【推荐1】Everglades National Park is located in the state of Florida. It is the largest wilderness in the entire country and makes up 25% of the wetlands in the state. The Everglades is home to several rare and endangered species. It is also the third largest national park in the US, after Death Valley National Park and Yellowstone National Park. Each year, about 1 million tourists visit the park. On a global level, it has been announced as a World Heritage Site.

Unlike most other national parks, Everglades National Park was created to protect an ecosystem (生态系统) from being damaged. In 1947, President Harry Truman spoke at the official opening of Everglades National Park, saying the goal of creating the park was to protect forever a wild area that could never be replaced.

10,000 different islands make up Everglades National Park. There exists natural wildlife on each of these islands. The Everglades is home to about 30 species that are endangered. In addition, more than 350 bird species and 300 species of fresh and saltwater fish live within the park. The Everglades is also home to 40 species of mammals (哺乳动物).

There are many ways to explore the Everglades. Visitors can see alligators (短吻鳄) while hiking the Anhinga Trail. The Everglades is one of the few places on Earth where freshwater alligators and saltwater crocodiles live in the same area. Visitors using airboats are likely to see large groups of birds. Some visitors might enjoy riding bicycles through Shark Valley. Others may want to move slowly through the water where they can see insects and wildlife closely.

According to experts, changes to the Everglades are becoming a danger to several different kinds of wildlife. They say it is a result of actions the US government began more than 50 years ago, and settlers began even earlier.

1. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

A．Florida is famous for its large wetlands.

B．There are three important national parks in the US.

C．Visitors think highly of Everglades National Park.

D．Everglades National Park is very valuable.

2. How does the author describe the richness of wildness in the park?

A．By giving examples.

B．By listing figures.

C．By giving a definition.

D．By making a comparison.

3. What can we get from the passage?

A．Visitors can explore the Everglades in many ways.

B．Visitors are not allowed to stay in the water in the park.

C．President Harry Truman first suggested setting up the park.

D．Everglades National Park is the largest national park in the US.

4. What will be further discussed if the passage is continued?

A．How the endangered wildlife lost their lives.

B．What settlers have done to save the wetlands.

C．How the park’s environment was badly changed.

D．What the government has done to protect the park.

【推荐2】In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater to get some entertainment, it was easy to see how your actions could have an impact (影响)on the environment. After all, you were jumping into your car, driving across town, coughing out emissions (产生排放)and using gas all the way. But now that we’re used to staying at home and streaming movies, we might get a little proud. After all, we’re just picking up our phones and maybe turning on the TV. You’re welcome. Mother Nature.

Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shift Project. According to “Climate Crisis: The Unsustainable Use of Online Video”, digital technologies are responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions, and that energy use is increasing by 9% a year. Watching a half-hour show would cause 3.5 pounds of carbon dioxide emissions. That’s like driving 3.9 miles. And in the European Union, the Eureca project found that data centers (where videos are stored)there used 25% more energy in 2017 compared to just three years earlier, reports the BBC.

Streaming is only expected to increase as we become crazier about our digital devices (设备)and the possibility of enjoying entertainment where and when we want it increases. Online video use is expected to increase by four times from 2017 to 2022 and account for 80% of all Internet traffic by 2022. By then, about 60% of the world’s population will be online.

You’re probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there’re things you can do to help lessen the impact of your online use, experts say. For example, according to Lutz Stobbe, a researcher from the Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin, we have no need to upload 25 pictures of the same thing to the cloud because it consumes energy every time. If instead you delete a few things here and there, you can save energy. Moreover, it’s also a good idea to stream over Wi-Fi, watch on the smallest screen you can, and turn off your Wi-Fi in your home if you’re not using your devices.

1. What topic is the first paragraph intended to lead in?

A．The environmental effects of driving private cars.

B．The improvements on environmental awareness.

C．The change in the way people seek entertainment.

D．The environmental impacts of streaming services.

