金太阳2021~2024年度上学年高一年级期末考试(22-12-288A)英语试题

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When the UNESCO World Heritage Committee (WHC)met from July 16 to 31.2021.they were tasked with addressing threats to some of the world’s most treasured sites of price-less natural and cultural heritage.Among the issues the committee must face is the growingthreat that dams cause to some of the world’s most treasured World Heritage Sites.A recent study found that over 500 dams under construction or planned worldwide wouldbe built in protected areas,while dams threaten at least 80 World Heritage Sites.This numberis only expected to grow as dam developers,faced with a reduction in the number of dam sitesavailable,pursue increasingly reckless(不计后果的)projects such as the Batang Toru Dam+which experts say could lead to the extinction of the newly discovered Tapanuli orangutan(红毛猩猩).The increasing impact of dams on World Heritage Sites has caused a global outcry,mostrecently in the case of the Selous Game Reserve,a World Heritage Site recognized as a biodi-versity hotspot and one of the largest protected areas for African wildlife.The Tanzaniangovernment’s decision to construct the Julius Nyerere Dam in the Selous led to an angry pro-posal from UNESCO to remove it from the list altogether.Meanwhile,history is in danger of repeating itself in Laos,where the planned Luang Pra-bang dam threatens the historic city it’s named for.Luang Prabang,the old royal capital waslisted as a World Heritage Site in 1995.Despite this World Heritage status,the Mekong Riv-er,which flows through and is an important part of Luang Prabang’s history,culture,andway of life,is under threat.The Laos’government is planning to build a dam,25 kilometersupstream from Luang Prabang.Given the proposed dam’s size and location,the dam will havemajor environmental impacts on the river system and surrounding area.32.Which was an unavoidable topic at the meeting of WHC in 2021?A.The number of dams under construction or planned worldwide.B.The measures that some major countries’governments took.