| Ten years ago, when environmental
lawyer Kassie Siegel went in search of an animal to save the world, the polar
bear wasn’t at all an obvious choice. Siegel and Brendan Cummings of the Center
for Biological Diversity in Joshua Tree, Calif. , were looking for a species
whose habitat was disappearing due to climate change, which could serve as a
symbol of the dangers of global warming. Her first candidate met the
scientific criteria—it lived in ice caves in Alaska’s Glacier Bay, which were
melting away—but unfortunately it was a spider. You can’t sell a lot of T shirts
with pictures of an animal most people would happily step on. Next, Siegel turned to the Kittlitz’s murrelet, a small Arctic seabird whose nesting sites in glaciers were disappearing. In 2001, she petitioned the Department of the Interior to add it to the Endanger A. call on people to take actions against global warming B. make people aware of the danger of environmental damage C. introduce to people a new concept of environmental protection D. remind people of the importance of protecting endangered species [单项选择]Who did Louis work for ten years ago
A. Chef Yoshi Ikeda from Japan. B. Some of the best Chefs in the world. C. A chef from Thailand. [简答题]Ten years ago it appeared that nuclear power would solve the anticipated energy crisis. Although supplies of uranium fuel were known to be limited and might become exhausted in half a century, the nuclear ower plant has for a long time been favorite project. But work on it has met with grave problems. The fear of possible atomic explosion and the problems of disposing of polluting by-product waste have been slowed down the construction of further nuclear plants. Eventually atomic technology may be able to control these problems, but at present there seems to be a little agreement among atomic scientists about when this can be achieved.
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