1 . I woke up by my dog barking in the early morning. I went outside to find a koala（考拉） at the yard gate wanting to enter. It was the first time that I had ______ a koala in my neighborhood. What a welcome ______ !

I was wondering why he was here, as Koala ______ came down from the trees and didn’t like walking, either._________ , there was no eucalyptus（桉树）around. Was he hungry or lost? Or maybe the bushfire across Kangaroo Island ______ him here?

He just sat there, apparently ______ , and sort of looked at me with a look, like helping me out of my suffering. At a(n) ______ look, I discovered a long cut at his back with bloods, ______ of attacks or cuts of something sharp in some other way.

I rushed into my room and came out with some iodophor（碘伏药水）, It was not a ______ problems as I was a nurse. This poor soul seemed to quite ______ my kindness when I ______ the cut with the liquid. It   ______   me that he came to seek my ______ !

After the treatment, I watched the koala finally ______ in the wild, hoping he was able to ______ the hard time and live his life as he should.

1.

A．grabbed

B．encountered

C．investigated

D．tackled

2.

A．chance

B．relief

C．surprise

D．message

3.

A．frequently

B．slightly

C．mostly

D．rarely

4.

A．Once more

B．Ever since

C．Just then

D．Then again

5.

A．pursued

B．drove

C．followed

D．cast

6.

A．in pain

B．in order

C．in comfort

D．in disappointment

7.

A．quick

B．close

C．eager

D．anxious

8.

A．features

B．symbols

C．signs

D．series

9.

A．crucial

B．small

C．distinct

D．tricky

10.

A．ignore

B．answer

C．understand

D．anticipate

11.

A．touched

B．felt

C．tapped

D．treated

12.

A．appealed to

B．referred to

C．occurred to

D．addressed to

13.

A．help

B．advice

C．approval

D．forture

14.

A．exploring

B．rushing

C．jogging

D．disappearing

15.

A．experience

B．survive

C．escape

D．have

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。

Alexis Vaughan, 17, sat quietly in the passenger seat of her dad's car. She stared out the window at the Preston, Idaho, cornfields.

Alexis, a high school student, let her eyes lazily scan the landscape for wildlife. Still, she was terrified when a deer came into view about 200 yards in front of them, just a few feet off the road. "Dad, there's a deer, there!" Alexis said, rolling down the window for a better look. It was a three-point buck (雄鹿) — a male deer with sharp, three-pronged antlers (角) on each side of its head.

As the car moved closer, Alexis saw that the buck's head was bent toward the ground. Then she heard a scream. A few seconds later, she saw an arm fly up near the buck's head. Alexis realized the buck was attacking a woman. Sue Panter, a 44-year-old mother, had been out for her morning run. The buck had come out from the tall corn and began following her. Having lived in rural Idaho for years, Sue knew that most bucks got frightened by humans. But this buck edged closer, even when she threw at it with a handful of gravels (石子).

Sue went to pick up a log to use for self-defense, and the buck attacked her. It lifted her with its antlers (角) and threw her into the air. Sue could feel the horns punctured (刺穿) her leg and blood flowed down her leg. Within seconds, the buck had pushed her off the road and into the cornfield.

When Alexis and her father pulled up, the buck was rolling Sue like a rag doll. Alexis looked into the woman's terrified eyes, and before her father had even stopped the car, the 104 pound teenager jumped quickly out of the car and down the slope toward the buck. She was kicking and hitting it to get its attention. Then Michael, her father, who had followed his daughter, wrestled the buck away from the women by holding the antlers.

注意：
1）所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2） 续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
Paragraph 1:

Alexis helped Sue up the slope.

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Paragraph 2:

Then she heard her father yell.

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3 . A dog spent the last four years of his life waiting   at a crossroad in the Thai city of Khon Kaen as if waiting for someone. People originally thought the dog had been abandoned, but then realized that he looked healthy, so people asked around about him. It turned out that the dog had indeed been spending most of his time around that crossroad, but a woman had been coming round regularly to bring him food and water.

One day, while photographing the dog everyone called Leo, a reporter met the woman who had been taking care of him. She had come to drop off some food. After learning the story about the dog and the woman, the reporter decided to share the story on social media. The post soon went viral and the photos of Leo got shared hundreds of times. And the photos reached the eyes of Leo’s former old owner.

Nang Noi Sittisarn, a 64-year-old woman from Thailand’s Roi Et Province, almost had a heart attack when her daughter showed her a photo of the beloved dog named BonBon she had lost during a car trip. When she learned that he had been waiting for her in the same spot for the last four years，her heart melted(融化).

