Directions: Read the following passage.
Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can
be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A. This is because ocean waters have taken in nearly all of the
atmosphere's extra heat.
B. This causes winds off the weaken and enables warm water to move
eastward.
C. The scientists examined waters off the coast of Narthem California in
the eastern Pacific Ocean.
D. The northward travel of so many different sea creatures was
considered to have never happened before.
E. The researchers discovered that some of the sea creatures were
hundreds of kilometres south of their known range.
F. A study estimated climate change will force hundreds of fish species
and other creatures to seek out cooler waters in coming years.
Warm Waters Caused Many Sea Creatures
to Move Far North
A study has found that warmer waters off
North America's West Coast caused many kinds of sea life to move farther north
than ever before. The study was a project of scientists from the University of
California, Davis.
They identified a total of 67 species between 2014 and 2016,
during what was described as a "marine heatwave". The researchers
reported that 37 of the 67 species they studied had never before been observed
so far north as California. These creatures are native to an area hundreds of
kilometers to the south.
Some species were discovered outside a
marine laboratory belonging to the University of California, Davis. A few were
even found north of California. The scientists involved in the
study believe the findings can provide valuable information for predicting
future sea life reactions to warming oceans.
There is also evidence suggesting that
warming waters in the Atlantic Ocean have caused some sea creatures to move
northward. A 2017 report in Yale University's online magazine Environment 360
explores this subject. The report notes that for many years, the ocean has
served as our best defense against climate change. This has led to
warmer oceans, with experts predicting continuing rising temperatures.
Warmer waters along the U.S. East Coast have
affected a black sea fish. Researchers from Rutgers University reported the
fish once was mainly found off the coast of North Carolina. But they discovered
the species had traveled more than 700 kilometers northward, to waters off the
coast of New Jersey.
Using climate models, researchers predicted that some
species along the U.S. and Canadian Pacific coasts will move as far as 1,400
kilometers north from their current habitats. Such movement is expected to
cause major difficulties for fisheries both in the U.S. and Canada, the study
found.
答案:【1】C【2】D【3】A【4】F