1 . What foods do you use to celebrate with your family? Do you eat something special on your birthday or holidays? Among the Hopi people, many foods for special celebrations are made from corn.

The Hopi people are Native Americans who live in Black Mesa, Arizona, USA. They grow special types of corn with long roots (根), which help the corn reach water in the ground in the hot and dry desert (沙漠).     1     In fact, in Hopi tradition, corn is the first solid food a baby eats.

The Hopi use each color of corn for something different. For example, blue corn is used to make some traditional Hopi foods. Piki is one Hopi food made with blue com. It is like a paper-thin, rolled pancake.     2     When a new baby is born, cobs (玉米棒子) of white corn are placed in the baby’s cradle (摇篮).     3     When girls grow up, they grind (磨碎) com for four days as part of their Coming of Age Ceremony. The Hopi also grind com by hand for wedding ceremonies.

    4     For example, in some Hopi villages, women walk down the Mesa to gather water and firewood every day. Men in those villages run up to 40 miles to their farms every day to grow corn, bean, and chili pepper crops. Other Hopi live in modern homes and use modern technology in their daily lives.     5     Corn is an important part of Hopi life today.

A．The Hopi people have a long history.

B．Corn is also used in Hopi ceremonies.

C．There are different types of corn as well.

D．Corn plays an important role in the Hopi diet.

E．Some Hopi today still live as they did hundreds of years ago.

F．White corn is used to wish a baby good health and long life.

G．But both groups still practice Hopi spirituality and other traditions.

2 . 阅读下面短文，根据所给情节进行续写，使之构成一个完整的故事。

A couple of years ago, I had the pleasure of teaching a young couple to dive (潜水) in Thailand on one of my favorite reefs (礁). The weather conditions were perfect, with mild currents and excellent sight of the beautiful ocean and the bright, vivid corals. Even with their masks on, I could see the smiles on my students’ faces.

The dive couldn’t have gone better. However, things changed as we made our way back to the boat. As we swam back along the reef, I noticed the current (水流) changing. As it did, huge quantities of trash and plastic began to flood the area. I saw small reef fish swimming amongst the straws, plastic bags and other bits of rubbish. I noticed that some of the fish were pecking away (啄) at the plastic. By the time we got back onboard the boat, there were bits of plastic floating all around us. It looked more like a trash site than the ocean.

When I got home, the first thing I did was to go online and research plastic pollution in the ocean. I was surprised to find out that over the past decade, divers and beach lovers have seen a lot of changes in the oceans. Even very remote locations were suddenly filled with plastic and other chemicals. Plastics were entering our oceans at an alarming rate—up to 12 million tons each year. This huge amount of plastic was wreaking havoc (破坏) not only on the environment, but also on the marine animals that lived in the ocean, such as sea turtles and sea birds. Some of them were sadly mistaking the pieces of plastic for food. Pollution has brought our oceans to the point of disaster, and unless we make a great change, then our oceans and all of its living things, will be at risk.

Since that unforgettable plastic-polluted dive, I have become an ocean supporter and spend my days trying to get the message out there about just how harmful ocean pollution is, not only to marine life, but also to mankind.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为150左右；
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Then the idea came to me: I could appeal to my fellow divers to take action.

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I decided to take it a step further to try and stop those companies producing single-use plastics.

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3 . Louie, a pet parrot, saved a whole family. He ______ the sleeping Klein family in the middle of the night as flames swept through their home.

“Louie is a true ______,” Barbara Klein recently told news agency South West News Service(SWNS). “If it hadn’t been for him, I probably wouldn’t have been ______ at that time. He started shouting ‘Fire’. He had never said that word before in my ______. When I woke up, the fire was starting to spread across the living room floor.” Unluckily for the family, Louie didn’t ______. Barbara said, “He was like our babies, so it’s ______.”

Barbara took her five-year-old granddaughter ______ and ran out of the house. Her husband Larry also made it out, but was severely wounded when escaping from the burning building. “He ran to the kitchen and tried to ______ the fire out with water,” Barbara told SWNS. “After we left, he ran back into the house and insisted on ______ the pet but with no ______.” The Kleins suffered great ______ in the fire. Their house was in ______ along with its contents and the parrot Louie passed away.

“People have ______ with clothing and someone donated an apartment for three months,” Barbara said. “The man who donated the apartment also ______ us with a baby parrot. We call him Louie Jr to _____   Louie.”

1.

A．annoyed

B．alarmed

C．impressed

D．noticed

2.

A．model

B．genius

C．hero

D．pioneer

3.

A．awake

B．asleep

C．alone

D．afraid

4.

A．opinion

B．way

C．memory

D．sight

5.

A．survive

B．resist

C．arrive

D．respond

6.

A．frightening

B．shocking

C．sorrowful

D．grateful

7.

A．angrily

B．gently

C．secretly

D．immediately

8.

A．turn

B．blow

C．keep

D．put

9.

