China gets greener
President Xi Jinping said "clear waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets(绿水青山就是金山银山)". With the efforts of China's government and its people, the rate of forest coverage(森林覆盖率)in China has reached 22. 96%, compared to 5. 05% forty years ago, according to a recent report from the State Forestry and Grassland Administration (SFGA).
Over the past forty years, China planted billions of trees as part of its fight against expanding(延伸的)deserts, mostly in its north. Each year, people sow seedlings(播种)over an area nearly the size of Ireland, according to Nature.
In 1978, China began a nationwide tree-planting programme known as the Three North Shelterbelt Forest Programme, also known as "the Great Green Wall". It has helped to plant more than 66 billion trees across 13 provinces in the country's north to act as windbreaks(防风林), according to China Daily.
Since 2018, SFGA has made more efforts to build a greener country. Its purpose is to grow at least 6. 7 million hectares(公顷)of forest every year in the next 15 years. Besides planting more trees, China has tried to bring back grasslands. It has also used strict forest protection methods and banned(禁止)all commercial logging(商业伐木)since last August.
The high-speed growth of forests cannot happen without public participation(参与). For example, Ant Forest, an Alipay mobile payment app, plants real tees for users who get "green energy" by taking part in low-carbon(低碳)activities. Since 2016, it has helped to plant about 122 million trees in China's driest areas.
China was praised as "one of the most successful countries worldwide in greening the desert" by United Nations Environment Programme Executive Director Erik Solheim.
1. What was the rate of forest coverage forty years ago?| A．5. 05%. | B．17. 91%. | C．22. 96%. | D．28. 01%. |
| A．turn deserts into green land | B．create a green area in the desert |
| C．stop deserts from expanding | D．build an area nearly the size of Ireland |
| A．Windbreaks have covered across all provinces of China. |
| B．In 1978, China succeeded in building "the Great Green Wall. |
| C．China has grown 6. 7 million hectares of forest since 2018. |
| D．Since 1978, over 66 billion trees have been planted to act as windbreaks. |
| A．Tried to bring back grasslands. | B．Made strict forest protection methods. |
| C．Banned commercial logging. | D．All of the above. |
| A．Ant Forest plants real trees for all Chinese people. |
| B．Everybody can help build a greener country. |
| C．China's forest coverage is the highest in the world. |
| D．China was praised for no deserts in northern China. |
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【推荐1】What does it mean to be green? Green is more than just a color. It also means taking special steps to protect the environment. Buying a green product is a small step everyone can take. Deciding whether a product is green, however, isn’t always easy. We need to consider the whole life cycle of the product, even after it’s of no use. Here is what we may keep in mind.
The materials of a product are usually our first focus. What is it made of? Are there any harmful chemicals in it? Green products are made of more natural materials which are free from harmful chemicals, so they can be good for our physical health.
Packaging is important. How is a product packaged? Is it over packaged? We’d better choose glass, metal and paper packaging, as these can be reused or more easily recycled. We can also look for less packaging or even choose bagged products whenever possible.
Location matters. Where was a product produced? Where are we buying it? Think about how much energy was used to get it to us. Try to choose local products. When it comes to food, it is a good idea to order directly from local farmers, shop at markets and buy fruits in season. Buying from stores near our houses is also a good choice, because we can go there without driving a car.
Look into what the company tells us about their products. It’s easy to say that a product is “green” or “all natural”, but the words may be too good to be true. So we should pay attention to the information about a product carefully. After all, companies try to make us believe that their products are environmentally responsible.
The greenest thing is certainly the one we don’t buy. Things like food and clothing are necessary for life. But many others are not. Better than buying is choosing to leave an unnecessary product in the store. It sends a message to the producer, keeps money in our pockets, reduces waste and keeps the planet healthy.
