1 . In the middle of the Pacific Ocean lies the tiny island nation of Tuvalu, the fourth smallest country in the world. This group of four islands and five atolls (islands made of coral rock) is famous for its sandy beaches and turquoise (青绿色的) waters and has long been a popular tourist destination for nearby New Zealanders. However, the nation of Tuvalu is at the risk of soon no longer existing, not because of war or political change, but because it will be covered by the rising ocean.

Tuvalu is experiencing the harmful effects of global warming. As the global temperature rises, so does the ocean temperature. Due to the scientific law of “thermal expansion”, when water heats, it gets bigger.     1    . Most experts claim that the effects of climate change will make Tuvalu uninhabitable within the next 50 years. Problems are already emerging. As sea level rises, ocean water containing high levels of salt is travelling further and further inland, destroying the little amount of soil Tuvaluans have to grow crops in.

Even before Tuvaluans began to suffer from the effects of climate change, the life in Tuvalu was tough.     2    . Most of the land on an atoll is rock-hard and arid and the soil that exists on it is usually thin and poor for growing crops. The nation has always had to import food apart from fish.

More serious than Tuvalu’s lack of home-grown food has been its lack of drinking water.     3    . Therefore, Tuvaluans depend almost entirely on rainwater for their water needs. Unfortunately, due to a geographical phenomenon known as La Nina, Tuvalu often suffers from long periods of drought. In the autumn of 2010, after seven months of no rain, the Prime Minister had to declare a state of emergency not only because of a lack of drinking water, but also because the water left was polluted with cholera (霍乱).    4    .

Tuvalu’s problems have led some of its 11,000 inhabitants to consider migrating to Australia or New Zealand.     5    . They know they’ll have to someday, but for as long as possible, they want to remain and make the world aware of what is happening to their homeland due to climate change.

A．It was a desperate situation and, but for emergency shipments from New Zealand and Australia, many Tuvaluans would have died.

B．This is largely due to the geological makeup of atolls.

C．Unlike normal islands, atolls have no rivers or streams, which means that most of Tuvalu has no groundwater to be used for drinking.

D．Tuvalu’s representatives demanded that nations should have a more responsible attitude towards emission controls.

E．Therefore, the sea level is rising and for low-lying Tuvalu, this spells disasters.

F．However, they are not willing to abandon the land of their forefathers so easily.

G．And as a member of the United Nations, they are doing just that.

2 . 假定你是李华，你的美国网友John来信了解大熊猫国家公园。请你给他回信并作简单介绍。要点如下：
1.基本信息：
地理位置——中国西南部四川省内；占地面积——2.2万平方公里；成立时间——2021年10月。
2.建立大熊猫国家公园的意义。
注意：1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear John,
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Yours,

Li Hua

5 . 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。

Spring is the best time to visit Jiangnan, the regions around the lower reaches of the Yangtze River, for beautiful     1     (view), rich culture, delicious food and warm weather. Among the top places is Taizhou city in East China’s Zhejiang province,     2     offers an authentic Jiangnan travel experience.

To know about the city’s culture and history, the best place is the Taizhou Museum.     3     (it) rich collections show local fishing tradition, boat manufacturing(制造)    4     folk customs.

    5     (locate) downtown, the 1-kilometer-long Jiazhi ancient street is lined up with more than 30 old buildings. The prosperity(繁荣)of the street dates back to the Yuan Dynasty (1271—1368), as     6     center to distribute(分销)a wide     7     (vary) of goods. Today, the street is open again to the locals and tourists,     8     more businesses to be settled in to boost the city’s night economy.

The Taizhou outlet of Dayin Bookmall, a famous bookstore chain from Shanghai,     9     (open) last year on the street in a     10     (tradition) Chinese-style building with cutting-edge designs. While the first floor is a commercial bookstore selling books and cultural creative products, the second floor serves as a public library.

6 . Standing on the shore of a lake, I can’t help but feel surprised at the thousands of small rocks that surround my boots. They were all created from _________ surfaces, their edges softening over time. I wonder, “Can we learn from a pile of rocks?”

Even the tallest mountains have _________; none are as tall as they were 1,000 years ago. And much like a rock, I’ve found my _________ has softened and my desire to better understand others has expanded with each trip around the sun.

_________, I was also a sharp rock covered in pointy edges. Today, after decades of the waters of life coursing over me, my edges are softer and I’m more _________. I’m less likely to judge and more interested in learning how we can _________ together.

But I’m not a _________. I’m a human filled with all the drama built into my DNA.

Two years ago, while traveling in the Pacific Northwest, I watched a restaurant owner ask several young men to _________ for not wearing masks. Not _________ and not rude. On the door read a sign, “Please wear a mask before entering our restaurant. We don’t like it either, but let’s all do what we can to __________ this together.”

The group of young men wanted to __________ about the note. I sat at the restaurant watching, understanding both sides. I’ve been one of them before, using my youthful edges to chip away at (削弱) the world. What I lost, __________, was the ability to grow from __________ by looking through the eyes of others. In learning to be more __________, I’ve also found more happiness and success.

