2 .

Chimpanzees (黑猩猩) are not only social animals living in communities and work together, but they are smart in many different ways. People have been studying chimps both in the wild and in captivity (圈养) for over 40 years.

In 1960, a researcher named Jane Goodall began to live with and study wild chimpanzees in Africa. She learned that they are highly intelligent animals that communicate with gestures and physical contact. They make tools to find food and they make choices about which groups to join and what foods to eat. In captivity, where they live in zoos and science centers, they can be found in 21 different African countries, living in forests. Chimpanzees are able to adapt (适应) to changes in their environment. They can move to a new place, make new nests, and find new foods. There have even been experiments which show that a few chimpanzees have learned to use computers and to play games! Some scientists argue that chimpanzees can show emotions such as happiness or sadness.

Although chimpanzees are impressive and intelligent animals, they are in danger now and people are destroying their natural habitats. By cutting down trees for firewood and using the space to build houses, humans leave chimpanzees with smaller areas to live in. Fortunately many organizations and researchers have started to take steps to protect them. Everyone should be aware of their work and it is important to help these amazing animals.

1. How long have people been studying chimpanzees both in the wild and in captivity?
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2. What did the researcher, Jane Goodall, learn about chimpanzees?
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3. How do chimpanzees adapt to changes in their environment?
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4. Have all chimpanzees learned to use computers or to play games?
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5. According to the passage, why should everyone help chimpanzees?
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4 . Sunshine, beaches and coconuts (椰子) —these are why people usually go to Hainan. But more than a good place for travelers and foodies, it’s also a wonderland of plants and animals.

Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park in the south-central part of Hainan Island, has the most and well-kept tropical rain forests in China. President Xi Jinping visited it in April, 2023. The national park covers 4, 269 square kilometers, or one-seventh of the island. More than 95percent of the park is virgin (原始的) forest and is home to 3,653 species (种类) of vascular plants and 540 species of terrestrial vertebrates.

The park is the only home of the world’s most endangered primate (灵长类动物)—the Hainan gibbon. It’s an uncommon species. They look like monkeys, but have no tails. They live in the trees their whole life. Every morning, they whistle loudly to mark their territory (领地) . They eat fruits and leaves from more than 130 plants. The number of Hainan gibbons has become larger from fewer than 10 in the 1980s to 36 in 2022. This shows China’s achievements in environmental protection.

Not just a sweet home to animals, the park is a “live museum” of amazing plants. More than 400 kinds of plants grow only in Hainan. Cycas hainanensis (海南苏铁) is a wild plant native to the island. With feather-like leaves, this plant can live to be 200 years old. If it lives in the Yangtze River Basin and North China, it grows almost without flowers or fruit. But in Hainan, cycas hainanensis plants over 10 years old blossom (开花) and have fruit almost every year, thanks to the warm and wet weather.

With so many plants and animals, the biodiversity index (指数) of the park—a number to rate species diversity—is as high as 6.28. It is comparable (可比较的) to the Amazon rainforest in Brazil. That’s why people call the park a treasure for both China and the world.

1. Paragraph 3 is mainly about ________.

A．an introduction to the park	B．the views of the park
C．the news of the park's opening	D．details of rare plants and animals

2. What do we know about the Hainan gibbon?

A．It is a monkey without a tail.	B．Its voice sounds like a crying baby.
C．It lives on plants and birds.	D．It is a species only found in Hainan.

3. From the story, we can infer that a cycas hainanensis plant ________.

A．never blossoms and has fruit	B．can only live for 10 years in Hainan
C．lives better in warm and wet weather	D．first blossoms when it is 10 years old

4. Which of the following may be the writer’s opinion?

A．Human activities will surely hurt the rainforest.

B．We must start to do something for rare species.

C．China has done a great job in protecting the rainforest.

D．We should compare our rainforest with the Amazon rainforest.

