1 . Most of us have heard of the 3Rs: reduce, reuse and recycle. It is the core principle of a sustainable (可持续的) life, but few of us can apply it in our own lives. Now, there’s a “lab” you can explore and discover a way toward living sustainably.

3R Lab is located in Xuhui district, Shanghai. It offers exhibitions, activities and goods that showcase the 3R principle. The key to a sustainable life, according to Vincent T. M. Fong, the 32-year-old from Hong Kong who created the lab, is to make it a long-term promise. “A sustainable life should be sustainable itself in the first place. You can’t lead a sustainable life on a whim. Small and comfortable changes are exactly what you need,” Fong said.

The lab regularly hosts ugly fruit markets, offering these strange fruits which are often thrown away by traditional markets and consumers at a quite attractive price. “They’re thrown away simply because of their appearance. Buying fruit regardless of how they look reduces food waste significantly in our daily life,” Fong commented.

A water tank with two types of straws is another equipment in the lab. “One type is made from normal plastics widely used in our daily life while the other is from PHA, a new replacement for plastics, and the water is sourced from the Suzhou River,” explained Ni Li, an employee of the lab. Visitors can see how the PHA straws degrade (降解) into a thin layer in just one month, while the others remain unchanged.

“Leading a sustainable life does not necessarily mean sacrifice,” said Fong. Consuming ugly fruit and using degradable plastics are small changes that are good for the environment and easy to stick to. Only in this way can the 3R principle become part of our lives, he added.

After working there for six months, Ni, who wasn’t mindful of the 3R principle before arriving at the lab, now uses her cup every time she buys a coffee. “The job has reshaped my life,” Ni said.

1. What does the-underlined phrase “on a whim” in the second paragraph probably mean?

A．In a rush.	B．On a regular basis.
C．Without any reason.	D．As a common practice.

2. What is the purpose of the ugly fruit market at 3R Lab?

A．To reduce food waste.	B．To promote healthy eating.
C．To sell new kinds of fruit.	D．To provide more affordable fruit,

3. What can the water tank at 3R Lab show to its visitors?

A．The water pollution caused by plastics.	B．The degradation of PHA straws.
C．The interaction between two types of straws.	D．The disappearance of normal plastic straws.

4. What can we infer from the last paragraph about Ni?

A．She avoids going to traditional markets.	B．She has devoted less time to her hobbies.
C．She has got rid of a few bad habits.	D．She is leading a low carbon life now.

4 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What is the speaker talking about?

A．His major．

B．His hobby．

C．His job．

2. Where did the speaker watch birds last year?

A．Near the lake．

B．In the forest．

C．In the mountains．

3. Which of the following helps the speaker in bird watching?

A．A tent．

B．A flashlight．

C．A guide book．

4. Why does the speaker like bird watching?

A．It helps him exercise and relax mind．

B．It lets him enjoy natural scenery．

C．It teaches him to protect birds．

6 . Dressed in a kachhad, a traditional Nepalese clothes, Umesh Balal walked into his meetings at the 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28) on climate change in Dubai with a sense of determination.

Balal, who has physical disability, was there to publicly _________ inclusion of disability rights in the climate change conference, an aspect that he said has long been _________ by organizers of the world’s largest annual meeting on climate issues.

As a student, Balal was _________ about science and involved himself in research on environmental science. Those were his first few interactions that _________ the climate related issues to him. Being from a mountainous region, Balal _________ more about how climate change had _________ people there, which led him to develop climate anxiety.

The more Balan _________ himself to climate science, the more he learned about the impact of climate change. People with more resources have better chances of _________ the climate crisis. But the less developed countries, for the _________ communities, usually don’t have the same opportunities, which will push them further into the __________

And it is even harder for people with __________. Many people with disabilities in Nepal don’t have __________ to proper education or opportunities for growth. As a result, they aren’t able to advocate for their rights.   

In an interview, Balan said, “__________, I am honored that I come from a supportive family, where I had a chance of good education which __________ me to grow in life. This is what I __________for others, to change the way they live their lives.”

1.

A．control

B．achieve

C．support

D．measure

2.

A．ignored

B．studied

C．respected

D．issued

3.

A．anxious

B．particular

C．worried

D．curious

4.

A．sold

B．lent

C．introduced

D．awarded

5.

A．brought

B．knew

C．complained

D．quarreled

6.

A．affected

B．prepared

C．organized

D．admitted

7.

A．devoted

B．changed

C．limited

D．helped

8.

A．comparing with

B．coping with

C．differing from

D．resulting from

9.

