1 . In an effort to help out important insects like bees and butterflies, bus stops across the United Kingdom (UK) are getting living roofs. Small gardens on bus shelter roofs are being planted with flowers chosen to help support the struggling insects. The gardens provide much-needed islands of nature in a man-made environment of a city.

Humans count on bees and other “pollinators (授粉者)” like butterflies to help grow plants, such as flowers and trees. But with humans taking over more and more land for cities, roads and farms, more natural areas have disappeared. The Wildlife Trusts, a group which works to protect wildlife in the UK, says that 97% of England’s wildflower fields have been lost since World War II and the insect numbers there have dropped by 50% since 1970. Bee bus stops are a small step toward supporting these important insects.

The advertising company Clear Channel is working with The Wildlife Trusts and city governments to set up bee bus stops in cities across the UK. Bee bus stops are like ordinary bus shelters, but small gardens have been added to the roofs. The gardens are filled with flowers and plants chosen to attract bees and butterflies. The company plans to set up 1,000 bee bus stops in the UK.

Clear Channel already has bee bus stop programs in several countries in Europe. In the Netherlands, the city of Utrecht has 300 bee bus stops. Research shows that these bus stops—along with many other steps taken to support pollinators—may be helping. After decades of dropping numbers, bee populations in the Netherlands seem to have become more stable over the last few years.

The little gardens can also help to slightly lower city temperatures. Even though the bus shelter gardens are small, together they add up to a much larger area. Thirzah McSherry, who works for The Wildlife Trusts, says, “We’re living through a nature and climate crisis and we need to use every tool we’ve got to deal with it.”

1. Why are bee bus stop gardens being built in the UK?

A．To beautify the city.	B．To improve urban farming.
C．To solve the environmental pollution.	D．To provide shelters for pollinating insects.

2. What leads to the insect numbers dropping sharply in England?

A．Losses of forests.	B．Climate changes.
C．Human activities.	D．Natural disasters.

3. How does the author prove the effect of the bee bus stop programs?

A．By analyzing the data.	B．By making a comparison.
C．By showing similar examples.	D．By presenting its bright future.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The urban environment is getting worse.

B．The United Kingdom is building bee bus stops.

C．City should build larger gardens for the insects.

D．The bee bus stop is the best way to save the city.

3 . 假如你是学生会主席李华，请你围绕“保护环境，低碳生活”为主题，写一封英语倡议书，旨在号召大家积极采取行动，践行低碳生活（low-carbon life）。内容包括：
1. 保护环境的重要性；
2. 如何低碳生活；
3. 发出倡议。
注意：
1. 词数80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear fellow students,
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4 . 你校英语墙报正在征集以“保护环境，从我做起”为主题的稿件。请你写一篇短文投稿。内容:
(1)简要介绍保护环境的原因；
(2)提出切实可行的建议；
(3)简述这些建议的理由。
注意：(1)词数80左右;
(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

What can I do for our environment

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5 . Many children may be fond of animals, but few ever think of making the study of animals as their career. Even fewer will be ________ by the whole world, enjoying the title of United Nations Messenger (使者) of Peace.

But one woman has ________ all that. She has lived with chimps in the African forest for many years and made great ________. Jane Goodall’s lifelong interest in animals began at an early age. By the age of 10 or 11, Goodall ________ going to Africa to live with animals. This was quite a strange dream in those days, as young ________ didn’t think of having such “wild” actions. But she was ________ by her mother. She told her that if she really wanted something, she should work hard, take advantage of ________ and never give up looking for a way.

When a close friend invited Goodall to Kenya in 1957, she readily ________ it. Within a few months, she met the famous anthropologist (人类学家) Dr Louis Leakey, who decided that Goodall was the special person he was looking for to begin a ________ of wild chimps on the shore of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania.

In the beginning, studying the chimps was not ________ for her. The animals fled from her in fear. With a strong ________, she searched the forest every day, trying not to get too close to the chimps too ________. Gradually the chimps became used to her presence.