1. When we go shopping in the supermarket, we’d better buy some green packaging products, such as ________.① a glass of honey ②a plastic bag of chips ③an over-packaged gift
④a paper box of chocolate ⑤ fruit without packaging
| A．①②③ | B．①④⑤ | C．③④⑤ | D．①②⑤ |
| A．We should only buy products near our houses. |
| B．We should know all the information about a product. |
| C．We should have fewer unnecessary products in our life. |
| D．We should pay little attention to the materials of a product. |
| A．To teach us how to tell different materials. |
| B．To tell us how to save money for ourselves. |
| C．To tell us all the companies should be green. |
| D．To give advice on how to be a green consumer. |
A big sandstorm hit Beijing in May.
The sandstorm started in Mongolia, a country next to the northern part of China.
The wind blew strongly.
The Chinese government has already taken measures.
| A．The air was full of dirt and sand. |
| B．Then it moved towards the south. |
| C．The government advised people to avoid going outside. |
| D．It had been the biggest sandstorm during the past 10 years. |
| E．Since 2000, it has spent billions of dollars preventing sandstorms. |
【推荐3】As 59-year-old Li Yunli remembers, the water in Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan, was so clean that local people could drink from it directly when she was a child.
But the lake was greatly polluted in the 1980s. Local people avoided it, even though they had once depended on its fish for their living. Many chose to change jobs and go elsewhere to make a living, but not Li. Instead, she set up her mind to clean the lake.
She has been cleaning the lake for 35 years now. And her hard work has made her be chosen as one of China’s 100 model environmental protection volunteers this year.
In 1987, local government started a volunteer program to deal with the growing number of water hyacinths（水葫芦）. Li attended it shortly. The following year, an all-woman salvage（打捞）team was built to do cleaning in the lake. Li was the leader of the team.
Since then, she and her team can often be seen starting work at 7 am. braving sunshine and rain. The hardest period runs from June to August, when the water hyacinths grow fastest. Plants and rubbish during this period are blown in many different directions and rain sometimes makes the work harder.
“I grew up near Dianchi. I’m cleaning it not only for the lake, but also for myself and for future people,” she said. “As long as I am hard-working in taking the lead in the cleanup, more people will join us to protect Dianchi, and the lake will return to its best condition with water that can be drunk directly,” she said.
There have been positive（积极的）changes to the lake thanks to the team’s work and also to the increasing attention from the local government.
1. When did Li Yunli begin to clean the lake? ________| A．At the age of 24. | B．At the age of 35. |
| C．At the age of 59. | D．At the age of 80. |
| A．To create an all-woman salvage team. |
| B．To clean up water hyacinths in Dianchi. |
| C．To spread the importance of protecting Dianchi. |
| D．To call on more people join them to protect Dianchi. |
| A．Because there is too much rain. |
| B．Because there is too much wind. |
| C．Because the water hyacinths grow fastest. |
| D．All of the above. |
| A．How to protect Dianchi. |
| B．An all-woman salvage team in Dianchi. |
| C．The changing situations of the water in Dianchi. |
| D．The efforts made by Li Yunli and her team for the polluted Dianchi. |
| A．space | B．time | C．persons | D．opinions |
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Aarrav Anil has had a deep interest in mechanics (机械学) since childhood. This allows the teen to represent (代表) India at more than 20 robotics competitions around the world. But Aarrav didn’t create his smart spoon to win a prize. He saw his uncle, who has Parkinson’s disease (PD) (帕金森病), struggling to feed himself. Food kept falling out of his mouth, making him look a mess. He wanted to make a change.
More than 7 million people in India have PD. The disease influences the brain, causing patients to shake uncontrollably. As the disease progresses, it leads to difficulty in eating by oneself.
Aarrav wanted his uncle to be able to eat by himself. This encouraged the teen to look for a way to help his uncle. So he took to his room with sensors (传感器), a 3-D printer and other tools. But not everything went well.
“It was disappointing not to be able to find certain parts I needed in India. I had to buy some from abroad,” Aarrav said in an interview.
Aarrav made a first model, but the spoon handle (把手) was not easy for his uncle to hold. “I’ve improved the invention. It needs to be waterproof (防水的) so that it can be washed without damaging the parts inside. The spoon must be easily separated, so that it can be cleaned and replaced with a fork. And the spoon needs to be deeper to hold more food,” the teen said.
