20. Which of
the following statements is true according to the given information?
A. There are more tabloids than broadsheets in Britain at
present.
B. After the change, there will be no differences
between The Sun and The Times.
C. Although The Times has cut its size, it remains a
serious paper.
D. All the papers will tend to have the same style in
the future.
5
Climate
change has caused the disappearance of ice in Antarctic. It will not only do
harm to wildlife in the area but also cause levels of oceans and seas around
the world to rise. The old city of Venice, Italy has long
been threatened by rising sea levels. Its old buildings, built on a body of
water called a lagoon, are slowly “sinking”. When the city was founded about
one thousand six hundred yours ago, the water level was almost two meters lower
than it is today.
Mount Kilimanjaro in
northeastern Tanzania is the
highest point in Africa, with five vegetation
zones and many kinds of animals. The ice glaciers on the mountain are
disappearing very quickly. This will have a bad effect on the mountain’s plants
and animals and on Tanzania’s
travel industry. Also, a valuable record of thousands of years of weather
history will also be lost if the ice melts. Scientists study pieces of the
glacier to know the weather thousands of years ago.
In the United States, the ice in the Glacier National Park
in Montana
may soon completely disappear because of climate change. In 1950, there were
about 150 glaciers in the park. However there are only 26 glaciers remaining
today. Scientists say that the glaciers will be gone by 2030. Many kinds of
plants and animals in this mountain park are also disappearing.
Rising sea temperatures are
greatly harming the Great Barrier Reef in Australia. In some areas, healthy
yellow, brown and green reefs have turned white. The coral whitens when it
becomes breathless because of high temperatures. Its food also becomes less and
less because the water is deepening.
These places are included in the
book called “Disappearing Destinations: 37 Places in Peril and What Can Be Done
to Help Save Them.” It aims to call on the world to protect these places of
interest in danger.