A．accompanying

B．saving

C．comforting

D．adopting

10.

A．luck

B．doubt

C．evidence

D．barrier

11.

A．injuries

B．losses

C．pressures

D．failures

12.

A．detail

B．place

C．ruins

D．rows

13.

A．rushed out

B．come back

C．run away

D．reached out

14.

A．presented

B．equipped

C．linked

D．compared

15.

A．replace

B．honor

C．forget

D．reward

4 . Stress often occurs when humans have too much work or are in immediate danger. We communicate our stress to others through our behavior and physiological changes. Thus, stress can communicate information and even be useful for survival in certain situations. On the other hand, the massive spread of stress frequently leads to dangerous situations in groups, such as mass panic.

However, not only humans, but also animals can experience and spread stress. This is the present research focus of Dr Hanja Brand l from the University of Konstanz.

“It has been repeatedly shown that stress can be spread from one human to another,” Brand l says. “Often, a similarly strong physiological response is triggered, even though you have never experienced the stress yourself.” But what is known about stress among animals? Brand l concludes other animals in the group can be just as stressed as the friend who experienced something bad. Stress is evolutionarily deeply rooted and the process is similar in all vertebrates (脊椎动物).

When are animals stressed? To be mentioned primarily are naturally occurring threats to which they are exposed, such as natural enemies. Human influences raise the level of stress. “Increasing changes in the habitat or noise and light pollution also have an impact as these massively influence the environment of the animals.” Brand l explains. “Animals are flexible and can adapt to situations. But at some point, the stress response—the adaptations that otherwise help animals better escape stressors like enemies—no longer gives them a survival advantage,” she adds.

This not only endangers the animals’ health, but also changes the social structure of groups. “If we know how the underlying mechanisms (机制) work, we can better protect animals,” says Brandl.

For humans, too, insights from the animal world are useful, she says. “With humans, we can’t measure the functionality of groups under stress well in natural scenes.” Therefore, Brandl is now continuing her studies. In the future, this will make it easier to respond to and help with the spread of stress in groups of people.

1. What can we learn about stress from paragraph 1?

A．Stress is both good and bad.

B．Group living. can easily cause stress.

C．Each individual reacts differently to stressful situations.

D．Poor communication is one of the biggest causes of stress.

2. What does the underlined word “triggered” probably mean in paragraph 3?

A．Ignored.

B．Eased.

C．Caused.

D．Transformed.

3. What can humans do to help animals reduce stress?

A．Supply food to them.

B．Make them live in groups.

C．Protect their habitat from being destroyed.

D．Provide opportunities for them to practice their survival skills.

4. From which is the text probably taken?

A．A pet magazine.	B．A news website.
C．A book review.	D．A technical forum.

5 . Why do sharks bite humans?

A．They are cruel by nature.

B．They want to protect themselves.

C．They want to check if humans are food.

6 . 角色扮演
角色：你是Mary。
任务：(1) 与Tom谈论关于气候变化相关活动的话题；
(2) 根据谈话内容回答问题。
（一）听对话，补全句子。
1. Our club will have an ________ on ________.
2. It is not a very ________ meeting. We just share our ________ about climate change.
（二）请先根据中文提示将3个问句补充完整，然后听录音的回答，记录重要信息。
3. 你是何时开始关注气候变化的？
________ did you ________ paying attention to climate change?
4. 你最初采取什么措施应对气候变化？
________ ________ you originally do to handle climate change?
5. 青少年如何参与环保活动？
How can ________ get involved in ________ activities?
（三）现在请根据前面所听到信息，完成题目的回答，每空不超过3个词。
6. How long has Tom been taking part in their club activities?
—For ________________.
7. What can new participants do in the club activities?
—They can watch some ________________.
8. Who inspired Tom to pay attention to climate change?
—His ________________.
9. What fact did Tom’s childhood environmental books mainly talk about?   
—There was an increasing threat to ________________.
10. What does Tom think is the best way to participate in climate change activities?
—Devoting yourself to ________________ climate change.

7 . 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。

Citizens Forest is a young organization from northern Germany. Its small team helps people in     1     (vary) places to plant forests in the city. The principle is very simple: citizens look locally to see if there are any small, unused areas     2    are possible to be reforested (重新造林). The areas do not have to be large. A “Tiny Forest” can be created from as little as 60m². The organization     3     (provide) support with planning, talks with the authorities involved and shows everyone involved what is possible.

The model is a sure-fire success. There are motivated people and companies everywhere     4     (long) to get involved. Until now, around 30 projects     5     (carry) out and 500 more are planned to be launched over the next three years. The aim of Citizens Forests is     6     (establish) a Germany-wide network of local reforestation projects. They also hope to make reforestation     7    normal part of social life in the future.

Tiny Forests are more than just woodlands     8     nature and people, they also helps create natural biotopes (生物栖息地) with a variety of plant and animal     9     (species) . In addition, Citizens Forests also makes efforts to promote environmental education, which as a result raises people’s     10     (aware) of environmental protection.

