EdwardWilsonisAmerica’s,ifnottheworld’s,leadingnaturalist.InTheFutureofLife,hetakesusonatouroftheworld’snaturalresources(资源).Howaretheyused?Whathasbeenlost?Whatremainsandisitabletocontinuewiththepresentspeedofuse?Wilsonalsopointsouttheneedtounderstandfullythebiodiversity(生物多样性)ofourearth.
Wilsonbeginswithanopenlettertothepioneerinenvironment(环境)protection,HenryDavidThoreau.Hecomparestoday’sWaldenPondwiththatofThoreau’sday.Wilsonwillusesuchcomparisonsfortherestofthebook.Theproblemisclear:manhasdonegreatdamagetohishomeovertheyears.Cantheearth,withhumanhelp,bemadetoreturntobiodiversitylevelsthatwillbeabletosupportusinthefuture?
Biodiversity,Wilsonargues,isthekeytosettlingmanyproblemstheearthfacestoday.Evenouragriculturalcropscangainadvantagesfromit.Amerehundredspecies(物种)arethebasisofourfoodsupply,ofwhichbuttwentycarrytheload.Wilsonsuggestschangingthissituationbylookingintotenthousandspeciesthatcouldbemadeuseof,whichwillbeawaytoreducetheclearingofthenaturalhomesofplantsandanimalstoenlargefarmingareas.
Attheendofthebook,Wilsondiscussestheimportanceofhumanvaluesinconsideringtheenvironment.Ifyouaretocontinuetoliveontheearth,youmaywellreadandactontheideasinthisbook.WelearnformthetextthatWilsoncaresmostabout______Howmanyspeciesaremostimportanttoourpresentfoodsupply?Wilsonsuggeststhatonewaytokeepbiodiversityisto_______.Wecaninferthatthetextis_______EdwardWilsonis_______
A.theenvironmentforplants
B.thebiodiversityofourearth
C.thewastesofnaturalresources
D.theimportanceofhumanvalues
A.Twenty.
B.Eighty.
C.Onehundred
D.Tenthousand.
A.learnhowtofarmscientifically
B.buildhomesforsomedyingspecies
C.makeitclearwhattoeat
D.usemorespeciesforfood
A.adescriptionofnaturalresources
B.aresearchreport
C.abookreview
D.anintroductiontoascientist.
A.apioneerinenvironmentprotection
B.anAmericanscientisti
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