2. We may learn from the text that ______ ．

A．3.9 miles drive may produce 3.5 pounds of CO2

B．digital technologies account for 4% of electricity use

C．online video use makes up 80% of all internet traffic

D．60% of the world’s population watch videos online now

3. What can we infer about the use of streaming services?

A．It is being reduced to protect the planet.

B．Its environmental effects are worsening.

C．It is easily available to almost everyone.

D．Its side effects have drawn global attention.

4. Which of the following is the most environmentally-friendly?

A．Watching downloaded movies on a mobile phone.

B．Downloading music on a personal computer.

C．Uploading a lot of images of the same thing.

D．Playing online games over mobile networks.

【推荐1】I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable and friendly.

However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality (好客) and politeness to be very different.

I experienced Italian hospitality firsthand. On a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence, sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was scolded in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat — it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine (真诚的) mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants (乘坐者) of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome among them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.

Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to interrupt someone else’s privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not.

1. What do we know about the occupants when the author was travelling in Italy?

A．They were all on the side of the gentleman.

B．They all laughed at the author for his mistake.

C．They would not bear a mistake like the author’s in public

D．They all showed their understanding of the author’s mistake.

2. How does the author finally believe the Italian people are?

A．Cold.

B．Rude

C．Helpful.

D．Hospitable.

3. Why did English passengers sit in near silence according to the last paragraph?

A．They were too tired to speak to anyone.

B．They were all strangers to each other.

C．Privacy was a valued tradition in England.

D．Everybody was deeply lost in though.

【推荐3】Sometimes your biggest weakness can become your biggest strength. Take, for example, the story of one 10-year-old boy who decided to study judo despite the fact that he had lost his left arm in a devastating car accident.
The boy began lessons with an old Japanese judo master. The boy was doing well, so he couldn't understand why, after three months of training, the master had taught him only one move.“Sensei,” the boy finally said, “shouldn't I be learning more moves?”“This is the only move you know, but this is the only move you'll ever need to know,” the sensei replied.
Not quite understanding, but believing in his teacher, the boy kept training.
Several months later, the sensei took the boy to his first tournament. Surprising himself, the boy easily won his first two matches. The third match proved to be more difficult, but after some time, his opponent became impatient and charged; the boy skillfully used his one move to win the match. Still amazed by his success, the boy was now in the finals. This time, his opponent was bigger, stronger, and more experienced. For a while, the boy appeared _________ Concerned that the boy might get hurt, the referee called a time-out. He was about to stop the match when the sensei intervened.
“No,” the sensei insisted, “Let him continue.” Soon after the match resumed, his opponent made a critical mistake: he dropped his guard. Instantly, the boy used his move to pin him. The boy had won the match and the tournament. He was the champion.
On the way home, the boy and sensei reviewed every move in each and every match. Then the boy summoned the courage to ask what was really on his mind. “Sensei, how did I win the tournament with only one move?” “You won for two reasons,” the sensei answered. “First, you've almost mastered one of the most difficult throws in all of judo. Second, the only known defense for that move is for your opponent to grab your left arm.”
The boy's biggest weakness had become his biggest strength.
1. we can infer from Paragraph 2 that the teacher__________.

A．was unwilling to teach the boy

B．regarded mastering one move as extremely important.

C．worried about the boys ability

D．trained the boy to win judo tournaments

2. After the boy came in the finals, __________.

A．he feared to get hurt.

B．the teacher felt satisfied

C．he thought of giving up.

D．the judge stopped the game.

3. The underlined expression “be overmatched” in Paragraph 3 is closed in meaning to__________.

A．lose heart

B．lose patience

C．be defeated

D．be monitored

4. How did the boy’s teacher explain his success of the tournament?

A．His opponent was too confident and careless.

B．The boy was experienced in playing the games.

C．His opponent didn't notice the boys left hand.

D．The boy made use of his judo skill and weakness.

5. What is the purpose of the passage?

A．To suggest we turn weakness into strength.

B．To encourage us to insist in a match.

C．To show us how to win a match luckily.

D．To tell us to choose an experienced teacher.