The smart spoon is now being tested at a local college. The test is expected to be completed in early 2024. Aarrav hopes that his smart spoon will be used in hospitals soon.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。1. Why did Aarrav want to make the smart spoon?
| A．To win a competition. | B．To help one of his relatives. |
| C．His uncle wanted him to make one. | D．Some patients with PD touched him. |
| A．Feeling like doing something. | B．Being afraid of doing something. |
| C．Having difficulty in doing something. | D．Looking forward to doing something. |
| A．His family didn’t support him. | B．His uncle didn’t like the spoon. |
| C．He didn’t have money to buy tools. | D．He couldn’t buy some things in India. |
①The smart spoon is being tested at a local college.
②The spoon can be cleaned and replaced with a fork.
③Aarrav showed interest in mechanics when he was young.
④The handle of the model spoon was not easy for his uncle to hold.
| A．④②①③ | B．③④②① | C．③④①② | D．②④③① |
| A．The teen’s invention for patients with PD. |
| B．India’s greatest inventor in its history. |
| C．A smart spoon to help my uncle eat more. |
| D．Parkinson’s disease is not terrible any more. |
All in all, theMona Lisais a very good example of da Vinci’s work. Da Vinci uses darkness and light in a clever way in the painting.
Da Vinci loved science and math. Right away a person can see that there is a lot of geometry (几何) in theMona Lisa. The face of Mona Lisa is made of many circles and round shapes like balls. Even her smile can be seen as a small part of a large circle.
The woman in the painting is sitting on a balcony, and mountains can be seen behind her. Da Vinci loved to study rocks and mountains, so these can be seen over and over again in his other paintings.
The woman is sitting with her knees to the side. Her head is turned to look out of the painting. Her hands are held together in front of her. This way of sitting is now used by many artists when they are painting a picture of a man or woman today.
1. Who painted theMona Lisa?
| A．A businessman. | B．The second wife. | C．A man in the church. | D．Da Vinci. |
| A．standing in a garden | B．sitting on a balcony |
| C．standing in front of her house | D．at the foot of a mountain |
| A．the way people sit | B．science and math | C．mountains | D．rocks |
Eskimos live near the North Pole (北极). There are only two seasons there, winter and summer. There is no spring or autumn there. The winter nights are long. You can't see the sun for more than two months, even at midday. The summer days are long. For more than two months, the sun never goes down and there's no night.
Eskimos have warm clothes. They make their clothes from the skins of animals. From skins (皮毛) they make coats, caps and shoes. Near the North Pole trees can't grow, for it is too cold there. The Eskimos have to make their houses from skins, snow or stone. When they got out in storms and can't get back home, they make houses of snow. They leave these houses when the storm（风暴） is over.
Life is hard for the Eskimos, but they still like to live there.
1. Near the North Pole there are _____ in a year.
| A．two seasons - winter and summer |
| B．two seasons - spring and autumn |
| C．four seasons – spring，summer，autumn and winter |
| D．two seasons sometimes and four seasons sometimes |
| A．24 hours | B．Over a week |
| C．A month | D．Over two months |
| A．days | B．nights | C．trees | D．animals |
| A．animals | B．stones | C．snow | D．rain |
【推荐1】At 12, my father decided to take me a trip to France. I had never been out of the country before, so I was very excited. My aunt, my father and I went around with my father showing us all the unbelievable attractions in Paris. None of us spoke much French but we loved the city.
We had taken the subway all over the city and were congratulating ourselves on our understanding of what is honestly a good subway design that is pretty easy to follow. We decided to visit Versailles by train. We chatted happily along the way until my father realized we were far into the French countryside and no one around spoke English.