8 . Linda Ellerton never thought she’d see her cat Whiskas again. However, the pair have been reunited recently, more than 10 years after the beloved cat went _________.

Whiskas, who is 16 years old, was _________ by a local citizen called Ted Smith in his backyard in Chilton Moorher. _________ the cat might have lost her way home, Ted took her to an animal rescue center. The charity treated the cat carefully and then posted some _________ of the cat online, trying to find her a home.

Whiskas was adopted by Linda in 2007. After living with Linda for 6 years, she _________ one night. The family spent months _________ her but failed. With no hope of seeing their _________ again, they moved to another place. Linda, who lost Whiskas ten years ago, was _________ when seeing the photos for the first time.

“When I saw the post online, I thought it can’t _________ be Whiskas after all these years,” she said, adding: “I thought the photos looked like her, but it had been so __________ and we’d never thought we’d see her again. We __________ thought she had found somewhere else to live after that night.”

David Dawon, one member of the organization who helped the cat said: “It was __________ that we were able to help them find each other. It was a very __________ story.”

It’s thought that Whiskas spent her time as a stray (流浪猫) for the past ten years, and has since developed a __________, which will require ongoing treatment. Despite her __________, Whiskas is now recovering well and living with the family.

1.

A．crazy

B．bad

C．wrong

D．missing

2.

A．driven

B．found

C．hidden

D．stolen

3.

A．Realizing

B．Remembering

C．Deciding

D．Hoping

4.

A．videos

B．pictures

C．stories

D．signs

5.

A．sickened

B．moved

C．stopped

D．disappeared

6.

A．taking care of

B．looking for

C．thinking about

D．playing with

7.

A．pet

B．neighbour

C．kid

D．doctor

8.

A．surprised

B．scared

C．stressed

D．annoyed

9.

A．hopefully

B．possibly

C．definitely

D．obviously

10.

A．long

B．old

C．hard

D．little

11.

A．mostly

B．just

C．never

D．nearly

12.

A．strange

B．funny

C．embarrassing

D．pleasing

13.

A．heartbroken

B．touching

C．exciting

D．shocking

14.

A．habit

B．shape

C．skill

D．disease

15.

A．doubt

B．change

C．struggling

D．failure

9 . Two and a half months before the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, and almost six months before it enters its peak (高峰), weathermen are already predicting (预测) that it could be particularly active.

Officially, hurricane season begins from June 1 and runs through November. One reason is that sea surface temperatures in the tropical (热带的) Atlantic are already at record highs.

Meanwhile, another significant potential factor in this year’s hurricane season is taking shape thousands of miles away in the Pacific. Over periods ranging from three to seven years, the waters of the central and eastern tropical Pacific Ocean warm and cool in turn as a result of a repeating climate pattern called the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO). El Niño makes Atlantic hurricanes less likely to form but La Niña does.

During the 2023 season, ENSO was in an El Niño period. However, by the time the 2024 season starts, it will have changed into a “neutral(中立)” period, but that by the peak months, it is likely to have changed fully into a La Niña.

“How quickly that change occurs can affect everything as well,” says DaSilva, a lead hurricane weatherman. “There’s a lag time. So, while we expect the change to occur in mid-summer, it may not be until late summer or fall where we really see those effects across the Atlantic basin.” As a result, he says, this year’s hurricane season could remain particularly active deep into November.

Of course, no report can predict when individual storms will come or the paths they will take, but DaSilva warns that those who live in areas likely to suffer hurricanes, especially around the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico, should prepare. “If a tropical storm system comes into this area, it could rapidly strengthen, potentially close to land,” he also warns. “And that’s why people need to be careful and have their hurricane plans ready. Because any system with these kinds of conditions can explode very quickly. That’s what we’re concerned about.”

1. What is the function of Paragraph 1?

A．To give advice.	B．To explain the season.
C．To introduce the topic.	D．To inform a weather report.

2. What is a reason for this year’s hurricane season?

A．The hurricane season has entered its peak.

B．A repeating climate has changed weather in summer.

C．The sea surface temperatures are the highest of all time.

D．El Niño makes Atlantic hurricanes more likely to form.

3. What do the underlined words “a lag time” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．A time delay.	B．A time in a zone.
C．A time waste.	D．A time in advance.

4. What does DaSilva agree with about this year’s hurricane season?

A．It can be exactly predicted ahead of time.

B．People needn’t worry about hurricane season.

C．It may be eventually controlled by weathermen.

D．People can’t be more careful about hurricane season.

10 . 假定你是李华，因为环境问题日益严重，你准备在微博、小红书等社交媒体上发起关于绿色生活的倡议，呼吁网友积极参与。请以“Let’s go green!”为题写一封倡议书，内容包括：
1.现存的一些环境问题；
2.倡议的具体行动；
3.合理的开头结尾。
注意：词数80左右。

Let’s go green!

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