A．warmer

B．cleaner

C．poorer

D．quieter

10.

A．confidence

B．calmness

C．honesty

D．crisis

11.

A．rights

B．disabilities

C．degrees

D．advertisements

12.

A．objection

B．attention

C．access

D．gratitude

13.

A．Fortunately

B．Secretly

C．Similarly

D．Naturally

14.

A．forced

B．ordered

C．warned

D．allowed

15.

A．occupy

B．want

C．cheer

D．blame

7 . 阅读下列材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

There is a well-known Chinese saying written on the Great Wall, “He     1     Has Not Climbed the Great Wall Is Not a Real Man”. It is a senic spot with a lot of tourists.

The great wall     2     (average) 7.8 meters in height. It is 6.5 meters wide at the base and 5.7 meters at the top. The     3     (wide) is enough for five horses to go side by side.

The Great Wall has     4     history of more than 2,000 years. As early as the Warring States Period, in order to self-protect, kingdoms built walls around     5     (they) territories (领地). This is the earliest Great Wall.

When Qin Shihuang, the first emperor in Chinese history, unified the whole country in 221 B.C., he ordered     6     (build) another new wall on the base of the original walls of the Countries Qin, Zhao, and Yan in effort to guard     7     the invasion (入侵) of the northern nomadic tribes.

Looking from the space, you will find a construction. This is the Great Wall in China.

The Great Wall of China is the     8     (long) defense wall in the world. From the     9     (aspect) of culture and history, the wall is an ancient masterpiece that you can     10     (full) enjoy.

9 . Growing up in Louisiana, across the Mississippi River from New Orleans, Barry Guillot loved exploring the wetlands with his friends when he was a child. However, as he grew older, a growing concern about the disappearance of wetlands took root. “Imagine if the New Orleans Saints, our football team, were playing on a field that was actually wetlands,” Barry says. “By halftime, that football field would be gone.”

In 1988, Barry became a middle school science teacher. With the intention of bringing home to his kids the importance of wetlands, he founded the LaBranche Wetland Watchers Service-Learning Project, “adopting” a small part of LaBranche Wetlands near their school.

Wetland Watchers activities are tied to academic subjects. Water-quality monitoring, for example, teaches students to use graphs to compare data from different time periods — part of the math curriculum. After Hurricane Katrina, the salinity (amount of salt in the water) was four times as high as before. Students made graphs to show that. As part of English composition, they wrote about seeing jellyfish (水母) , which had never come that far before because jellyfish live only in salty water.

“We obtained more than we would just sitting behind a desk with a book, because you’re out there and you’re getting all wet and muddy and having fun as you learn,” says Kurt, a seventh grader.

Barry is very proud of his students. “It’s amazing what middle school kids can accomplish when they get the chance,” he says. One of his seventh graders wrote, “If the animals and plants could talk, I think they would say we’re their heroes. That’s the way I feel when we do our work in the wetlands.”

1. Why is “football field” mentioned in the first paragraph?

A．To explain wetlands are limited.	B．To express Barry’s love of football.
C．To stress the urgency of saving wetlands.	D．To show Barry’s worry about his football team.

2. What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A．The necessity of making graphs.	B．The importance of hands-on learning.
C．The connection of the activities to schooling.	D．Relationship between teachers and students.

3. How does Kurt feel about the activities?

A．They are messy.	B．They are challenging.
C．They are dull.	D．They are rewarding.

4. What can be inferred about Barry’s students?

A．They will teach like Barry.	B．They will ask for more chances.
C．They’re full of a sense of achievement.	D．They’re acknowledged as great heroes.

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。

With global events like the UN Climate Change Conference     1     (bring) sustainability (可持续性) into public focus, readers are expecting libraries to introduce more sustainable     2     (measure). They try to reduce their electricity usage and buy equipment from providers     3     are struggling to protect the environment. So far,     4     number of the libraries that have already taken steps to reduce their carbon footprint has been increasing.

Devices like monitoring tools can     5     (apply) to identify areas of a library that are frequently unoccupied. The Jean Anderson Morgan Student Center, for example, is taking advantage     6     the tools throughout its library study rooms. Up till now,     7     (significance) improvements have been made in reducing its energy usage. Bulb costs have     8     (obvious) declined, with fewer replacements needed in low occupancy areas.

Fixing automated equipment that runs on minimal electrical power is libraries’ another effort     9     (operate) more sustainably. Sophisticated self-service machines are now able to     10     (simple) the process of loaning and returning books without causing a big increase in a library’s electricity bill.