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2 . Many kinds of sea turtles found in the Philippines are endangered. That means they are at the risk of dying out. Many people that used to collect their eggs to eat or to sell are now working to keep turtles safe. Those people are called poachers . They took the eggs and caught the turtles illegally to sell or eat.
Now, however, conservation organizations are teaching former poachers how to safely collect the eggs and protect them before they hatch . The people who do the work are paid about 37 cents per egg. That is four times more than they would earn from selling them illegally.
The conservation group was formed in 2009. And the members there have saved thousands of turtles so far. One of the former poachers is Johnny Manlugay. He is 55. He said he used to go to beaches at night to steal the turtle eggs to eat or sell. Now, he walks on the beaches with a bright light looking for turtle nests and the eggs inside. Johnny looks for eggs belonging to a turtle called Olive Ridley. He brings his two dogs that help him find the eggs. He collects the eggs carefully and brings them to a group called CURMA. CURMA takes the eggs and puts them under the sand in a safe place. When the baby turtles hatch, they are directed to the water.
Jack Cabagbag is one of the former poachers who now helps the turtles. He grew up eating their eggs and meat. Now he collects the eggs and keeps them safe. He said the extra money he got helped him pay for necessary things such as food and electricity.
He is 40 years old. His wife and seven-year-old son sometimes help him collect turtle eggs. Since last October, they have taken over 1, 000 eggs to CURMA.
When the baby turtles hatch, many visitors come to watch them run down the beach and into the water. Jack said seeing the turtles get into the water safely brought him a feeling of joy.
1. When was the conservation group formed?| A．In 2009. | B．In 2008. | C．In 2007. | D．In 2019. |
| A．37 cents | B．74 cents | C．101 cents | D．148 cents |
| A．CURMA takes the eggs and puts them under the sand in a safe place. |
| B．Jack brings his two dogs that help him find the eggs now. |
| C．Jack’s wife and his son sometimes help him collect turtle eggs. |
| D．Many kinds of sea turtles found in the Philippines are endangered. |
| A．turtle eggs | B．the visitors | C．baby turtles | D．the poachers |
| A．Former sea turtle poachers are now protectors. |
| B．People learn how to look after baby sea turtles. |
| C．People learn about the living environment of sea turtles. |
| D．People learn about the importance of sea turtles. |
3 . Do you know panda bears? They live in southwestern China. There are two main kinds of pandas. They are the giant (巨大的) black-and-white panda and the red panda. They weigh from 175 to 275 pounds. They are from five to six feet in height. They are born blind and are completely helpless. So they need to live with the help of their mothers. But they grow up quickly, and by the age of 3 months, they are already starting to become active. Once a baby panda leaves its mother, it will live all alone.
Pandas are active during both the day and night. The most important plant in the life of a panda bear is bamboo. They spend about 12 hours of their day eating bamboo. They usually eat the soft part of the bamboo, such as the bamboo leaves. Pandas also eat grasses, fish, fruit and rice.
To protect themselves from the cold, pandas build up fat in their body. They have a thick coat of fur and they live in places with dense (浓密的) bamboo forests.
Pandas move in a very slow and orderly way. Unlike some bears, the panda bear does not hibernate (冬眠). Where they live is able to make them be active and eat all year round.
根据短文内容回答问题。1. Where do panda bears live according to the passage?
2. Can pandas see anything when they are born?
3. How long does a panda spend eating bamboo every day?
4. What else do pandas eat besides bamboo?
5. How do pandas move?
Duan Lianru doesn’t remember how many times she has met the “Miss Photogenic”. The three-year-old wild Siberian tiger seems to be a little heavier recently. Duan can always recognize (认出) her easily. She has watched the tiger grow up—from when she was still a baby to the time she became old enough to leave her mother.
Duan works at a WildAid center. She has a very special job—making “ID cards” for Siberian tigers. With the help of 5, 000 cameras put in the wild, she watches hundreds of pictures on the computer every day. Then she records (录制) and compares them carefully. By doing so, she has collected a lot of information about the “King of the Forest”. And the information is included (包含) in the “ID cards”, including each tiger’s patterns (花纹), areas of activities, eating habits, and so on.