Auntie Noi told her daughter to drive her to where the dog was waiting. When she got there and called his name. BonBon，the poor dog started wiggling(扭动)his tail and came to her，but when she tried to take him home with her, he was unwilling to follow. She didn’ t want to force the dog to come with her so she agreed to leave him with his new master. However, she and her daughter will come to visit him regularly.

1. Why did the dog look healthy after separation from his former owner?

A．He walked around the crossroad constantly.

B．He was kept at a woman’s home all the time.

C．A local reporter brought him food and water.

D．A woman looked after him on a regular basis.

2. What does the underlined phrase “went viral” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Changed surprisingly.	B．Spread quickly.
C．Appeared gradually.	D．Fell directly.

3. How did Nang Noi Sittisam feel about the dog's waiting for her?

A．Shocked.

B．Regretful.

C．Touched.

D．Proud.

4. What can we mainly learn from the story about the dog?

A．Unbelievable success is worth waiting for.

B．We should adjust ourselves to environments.

C．We need to learn to be faithful and thankful.

D．No one knows the result until the last minute

4 . The worst outbreak of desert locusts (蝗虫) in decades is presently underway in the Horn of Africa. It is the biggest of its kind in 25 years for Ethiopia and Somalia — and the worst Kenya has seen for 70 years.

What we are seeing in East Africa today is unlike anything we’ve seen in a very long time. Its destructive potential is enormous, and it’s taking place in a region where farmers need every gram of food to feed themselves and their families. Most of the countries hardest hit are those where millions of people are already vulnerable (脆弱的) or in serious humanitarian need, as they endure the impact of violence, drought, and floods.

We have acted quickly to respond to this outbreak. The primary method of battling locusts is the aerial spraying of pesticides (杀虫剂). FAO’s “Locust Watch” service explains that “although giant nets, flamethrowers, lasers, and huge vacuums have been proposed in the past, these are not in use for locust control. People and birds often eat locusts but usually not enough to significantly reduce population levels over large areas.”

The UN’s Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs has released $10 million from its Central Emergency Relief Fund to fund a huge scale-up in aerial operations to manage the outbreak.

But the window to contain this crisis is closing fast. We only have until the beginning of March to bring this infestation under control as that is when the rain and planting season begins. If left unchecked — and with expected additional rains — locust numbers in East Africa could increase 500 times by June.

We must act now to avoid a full-blown catastrophe. And we will. At the same time, we need to pay attention to a bigger picture. This is not the first time the Greater Horn of Africa has seen locust outbreak approach this scale, but the current situation is the worst in decades. This is linked to climate change. Warmer seas mean more tropical storms, generating the perfect breeding conditions for locusts.

1. What is implied in paragraph 2?

A．People in East Africa are suffering drought.

B．People in East Africa are going through floods.

C．The locust outbreak will cause crop failure.

D．The locust outbreak is worsening locals’ life.

2. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A．We need a bigger picture to study the disaster.

B．It is the second outbreak of locusts in East Africa.

C．It is the largest outbreak of locusts ever in history.

D．The outbreak of locusts is fueled by global warming.

3. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To analyse and compare.	B．To inform and call for.
C．To argue and discuss.	D．To introduce and assess.

4. Where does the text probably come from?

A．A guidebook.	B．A health magazine.
C．A news report.	D．A chemistry paper.

5 . Scientists say only enlarging the world’s nature reserve to help protect plants and animals may be useless. The main reason is that levels of human activity are rising in and around the nature reserves. In fact, recognizing spaces as protected areas is not reducing human activity there.

The researchers found that a lack of money to pay for land conservation (保护) is affecting conservation efforts. And it is a lack of communication between people who live in protected natural areas and outsiders. About 17 percent of the world is within protected areas, including the national parks, nature reserves and wilderness areas. Protected areas are important for supporting environments with many different kinds of plants and animals.

The researchers again found increasing human activity in most protected areas in every country. However, they said that human activity appeared to be more of a problem in nations with fewer roads and lower life standards on the Human Development Index (指数). The index uses information about life length, education and earnings to grade countries on human development.

Across the northern Australia, protected areas often proved effective at slowing human activity when compared with unprotected areas. But in South America, Southeast Asia and African countries, pressure from human activity inside protected areas was higher.

Experts say governments need to provide fund support to help protected areas. Simply recognizing a place as a protected area can’t be the beginning and the end of a conservation effort. Working with local people to take efforts is also important. If they’re not partners in the protected areas, then wildlife conservation is much more difficult.

