三、词汇运用。
主题群:自然生态
子主题:与自然和谐共生
语篇类型:说明文
难度:★★
As a gentle wind lightly brushed his face, Wang Lidong was walking around the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve in Dongying, Shandong Province.
He checked the water conservation projects. He has been working at the reserve for 1.
more
(many) than 30 years.
The environment there has been much 2.
better
(good) over the years. It's now many 3.
birds'
(bird) home, so all the hard work has been worthwhile. The Yellow River is the mother river of the country, and it's important to try 4.
our
(we) best to protect it.
In April of 2023, groups of birds were resting on both 5.
sides
(side) of a road leading to the reserve.
Shan Kai, an engineer at the reserve, said, "The wetlands at the delta provide a good 6.
living
(live) environment for the birds."
The number of bird species has grown from 187 to 376 in the years.
In 2022, 470 baby storks(鹳) were born at the reserve, and about 330 red-crowned cranes 7.
spent
(spend) the winter at the wetlands.
"8.
To create
(create) a good environment for the birds, we built some small islands at the delta," Shan said. Thanks to the special effort, the delta has become a well-known home to storks.
Now the city 9.
is working
(work) to build a Yellow River Estuary National Park to better protect the wetlands and bird species at the delta. After it is set up, the park is expected to become the 10.
first
(one) in China to offer both sea and land resources(资源).