What Duan is doing is to protect (保护) Siberian tigers. The big cats mainly live in Russia’s Far East and Northeast China. They’re one of the world’s most endangered (濒危) animals. Only about 500 Siberian tigers are living in the wild.
To save them, China set up the Northeast China Tiger National Park which has an area of over 14, 00 square kilometers and spans (横跨) Jilin and Heilongjiang province. Thanks to people like Duan, the number of wild Siberian tigers in the park is now more than 50. And they also live longer.
“What I am doing is meaningful. I hope that people and wild animals can live together peacefully and that nature will become more beautiful,” Duan said.
1. The passage mainly talks about2. Information such as
3. Siberian tigers mainly live in
4. How did China save the endangered Siberian tigers?
5. What do you think of Duan Lianru?
5 . Seahorses are small, thin fish. They’re called “seahorses” because they look a bit like horses. Although they’re fish, seahorses aren’t great swimmers. They often use their tail to hold onto something in the water. There are over 40 different kinds of seahorses. Many kinds of them are in danger.
On July 18,2023, Australian scientists released (释放) hundreds of baby White’s seahorses into the wild. White’s seahorses are mainly found near Sydney, Australia. In 2020, these seahorses were named the second most endangered kind of seahorse in the world. That’s partly because of pollution, and partly because many of the areas where they live, like seagrasses and coral reefs, have been lost.
To begin the project, scientists collected three pregnant (怀孕的) male seahorses in January. Those seahorses were brought back to the aquarium (水族馆) at the Sydney Institute of Marine Science (SIMS).
After the babies were born, the scientists kept them at the aquarium for five months, feeding the baby seahorses tiny shrimp (small shellfish) to help them grow strong. Scientist Mitchell Brennan says, “They don’t have a stomach, so they have to eat continuously (连续地).”
About a month before the young seahorses were released, the scientists created eight underwater “hotels” for them, The hotels looked a little like cages, and provided a safe place for the seahorses to develop. Putting the hotels into the sea early allowed the cages to be covered with small sea life that could help provide food for the seahorses.
The scientists have released seahorses into the area five times, but this time was a record. Around 380 seahorses were released and about 90% of them survived. The researchers put tiny tags (标签) under the skin of many of the seahorses to help track (追踪) them in the future.
The scientists are hoping that the young seahorses will grow and reproduce in large numbers. Brett Fenton, who works for SIMS. says. “It is highly expected that we’ll see the animals do well over the next 12 months.”
1. What do we know about White’s seahorses?| A．They are facing dangers. | B．They are good swimmers. |
| C．They are found worldwide. | D．They disappeared in the wild. |
| A．Place tiny tags under their skin. | B．Cover their cages with seagrass. |
| C．Prepare underwater habitats (栖息地) for them. | D．Feed tiny shrimp to them monthly. |
| A．The timing of the release. |
| B．The location of the release. |
| C．The number of pregnant seahorses released. |
| D．The survival rate (存活率) of seahorses released. |
| A．Curious. | B．Confident. | C．Worried. | D．Surprised. |
6 . Do you like animals? And do you know that many animals are becoming fewer and fewer in number now. These animals might disappear from the earth very soon. Take a look at the following animals. They’re all in danger of extinction.
| The African lion has nowhere to live because of the wars (战争) in southern Africa. Besides, hunters (捕猎者) and farmers often kill them. Why not stop hunters and farmers from killing them? |
| The Sussa lvanius is a kind of boar (野猪). It is the smallest pig in the world. It mainly lives in the northeast of India. It’s about sixty cm long and twenty-five cm high. Adult (成年) pigs are less than ten kilograms. But there are only several in the park in India. |
| The African elephants are the largest land animals in Africa. They are very clever. They have good memories. But people kill them for their tusks (长牙). Half of the African elephants have disappeared. I think we should refuse to buy the products made of tusks. |
| Maybe you have never seen tadpole shrimps (蝌蚪虾). They are one of the oldest species (物种) on the earth. People have found them in fresh water pools on four continents (洲). A tadpole shrimp can only live for two months or less. |
