2025版高考英语一轮总复习选择性必修第三册Unit3EnvironmentalProtection提能训练

Unit 3 Environmental Protection Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2023·泰安市联考)A tiny Alaska village has experienced a boom (繁荣)

Unit 3Environmental Protection Ⅰ.阅读理解 A (2023·泰安市联考) Atiny Alaska village has experienced aboom (繁荣) in tourism in recent years as polar bears spend more time on land than on Arctic sea ice. More than 2, 000 people visited the northern Alaska village of Kaktovik in 2018 to see polar bears in the wild.The far north community lies in an area where increasingly higher temperature has sped up the movement of sea ice, the primary habitat(栖息地) of polar bears.As ice has gradually moved to deep water beyond the continental shelf, more bears are remaining on land to look for food. Polar bears have always been acommon sight on sea ice near Kaktovik, but villagers started noticing achange in the mid-1990s.More bears seemed to stay on land, and researchers began taking note of more female bears making homes in the snow on land instead of on the ice to raise their babies.U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service biologists began hearing reports of the increasing number of polar bears in the area in the early 2000s.As more attention was given to the plight (困境) of polar bears about adecade ago, more tourists started heading to Kaktovik. The village had fewer than 50 visitors annually before 2011, said Jennifer Reed, of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.“Today we're talking about hundreds and hundreds of visitors, many from around the world each year，” Reed said.Most tourists visit in the fall, when bears are forced toward land because sea ice is farthest away from the shore.Bruce Inglangasak, alocal hunter who sometimes offers wildlife-viewing tours, said he's been offering polar bear tours since 2004.Most of his clients(客户) are from China and Europe, as well as from the lower 48 U．S. states.Many tourists stay several days in the village, which has two small hotels.The villagers have benefited alot from that.In turn, they provide more effective protection for polar bears with financial support