#魯曼英文0425聽力填空解答
The Great Barrier reef is _(1)_ _(2)_ _(3)_ _(4)_ its name. Coral of all shapes, sizes and colors cover more than 130,000 sq. mi. off the coast of Australia, _(5)_ it the world’s _(6)_ reef system and _(7)_ an astounding _(8)_ of marine life.
But today the Great Barrier _(9)_ _(10)_. The temporary warming effect of a major El Niño event – _(11)_ _(12)_ ongoing climate change- has heated the waters around the reef to nearly unprecedented levels. That warming _(13)_ in turn _(14)_ a mass bleaching that has _(15)_ the color- and the life – out of the coral. And the Great Barrier Reef isn’t _(16)_. “ This is the longest bleaching event ever _(17)_, ” says David Kline, a Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist. “ It’s truly global , and it’s looking very _(18)_.”
1.more
2.than
3.worthy
4.of
5.making
6.largest
7.supporting
8.variety
9.is
10.dying
11.combined
12.with
13.has
14.driven
15.sucked
16.alone
17.recorded
18.severe