1. According to the passage, why are the African lions in danger of extinction?
| A．They have nothing to eat. |
| B．People often kill them. |
| C．They are eaten by larger animals. |
| D．They can only live for two months or less. |
| A．50 cm long and 30 cm high | B．60 cm long and 30 cm high |
| C．60 cm long and 25 cm high | D．50 cm long and 25 cm high |
| A．meat | B．skin | C．living places | D．tusks |
| A．can live for few years | B．lives on four continents |
| C．is in danger because of an illness | D．lives at a research station now |
| A．The number of some animals is becoming smaller and smaller. |
| B．Many animals in the world are in danger of extinction. |
| C．The smallest pigs only live in a park in China. |
| D．The African elephants are the largest land animals in Africa. |
Come to Austria Soll is a village in the mountains in Western Austria, and a local family opens Hotel Post there. The hotel is clean and cheap. In the hotel you can see the whole village, the forest and the mountains. Temperatures are usually around 20℃ to 25℃ in the daytime, but much lower in the evening. Enjoy Thailand When you visit Bangkok in Thailand, you can take a river boat to the Floating Market (水上市场) in the early morning. There you can buy many fresh fruits and vegetables. There you will find something fun when you sit in your boat. Don’t forget your hat. The sun can be strong. The temperature may be as high as 40℃ at midday! Visit Hawaii Maybe the most beautiful place in Hawaii is Kauai. You can visit the long beaches in the south and west of the island, and mountains and forests in the north, but be careful. There are many mosquitoes (蚊子). And don’t be surprised if it rains in the center of the island. Daytime temperatures are usually around 24℃ to 26℃ by the sea, and only a little lower in the late evening. |
1. What is the Hotel Post like in Austria?
2. How can people go to the Floating Market?
3. Why do people need to wear hats in Bangkok?
4. What can people visit in the north of Kauai?
5. Which place is the hottest, Austria, Thailand or Hawaii?
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6. 2022年3月3日是第9个“世界野生动植物日”。假设你是李华，你所在学校的英语的“人与自然”栏目正在以保护野生动物为话题征文，请你给该专栏投稿。
内容包括：
（1）野生动物濒危的原因（至少2点）；
（2）我们应该怎样保护野生动物（2～3点）；
（3）呼吁人们保护野生动物。
作文要求：
（1）不得在作文中出现学校的真实名称和学生的真实姓名。
（2）语句连贯，词数80个左右。作文的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数。
Dear editors,Many wild animals around the world are in danger.
Yours,
Li Hua
8 . A key part of protecting endangered animal is trying to know where they’re living. Using environmental DNA, or eDNA, to track (跟踪) animals isn’t new. For a few years now, researchers have been using DNA in water.
Two teams of scientists—one in Denmark led by Dr Kristine Bohmann and one in the UK led by Dr Elizabeth Clare came up with the same question at about the same time: Could they identify (辨别) the animals from DNA that was floating (飘) in the air? DNA in the air is usually so small that it would take a microscope (显微镜) to see it. “I thought the chances of collecting animal DNA from air would be small though much time had been spent on it, but we moved on,” said Bohmann.
One team collected samples (样本) from different locations at Denmark’s Copenhagen Zoo, and the other at Hamerton Zoo Park in the UK. Clearly, they both chose the zoos. In fact, both the zoos were almost like the zoos that were custom-built for the experiments: The animals in the zoos were non-native, so it is easy to identify them in DNA analyses (分析). What’s more, the scientists know exactly where they are from. In the laboratory, by comparing their samples with examples of DNA from different animals, the scientists succeeded in identifying many different animals in the zoos.
Neither team knew that the other team was working on a similar experiment. When they discovered about the other experiment, rather than compete to rush out a publication (出版物) first, they got in touch and decided to publish their findings as a pair. “We both thought the papers are stronger together,” says Clare.
“The next step is to take this method into nature to track animals that are hard to find, including endangered animals,” says Bohmann.
1. What did Bohmann think of the experiment at the beginning?| A．It could be a failure. | B．It wouldn’t take long. |
| C．It would cost much. | D．It could be crazy. |
| A．They raised many rare animals there. |
| B．They specially built the zoo for the experiment. |
| C．They could collect enough animal DNA. |
| D．They could tell its kind and location easily. |
| A．The two teams came up with DNA in water at about the same time. |
| B．One of the teams failed to collect the samples in the zoo. |
| C．The teams compete to rush out a publication first. |
| D．Their findings can help protect the endangered animals. |
| A．Research teams test DNA in nature. | B．DNA in the air helps identify animals. |
| C．Different zoos organize DNA studies. | D．Scientist works hard to protect animals. |
Oil spills (泄漏) are harmful to ocean life. Lately, after an oil spill in the Australian waters, scientists said that the oil was making the life of the little blue penguins in the south of Australia.
