1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. When will the first storm arrive?

A．Today.

B．This weekend.

C．Next week.

2. Which city will have fog?

A．New York City.

B．Saint Paul.

C．Boston.

3. For whom will the ice cause problems according to the speaker?

A．People traveling on foot.

B．People driving on the road.

C．People celebrating by the water.

4. What will the weather be like in Chicago?

A．Sunny.

B．Snowy.

C．Windy.

2 . There has been a very serious decline in the numbers of shallow-water fish as a result of overfishing. People still want to eat fish, so the fishing industry must look at other sources, especially the deep waters of the Atlantic.     1    

Conservation measures will have to be put in place if these deep-sea fish are to survive. Research on five such species shows that numbers have declined by between 87 percent and 98 percent.     2     Many species could well disappear completely if the present trend continues. These are species that have been swimming in our oceans for hundreds of millions of years.

The problem is emphasized by the fact that the decline in numbers happened in less than twenty years. Deep-sea fish take a long time to reproduce and normally live for many years.     3     The average size of such fish also declined, with one species showing a 57 percent decline in average size. This is of particular concern, as large fish tend to produce more offspring than small ones.

    4     The deep-sea species have been caught as if they were the fast-breeding (快速繁殖) fish like sardine and herring. It is like killing elephants as if they reproduced at the same rate as rabbits.

The damage done by overfishing goes beyond the sea environment. Millions of people make a living in the fishing industry.     5     Measures must be taken to not only conserve ecosystems, but also sustain livelihoods and ensure food security.

A．Billions of people rely on fish for protein.

B．Many people now choose not to eat deep-sea fish.

C．Unfortunately, their reproduction rate is very low.

D．This puts them in the category of “critically endangered”.

E．None of these facts has been taken into account by the fishing industry.

F．Overfishing is a major cause of decline in populations of ocean wildlife.

G．This has resulted in a sharp decline in the numbers of many of the species caught.

3 . 10-year-old Sasha Olsen went on a trip in the summer of 2021 with her family to Vietnam and Japan. She was shocked at the ocean’s pollution levels and dying sea animals.

“We went on this trip and I was so_________,” said Sasha. “But when I saw the way the oceans had become, I got upset. I wanted to know why things were this way but couldn’t find an_________.”

When she returned home to Bal Harbour, Florida, she grew even more_________. She learned some of the_________in South Florida had been closed by the health department because the_________had too much bacteria (细菌)in it.

Sasha sought the_________of her cousin, Narmina Aliyev. Together, they_________ a nonprofit Organization—Iwantmyoceanback._________ the group started small, with friends joining together on weekends to_________the beaches in Bal Harbour. Recently, however, she has__________events to raise funds for beach cleanups and to __________to protection groups.

“It’s__________to bring awareness not just through doing cleanups and meetings, but to show people they can come together through their hobbies and__________together to a common goal,” said Sasha.

Sasha hopes to__________their work to neighboring cities. “We really want to make ourselves visible and__________to all,” said Sasha. “After all, in Miami the ocean is everyone’s backyard. This is the best place to start.”

1.

A．tired

B．depressed

C．excited

D．disappointed

2.

A．answer

B．approach

C．opportunity

D．opinion

3.

A．absorbed

B．upset

C．embarrassed

D．confused

4.

A．organizations

B．oceans

C．animals

D．beaches

5.

A．trip

B．city

C．water

D．people

6.

A．help

B．suggestion

C．praise

D．comfort

7.

A．picked up

B．took up

C．set up

D．got up

8.

A．Fortunately

B．Originally

C．Consequently

D．Temporarily

9.

A．research

B．pick

C．explore

D．clean

10.

A．held

B．bought

C．recorded

D．witnessed

11.

A．refer

B．turn

C．donate

D．lead

12.

A．foolish

B．important

C．potential

D．appealing

13.

A．learn

B．make

C．play

D．work

14.

A．extend

B．observe

C．convey

D．announce

15.

A．intelligent

B．individual

C．interesting

D．influential

4 . Natalie and Callie, both 13 years old, started raising monarch butterflies for fun in 2020.

But after realizing the monarchs were an endangered species, their _______ soon turned into a serious mission.