In October 1960, she observed a chimp making and using ________ to fish for termites (白蚁). This discovery threw ________ on the popular idea at the time that man was the world’s only toolmaker. The longer Goodall’s research continues, the more it becomes obvious that chimps are very ________ to humans.

1.

A．recognized

B．known

C．accepted

D．admitted

2.

A．done

B．proved

C．achieved

D．realized

3.

A．discoveries

B．decisions

C．choices

D．findings

4.

A．was fond of

B．was tired of

C．insisted on

D．dreamed of

5.

A．boys

B．girls

C．men

D．women

6.

A．encouraged

B．prevented

C．advised

D．forced

7.

A．knowledge

B．youth

C．hope

D．chances

8.

A．accepted

B．refused

C．received

D．considered

9.

A．project

B．study

C．center

D．career

10.

A．hard

B．interesting

C．easy

D．convenient

11.

A．will

B．body

C．desire

D．mind

12.

A．far

B．near

C．soon

D．much

13.

A．nets

B．tools

C．holes

D．spoons

14.

A．doubt

B．light

C．questions

D．beliefs

15.

A．close

B．similar

C．friendly

D．helpful

6 . What is the woman writing about in her report?

A．A forest fire.

B．A terrible rainstorm.

C．Some lovely pet animals.

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。

I volunteered with elephants in South Africa for one month. It was one of the best     1     (month) of my life. It was an eye-opening experience that challenged some of my beliefs on how     2     (vary) animals are used for tourism.

I volunteered with African Elephant Research Unit (AERU) at Knysna Elephant Park. Our daily work would change a bit     3     time to time, but it was mostly made up of cleaning elephant camps, preparing their food and     4     (take) notes on elephant behavior.

I feel our work is useful because AERU is the first research and volunteer program devoted to improving the welfare and     5     (manage) of captive (被圈养的) and wild elephants in South Africa. As people     6     (feed) up with poaching (偷猎), people think it is     7     (good) for elephants to be in captivity than to be in the wild. Before AERU, there was a lack of research on African elephants.

I am a vegan (纯素食者) and lots of misinformation is spread in the vegan community about animal tourism. Most vegans will tell you that you shouldn’t let     8     (you) take part in any tourism activities about animals. However, elephant parks are necessary due     9     poaching. Many elephant parks cannot run on donations alone. Most of the money comes from tourists     10     want to see these animals close.

8 . A dog named Nanuq is back with his Alaskan islander family after going missing for over one month. Nanuq was found over 200 kilometers away across sea ice.

Nanuq _________ in March when Iworigan and her family went to visit friends on another part of St. Lawrence Island. She believes Nanuq together and another dog ran out onto the ice to _________ food. The other dog, Starlight, stayed away for a number of weeks but came home. Nanuq did not come _________.

About one month later, Iworigan said people in the town of Wales began posting _________ of a dog they had found. Her father _________ her the photos and said they looked like Nanuq. Iworigan looked at the photos and yelled(叫着说), “That’s our dog. What is he doing in Wales?” If you look at a map, you can see that the town of Wales and St. Lawrence Island are _________ by a lot of water. But in the winter, most of it is _________. This might have permitted Nanuq to _________ 241 kilometers either floating or running on the ice.

The trip is being _________ as a miracle(奇迹). But no one will ever know everything about Nanuq’s story or how he __________ for so long.

“I have no __________ how he ended up in Wales,” Iworigan said. “Maybe the ice __________ while he was hunting.” Iworigan said the dog probably ate the remains of other animals such as a seal or caught and ate a seal. “He’s smart,” she said.

Nanuq came home to his family on an airplane last week and Iworigan’s daughter, Brooklyn, yelled with __________ when she saw him. The dog had been __________ by another animal leaving scars(伤疤) but was otherwise in good __________ after his longtime away from home.

1.

A．recovered

B．disappeared

C．fell

D．hurt

2.

A．look for

B．gather around

C．look after

D．pick up

3.

A．here

B．out

C．back

D．around

4.

A．messages

B．news

C．information

D．photos

5.

