1.说明环保的重要性;
2.列举至少一项日常环保举措;
3.发出号召。
注意:写作词数应为80左右。
Good afternoon, everyone!
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Thank you for your listening!
注意:
1. 写作词数应为 80 左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
参考词汇:magnitude 震级 load-bearing wall 承重墙
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3 . Zhu Dejun’s first job after graduating from college was as a road design engineer in his hometown, Alshaa League, North Chin’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region(内蒙古自治区). In 2011, when Zhu was conducting a road survey along with his colleagues, he saw a plant that he didn’t recognize. Later, Zhu learned that the plant was a saxaul (灌木梭梭) tree which is an excellent tree species for sand fixation and afforestation (造林) in desert areas. Known as a desert guardian, a fully grown saxaul tree can hold together a 10-square-meter patch of desert land, according to Zhu.
Zhu quit (辞去) his job at the design institute in 2014 and joined a nonprofit organization, the Society of Entrepreneurs and Ecology Conservation, or SEE, in the same year, concentrating on dealing with desertification (沙漠化) .During the past eight years, Zhu has been leading a team from SEE to plant saxaul trees in sandy areas in Alshaa League and other places of Inner Mongolia.
In 2014, the SEE launched a project titled “one million saxaul trees”, aiming to reach that number from 2014 to 2023, turning the desert of more than 133, 330 hectares (公顷) back into a satisfying ecosystem. By the end of 2018, half of the organization’s goal had been achieved. In 2016, Ant Finance cooperated with SEE to introduce the Ant Forest platform, not only encouraging people to choose “a low-carbon way” of shopping, traveling and living, but also to help control desertification.
Through the participation of a greater number of online users, who grow virtual trees, the SEE Foundation, set up in 2008, has been providing subsidies (补助金) for local herdsmen and farmers while also offering technological support to plant saxaul trees in desert areas. Now, Zhu is the head of the foundation’s project to fight desertification. He also gives lectures about saxaul trees and the fight against desertification at schools, hoping to raise awareness among young people.
1. What did Zhu Dejun do first after graduation?A.Here searched on saxaul trees. |
B.He joined a nonprofit organization. |
C.He found ways to fight desertification. |
D.He focused on road design engineering. |
A.They are easily taken care of. |
B.They can grow fast in deserts. |
C.They are perfect for holding water. |
D.They can fight desertification effectively. |
A.They teamed up with Ant Finance. |
B.They planted one million saxaul trees. |
C.They held online lectures on desertification. |
D.They encouraged donation from online users. |
A.By providing subsidies. | B.By raising awareness. |
C.By planting trees online. | D.By offering technological support. |
1. 目前北京垃圾现存的问题
2. 正确处理垃圾的必要性
3. 给出一些具体建议
注:文章开头和结尾已给出字数不少于60。
(生活垃圾:household waste; 垃圾填埋场:landfills 超饱和:over-saturation)
Dear all students,
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Sincerely, Li Hua
President of the Student Union
5 . Politicians and the public tend to worry about carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (排放) but neglect the effects of cutting methane (甲烷). Actually, dealing with the gas would have a large effect rapidly and at relatively low cost.
Human activity emits far less methane than carbon dioxide, but methane has a heavier impact. Over the course of 20 years, a ton of the gas will warm the atmosphere about 86 times more than a ton of CO2. As a result, methane is responsible for 23% of the rise in temperatures since preindustrial times. Carbon dioxide gets most of the attention, but unless methane emissions are limited, there is little hope of controlling the climate.
By how much do methane emissions need to fall? Carbon dioxide stays in the atmosphere for centuries, making it hard to reduce its atmospheric concentrations (浓度). By contrast, methane has a half-life of roughly ten years, which means that it degrades quickly. If new emissions can be cut to below the rate at which old emissions reduce, the concentration of methane in the atmosphere will soon fall, slowing global warming. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change estimates that, to keep temperatures between 1.5℃ and 2℃ above preindustrial levels, human methane emissions must drop to 35% below where they stood in 2010 by midcentury.