You can fit more rounded rocks in a jar than those with sharp edges. The former look for ways to __________ and make room for others, while the latter never give an __________ to accommodate others.

__________, like the waters rolling against once sharp stones, changes us by washing away our resistance to __________ the world from someone else’s point of view.

I placed a __________ stone into my jacket pocket. Mother Nature is holding a __________ again.

1.

A．fragile

B．shiny

C．smooth

D．hard

2.

A．piled up

B．worn down

C．risen up

D．broken down

3.

A．will

B．voice

C．attitude

D．heart

4.

A．Still

B．Often

C．Here

D．Once

5.

A．understanding

B．confident

C．patient

D．competitive

6.

A．contribute

B．exist

C．work

D．develop

7.

A．fool

B．soul

C．rock

D．judge

8.

A．explain

B．leave

C．apologize

D．pay

9.

A．contradictory

B．confusing

C．forceful

D．discouraging

10.

A．get through

B．stick to

C．deal with

D．fight against

11.

A．think

B．care

C．talk

D．argue

12.

A．even

B．however

C．anyway

D．also

13.

A．hardships

B．struggle

C．experiences

D．failure

14.

A．open

B．cautious

C．ambitious

D．independent

15.

A．ignore

B．accept

C．adjust

D．change

16.

A．excuse

B．agreement

C．entrance

D．inch

17.

A．Nature

B．Tolerance

C．Tide

D．Time

18.

A．reforming

B．seeing

C．exploring

D．travelling

19.

A．sharp

B．rounded

C．valuable

D．rolling

20.

A．class

B．belief

C．meeting

D．discussion

9 . Ho Khanh is a middle-aged farmer, living in a village on the edge of Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park in Vietnam. What is special about him is that he has discovered Son Doong, the largest cave in the world.

“I first found the cave about thirty years ago, in 1991,” he says. “I was out collecting firewood near the national park. My family were very poor, so I decided to go deeper into the forest to find some aloe, which is very valuable. Not many people went that far into the forest because they were afraid of the wild animals.”

Soon Khanh lost his way. “I sat down with my back to a huge round rock,” he says. “Then I heard the sound of a strong wind and running water coming from behind me.” He found the entrance to a huge cave, with a wide river coming out of it. Khanh thought he was walking into a great cave. With no ropes or lights, he did not go further into it.

Khanh’s story spread like wildfire, but not everyone believed him. “I wanted to prove that I was telling the truth, but I couldn’t remember the way to the cave.” Then one morning early in the winter of 2006, a group of cavers from Britain came to ask Khanh for help, as they had heard about his discovery fifteen years before.

Khanh agreed to help the team to find the cave, but after three days in the jungle, they lost their way. “I just couldn’t remember where it was,” he says. The team came back twice, but each time they were beaten by the thick jungle. Finally the cavers left.

In 2009, Khanh headed to the jungle one cold winter’s morning. “I stopped by a big round rock,” he says. “There was the same strong wind, the sound of water running — I knew I’d found the cave at long last.” Soon the British cavers returned and followed Khanh on a six-hour trip deep into the jungle. On April 14 they found Son Doong.

1. What is the text mainly about?

A．How Son Doong was discovered.	B．How Son Doong got its name.
C．A young farmer in Vietnam.	D．A national park in Vietnam.

2. Ho Khanh first discovered Son Doong when he was __________.

A．looking for aloe	B．collecting firewood
C．catching some animals	D．cutting down trees in the forest

3. What did the British cavers think of Ho Khanh’s story?

A．They doubted it.	B．They believed it.
C．They were uncertain of it.	D．They had little interest in it.

10 . 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。

Each morning, 68-year-old amateur cyclist Cui Yue starts his ride along the Tanglai Canal in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region,     1    (enjoy) the picturesque natural seeneries.    2    (Cycle) along the canal allows him to experience the city’s improving ecology.

The over-2,000-year-old canal that Cui frequents     3    (build) during the Han Dynasty (202 BC — AD 220). It aimed at bringing the Yellow River water to present-day Ningxia     4     helping turn the region with tracts (大片土地) of deserts into arable land. Through the ages, it is still functioning as an ecological corridor and is the largest     5    (natural) flowing trunk canal in the Yellow River irrigation area.

Along the canal’s 75-km section running through urban Yinchuan, several parks have been built with walking and cycling     6    (route), contributing to the city’s expanding green space     7    (map) out for public leisure.

Thanks to     8    (technology) innovations, water-saving measures, and environmental protection, the water volume in Tanglai Canal has increased about fivefold     9     1 billion cubic meters in the past few years, irrigating farmland for 185 days a year. “Tanglai Canal is a great ancient water conservancy project in Ningxia,     10     still benefits local people more than 2,000 years later,” said Cui. “The ancient canal will inject more vitality into the agricultural and ecological development of cities along it.”