①After the Yangtze River Protection Law, China passed the Yellow River Protection Law in October, 2022. It is China’s second river basin (流域) protection law.
②Due to long-time human activities, the Yellow River’s ecology (生态) has been greatly destroyed (破坏), so the new law is pretty important and timely. The Yellow River is regarded as China’s mother river. For 3,000 years, its basin served as the nation’s political, economic and cultural center. The river runs through nine provinces and regions in our country, feeding 12 percent of the Chinese population. The Yellow River Protection Law stresses the need for the protection of the ecosystem. It also calls for flood control.
③For generations (代), flood control was the major challenge for the people living along the Yellow River. The river ever burst (决堤) its banks in 1953 when it rose about two-thirds of the way up an embankment (路堤) in Kaifeng, putting millions of people at risk. In autumn 2021, some areas on the lower reaches (下游) of the river saw their worst flooding for twenty years.
④The new law explains the need to protect and spread the Yellow River culture. Every autumn, an arts festival featuring Manhan Opera, is hold in Jungar Banner, Inner Mongolia, to carry forward the time-honored Yellow River art forms. Manhan Opera was created in the Yellow River basin. The art form mixes the Yellow River with grassland culture.
⑤The new law also calls for the best use of cultural heritage sites (文化遗址), such as museums. At a museum in Gaoqing County, Shandong, more than 20,000 items that have something to do with the Yellow River are on display, including documents (记录) on management of the waterway, tools used in the Yellow River basin, and ancient books and letters about the river.
1. The Yellow River Protection Law is ________ in China.| A．the first nature protection law | B．the second nature protection law |
| C．the first river basin protection law | D．the second river basin protection law |
| A．强调 | B．研究 | C．调查 | D．施压 |
| A．It is difficult to control the flood. |
| B．The river brings many problems to the people around. |
| C．People need to protect the Yellow River’s ecology. |
| D．People along the river are influenced by the flood greatly. |
| A．①;②③④;⑤ | B．①;②③;④⑤ | C．①;②;③④⑤ | D．①;②③④⑤ |
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【推荐1】Shanghai introduced a new garbage-sorting policy (垃圾分类政策) on July 1, 2019. People there need to put different kinds of garbage into different bins. Other cities in China will do the same soon.
Garbage sorting is a big problem because there is too much garbage these days. It is bad for our environment. In fact, we can make use of some garbage again. But first, we need to sort it.
For example, if you put an old battery (电池) into the “harmful waste” bin, people can use it to make new batteries. But if you don’t, the battery will end up somewhere else. Then, it will pollute the environment.
Garbage sorting and recycling around the world
Germany: There are big machines in supermarkets. You can put bottles in the machines and get money back.
Japan: A truck playing music comes to people’s doors to pick up their garbage. There are eight or more kinds of garbage. If you sort any of them wrong, you will get a notice on your door.
Indonesia: People can take buses for free if they give plastic bottles to bus stations. An hour-long bus ride costs three large bottles.
Four kinds of garbage in Shanghai
Recyclable garbage includes paper, books, plastic items, and glass bottles. Harmful garbage includes lamps, batteries, and other things with harmful chemicals. Wet garbage usually comes from the kitchen, such as food and vegetables. Dry garbage is anything you cannot put into the other three bins such as pens and towels.
1. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?| A．Many countries take Shanghai’s garbage-sorting policy. |
| B．Many other cities in China have garbage-sorting policies. |
| C．Shanghai is the first city in China to make a garbage-sorting policy. |
| D．China is the first country in the world to make a garbage-sorting policy. |
| A．the importance of garbage sorting | B．how to sort our garbage |
| C．what harmful waste is | D．the difficulty of garbage sorting |
| A．put bottles in a machine | B．put garbage into different bins |
| C．get a notice on the door | D．take plastic bottles to the station |
A． | B． | C． | D． |
| A．Sort Garbage, Save the Earth | B．Less Garbage, Cleaner Environment |
| C．Clean Shanghai, Beautiful China | D．Different Countries, Different Policies |
Climate change has made a great danger to bird habitats (homes of birds). Take Poyang Lake as an example. As an important habitat for the seriously endangered Siberian crane (白鹤), Poyang Lake has experienced unusual rises and falls in recent years.
“In some years, the lake experiences floods (洪水), while in others it experiences a shortage of rainfall. Both of these situations lead to less food in the cranes’ habitat,” Qian Fawen, a leader from the National Bird Center of China told China Daily.
To solve such habitat problems, China has recently named 1,140 places as important living and wintering places, and most of them are located in wetlands. To protect China’s wetlands, a law was also made in 2022 to control human activities at important national wetlands and stop harmful activities. According to the law, people can’t overuse the land or farm too much. What’s more, they can’t pour waste water into the wetlands.
Since these methods have worked well, more birds have been seen wintering in the nation’s wetlands, including some new species (物种). In February, Hunan Province reported that 72 species of waterbirds had spent the past winter at Dongting Lake, including Eurasian cranes (欧亚鹤) which haven’t appeared in the area for five years. The number of spoonbills (篦鹭), another endangered species has increased from 300 in the 1980s to more than 5,000 at present, according to the report of the government. All of these cases show a hopeful future.
