The marked the establishment of feudalism in England. Viking invasions

A、Viking invasions

B、Roman occupation

C、Norman Conquest

D、Magna Carta

Much of Canada’s forestry production goes towards making pulp and paper.According to Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world’s wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper.If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved.Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp.

Hemp has been cultivated by many cultures for thousands of years.It produces fibre which can be made into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope.For centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries because it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world – wide trading network would not have been feasible without hemp.Nowadays, ships’ cables are usually made from wire or synthetic fibers, but scientists are now suggesting that the cultivation of hemp hold be revived for the production of paper and pulp.According to its proponents, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the large – scale cultivation of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada’s forests.

However, there is a problem: hemp is illegal in many countries of the world.This plant, so useful for fibre, rope, oil, fuel and textiles, is a species of cannabis, related to the plant from which marijuana is produced.In the late 1930s, a movement to ban the drug marijuana began to gather force, resulting in the eventual banning of the cultivation not only of the plant used to produce the drug, but also of the commercial fibre – producing hemp plant.In fact, marijuana cannot be produced from the hemp plant, since it contains almost no THC (the active ingredient in the drug).

In recent years, a movement for legalization have been gathering strength.It is concerned only with the hemp plant used to produce fibre; this group wants to make it legal to cultivate the plant and sell the fibre foe paper and pulp production.

21.Why is pulp and paper production important to Canada?

A.Canada needs to find a way to use all its spare wood.

B.Canada publishes a lot of newspapers and books.

C.Pulp and paper export is a major source of income for Canada.

D.Hemp is a traditional plant of Canada.

22.Why was the plant hemp essential to world – wide trade in the past?

A.Ship’s ropes were made from it.

B.Hemp was a very profitable export.

C.Hemp was used as fuel for ships.

D.Hemp was used as food for sailors.

23.Why do agriculturalists think that hemp would be better for paper production than trees?

A.It is cheaper to grow hemp than to cut down trees.

B.More paper can be produced from the same area of land.

C.Hemp produces higher quality paper.

D.It causes less pollution of the environment.

24.Why was hemp banned?

A.It is related to the marijuana plant.

B.It can be used to produce marijuana.

C.It was no longer a useful crop.

D.It was destructive to the land.

25.“According to its proponents, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees.” – What does “proponents” mean?

A.People who are against something.

B.People who support something.

C.People in charge of something.

D.People who do research on something.

Section B

The giant panda, the creature that has become a symbol of conservation, is facing extinction. The major reason is loss of habitat, which has continued despite the establishment of 14 panda reserves. Deforestation, mainly carried out by fanners clearing land to make way for fields as they move higher into the mountains, has drastically contracted mammal’s range. The panda has disappeared from much of central and eastern China, and is now restricted to the eastern flank of the Himalayas.

Satellite imagery has shown the seriousness of the situation; almost half of the panda's habitat has been cut down or degraded since 1975. Worse, the surviving panda population has also become fragmented; a combination of satellite imagery and ground surveys reveals panda "islands" in patches of forest separated by cleared land. The population of these islands has become isolated because the animals are loath to cross open areas. Just puting a road through panda habitat may be enough to split a population in two.

The minuscule size of the panda population worries conservationists. The smallest groups have too few animals to be viable, and will inevitably die out. The larger populations may be viable in the short term, but will be susceptible to genetic defect as a result of inbreeding.

In these circumstances, a more traditional threat to panda-cycle of flowering and subsequent withering of the bamboo that is their staple food—can become literally species—threatening. The flowering prompts panda to move from one area to another, thus preventing inbreeding in otherwise sedentary populations. In panda islands, however, bamboo flowering could prove catastrophic(灾难性的) because the pandas are unable to emigrate.

The last conservation management plan for the panda, prepared by China’s Ministry of Forestry and the World Wild Fund for Nature, aims primarily at maintaining panda habitats and ensuring that populations are linked wherever possible. This plan will change some existing reserve boundaries, establish 14 new reserves and protect or replant corridors of forest between panda islands. Other measures include better control of poaching, reducing the degradation of habitats outside reserves and reforestation.

The plan is ambitious. Implementation will be expensive and will require participation by individuals ranging from villagers to government officials.

The survival of the giant panda is being seriously【61】______. This is largely because the overall size of their habitat has been reduced. As a result, pandas are more prone to problems and are unable to【62】______around freely, following the growth cycles of【63】______ plant. A new plan aims to protect existing panda【64】______and to join some of them together. This plan also involves reforestation and the creation of new reserves. To succeed, everyone,【65】______both the government and individuals, will have to cooperate.

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What is NOT mentioned about Anthony Watson?

A．He established Soft Tech,Ltd.

B．He recently donated money to charity organizations.

C．He attended the press conference on March 31.

D．He is involved with the acquisition of U-Mart,lnc.