法填空温习清明节史

4语法填空白宫将打击反亚裔暴力

Passage1

Japan just recorded its earliest cherry blossom bloom in 1,200 years

Think of Japan in the spring, and the image that comes to mind is likely the country's famous cherry

blossoms, also known as "sakura" -- white and pink flowers, bursting across cities and mountains, petals

covering the ground.

This year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest

blooms on record -- and scientists warn it's a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems

everywhere.

The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall,

but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. In Kyoto, the peak date hovered around mid-

April for centuries, according to Aono's data, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date

has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.

"Sakura blooms are very temperature sensitive," said Aono. "Flowering and full bloom could be earlier

or later depending on the temperature alone," he said. "The temperature was low in the 1820s, but it has

risen by about 3.5 degrees Celsius to this day."

This year's seasons in particular influenced the blossom dates, he added. The winter was very cold, but

the spring came fast and unusually warm, so "the buds are completely awake after enough rest."

Their early bloom, however, is just the tip of the iceberg of a worldwide phenomenon that could

destabilize natural systems and countries' economies, said Amos Tai, assistant professor of earth science at

the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

There are two sources of increased heat, which is the main factor making the flowers bloom earlier:

urbanization and climate change. With increased urbanization, cities tend to get warmer than the

surrounding rural area, in what is called the heat island effect. But a bigger reason is climate change, which

has caused rising temperatures across the region and the world.

And these earlier dates aren't just a matter of tourists scrambling to catch peak bloom before the petals

all fall -- it could have a lasting impact on entire ecosystems, and threaten the survival of many species.

Different plants and insects may respond to the rise in heat at different paces, throwing their life cycles

out of sync. Whereas they once timed their growth simultaneously each spring, now flowers may bloom

before insects are ready, and vice versa -- meaning "the insects may not find enough food to eat from the

plants, and the plants don't have enough pollinators (to reproduce)," Tai said.

"Ecosystems are not accustomed to these kinds of large fluctuations, it causes them a lot of stress," he

said. "Productivity may be reduced, and ecosystems may even collapse in the future."

And the effects of climate change aren't just limited to cherry blossoms. The same phenomenon is

already happening to many crops and economically valuable plants, Tai said -- posing big problems for

food security and farmers' livelihoods. Food supplies in some of the most vulnerable regions in the world

are being directly affected by droughts, crop failures and locust swarms.

"Agriculture now is more like a gamble, because climate change is randomizing the things happening

in our ecological systems." Tai added.

1. What does the cherry early bloom affect except… ?

A. the survival of many species B. natural scenery

C. the countries' economies D. insects to reproduce

2. The underlined word gamble in the last paragraph means _____.?

A. secret B. phenomenon C. bet D. chance

3. What is the author’s attitude towards Japan’s earliest cherry blossom?

A. joyful B. worried C. doubtful D. optimistic

Passage 2

Foreign firms find sweet spot of stability, continuity in China

With China leading the global economic recovery from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the

country's mega market, optimized business environment, and status as the biggest trading partner of more

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