小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com选择性必修第四册Unit5LaunchingYourCareerⅠ.阅读理解ABritishsculptorJasonTaylorhasmadeithismissiontousehistalenttoconserveourecosystemsbycreatingunderwatermuseums.Overtheyears，theenvironmentalisthasputover850massiveartworksunderwaterworldwide.OnFebruary1,2021，Taylorlaunchedhislatestwork—TheUnderwaterMuseumofCannes.“Themaingoalwastobringattentiontothefactthatouroceansneedourhelp，”TaylortoldDezeen.“OceanecologyhasbeendestroyedbyhumanactivityintheMediterraneanoverthepastfewdecades，anditisnotobviouswhatistakingplacewhenobservingtheseafromafar.”TheUnderwaterMuseumofCannescontains6sculpturesfeaturinglocalresidentsofvariousages.TheyrangefromMaurice，an80yearoldfisherman，toAnouk，a9yearoldstudent.Toweringover6feettallandweighing10tons，thefacesaresectionedintotwoparts，withtheouterpartlikeamask.Themaskindicatesthattheworld’soceansappearpowerfulandunbeatablefromthesurfacebuthouseanecosystemthatisextremelyfragiletocarelesshumanactivities.Thoughthewaterssurroundingthesculpturesnowappearapristineblue，theseabedwasfilledwitholdboatengines，pipes，andotherhumanmadetrashwhentheprojectbeganaboutfouryearsago.Besidesremovingthetrash，Tayloralsorestoredthearea’sseagrass.Justonesquaremeteroftheseagrasscangenerateupto10litersofoxygendaily.Theseagrassalsohelpspreventcoastalerosionandprovideshabitatsformanyoceancreatures.“Theideaofcreatinganunderwatermuseumwastodrawmorepeopleunderwateranddevelopasenseofcareandprotection，”TaylortoldDezeen.“Ifwethrewunwantedwastenearaforest，therewouldbeapublicoutcry.Butthisishappeningeverydayinoursurroundingwatersanditlargelygoesunnoticed.”1．WhydoesJasonTaylorcreateunderwatermuseums?A．Toprotecttheartworksunderwater.B．Todrawattentiontoendangeredseaanimals.C．Toshowhissculpturetalent.D．Toraiseawarenessofprotectingtheocean.2．Whydoestheouterpartofthesculptureslooklikeamask?A．Topopularizethefeaturesofthelocals.B．Toremindpeopletoprotectthemselves.C．Toreflectpeople’sprotectionoftheocean.小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.com小学、初中、高中各种试卷真题知识归纳文案合同PPT等免费下载www.doc985.comD．Tostressthesensitivenessoftheecosystem.3．What’sparagraph4mainlyabout?A．Howtheprojectwasstarted.B．Howtheseagrasswasrestored.C．Whatrecoveryefforttheprojectmade.D．Whythesurroundingswereimproved.4．WhatcanweinferfromwhatJasonTaylorsaidinthelastparagraph?A．Thesituationoftheoceaniseasilyignored.B．Thedestructioncausedtotheoceanisnoticeable.C．Forestsplayamoreimportantroleinecosystems.D．Peoplehavezerotolerancetodamagedonetonature.BTherearesome7,000languagesspokenworldwide，eachunique，usingdifferentsounds，vocabulariesandstructures.CharlestheGreatsaid，“Tohaveasecondlanguageistohaveasecondsoul.”Thisbegsthequestion：Doesthelanguagewespeakshapewhoweare?Asitturnsout，yes.InsocietiessuchastheUnitedStatesorWesternEurope，selfexpressionandlanguageprecisionarevalued.Asiancultures，ontheotherhand，preferanindirectformofcommunication.Wordslike“perhaps”and“maybe”areusedmorethan“yes”or“no”．Americanismtakesaninformalapproachtocommunication.Thereforeit’sOKtorefertoastrangerorthebossas“you”．However，theThailanguagehas12formsofthesamepronoun，choosingonedependsonstatus.Inthisway，languagesareessentialinnavigating(导航)anyculture，bethatourownoroth...