【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 s to drink. It saw sales grow by 10 percent last year and expects another increase this year.The increase in sales of nonalcoholic beer might be the result of many Japanese people spending more time at home. In the past, they would order beers together while going out. More people are trying to stay healthy as well. Also, fewer people are drinking beer, as wine and other alcoholic drinks bee more popular. But the new interest in lowalcohol beer has helped the beverage industry in Japan.In recent years, many panies started making nonalcoholic beers. They caught on in places like Australia and Germany but not in Japan – until this year.The chief of Suntory, another large beverage pany in Japan, said people only responded to nonalcoholic beer advertising when the product started to taste better. Many people agree that today39。s nonalcoholic beers taste better than they used to. Asahi39。s Beery has very little alcohol. But it is supposed to have more taste than earlier versions of lowalcohol beer because of a new way of removing the alcohol. The pany plans to offer more lowalcohol beers in ing years.Kazuo Matsuyama is marketing chief for Asahi, who said most beer panies used to advertise to people who had a drink every day. That was about 20 million people. But there are about 80 million people in Japan between the ages of 20 and 60. But now we need to look at others. Matsuyama said.8. Why do some Japanese workers turn to beers free of alcohol nowadays?A. To appreciate a tasty flavor. B. To ensure a healthier lifestyle.C. To get rid of liver cancer. D. To relieve stress in their life.9. What’s the author’s statement on beverage panies’ excellent sales in 2020 based on?A. Beverage pany traditions.B. Financial reports.C Published statistics.D. Public opinions.10. What’s Australian’s attitude to nonalcoholic beers?A. Enthusiastic. B. Indifferent. C. Critical. D. Objective.11. What’s the text mainly about?A. New lifestyles in Japan.B. The development of Asahi.C. Introductions of different beers.D. Popularity of alcohol free beers.DScientists say baby sharks are at risk of being born smaller and without the energy they need to survive because of warming oceans from climate change. Scientists studied epaulette sharks, which live off Australia and New Guinea. They found warmer conditions sped up the sharks39。 growing process, which meant the sharks were born earlier.John Mandelman, chief scientist of the Anderson Cabot Center for Ocean Life said the findings could be used in the study of other sharks. Mandelman said it is widely believed that epaulette sharks are hardy, or able to survive difficult conditions. What it means is that this species is more vulnerable than we thought, and this could be true of other sharks, he added.The scientists studied 27 sharks using the New England Aquarium39。s reproduction program. Some were raised in average summer water temperatures. Others were raised in higher temperatures. They found the sharks raised in warmer temperatures weighed much less than those raised in average temperatures. One study this year found that worldwide numbers of oceanic sharks and rays dropped more than 70 percent between 1970 and 2018. Overfishing is a main concern, while climate change and pollution also threaten sharks.Carolyn Wheeler, a doctoral student at the University of Massachusetts Boston and the author of the epaulette shark study, said while all the sharks survived, those raised in warmer temperatures were not strong enough to survive for long in the wild. She added that if the sharks are born smaller than usual they are probably going to have to start looking for food sooner — and they39。re going to have less time to adjust to their surroundings.Mariah Pfleger, an ocean scientist said the study should serve as a warning to ocean governing agencies that careful supervision is needed to prevent the loss of more sharks. This study further shows that sharks will not be immune to a warming ocean, Pfleger added.12. What does the author want to tell us in paragraph1?A. Oceans