SECTION A In this section you will hear a
mini. lecture. You will hear the lecture ONCE ONLY. While listening to the
lecture, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked, but
you will need them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE after the
mini. lecture. Use the blank paper for note taking. Now listen
to the mini-lecture. About Wetlands in the
U.S.A. People enjoy a famous soup (SHE-CRAB SOUP) in North
Carolina because the days of the regional soup may be getting fewer and fewer:
"no wetlands, no seafood". Ⅰ. The current situation of
wetlands: 1) California has lost (1)______of
wetlands —91 percent,
(1) ______
and the rate of loss of wetlands is an acre per
minute. 2) 21 other states have losted at least
halfof their (2)______
(2) ______ Ⅱ. The
key value of wetlands: 1) Each acre of wetland
is worth (3)______more money than
(3)
______ an acre of ocean in the
benefits; 2) Wetlands act like sponges and
(4)______like our kidney:
(4)
______ A. filtering out hazardous
materials like dirt, chemicals, pesticides and fertilizers;
B. serving as large (5)______areas.
(5) ______ 3) More important than ocean
(6)______in the diversity of species supported.
(6) ______ Ⅲ. The possible measures to
protect wetlands: 1) Convince people to stop
(7)______or doing business in former wetlands;
(7) ______ 2)
Encourage developers and businesses to stay in (8)_______cities;
(8)
______ 3) Get the government to stop developers
from building in wetlands; 4) Raise (9)______of
this serious issue;
(9) ______
5) Protest the destruction of wetlands when we see it.
Ⅳ. The only solution: An increase in
(10)______in favor of protecting wetlands.
(10) ______ which both the builders and the
government will listen.