They learned that the population of monarch butterflies had _______ since the early 1990s, due to habitat _______ and widespread use of chemicals, which made the milkweeds (马利筋草) the monarchs _______ for their main diet dangerous to eat.

So the girls teamed up with a national nonprofit group to plant a native garden _______ for the monarchs. The garden grew organic milkweeds that _______ and kept the butterflies. To help _______ the locals to sustain the monarch population, they created an exhibition about the monarchs in the local library. They also wanted to put up an educational sign in town, but it _______ a lot. To cover the expense, they set up a stand at the Farmers Market to sell their _______ milkweeds for people to plant. Although the fundraising days were ________, they finally succeeded in earning enough money with their hard work and people’s support.

The team has won the Silver Award for their ________ of taking care of butterflies, but they are not ________ with their work. “Our next step is to cut down on the use of ________ to guarantee a safe environment for the monarchs,” said Natalie. In the award ceremony, their teacher Brian ________, “I am so proud of them for their constant ________.”

1.

A．dream

B．hobby

C．career

D．decision

2.

A．doubled

B．aged

C．declined

D．exploded

3.

A．management

B．assessment

C．selection

D．destruction

4.

A．relied on

B．kept off

C．broke down

D．gave away

5.

A．partly

B．secretly

C．rarely

D．specially

6.

A．attracted

B．protected

C．monitored

D．trapped

7.

A．employ

B．educate

C．force

D．limit

8.

A．meant

B．cost

C．changed

D．hurt

9.

A．dry

B．medical

C．healthy

D．wild

10.

A．pleasing

B．light

C．long

D．disappointing

11.

A．project

B．concept

C．schedule

D．assignment

12.

A．concerned

B．connected

C．finished

D．occupied

13.

A．chemicals

B．time

C．funds

D．energy

14.

A．quoted

B．continued

C．replied

D．commented

15.

A．donations

B．support

C．patience

D．efforts

5 . Have you ever seen one of the many videos of an elephant grabbing a paintbrush, putting it in paint, and producing a painting similar to something a 5-year-old could create? While watching an elephant paint is an amazing sight, we can’t help but wonder whether the training methods and results reflect animal cruelty.

A 2014 study on four captive (圈养的) Asian elephants at the Melbourne Zoo in Australia sought to identify stress-related behaviors around the activity of painting. While the researchers found that the elephants had a neutral response to painting—not stressful, nor enriching—it seemed that when an elephant was not selected to paint, it displayed non-interactive behavior. This is seen as a possible signal of stress in the animals.

In addition, PETA, a famous animal rights group, has cited several American zoos that use harmful training methods to get elephants to paint, perform tricks, play instruments, and more. Not every zoo that organizes elephant painting uses aggression (攻击) to encourage the elephants. However, PETA argues that animal shelters should not force animals to do tricks at all.

Activist organizations warn that elephants can undergo extreme discomfort in the training process. Furthermore, many of the painting elephants are very young, at an age where they should still be with their mothers. It raises questions about whether there’s a chance they were caught for the express purpose of performing, or if they could somehow be restored to a return to the wild.

It is difficult to support any kind of trained behavior that differs greatly from a wild animal’s natural tendencies. The role of a shelter, ideally, is to allow an animal to live as close to its normal life as possible, perhaps with an eye to returning the animal to the wild; teaching them to paint does not seem to align with that target, particularly if it’s not a learned behavior that the animal would be willing to do independently.

1. What can be safely concluded from the 2014 study?

A．Researchers didn’t collect solid evidence.

B．Painting promoted elephants’ interaction.

C．Negative effects of painting were confirmed.

D．Elephants made strong responses to painting.

2. What is a concern of activist organizations?

A．Complexity of the training process.	B．Purposes of elephants’ performance.
C．Daily activities of captive elephants.	D．Potential for elephants’ return to nature.

3. What does the underlined phrase “align with” in the last paragraph mean?

A．Wander off.

B．Set up.

C．Consist with.

D．Go against.

4. What might be the best title for the text?

A．How PETA Helps?

B．Why Animal Rights?

C．Should Elephants Paint?

D．Should Elephants live in captivity?

6 . Can you imagine someone hunting you down with a gun? Most of us would be terrified. So, it’s no surprise that that’s how animals respond, too.

