The pace and scale of environmental change over the last 50 years was worrying and is likely to get worse, the report said.

　　Future threats include extreme weather, droughts（干旱）, rising sea levels and the loss of areas like wet grasslands to farming to feed a growing population, the report said.

　　Its authors made 24 recommendations to create stronger habitats. The measures include better management of habitats, setting up new ecological restoration zones and improved water quality and flood protection

　　17．According to the passage, which of the following is not the cause of the loss of wildlife habitats?

　　A．Climate change

　　B．Population growth

　　C．Intensive farming

　　D．Decreasing habitats

　　18．The underlined word “meadows” in Paragraph 7 probably means

　　.

　　A．a species of animals

　　B．mountains

　　C．pieces of grassland D．forests

　　19．What can we infer from the text?

　　A．Some wet grasslands were lost probably because of extreme weather.

　　B．England has at least 55,000 endangered species.

　　C．Better management of habitats will probably lead to stronger habitats for wildlife.

　　D．England has taken measures to protect its wildlife habitats.

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