We reached the end of the line and felt frightened when everyone finally left the train. An old man and his grandchild noticed us and came up to help. He spoke no English, so in broken French we tried to explain. When he finally understood, this great man settled his grandson and showed us to the correct train and then got on it with us. Later we knew the truth that there was a train transfer(换乘) and he didn't want us to miss it. This kind man rode a train an hour and a half out of his way to make sure that three Americans got where they wanted to be. He refused to let us pay for his ticket. He did it all with a gentle smile and shook our hands gently at the stop. Then with his quiet way, he got on the train to return the way he had come.
What impressed me most was the man and his kindness during the amazing trip. Some Americans think the French are rude for some reason, but I always try to make them change their minds with this very story.
1. What happened to the author and his family on the train?| A．They failed to get off the train at the right time. |
| B．They couldn't understand the signs of the train. |
| C．They had a quarrel about where to go first. |
| D．They found it hard to live in the countryside. |
| A．By paying for their train tickets. |
| B．By showing them the return way. |
| C．By inviting them to travel together. |
| D．By leading them to where they wanted to be. |
| A．His honesty | B．His kindness | C．His gentleness | D．His happiness |
| A．Seeing is believing. | B．Being kind is a good manner. |
| C．Traveling enriches one's life. | D．Helping brings great pleasure. |
| A．To explain an unexpected problem. |
| B．To list the unbelievable attractions in Paris. |
| C．To share an unforgettable foreign experience. |
| D．To show the importance of learning a foreign language. |
1. The note told Greg his mother was ________.
| A．not at home |
| B．in the garden |
| C．washing the dog |
| D．making afternoon tea |
| A．Wash his uniform. |
| B．Feed the pets. |
| C．Have a rest. |
| D．Make it tidy. |
| A．Go outside. |
| B．Brush the cat. |
| C．Have afternoon tea. |
| D．Change his clothes. Alum |
【推荐3】Last month we asked our students about their free time activities. Our questions were about exercise, use of the Internet and watching TV. Here are the results.
We found that only fifteen percent of our students exercise every day. Forty-five percent exercise four to six times a week. Twenty percent exercise only one to three times a week. And twenty percent do not exercise at all.
We all know that many students often go online, but we were surprised that ninety percent of them use the Internet every day. The other ten percent use it at least three or four times a week. Most students use it for fun and not for homework.
The answer to our questions about watching television were also interesting. Only two percent of the students watch TV one to three times a week. Thirteen percent watch TV four to six times a week. And eighty-five percent watch TV every day! Although many students like to watch sports, game shows are the most popular.
It is good to relax by using the Internet or watching game shows, but we think the best way to relax is through exercise. It is healthy for the mind and the body. Exercise such as playing sports is fun, and you can spend time with your friends and family as you play together. And remember, “old habits die hard”. So start exercising before it’s too late!
1. What is the survey NOT about _________.| A．use of the Internet | B．watching TV | C．reading books |
| A．15% | B．45% | C．20% |
| A．sports | B．talent shows | C．game shows |
| A．Using the Internet | B．Watching game shows | C．Doing exercise |
| A．积习难改 | B．习惯成自然 | C．亡羊补牢 |
Buzz, buzz, I Ty around your bed at night. Oh, let me give you a “kiss”! You feel itchy. You wake up and you scratch（挠）, scratch... The next morning you are late for school.
What kind of people do I like to bite?
Mosquitoes are more likely to（更可能地）bite people with type O blood（O型血）. Did you hear people say this before? It's not true! In fact, I can't tell which blood type you are. Only doctors can do that well then, how do I choose（选择）?
Sweat（汗）
I find food by smelling（闻）. You play outside and start sweating all over. I can smell the lactic acid（乳酸）in your sweat. So yummy! But if you take a shower after exercising. I can't smell you.
Color
I also use my eyes to find food. But my eyesight is not very good. If you are trying to avoid me, do not wear colors such us black, red or dark blue.
Larger and fatter
I can smell the carbon dioxide （二氧化碳）. The more you exhale（呼出）, the more easily 1can find you This means Larger and fatter people are more likely to get my “kiss”.