Orcas, a species that have been systematically hunted- even with machine guns-dramatically decreased in number in the twentieth century. These so-called “killer whales” hunted the same fish that fishermen prized and were therefore seen as competition. Consequently, killer whales began avoiding certain locations and routes. But while North America largely banned their killing in the 1970s, they continue to be hunted in Greenland to this day.

Elephants also have to deal with human hunters. Ivory poachers(象牙偷猎者)have greatly reduced the African elephant population, which used to cover the entire continent. The ivory trade was banned in 1990, but animal habitats and food supplies have still declined. In Kenya, the human population has increased four times over the last 40 years while the elephant population declined by four-fifths.

This has caused the elephants to adopt unique responses to people. For instance, elephants are terrified of the spear-waving Maasai, an ethnic group of Kenya and Tanzania who have often hurt elephants when trying to protect their own cattle.

So once in an experiment by a group of zoologists, when elephants living close to the Maasai were presented with three different T-shirts, one belonging to a Maasai, another to a different local and one to a researcher, they only reacted with fear to the Maasai shirt, literally smelling the danger.

However, neither elephants nor killer whales commonly show anger and hate for people. In fact, elephants are generally friendly to humans. And the only instances of killer whales harming a person occurred when the whales were kept in a water cage. Orcas have even been reported to aid humans in need, protecting them from other animals.

1. Why are killer whales often hunted?

A．They are hugely profitable.

B．They harm people’s interests.

C．They threaten fishermen’s safety.

D．They compete with other wildlife for food.

2. What does the underlined word “This” in Paragraph 4 refer to?

A．Less illegal ivory trade.

B．The decline of food supplies.

C．Elephants’ traveling to other continents.

D．The population change of humans and elephants.

3. Why is the experiment mentioned?

A．To prove humans’ influence on animals.

B．To show the defensive nature of the Maasai.

C．To illustrate the cleverness of the wild animals.

D．To highlight the urgency of animal conservation.

4. What’s the best title of this text?

A．Fierce Animals Can Feel Frightened Too

B．Animal Kingdoms Are Sounding an Alarm

C．Animals Are Trying to Fit in Human World

D．Human Actions Have Shaped Animal Consciousness

7 . Hardly a day goes by without a company telling us in its beautifully crafted advertising how much it contributes to the environment on our behalf. Flowers grow out of power-station chimneys; SUVs are presented in natural habitats; oil companies use sunny, friendly logos and promise cleaner technologies- although, in fact, they fail to make enough investment in renewable or alternative energy sources. Statistics are made up, and the tiniest ecological improvements are overstated in multi-million-dollar advertising campaigns, while in the meantime the greedy side of the business continues.

This is known as greenwashing, which means “making things that are not green look green”. The phenomenon has long existed since the first Earth Day in 1970, when companies spent $300 million advertising themselves as green companies—many times more than the money they actually spent on research into pollution reduction itself. And the trend continued over the following decades when some of the planet’s worst polluters tried to pass themselves off as eco-friendly. As the public’s environmental awareness grew, so too did the experience of corporate public relations strategies, and advertisers found ever- more-creative ways to use a green curtain to hide dark motives.

Of course, some businesses are genuinely committed to making the world a better, greener place. But when a company spends more time and money claiming to be “green” than actually adopting business practices that minimize environmental impact, it is clear that, for them, environmentalism is little more than a convenient slogan(口号). Their message is “buy our products and you will end global warming, improve air quality and save the oceans”. At best, such greenwashing pushes the fact to its limits; at worst, it helps conceal deception.

And what about today s consumers? Few of them are truly well-equipped to make informed decisions about what is true. Greenwashing is only possible because consumers often believe what they are being told-why else would companies do it? More information and greater awareness are essential. Analysing the tricks used by advertisers should be part of every school curriculum. Non- governmental organisations can spread the word. Consumer groups can punish the greenwashing companies. But it is not enough. Legally enforceable systems must be put in place.

So what is already being done about planned attempts to pull the wool over consumers’ eyes? In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission is taking action against misleading advertising claims. France has published Green Claims Guidance, stressing that “an advertisement must avoid conveying a message contrary to the accepted principles of sustainable development”. All of these surely are the heart of the matter: the true impact of advertising is the promotion of unsustainable lifestyles. And therein lies the real danger to our planet, a danger which cannot be ignored any longer.

