1 . 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。

Giant panda Ya Ya returned home to Beijing Zoo early on Monday after spending 20 years in the United States.

In 2003, Ya Ya and male giant panda Le Le, traveled to Memphis Zoo in the US state of Tennesse    1    part of a China-US giant panda protection and research program. In 2006, Ya Ya began to shed her fur, a condition that    2    (worse)in 2014. Experts at Memphis Zoo and in China tried various treatments, but were    3    (able)to solve the problem. Then Memphis Zoo announced that it would return the pandas. However, in February, Le Le passed away due to heart disease. On April 8, the zoo hosted a farewell party for Ya Ya, with hundreds of people    4    (attend)the event.

On April 27,giant panda Ya Ya arrived in Shanghai and was then quarantined（检疫） for a month    5    delivered to Beijing. During the quarantine period,    6    (experience) keepers and veterinarians provided round-the-clock care for Ya Ya due to her old age and changed living environment. Shanghai Zoo offered support    7    (ensure) her safety and health.

Beijing Zoo has prepared    8    special feeding place for Ya Ya as well as tailor-made feeding,    9    (measure),care, medical support and nutrition plans. Besides, Beijing Zoo received a special delivery of fresh bamboo from Chengdu, Sichuan province, which    10    (airlift) to make sure that each panda at the zoo could have fresh food.

2 . If you visited a big aquarium such as SeaWorld or the Miami Seaquarium a decade ago, performances by tiger whales were probably a centerpiece of the visiting experience. However, animal advocates have pushed to end the harmful practice of keeping these enormous whales locked up in small pools and forcing them to perform for audiences. Now the good news is emerging from this continuing movement Lolita, one tiger whale living in the Miami Seaquarium, may soon be released to the Salish Sea where her mother lives.

Lolita’s possible homecoming is a longtime coming. The enormous animal was caught in 1970 in the Salish Sea, a body of water off the coast of Washington, which is home to tiger whales. Until now she has spent the past 52 years in captivity in Miami. Her tank is considered the smallest among those of captive whales in America. She has been forced to perform for crowds for decades. This has resulted in injuries. She has hit her head while performing “fast swims”, and her blood work has been abnormal.

Whales in captivity can suffer severe health issues. Lolita outlived her tank-mate Hugo, who died of aneurism (动脉瘤) caused by hitting his head on the aquarium walls. “Lolita’s lucky,” said Howard Garrett, a whale researcher and activist. “It’s against all odds that she is still alive. I think is her mental health that keeps her physical health in good shape. She is a complete miracle in her ability to stay healthy.”

According to the United States, Department of Agriculture, Lolita may not be getting enough food and water. This only adds to the list of health concerns which can appear in captivity. Activists who have been pushing for decades may at last see Lolita return to the Salish Sea, where her mother, a 93-year old tiger whale known as “Ocean Sun”, leads a pod. Returning these magnificent creatures to their natural habitat is a humane solution advocated for by the likes of the International Marine Mammal Project.

1. Which of the following best describes Lolita?

A．She got many injuries while performing for audiences over 50 years.

B．Her blood works well though she suffers severe health problems.

C．She was caught on the beach in Miami as a result of her injuries.

D．She was switched to a bigger tank because of her mate’s attack.

2. Why is Lolita in good physical health according to Howard Garrett?

A．Her mental state is sound.

B．Hugo influenced her positively.

C．She gets timely medical treatment.

D．Whale researchers offer necessary aids.

3. What can we know from the last paragraph?

A．Activists have succeeded in accomplishing the project.

B．Lolita will definitely fit in with the pod led by her mother.

C．Joint efforts are being made to release creatures like Lolita.

D．There’s little hope for Lolita to return to her natural habitat.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Lolita, the Last Tiger Whale in the World

B．Lolita, Released to the Salish Sea

C．Animals in Capacity Are Suffering a Lot

D．Lolita May Soon Go Free from Captivity

3 . As seabird biologist Bonnie Slaton slides off a small boat and walks through high water, the brown pelicans (鹈鹕) spread their wings overhead until she reaches Raccoon Island. The narrow island is a small piece of land separating the American state of Louisiana from the Gulf of Mexico. During the seabird breeding (繁殖) season, the placer, one of the few remaining places of safety for the pelicans, is full of noise.

Twelve years ago, there were 15 low-lying islands with breeding areas for Louisiana’s state bird. However, today, only about six islands in southeastern Louisiana have brown pelican nests and the rest have disappeared underwater.

Slaton and other scientists set u cameras to observe pelican nests on the island. The cameras show that in recent years the pelicans have faced some natural disasters. The main killer of them is flooding, which can wash away all the nests, as happened in April 2021. The disappearing islands are the location of a story of successful conservation. For many years, scientists have worked to bring the pelicans beck from tally dying off.

Mike Carloss is a state wildlife biologist in Louisiana. He said he never saw brown pelicans as a child in the 1960s. Their populations had been killed by the use of DDT, a kind of farm chemical. It thinned eggshells and prevented pelicans from giving birth to young birds. The beloved birds were completely gone from Louisiana, only appearing on the state flag. But a long-running effort to save them led to the birds’ return. After DDT was stopped in the U.S. in 1972, biologists brought young pelicans from nearby Florida to let them inhabit empty islands across the Gull of Mexico again. More than 1,200 pelicans have been set free in southeastern Louisiana over 13 years.

The brown pelicans can live more than 20 years. So, the final effect of disappearing breeding areas is uncertain and it will sill take time to become clear. And the future for pelicans is uncertain on the islands.

1. What is a killer of brown pelicans?

A．The island movement.	B．The underwater noise.
C．The increase of human population.	D．The disappearance of breeding areas.

2. Why did the scientists set up cameras?

A．To stop illegal hunting.	B．To watch pelicans’ home.
C．To predict serious flooding.	D．To record the number of pelicans

3. What does the underlined word “inhabit” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Live on.

B．Focus on.

C．Break into.

D．Look into.

4. How does the author feel about the pelicans’ future?

A．Unconcerned.

B．Doubtful.

C．Curious.

D．Proud.

4 . 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A new study found that    1    (own) a pet— particularly a dog—is good for the owner’s heart health.

The study looked at 1,768 people from Czech Republic and assessed (评估) them on seven kinds of health    2     (behave). Researchers then    3     (compare) the heart health scores of pet owners with those who didn’t own pets.

“In general, people       4     owned any pet were more likely to do more physical activities, better diet and blood sugar at an ideal (理想的) level,” researcher Andrea Maugeri said.“People who owned a dog can get the greatest     5     (beneficial) from having a pet.”

“Keeping a pet could be a    6     (hope) way of improving heart health,” Maugeri added, “because it would make you have a more    7     (physical) active lifestyle.”

In fact, the study is not the first to suggest that dogs can do good    8     our hearts. In 2013, the AHA said that dog owners have a    9     (low) risk of heart disease than people who don’t keep dogs because people with dogs    10     (be) more physically active.