A penguin has shiny feathers (羽毛) that are covered in natural oils. The feathers help them keep out water and keep them warm in the icy waters. Oil from a spill destroys these natural oils and the penguin can’t protect itself from the cold. And, as it cleans its feathers using its beak (喙), it is possible to take in the harmful oil and die.
After an oil spill, people have to pull out the penguins from the oil and clean them. Then, one of the most important jobs is to make them healthy and strong again before letting them go back into the wild. But the workers at the Phillip Island National Park found another way.
The workers actually dressed up the penguins in tiny sweaters. These sweaters are very helpful in keeping the penguins warm and preventing them from taking in the harmful oil. Because they can’t get enough suitable sweaters, the designs of these special penguin sweaters were put on the Internet. Lots of people from different parts of the world sent sweaters which were made by themselves for these tiny birds.
Of course, if you visit Phillip Island, you are not going to see penguins walking around in sweaters. This clothing is used only when a penguin has just been saved from an oil spill. Once the penguins are cleaned and dressed in the sweaters, they are put in salt-water pools to help them become healthy. As they swim around and become stronger, the salt water gradually takes down the sweaters. By the time, the penguins are ready to return to the ocean, their natural oils are back and they go home dressed only in their feathers.
1. What does the underlined word “destroys” in paragraph two probably mean?| A．cools | B．pollutes | C．produces | D．cuts |
| A．They stop the penguins from taking in the harmful oil. |
| B．All penguins are dressed in them at the Phillip Island. |
| C．They are made by the workers in the national park. |
| D．The penguins will go back to the ocean in them. |
①Send them back until they’re strong enough.
②Dress them in the sweaters.
③Clean them.
④Pull them out from the oil.
⑤Put them in salt-water pools.
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| A．Sports. | B．Health. | C．Culture. | D．Environment. |
10 . Have you ever seen pandas that aren’t black-and-white? Scientists have found that there are brown-and-white pandas living in a mountain in China.
Scientists studied the genes (基因) of different pandas in the wild and they have found that pandas with brown-and-white coats are the result of changes in the natural environment. To understand what lies behind the special color, the scientists studied Qizai, a brown panda in Hanzhong. He is now the only brown panda in captivity (圈养).
When compared with hair from three black-and-white pandas, Qizai’s brownish coat had fewer and smaller melanosomes (黑素体). What’s more, the melanosomes were more likely to be differently shaped, the study team found. The scientists then collected genetic information about Qizai and pieced together his family tree.
The scientists studied the genetic information from Qizai’s family members and compared it with the genetic information from 12 black-and-white pandas from the Qinling Mountains and 17 black-and-white pandas from other places in China.
While none of Qizai’s family members had brown coats, the scientists were able to show that his parents and son all had one copy of the recessive trait (隐性特质) on a certain gene, while Qizai had two copies. The scientists then studied another 192 black-and-white pandas. The gene change causing the brown coats was only found in two pandas from the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi, not Sichuan province, where most China’s pandas live.
It’s not clear what caused the genetic change. Scientists said it must be because of the environment of the Qinling Mountains, which is different from that of Sichuan. “For those who care about pandas, this is a great development,” said Wang, who worked in the mountains for 10 years. Wang said he was glad to see the scientists’ efforts in trying to work out this scientific question.
根据材料内容选择最佳答案。1. What is the fact of Qizai?
| A．He lives in Sichuan province. |
| B．He is a black-and-white panda. |
| C．He has a family of twelve members. |
| D．He has two copies of the recessive trait. |
| A．The results of the study. |
| B．The methods of the study. |
| C．The difficulties of the study. |
| D．The advantages of the study. |
| A．Pandas’ family trees. | B．Pandas’ genetic information. |
| C．Pandas’ common coats. | D．Pandas’ living environment. |
| A．Hopeful. | B．Supportive. | C．Doubtful. | D．Uncertain. |
| A．To give advice. | B．To present a problem. |
| C．To offer knowledge. | D．To share an experience. |
