【推荐3】People depend on plants. We use plants for food, cloth, shelter (住处), and even the air we breathe. Plants keep our air and water clean. Green plants give us oxygen (氧气). Oxygen is part of the air we breathe.

Plants are also part of the water cycle (循环). Most of the water that a plant takes in goes back into the air.

Plants give us lots of the food on the earth. Fruits, vegetables, and grains (谷物) come from plants. Without plants, we would not have bread, rice, carrots, apples, oranges, or bananas! Many people are growing plants to eat in their own gardens at home. Having your own garden helps the earth as well.

When you grow your own fruits and vegetables, you help cut down on pollution because big trucks don’t need to take your food to shops. You also help cut down on the amount of rubbish because you don’t need to use bags for packing your food. You can just pick it out of the ground or off a plant and put it into a basket!

Trees are an important plant resource (资源). Trees provide wood to build homes and furniture. Trees are used to make lots of things around your home and at your school. And trees provide fruits that are good for you. Without trees, the earth would be a very different place.

1. ________ is part of the air we breathe.

A．Sunlight

B．Water

C．Food

D．Oxygen

2. What happens to most of the water that a plant takes in?

A．It goes back into the air.	B．It stays in the plant.
C．It goes into the ground.	D．It stays in the river.

3. What does the phrase “cut down on” mean in Paragraph 5?

A．引起

B．接受

C．减少

D．除了

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．A Different Place	B．The Uses of Plants
C．Food on the Earth	D．Gardens at Home

5. You would find the passage in _________.

A．an interesting novel	B．a book about animals
C．a popular play	D．a book about nature

【推荐1】China has made great achievements in biodiversity protection. Building a national park system is one of the greatest jobs that China has done so far. In October 2021, China’s first five national parks were designated (认定). They are home to nearly 30% of the earth’s key wildlife species (物种) found in China, covering a protected land area of 230,000 square kilometers. This table will inform you of the first five national parks—China’s treasures in nature.

Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park	Locations: Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces Landscapes: Mountains, hills, and valleys Representative species: Siberian tiger, Amur leopard (豹) Progress: Increasing population of protected animal species from the year of 2015 to 2022—Siberian tigers: 27→50; Amur leopards: 42→60
Sanjiangyuan National Park	Locations: Qinghai Province and Xizang Autonomous Region Landscapes: Glaciers, snow-capped mountains, high-altitude wetlands, deserts, alpine grasslands Representative species: Snow leopard, Tibetan antelope Progress: At present, the vegetation coverage of the grassland in the park has been over 60%, which is nearly 5% higher than that in 2015.
Giant Panda National Park	Locations: Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces Landscapes: Mountains, basins Representative species: Giant panda, red panda Progress: It is protecting over 70% of the wild giant panda population in the country. The population of protective animals in the park—Giant pandas 50+; Sichuan takins 1,300+
Wuyishan National Park	Locations: Fujian and Jiangxi provinces Landscapes: Mountains Representative species: Chinese pangolin, Cabot’s tragopan Progress: Through reasonable development of 10% of its area, the park has holds its biodiversity conservation in 90% of its area under protection.
Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park	Locations: Hainan Province Landscapes: Mountains Representative species: Hainan black crested gibbon Progress: The population of Hainan’s black crested gibbon in the wild—1970s: 2 groups of 7 individuals (个体); At present: 5 groups of 36 individuals

What does the passage mainly tell us?

A．When China’s first five national parks were discovered.

B．Some general information of China’s first five national park!

C．What challenges China’s first five national parks are facing.

D．Some actions to protect the wildlife species in these parks.

【推荐2】These days, more and more students in the UK are taking a “gap year”between their graduation from school and their university studies. This means they can take a year off to do something else, before they start their studies.
For most students, spending time in foreign countries is the favorite activity --- and Australia is the favorite place to go.
Many parents, teachers and business people agree that travelling can teach important values.
“After a year of travelling, I felt I’d grown up. I had learnt the importance of relationships with people, on all kinds of levels.”
There are many companies around the world that welcome these students on their projects---helping people in poorer countries, or even in your home country. Although you don’t get paid for your work, this kind of work can teach important skills---decision making and finding answers to problems, for example---that will help many students in a job one day.
Finally, getting some knowledge and experience in an area you hope to study or work in one day will always be very useful.
If several university graduates are applying(申请) for the same job, gar year work experience allows you to say,
“ I’ve already had some experience of this kind of work.” And that can get your job.
1. More and more students in the UK are taking a “gap year” .

A．before they graduate from school

B．before they graduate from university

C．after they graduate from university

D．Before they go to university after graduating from school

2. is their favorite activity for most students in the UK.

A．Spending time in Australia

B．Spending time in the UK

C．Spending time with their teachers

D．Spending time with their parents

3. What can’t students get in gap year work in the writer’s opinion?

A．Values

B．Skills

C．Knowledge and experience

D．money

4. Chances for the same job will be given to the students .

A．who study well in school

B．who have some experience in this kind of work

C．who don’t apple for the job

D．who are rich enough

5. The best title(题目) of the passage can be .

A．Work for the Poor	B．Take a Year off
C．Apply for a job	D．Travel