1. What is the influence of climate change on Poyang Lake?| A．Poyang Lake has become warmer and warmer. |
| B．Poyang Lake has experienced many rises and falls. |
| C．Poyang Lake has been a great place for Siberian cranes. |
| A．缺少 | B．充足 | C．跌落 |
| A．By naming 1,140 places as important homes. |
| B．By making a law to ask people to protect wetlands. |
| C．By giving a report in China Daily to call on people. |
| A．There are very rich foods for birds in Dongting Lake. |
| B．The future of the endangered animals becomes hopeful. |
| C．Dongting Lake’s environment is better than Poyang Lake’s. |
| A．Saving Birds’ Habitats | B．Making Friends with Birds | C．The Way to Protect the Earth |
【推荐3】The journey of a plastic bottle
I am a plastic bottle. A week ago, I was on a supermarket shelf. I had a normal life. I felt happy. Then a woman put me in her shopping basket. The woman took me home and put me in the fridge. However, only a few hours later, she took me out of the fridge and drank the water inside me. Then she threw me into a letter bin. I have never felt so empty and alone.
Early the next morning, a man took me out of the litter bin. He threw me and the other rubbish into the back of a truck. There were so many terrible smells. Then I was pushed together with the rest of the rubbish. Soon I was completely flat（扁平的）. I slept for a while. When I woke up, I found myself in a terrible place. Everything around me smells terrible. I felt afraid. I kept hoping that I would be moved somewhere else. Then huge trucks came and covered us with a lot of soil.
I asked another bottle what would happen to us. He said that we would never leave this crowded place, but would have to stay here for thousand of years.
“Why can’t they reuse or recycle us?” I cried.
1. The plastic bottle felt very ________ at first.| A．alone | B．happy | C．afraid |
| A．milk | B．juice | C．water |
| A．A woman | B．A man | C．Nobody |
| A．It was covered by a lot of soil. |
| B．It was moved to another place. |
| C．It was recycled by the man. |
| A．It can be reused. | B．It can come back to the supermarket. | C．It can live happily. |
【推荐1】The summer vacation is a time to enjoy yourselves. It’s a good chance to work on different activities that you don’t have much time to do during the rest of the year.
We asked about 2,000 people what they would do during the summer vacation. Most of the survey-takers (接受调查的人) agreed that the summer vacation was free from homework and that they could relax during the vacation.
Alexis said, “At school, I’m really tired, so during the summer vacation I can read books and do many outdoor activities.”
Amy is in high school. After school, she sometimes works in a cafe. She told us, “It’s a chance to relax after a hard school year—sleep more, and visit my friends more.”
We also asked them if they would be too busy or kind of bored. About half (52%) of the survey-takers said they would be busy during the summer vacation but still have time to relax. And that is how it should be.
But not everyone said the summer vacation would be the right balance (平衡) between being busy and relaxing. Many thought that they would be too bored.
How bored or busy people feel during the summer vacation depends on how old they are. Survey-takers in their early teens were more likely (可能的) to be bored. Among them, about 40% said they would be bored and only about 10% thought they would be too busy.
根据文章内容，给下列的问题选择最佳选项。
1. How many survey-takers agreed that they could relax during the vacation?
| A．All of them. | B．Most of them. | C．Few of them. |
| A．To sleep more and visit friends more. |
| B．To help her parents do housework. |
| C．To do some outdoor activities. |
| A．feeling bored | B．being very busy | C．having time to relax though being busy |
| A．How the survey-takers bored during the summer vacation. |
| B．How the survey-takers busy during the summer vacation. |
| C．What the survey-takers do during the summer vacation. |
The Use of Different Maps | |
Tourist maps, for example, have signs to show places of interest in an area. When tourists read these maps, it is easy for them to find where to go and what to see in a place and it is easy for them to go and find their ways to these places. | Distribution maps(分布图) use colors or signs to show facts about an area. For example, where different languages are spoken, how many people live in an area, how cold and hot some places are, or if a place is short of water. |
Road maps show large areas so that people can plan long journeys. Different types of roads are given different numbers. For example, if you want to go to Wood Green, you just follow No. 621 Road and keep looking at the road signs. | Some maps, such as railway maps, use straight lines to show everything. This is easy for people to read. Trains are fast. People don’t have to think about small places they go past. They just need to know the two ends of their trips. |
| A．personal blog |
| B．weather report |
| C．classical novel |
| D．geography magazine |
| A．signs | B．lines |
| C．numbers | D．colours |
| A．tourist | B．railway |
| C．road | D．the distribution |
A. This article shows that autumn is becoming the best time of a year in Beijing. With cooler weather and golden falling leaves, you are sure to have a relaxing time.
B. Holidays are a fantastic time to enjoy yourself with a good film. This article introduces you to wonderful latest films shown in Shenzhen during the National Day holiday.
C. Not willing or unhappy to have a P.E. teacher to be your head teacher? Read this article, and you’ll see how the government official answered the question.
D. How do schools encourage students and their parents to pay more attention to students’ health? Read this article, and you’ll know what’s on in some schools.
E. What has happened to Shenzhen in the past 40 years? This article helps you find out useful information. Besides, it explains what “Shenzhen Speed” is.
F. Having trouble dealing with the stress from your study or your life? This article introduces practical ways from the experts in Shenzhen University to help you.
1. Sophia’s daughter is a freshman in a middle school in Shenzhen and her head teacher is a tall and young man who teaches P.E. She has plenty of doubts and wants to know why.
2. William is preparing his paper on students’ health. Therefore, he is busy collecting information on how to help students spare more efforts on their health.
3. Batty is planning a trip to enjoy the natural beauty with her parents. They don’t like places that are too hot or too cold. She is eager to get some advice.
4. Ann works in Shenzhen. She has been too busy for the whole September. She needs to refresh herself at the beginning of October, but she has no plan for trips.
5. Jane was born in Shenzhen and loves the city so much. Now she wants to do a report on how Shenzhen becomes an international city from a small fishing village in such a short time.