That is entirely possible. A big step would be to stop millions of tons of methane from leaking out of fossil-fuel infrastructure each year, through pipes with holes, leaky valves and carelessness. The International Energy Agency, a global forecaster, estimates that 40% of methane emissions from fossil fuels, equal to 9% of all human methane emissions, can be got rid of at no net cost for firms. The harder task is to reduce emissions from agriculture, but even here farmers can make use of new ideas, including developing new forms of food for farm animals, and changing how rice is watered.
1. What does the underlined word “neglect” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A.Ignore. | B.Blame. | C.Value. | D.Delay. |
A.A less serious threat to global warming. |
B.The little hope of controlling the climate. |
C.People’s more attention on carbon dioxide. |
D.The urgent need to reduce methane emissions. |
A.They are the only hope of controlling the climate. |
B.Their atmospheric concentrations are hard to reduce. |
C.Their impact on the climate is huge but manageable. |
D.They stay in the atmosphere longer than carbon dioxide. |
A.Coal mining. | B.Rice farming. | C.Fuel burning. | D.Oil leaking. |
6 . There’s good news and bad news for flower fans this spring in Washington state.
Good news: The Tulip (郁金香) Festival in Skagit County plans to return for 2021 with new rules, and with reserved tickets available for Tulip Town.
Attendance will be limited at Tulip Town this year, but it is planning to open earlier and stay open later. As in any public place statewide, face coverings are required. As of March 7, the tulips were not yet blossoming (开花) in Skagit County. When they start to blossom each year depends on the weather in March, but mid-April is historically the peak for tulip blossoms in the gardens and fields.
Bad news: The University of Washington in Seattle is asking people to view the cherry blossoms from home again this year in order to reduce crowding. UW Video has a live webcam overlooking the campus, and there’s a virtual tour with photos from campus that will be updated throughout the blossom season.
There are dozens of different varieties of blossoming cherry and plum trees in the Seattle area, with blossoms visible from early February until May for some.
1. When is the best time to enjoy tulips?A.In February. | B.In March. | C.In April. | D.In May. |
A.The Port of Seattle. | B.Tulip Town. | C.UW campus. | D.The web. |
A.To educate. | B.To inform. | C.To persuade. | D.To explain. |
7 . At 9 am on Wednesdays, Gaby Rountree waves goodbye to Mila as she is picked up to go to day care in Mexico City. “It has made her so independent, so friendly and so lovely with others,” Ms Rountree says joyfully. She shuts the front door and turns to homeschooling her two children. Mila is not a child, but the family dog.
Schools and nurseries have been shut in Mexico for a year owing to the pandemic. But the doggy day care is booming. Doggy carers offer claw-trims (修剪) and let beloved pets play outdoors. “Many clients now have a home office and are worried about their dogs becoming too attached to them,” explains Montserrat, an owner of a dog day-care center, as she strokes a tiny dog on her lap. The facility, in the rich neighbourhood, also has a camp where dogs can spend a relaxing weekend in the countryside.
Mexico’s rising passion for dogs has coincided (同时发生) with falling human fertility (生育能力). In the mid-1980s, a Mexican woman could expect to have four children; now, only two. In the long run, as people have grown richer and the returns to education have risen, families have shrunk. For some, a dog is a lovable substitute. The most devoted owners buy clothes and throw birthday parties for their dogs. Many restaurants welcome dogs and provide drinking water. Some restaurants even offer a full doggy menu. Parks have “doggy areas”. Pet beauty salons provide not only baths and trims but other methods of relaxation.
Mexico’s spoilt pets are probably enjoying the pandemic more than the locked-down kids. By one estimate, nearly two-thirds of the children have missed a year of school because of coronavirus. For mothers such as Ms Rountree doggy day care offers some relief from Covid-influenced hard boring work. But she will not stop worrying until her children, too, are let off the chain and back into the classroom.
1. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A.Ms Rountree is a well-received online teacher. |
B.Mila enjoys staying with other children at the care center. |
C.Ms Rountree’s children are well taken care of at the care center. |
D.The doggy day care center is highly thought of by Ms Rountree. |
A.Dogs like to play at the day care. | B.Many citizens have to work at home. |
C.The facilities there are accessible for free. | D.Schools and nurseries are all closed down. |
A.How Mexico becomes richer. | B.Why Mexicans love to raise dogs. |
C.How Mexicans care for their dogs. | D.Why Mexico has a decreasing population. |
A.They are under treatment at home. |
B.They are second to the dogs at home. |
C.They have to attend to their dogs at home. |
D.Most of them have been away from school for a year. |
8 . In late January, returning home from a day in town, my husband and I were greeted by a couple of Willie Wagtails sitting on a hanging basket on our balcony, probably planning to build a nest. Another day away, we came home to find a simple
The next day an egg
Two weeks passed and three baby chicks were hatched (孵出). The
We were constantly
A.fence | B.door | C.picture | D.construction |
A.decorate | B.keep | C.move | D.hang |
A.wore out | B.fell down | C.went ahead | D.gave out |
A.various | B.rare | C.second-hand | D.man-made |
A.broke | B.appeared | C.caught | D.rolled |
A.outline | B.routine | C.nest | D.reserve |
A.meaningless | B.luckless | C.doubtless | D.tireless |
A.water | B.food | C.grass | D.clothes |
A.strangely | B.quickly | C.painfully | D.curiously |
A.protected | B.confused | C.attracted | D.scolded |
A.chance | B.solution | C.warning | D.greeting |
A.looked for | B.looked into | C.got on | D.took on |
A.insects | B.heads | C.wings | D.tails |
A.beating | B.hitting | C.striking | D.sinking |
A.full | B.popular | C.careful | D.peaceful |
9 . Over 7,000 species around the world are considered endangered. That number doesn’t even include the plants, animals, and other lifeforms that are listed by some scientists as vulnerable, critically endangered, or extinct in the wild.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) maintains the most-comprehensive list of endangered species around the world. The Red List of Threatened Species, as it’s called, judges each species on five different standards for an in-depth scientific approach. According to the IUCN, an endangered species is one that meets any one of the following criteria (标准): a 50%-70% population decrease over 10 years, a total geographic area less than 5,000 square kilometers, a population size less than 2,500 adults, a restricted population of 250 adults, or a statistical prediction that it will go extinct within the next 20 years.
Though the IUCN’s Red List covers a wide range of what qualifies as an endangered species, it doesn’t quite say how a species reaches those low points. Prepare to feel guilty: the most common factor when it comes to species decline is human intervention. Loss of habitat, the introduction of a foreign species into the environment, hunting, pollution, disease, and loss of genetic variation (基因变异) are all causes of species decline and most often are a result of human activities. Take the bald eagle for example: the rise in human population and urban development of North America limited the animal’s habitat; an increase in hunting the eagles for sport lowered their population size; and the use of the pesticide DDT on farms harmed the animal’s reproductive capabilities.
But even though humans are the number one cause of species decline, classifying species as endangered encourages action to reverse the effects of human intervention. Conservation efforts by the US Fish and Wildlife Service criminalized (使非法) the hunting of bald eagles and the use of the pesticide DDT in the mid- to late 20th century. The effect was positive, as bald eagles have been on the rise and were taken off the endangered species list in 1995.
1. Which of the following species can be considered endangered?A.One that will go extinct within the next 50 years. |
B.One whose population size is less than 5,000 adults. |
C.One whose habitat is less than 2,500 square kilometers. |
D.One whose population decreases 20% over twenty years. |
A.The causes of species decline. |
B.The disadvantages of the pesticide. |
C.A list of worldwide endangered species. |
D.Common features of endangered species. |
A.To show its rareness. |
B.To blame humans for its decline. |
C.To stress its importance in nature. |
D.To show the meaning of ranking it endangered. |
A.Entertainment. | B.Health. | C.Science. | D.Education. |
A.Plastic. | B.Paper. | C.Glass. |