Some misunderstanding is putting shark populations at risk now. Thousands of sharks are dying as【小题1】 result of people’s false beliefs.

Female sharks need males to make babies. Some female sharks have the ability 【小题2】(produce) a baby by themselves and have young sharks without a male shark. That’s something commonly 【小题3】(see) in plants and insects like ants and bees.

Shark fins have medical function. 【小题4】(tradition), it 【小题5】 ( believe) that shark fin soup has health benefits and is quite special in China. 【小题6】 modern scientists point out that shark tissue(组织) can be extremely high in poison. What’s more, shark fishing kills up to 100 million animals each year, endangering several different species.

If you’re bitten by a shark, you will be a goner. You are more than twice as likely to die from a lightning strike as from a shark bite, according 【小题7】 the Florida Museum’s International Shark Attack File (ISAF). “Even if you are bitten, the large 【小题8】(major) of people survive”, says Dr. Chapman. In fact, there were sixty-six unprovoked(无端的) shark bite【小题9】( incident) around the world in 2018, only six of【小题10】 were dangerous.

Home to large numbers of both wild and caged elephants, India’s elephant protection laws are among the strictest【小题1】 Asia. Elephants have been considered the highest level of legal protection for wildlife. Poaching (偷猎) , trading and trafficking are 【小题2】 (strict) forbidden, with heavy fines and prison sentences of up to seven years.

China has been making efforts 【小题3】 (protect) its small population of elephants since the 1980s. Local authorities in areas with elephants such as Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, have not only tried to move human populations away from elephant habitats 【小题4】 worked with private insurance companies to protect farmers’ crops against damages 【小题5】 (cause) by the animals.

The 2016 amendment (修订) to China’s Wildlife Protection Law of 1988 ensures that wild animals should 【小题6】 (provide) with the necessary conditions. According to a report by Xinhua News Agency, the population of elephants in China nearly doubled between the 1980s and 2021 to about 300.

In 2020, group of 14 elephants hiked 500 km from 【小题7】 (they) home in Xishuangbanna all the way to the suburbs of the provincial capital, Kunming. The journey puzzled scientists and attracted the attention of a global audience, 【小题8】 followed the journey to see that the animals played in mud and 【小题9】 (sleep) together, as well as destroying crops and stealing food across the province.

Asia has a long history of harmonious relations between humans and elephants. Elephants are respected in societies across Asia, specifically in India and China. As our big friends still remain weak, how can the two 【小题10】 (Asia) countries with great civilizations come together to save them?

【小题1】 (work) on building sites for over 20 years, Hua Shankui, 59, had never imagined he’d become an expert on planting grass. But this was 【小题2】 happened on a construction site he’s working on in Wuhan, Hubei Province.

The 18-hectare construction site of the Huashan section of Wuhan Metro Line 19 is situated near an ecological reserve. Efforts had to be made 【小题3】 (ensure) that the local environment would not be compromised. To reduce pollution, using dust nets to cover bare soil is a normal practice on construction sites. However, a 【小题4】 (decide) was made at the Huashan site to plant grass on the soil, a more eco-friendly method.

When Hua 【小题5】 (give) the task of leading a grass planting team, he knew nothing about gardening. The first question facing 【小题6】 team was what kind of grass they should plant. Hua turned to local gardeners, 【小题7】 recommended carpet grass, a species 【小题8】 (common) planted in urban landscaping.

However, months 【小题9】 planting the grass, few seeds of carpet grass grew roots as the soil at the site contains too many small stones. He tried different varieties of grass. After conducting 【小题10】 (repeat) experiments on a small piece of land, Hua found rye grass (黑麦草) to be the right species. Hua and his colleagues started to plant rye grass. Four months later, the piece of brown soil was covered in green grass, adding life to the construction site while cleaning the air.