Ⅰ.阅读理解
Urban rewilding projects are attracting nature back into our cities, from creating city butterfly grasslands to building unlikely homes for deadly birds.The middle of London's busy West End doesn't seem like the likeliest location for one of the UK's rarest birds.There are only approximately 20－40 breeding pairs of black redstarts in the country.But in recent years, without being artificially introduced into the area, this rare bird has started to make a home in this crowded part of Central London.
The black redstart isn't the only unexpected species of wildlife to start living in urban landscapes.Moths, butterflies, woodpeckers and even serotine bats, more commonly found in the countryside, have also been on the rise in this part of London.These changes are the result of increasing efforts to transform urban areas from wildlife deadspots into attractive, practical homes for nature alongside citizens.One new initiative is even trying to get offices to keep bees.
Urban rewilding initiatives often have multiple levels of benefit — greener spaces not only make people happier, but they also help solve water drainage (排水) problems and prevent flooding, as well as providing a home for bees and other animals.But perhaps one of their most valuable features is to make us feel more connected with nature and be more aware of our relationship with the environment.
The long game is not just to build green compromises into existing city areas, but to shift what development looks like in a city.Until recent years, urbanisation has meant turning green areas grey with the concrete, asphalt and glass of traditional buildings.That transformation has unsurprisingly ended up being bad for our mental wellbeing, physical health, environment, ecosystems and wildlife.Rewilding is one way to completely change that process: prioritizing (按重要性排列) plants and animals first, and paving the way for the benefits to our health, wellbeing and the urban environment that follow.
语篇解读：本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了城市再野生化的诸多益处。
1．Why are black redstarts referred to in Paragraph 1?
A．To stress the importance of rare birds.
B．To show urban rewilding has paid off.
C．To suggest their love for living downtown.
D．To prove man lives in harmony with nature.
解析：选B 推理判断题。根据第一段最后一句可推知，提到黑色红尾鸲是为了证明城市再野生化工程有了效果，这种稀有鸟类“不请自来”。
2．What can be learnt about serotine bats?
A．Their homes have completely changed.
B．People build more homes for them.
C．Their population is increasing in cities.
D．They are uncommon in urban areas.
解析：选C 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知，这种蝙蝠在伦敦的数量在上升。
3．What is the author's attitude to urbanization?
A．Critical. B．Approving.
C．Ambiguous. D．Objective.
解析：选A 观点态度题。根据最后一段第二、三句可知，作者提到了城市化的坏处，由此可推断，作者对城市化的态度应是批判的。
4．What is the best title for the text?
A．Wildlife Is Coming Back to Cities
B．Urban Rewilding Benefits Both Man and Wildlife
C．Man Is Making Efforts to Project Wild Animals
D．We Need More Urban Rewilding Projects for Nature
解析：选B 标题归纳题。文章前两段讲述的是城市再野生化对野生动物的好处，第三、四段提到了城市再野生化对人类的好处，最后一段再次强调：优先考虑植物和动物，这样做能为我们的健康、福祉以及城市环境带来好处。由此可知，本文主要讲述的是城市再野生化惠及野生动物和人类。