5 . 随着环境的破坏，世界上有很多珍稀动物濒临灭绝，比如中华鲟、老虎、白犀牛等。我们应该拯救这些野生动物，创造一个人与自然和谐共处的美好未来。请以“The Animals We Should Protect”为题，写一篇英语短文。

提示：
1. Why are some of the wild animals endangered?
2. Why is it important to protect the wild animals?
3. How do we protect the wild animals?
要求：
1. 短文须包括提示中的要点，可适当发挥，至少补充一个要点。
2. 短文中不要出现真实的地名、校名和人名。
3. 词数80个左右。（开头已给出，不计入总词数）。
提示词语：destroy 破坏；fur 皮；take measures 采取措施

The Animals We Should Protect

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6 . Penguins are loved by many people. People like their looks and the way they sway when waking. In fact, Penguins are birds that only live in the southern pole and can not ________.

Among penguin species (种类), Emperor penguins are the ________. Most adult penguins are about 1.1 meters and weigh 35 kilograms or more. For many months each year, emperors live near the sea in large groups. ________, in May, the weather gets colder and ice covers large areas of ocean. Each group moves many kilometers from the water. There, each mother penguin ________ just one egg. Then all the hungry mothers must walk back to the ocean to find ________. The father penguins put their eggs on top of their feet, under a special piece of skin called the brood pouch.

For two months, the father penguins keep the eggs ________ and warm. They do this through some of the coldest weather conditions on Earth. By July, it is winter in Antarctica. Most animals ________ warmer places, but the father penguins stay.

By August, the mother penguin returns just in time to see her baby come out of its egg. The baby is then moved to her brood pouch. This can be difficult. ________ the baby fails, it can freezes quickly, so the penguin parents must be very careful.

By December, winter is ________. The baby is five months old and can live on its own. Soon it enters the water for the ________ time. It will swim and eat until next April, and then return here. After a few more years, it, too, will start its own family.

1.

A．swim

B．fly

C．walk

2.

A．largest

B．cleverest

C．most lovely

3.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

4.

A．has

B．eats

C．lays

5.

A．food

B．baby

C．husband

6.

A．nervous

B．safe

C．happy

7.

A．look forward to

B．take care of

C．leave for

8.

A．If

B．Unless

C．Before

9.

A．starting

B．ending

C．coming

10.

A．first

B．second

C．third

8 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Cristina Zenato, a world-famous shark expert and diver (潜水员), was born in Italy and grew up in Africa until the age of 15. In 1994, she went on a vacation to Grand Bahama and fell in love with both diving     1     the island. So she decided     2     (make) Bahama her home and make diving her life.

Cristina learned to feed sharks when she was a child. In 1996, she became a shark feeder trainer. To educate divers about the beauty of sharks and the need to protect them and     3     (they) environment, she made many efforts. For example, a course     4     (create) by her. Through the “shark feeder course”, she has developed more shark lovers.

Cristina is talented in     5     (communicate) with sharks. With just a touch on a shark’s head and face, she can lead it into a state of sleep for 15     6     (minute). Cristina’s special talent has been used to study shark behavior by scientists. It also helps to save sharks. Cristina still remembers     7     (clear) the first time she managed to take out a huge hook (钓钩) from a tiger shark’s mouth. So far, she     8     (take) out hundreds of hooks and fishing lines from shark mouths and skin (皮肤) without hurting them. Many sharks have been saved from possible death by her work.

Cristina has received many prizes and honors for her great work in shark research and protection. She also acted     9     several films including “Saving the Sharks” by the BBC. Until today, she continues to give speeches to let the public know     10     importance of shark protection.

10 . 根据短文意思和首字母提示，写出一个完整正确的单词。

Have you heard of Futian Mangrove Ecological Park (红树林生态公园)? It l    1     in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province. It provides food and shelter for a lot of wildlife. To tell the     2    , it is also a perfect place for some rare birds such as spoonbills (黑脸琵鹭). Every year about five t    3     spoonbills spend the winter there. Many v    4     from all over the country go there. They not only watch the birds but also enjoy t    5     in the park.

Local government has tried to protect mangroves w    6    . For example, back in the 1990s when the city was building a highway along the coast, instead of just c    7     down the mangroves, they chose to move the highway 260 meters to the north.

Moreover, the world’s first international mangrove center was s    8     up in Shenzhen in September, 2023. Since 2019, over 3, 000 students and teachers have taken part in educational activities about wetlands at the park. T    9     those activities, students can learn a lot about nature. They can also join in games and create pictures about animals.

The park is really w    10     visiting. I’m sure you will fall in love with it!