New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out. A study, _________ in the latest edition of Ecology and Evolution, reveals the _________ age of some Amazonian tree species — more than 8 million years — and _________ shows that they have survived previous periods as warm as many of the global warming imagined periods _________ for the year 2100.

The authors write that, having survived warm periods in the past, the trees will _________ survive future warming, provided there are no other major environmental changes. _________ extreme droughts and forest fires will impact Amazonia as temperatures _________, the trees will stand the direct impact of higher temperatures. The authors _________ that as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions to minimize the risk of drought and fire, conservation policy should remain _________ on preventing deforestation (采伐森林) for agriculture and mining.

The study disagrees with other recent researches which predicted tree species’ extinctions ____________ relatively small increases in global average air temperatures.

Study co-author Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) said the ____________ were good news for Amazon tree species, but warned that drought and over-exploitation of the forest remained major ____________ to the Amazon’s future.

Dr Lewis said: “The past cannot be compared directly with the future. While tree species seem likely to ____________ higher air temperatures than today, the Amazon forest is being transformed for agriculture and ____________, and what remains is being degraded (使恶化) by logging (伐木), and increasingly split up by fields and roads.

“Species will not move as freely in today’s Amazon as they did in previous warm periods, when there was no human ____________. Similarly, today’s climate change is extremely fast, making comparisons with slower changes in the past ____________.”

“With a clearer ____________ of the relative risks to the Amazon forest, we ____________ that direct human impacts — such as forest clearances for agriculture or mining — should remain a key point of conservation policy. We also need more aggressive ____________ to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to make minimum the risk of drought and fire impacts and ____________ the future of most Amazon tree species.”

After the 2011 tsunami(海啸) in Japan, Fuji TV was filming the damage from the disaster, and they spotted a dog. She walked up to them urging them to ________ her. She walked over to another dog who was lying on the ground, ________ injured and unable to move. While the men sounded sad and concerned for the dogs, they ________ to do anything to help the pups themselves. They only filmed them and sent a ________ “please help” to the Nippon SPCA(Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals).

The ________ made its way to YouTube, called“Stay together dogs”. It ________ quickly, and people around the world were heartbroken and started sending ________ to the Nippon SPCA to help their rescue efforts. ________, the video started a controversy(争议). The SPCA began to receive phone calls of ________ from people accusing them of not working hard enough to ________ the dogs in the first place. Owners of dog food companies began ________ money for their own campaigns to save the “stay together dogs”. People were very ________ about the fate of the pups.

The dog’s owner happened to see the video, and ________ her dog, Mei-chan. The injured dog, Lee-chan, also ________ her. It took eight months for the two dogs to ________ with their owner.