1. What are protected areas mainly affected by according to the text?

A．Human activity.	B．Climate change.
C．Population growth.	D．Environmental pollution.

2. What’s the Human Development Index used to do?

A．Record more roads in the world.

B．Improve education in all countries.

C．Grade countries on human development.

D．Lead more people to make money.

3. What do experts advise governments to do for protected areas?

A．Enlarge protected areas.

B．Offer extra money and work with locals.

C．Attract more people to travel there.

D．Allow local people to farm there.

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

A．People May Cause Harm to Plants and Animals

B．Local People Should Focus on the Natural Environment

C．Nature Reserves in the World Should Be Increased

D．Nature Reserves May Not Protect Wildlife Safely

6 . Nature calms our stressed-out soul. Nature is the best medicine, but new research is showing how little time we need to set aside to harvest the benefits.

In one new study, researchers tried to find the most effective “dose” (药剂) of nature within the context of normal daily life. As more doctors prescribe (开药方) nature experiences for stress relief and other health benefits — sometimes referred to as a “nature pill”— the study's authors hoped to make the details of these treatments clear.

“We know that spending time in nature reduces stress, but until now it is unclear how much is enough, how often to do it, or even what kind of nature experience will benefit us,” says lead author MaryCarol Hunter in a statement. “Our study shows that for the greatest payoff, in terms of efficiently lowering levels of the stress hormone cortisone (压力荷尔蒙激素), you should spend 20 to 30 minutes sitting or walking in a place that provides you with a sense of nature.”

A nature pill can be a low-cost, low-risk way to curb the negative effects of urbanization and indoor lifestyle. To find the most efficient dosage, Hunter and her co-authors asked 36 city citizens to have nature experiences of at least 10 minutes three times per week over eight weeks.

Every two weeks, the researchers collected saliva (唾液) samples to measure levels of the stress hormone cortisone, both before and after the participants took a nature pill. The data showed that just a 20-minute nature experience was enough to significantly reduce cortisone levels. The effect was more efficient between 20 and 30 minutes, after which benefits continued to increase but at a slower rate.

That fits with the findings of another recent study, which found that spending 20 minutes in an urban park can make you happier, no matter whether you use that time to exercise.

For this study, 94 adults visited 3 urban parks in Mountain Brook, Alabama, completing a questionnaire about their subjective well-being before and after their visit. An accelerometer (加速计) tracked their physical activity.

A visit lasting 20 to 25 minutes showed the best results, with a roughly 64% increase in the participants' self-reported well-being, even if they didn't move a great deal in the park. That last point is particularly positive, since it means anyone can benefit from visiting a nearby park, whatever his or her age or physical ability.

“There is increasing pressure on green space within urban settings,” said a UAB professor Gavin Jenkins. “Planners and developers look to replace green space with residential (住宅的) and commercial property. The challenge facing cities is that there is increasing evidence about the value of city parks but we continue to see the disappearance of these spaces.”

1. The authors of the study expected to ______.

A．study the treatments of nature in detail

B．find an effective way to treat stress

C．introduce the benefits of “nature pill”

D．share some rewarding nature experiences

2. What does the underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．experience

B．realize

C．control

D．produce

3. What does the first study mainly show?

A．We should stay in nature as long as possible.

B．Many health problems are caused by great pressure.

C．Lack of exercise may greatly increase cortisone levels.

D．A short period of time in nature is enough to reduce stress.

4. What does Gavin Jenkins want to express in the last paragraph?

A．Big cities should provide more sports facilities (设施).

B．City developers should spare more green spaces.

C．Visiting parks benefits people's physical health.

D．City planners should invest more in the property.

7 . Environmental pollution kills 1.7 million children under the age of five every year worldwide. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO). The WHO warns that child deaths will increase greatly if pollution continues to worsen.

The most common causes of death among children aged one month to five years are diarrhea, malaria and pneumonia. This is according to the WHO.       1     . This means providing access to safe water and sanitation, limiting exposure to dangerous chemicals, and improving waste management.

    2    The WHO estimates that air pollution is responsible for about 6.5 million premature, or early deaths every year. That number includes nearly 600,000 deaths of children under age five. Most of these deaths take place in developing countries.

Air pollution is a leveler between rich and poor, according to WHO environment and health chief Maria Neira.     3    And one of the most important ways to reduce air pollution is to produce cleaner fuels for cooking and heating. “Almost half of the world population is using dirty fuels for cooking, heating, and lighting at home. And, this is affecting very much mothers who are staying and cooking at home, but the children who are around mothers -- they are exposed as well. ” Early exposure to harmful pollutants can lead to increased risk of chronic respiratory disease, asthma, heart disease, stroke and cancer later in life.