1. What can we learn about greenwashing?

A．It is an ecological concept.

B．It is a marketing technique.

C．It is an awareness campaign.

D．It is an advertising innovation.

2. What does the underlined phrase “conceal deception” in Paragraph 3 mean?

A．Hide the truth.	B．Raise the risk.
C．Expose the weakness.	D．Break the limit.

3. What can be inferred about most consumers?

A．They are lacking in legal knowledge.

B．They have encouraged greenwashing.

C．They may question consumer groups.

D．They tend to make sensible decisions.

4. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A．Actions to fight false advertising.

B．Ways to protect customers’ interest.

C．Attempts to solve environmental problems.

D．Proposals to ensure sustainable development.

8 . 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。

Two giant pandas “Sihai” and “Jingjing” left the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) in Sichuan Province on Oct. 18, 2022,     1     (start) their journey to Qatar.

To ensure that     2     two pandas start their new lives smoothly, both sides have made full     3     (prepare). The two pandas have been in good condition     4     the CCRCGP put them into quarantine (隔离) a month ago.

The Chinese team has also sent several expert groups to Qatar for on-site guidance and assessment of the venues,     5     will assist the country in setting up a     6     (profession) giant panda breeding and management team, and ensure supplies of bamboo.

To help the giant pandas adapt to their new environment     7     (easy), the research center has also sent experienced breeders and experts to Qatar.

In May 2020, China and Qatar signed a cooperation agreement     8     (concern) giant panda protection and research to     9     (far) promote international cooperation in the field and to boost the protection of endangered species and biodiversity in the two countries. It is the first time that China     10    (cooperate) with a Middle Eastern country in this capacity.

9 . 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。

It is     1    (common) known that the emission (排放) of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases causes great effect on our planet. To control climate change, great efforts     2     (make) across the world in the past few decades. In 1978, China began     3     national-level forestation project -the Three North Shelterbelt Forest Program, also     4     (know) as the “Great Green Wall”. The program has seen trees planted in 13 provinces and autonomous regions of northern China to act     5     windbreaks (防风林). The Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia has also set a good example to those     6    (struggle) against desertification (沙漠化). Now about 33% of the Kubugi Desert is covered with trees and bushes.

In September, China set new goals     7     (deal) with the problem, aiming to have carbon dioxide emissions peak before 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality (碳中和) before 2060. Carbon neutrality     8     (refer) to achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions. If China’s goal is achieved, it will lower     9     (globe) warming by around 0. 2 to 0. 3℃ alone, according to Climate Action Tracker (CAT). It is the biggest single reduction     10    has been estimated by CAT.

10 . Young Alison Teal never rode in a pushchair or played on a swing on the playground.       1     She saw the view from atop a peak in Peru at just two months old on her mom’s back. They traveled the globe staying not at five-star hotels but in a six-foot-wide tent. From mountaintops to jungles, they immersed (沉浸) themselves in local nature and culture.

Between journeys they would return home to quiet part of the Big Island of Hawaii. Her front yard was the ocean, and her friends were dolphins.       2     Alison would dive into the water and release a sea leaf. A dolphin would catch it on its nose and throw it to the next player. Over the years, the dolphins grew to trust Alison.       3     She let them take the lead in their interactions. After studying at the University of California, Berkeley and then graduating from a film school, Alison continued her world travels. Her adventurous experience and survival skills landed her a spot on the reality show Naked and Afraid, in which she and a co-constant had to live on a deserted island for 21 days. Alison’s deep knowledge of how to live in a wildness saved the pair.       4     “After that, I couldn’t ignore our plastic problem,” says Alison. “I decided to protect our greatest resource, the ocean.”

Along with sharing her mission with her Instagram followers, the conservationist gave a TED talk on her discover.       5     Besides, she helped ban plastic bags in California. Her book, Alison’s Adventures: Your Passport to the World, is filled with travel tales and environment lessons. Alison believes all of us can make changes to protect the Earth.

A．How did Alison become a filmmaker?

B．What was their way of playing catch?

C．She launched a line of recycled surfboards.

D．At an early age, she began exploring the world.

E．Therefore, they approached her whenever she was in the water.

F．She was mostly home-schooled as the family traveled the globe.

G．But what shocked her was the amount of rubbish that washed up on the shore.