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8.How do African forest elephants help relieve climate change?A.They increase the diversity of wildlife species.B.They help to maintain the plants of the forest.C.They take in heat-trapping CO from the atmosphere.D.They promote the net carbon capture ability of the forest9.What does the underlined word"disperse"in paragraph 4 mean?A.Consume.B.Preserve.C.Spread.10.What are the threats facing African forest elephantsD.Gather.A.Illegal hunting and habitat loss.B.The disturbed balance of the forest ecosystem.C.Natural disasters resulting from climate change.D.Competition for water sources with other anima11.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.Preserving Forests:Elephants'ContributionB.New Role of African Forest Elephants:Climate HeroesC.Ivory Trade Threatens African Forest ElephantsD.Forest Elephants Are Approaching the Edge of ExtinctionDSpace engineers from the University of Glasgow have published new research showinghow reflectors (placed in orbit around Earth could increase the output of future largescale solar farms by reflecting additional sunlight toward them even after the sun has set.In their paper,the researchers described how they used advanced computer models tohelp determine the most effective method of using orbiting solar reflectors to produce烟additional power.Their models showed that putting 20 thin reflectors into orbit 1,000kilometers from Earth could reflect sunlight to solar farms for an extra two hours each day onaverage.The additional sunlight could increase the output of the world's future solar farms,particularly after sunset when electricity demand is high.The output could be scaled up营further by adding more reflectors or increasing their size.The team developed an algorithm (to determine how the reflectors could bearranged to catch the sun's rays most effectively,maximizing the additional sunlight reflectedto solar farms around Earth in the early morning and late evening.The researchers suggestedthat 20 reflectors could produce an extra 728 MWh of electricity per day-equal to adding anadditional large solar power farm to Earth without the cost of construction.Dr.Onur Celik,one author of the paper,said,"Solar power has the potential to speedour race to reach net-zero,helping us to relieve the global impacts of climate change byreducing our reliance on fossil fuels,”Moreover,the price of solar panels(太阳能电池板)hasdropped quickly in recent years,increasing the pace of their adoption and paving the way forthe creation of large solar farms around the world.One of the major limitations of solar power,of course,is that it can only be generated【高一英语第4页（共8页）】·24-XJ709·