A．bought

B．awarded

C．taught

D．showed

6.

A．occupied

B．connected

C．separated

D．ruled

7.

A．surrounded

B．frozen

C．hidden

D．convenient

8.

A．cover

B．enter

C．divide

D．manage

9.

A．decided

B．described

C．requested

D．repeated

10.

A．survived

B．lived

C．swam

D．waited

11.

A．idea

B．choice

C．way

D．excuse

12.

A．rose

B．shifted

C．leaved

D．broke

13.

A．curiosity

B．doubt

C．anger

D．happiness

14.

A．protected

B．beat

C．bitten

D．driven

15.

A．weight

B．place

C．control

D．condition

9 . While Ellard Hunting and fellow researchers were out studying the weather at a field station in England, they noticed something unexpected on their instruments. Though there was no storm coming, the scientists’ electric field monitors recorded a strange increase in atmospheric electric charge(电荷) .

Nearby, honeybees that lived in on-site hives were swarming (蜂拥) as they tried to find a new home. When the team took a closer look at their data, they discovered that the swarming honeybees had created an atmospheric electric charge. The researchers shared more details about their findings in the journal Science.

“This is the first report of biology as a source of space charge.” says Hunting, a biophysicist at the University of Bristol in England. Scientists had known that individual bees carry a small charge while flying through the air, caused by the friction of their body parts against the air and each other. It’s similar to how rubbing a balloon on a piece of cloth creates static electricity (静电). Scientists believe a bee’s charge helps pollen (花粉) stick to it and signals to other bees which flowers have already been visited. But until now, researchers had never recorded such a high voltage (电压) among swarming honeybees.

In terms of electricity generation, a bees warm’s charge isn’t so impressive：It would take about 50 billion bees to power an LED light. But compared to the charges produced by common weather events, the bees’ charge density was six times greater than an electrified dust storm and eight times greater than a thunderstorm cloud.

Scientists hope to continue exploring how biology influences physics and are curious to know if something similar is happening with other wildlife, such as birds and bats.

1. What were the researchers doing when something unexpected on their instruments happened?

A．Studying weather events.	B．Testing their instruments.
C．Recording insects’ behavior.	D．Looking for honeybees’ new home.

2. What’s the function of a bee’s charge?

A．To help the bee fly fast.	B．To signal to other bees.
C．To find pollen more easily.	D．To avoid losing their way.

3. What will the scientists continue to study next?

A．The wide application of biology.	B．Measures to protect birds and bats.
C．The influences of dust storms on wildlife.	D．Whether other wildlife can produce electric charge.

4. Where is the text from?

A．A novel.

B．A fiction.

C．A magazine.

D．A leaflet.

10 . An earthquake can strike without warning. But many injuries and deaths from this kind of natural disaster can be prevented if people follow these safety tips.

If you’re inside a building, stay there! One of the most dangerous things to do in an earthquake is to try to leave a building.     1     Drop down onto the ground. Get under an object that is not easily damaged. Hold on to it until the shaking stops. You can also get to a corner formed by two walls with your arms over your head. If you’re in bed when the quake hits, stay there and protect your head with a pillow.

    2     Don’t take shelter under trees, streetlights, telegraph poles or tall buildings. If you are driving stop as quickly as possible and stay away from overpasses, buildings, bridges or anything else that might fall or collapse over you.     3    

If you are trapped in the ruins, cover your mouth with a handkerchief or a piece of clothing. Use your cellphone to call for help if possible. Don’t shout.     4     Tap on a pipe or the wall so rescuers can find you.

Be prepared for aftershocks    5     However, sometimes they even happen months later. Therefore, if you are not in a safe position after the first shock, you should move quickly but carefully to a safer place.

A．Don’t move about or kick up dost.

B．If you’re outside, go to an open space.

C．Shouting can cause you to breathe in dust.

D．Don’t park your car under a tree or any tall object.

E．Take a good hold of your cellphone in the building.

F．They can happen in the first hours after the earthquake.

G．Most injuries happen when people inside buildings try to get out.