托福英语阅读材料：Warningover’terrible’northernseabirdbreeding

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英国北部地区的海鸟们生存出现危机，今天我们的托福考试阅读材料就来关注这些小生灵们的生存现状。  
$ q7 L; |9 H8 f/ [: d7 Z$ `  S! S　　Seabird breeding has been "terrible" in some northerly areas such as Orkney and Shetland, RSPB Scotland has warned.
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4 E9 m. |* i# Q( d2 @' D　　The 700 Arctic terns present at the start of the breeding season on the Shetland island of Mousa failed to produce a single chick.
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1 \0 V+ V3 _+ x8 e9 i　　The organisation said the situation was "similarly miserable" on Orkney.

　　The RSPB's Doug Gilbert said: "The terrible season for critical colonies in the far north warns us that seabird populations remain in real danger."
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　　Just two kittiwakes were said to have returned to Orkney's North Hill reserve to breed, and not a single chick fledged there.

　　However RSPB Scotland said some species continued to do well, such as gannets.
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+ v$ L9 z- Q2 X4 \# p  W　　The organisation added that research showed seabirds were valuable to rural economies due to related tourism.