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Populations of well-loved species such as the turtle dove, nightingale and cuckoo, which come to breed in the UK and the Contine

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问题     Populations of well-loved species such as the turtle dove, nightingale and cuckoo, which come to breed in the UK and the Continent every spring, are rapidly declining. Nobody knows for sure what【S1】_____they may be running into. Yet there is little doubt populations are【S2】_____at an alarming rate, and only an international effort can【S3】_____their plight(困境), according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds(RSPB)and BirdLife International.
    This effort should begin at the conference of Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals being held this week in Bergen, Norway. Dr. Danae Sheehan, an expert on the declining migrants, will be speaking for them at the meeting. "Migrant birds connect Europe and Africa, crossing our【S4】_____, cultures and lives," she said. "Millions of birds make this【S5】_____long-distance journey twice each year, but the numbers spanning the two continents are reducing【S6】_____With dramatic land use change in both Europe and Africa, and【S7】_____on migration, such as illegal killing in the Mediterranean, these birds have enormous struggles ahead. Without international cooperation, we’re concerned these species will continue their【S8】_____path."
    The situation has become so severe that the RSPB and BirdLife are urging that turtle doves, warblers and flycatchers should be the focus of a【S9】_____international conservation plan. Their representatives will call on parties at Bergen to support a【S10】_____for action. It urges the development of an action plan for the conservation of African-Eurasian migrant land birds and their habitats throughout the flyway connecting Europe and Africa.
A)address F)trouble K)expanding
B)rapidly G)shrinking L)hazards
C)downward H)perfectly M)borders
D)resolution I)deal N)incredible
E)revolution J)coordinated O)reserved
【S4】
选项
答案M
解析 名词辨析题。结合空格后面所举的例子“比如在地中海的非法捕杀”可知，这里所说的应该是候鸟在迁徙当中遭遇到的各种危险，选项中只有hazards“危险”符合句意。
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