1. Who is “I” in the passage?| A．A mosquito. | B．A student. | C．A doctor. | D．A fatter person. |
| A．Dark brown | B．White | C．Light blue | D．Orange |
| A．抓住 | B．避免 | C．拍打 | D．叮咬 |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
Over millions of years, plants have developed their own defense system (防卫系统). Chemicals(化学物) are fantastically used by plants to survive . By making their leaves, flowers, roots and fruits poisonous (有毒的) to enemies, plants can fight back.
One such plant is the Golden Wattle tree. The British scientist David Cameron has found when an animal eats the tree's leaves, the amount (数量) of poison increases in the other leaves. "It's like the injured leaves telephoning the others to fight together against the enemy", he said.
The tree also sends defense messages to neighboring plants by giving out a special smell. Golden Wattle trees in the nearby 45 meters will get the message and produce more poison within 10 minutes. Now, if an enemy eats too many of the trees' leaves, he will die.
Every kind of plant or tree is good at producing a special set of chemicals.
In this way, plants have not only developed their own defense system, but also shared it with others. This makes it impossible for a single animal to destroy even a small area of forest.
1. From the first 2 paragraphs, we can learn that_______.
| A．plants can do nothing against their enemies |
| B．chemicals are quite useful for plants to survive |
| C．an antelope can always run away from a strong lion |
| D．leaves, roots, flowers and fruits of plants are poisonous |
| A．produce poison | B．live on small animals |
| C．like to eat rabbits | D．feed on plants or grass |
| A．bad for animals | B．good for forests |
| C．helpful to some animals | D．harmful to forests |
| A．the examples of protecting forests |
| B．the balance between animals and plants |
| C．the ways of plants fighting against enemies |
| D．the relationship between lions and antelopes |
【推荐3】“You have saved my horse,” Queen Olivia told the young boy standing before her. “Now you shall have a prize.” Peter nervously ran his fingers through his brown hair. The frightened horse had run past him as he worked in the field that morning. He would have helped it whether it belonged to the queen or not. But he had to admit that getting a prize was nice. Two of the queen’s pages ( 侍从 ) appeared. One carried a small pillow with a mirror sitting on top. Red jewels shining on the top of the mirror’s silver frame ( 镜框 ) . The other page carried a wooden cage with a clucking （咯咯叫）chicken inside it.
“Only one prize can be yours,” The queen said. “Choose wisely.” “That’s easy,” Peter said. “I’ll take the chicken.” Some of the people in the court laughed. It was clear that they thought he had made a foolish choice.
“And why did you choose the chicken?” the queen asked. “Well, I don't know much about jewels and things,” Peter answered. “But I do know about chickens. The chicken will provide eggs family for a long while.”
Queen Olivia smiled. “Then you did make a wise choice,” she said. “That mirror may look beautiful. But the jewels you see are only colored glass, and the frame is painted silver. The chicken is much more valuable.” Peter took the chicken. Then he said. “Thank you.”
“You are a smart child,” the queen said. “I could use a smart boy to help take care of my horses. Would you like a job?” Peter smiled. “Thank you!” he said. A job for the queen paid well. Now his family would eat well for the rest of their lives——all because he had chosen a chicken!
1. Queen Olivia praised Peter for_______.| A．his obeying to her order |
| B．his taking care of her horse |
| C．his saving her horse |
| D．his hard work in the field |
| A．he thought the jewels were too small |
| B．his family needed eggs for a long while |
| C．he wanted something more valuable |
| D．he knew nothing about jewels |
| A．Peter knew about chicken quite well |
| B．The Queen wanted to give Peter both of the prizes |
| C．People in the court thought Peter was foolish to choose the chicken |
| D．The jewels were not worth much because they were only colored glass |
| A．she thought he was smart enough to do it well |
| B．she believed he was the only one to save her horses |
| C．she wanted Peter’s family to have a better life |
| D．she felt satisfied that he didn’t like the jewels |
| A．We should only save the Queen’s horse. |
| B．Chicken was more valuable than jewels. |
| C．A wise choice would make one’s life different. |
| D．A chicken is always the best choice. |