Cleaning up how the world cooks, heats and lights homes and other buildings is a big- picture goal. The WHO is advising government departments and industries such as construction and the health sector to work together to clean up their environment.

    4    . The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency has the following suggestions：

• Avoid walking where there is a high volume of vehicle traffic.

•    5    

• Limit your time outside if you live in an area that issues warnings about air quality.

• Wear high-grade, rated face masks tightly to the face when air quality is poor.

• Remove your clothes and wash immediately after entering your house if you live or commute in a very polluted area.

A．However, of all the environmental pollutants, air pollution is being called the most dangerous.

B．But what can individuals do to limit our family's exposure to air pollution?

C．Therefore, the WHO stresses that governments around the world need to take the lead on ensuring that children grow up in a clean environment.

D．The organization also says reducing environmental risks can prevent such deaths.

E．A polluted environment is a deadly one—particularly for young children.

F．Everybody, she says, needs to breathe.

G．Equip homes with air filters and air conditioning units.

8 . International Horticultural Exhibition 2019 Beijing China

According to official statistics, over 110 nations and international organizations, over 120 unofficial exhibitors, as well as 31 Chinese provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities, together with Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan have established gardens in the Expo Park, each presenting their own distinctive gardening and horticulture(园艺学).

Main scenic spots include: Core Scenic Area --- International Pavilion(展馆), China Pavilion, Plant Pavilion, Horticultural Experience Pavilion and Guirui Theater, 12 typical sites, International Horticulture, Chinese Landscape Horticulture, Horticultural Industry Development Belt, Great Master’s Garden, and Special Gardens.

The Exhibition started on April 29 and will end on October 7, 2019, lasting for 162 days and spanning three seasons including spring, summer and fall.

International Horticultural Exhibition

According to the International Exhibitions Bureau, the world exposition can be divided into two major categories based on their nature, scale and duration(持续时间). One is international registered exhibitions, which are also the highest level of expos globally, such as the Shanghai World Expo 2010. The other is the international recognized exhibitions or specialized expos, such as the International Horticultural Exhibition 2019.

A glance at A1-level International Horticultural Exhibitions

The International Horticultural Exhibition (A1) is a horticultural exhibition of the highest level and greatest influence with AIPH’s approval and Bureau of International Exposition’s recognition. Beijing is the second Chinese city to hold the A1-level exhibition following Kunming in Yunnan Province. Cities in the following countries have also held the highest-level expo in the world: the Netherlands, Austria, Germany, France, Canada, the U.K., Japan, Thailand and Turkey. Among them, the Netherlands has held six A1 exhibitions since 1960, followed by Germany, five.

1. Different gardens and pavilions are established to show __________.

A．the highest level of world exposition	B．special skills and cultures in gardening
C．greatest influence on horticulture	D．recognition from international organizations

2. The underlined word “span” is closest in meaning to __________.

A．explore	B．spread
C．include	D．witness

3. Which of the following statements is NOT right?

A．The International Horticulture Exhibition 2019 lasts over 5 months.

B．Kunming is the first city to hold the A1-level exhibition in China.

C．Germany ranks second in the time of holding A1-level exhibition.

D．Only two kinds of world exhibition are held according to the IEB.

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。

The polar bear is found in the Arctic Circle and some big land masses as far south as Newfoundland. While they are rare north of 88°, there is evidence     1     they range all the way across the Arctic, and as far south as James Bay in Canada. It is difficult to figure out a global population of polar bears as much of the range has been     2    (poor) studied; however, biologists calculate that there are about 20,000-25,000 polar bears worldwide.

Modern methods     3     tracking polar bear populations have been employed only since the mid-1980s, and are expensive     4    (perform) consistently over a large area. In recent years some Inuit people in Nunavut     5    (report) increases in bear sightings around human settlements, leading to a     6    (believe) that populations are increasing. Scientists have responded by     7    (note) that hungry bears may be congregating(聚集) around human settlements, leading to the illusion(错觉) that populations are     8    (high) than they actually are. Of     9     nineteen recognized polar bear subpopulations, three are declining, six     10    (be) stable, one is increasing, and nine lack enough data.

10 . For some people, walking or running outdoors is a great way to exercise. What may not be so great is seeing rubbish all over the ground. Well, some people are doing something about it.     1     “Plogging” began in Sweden. The name connects the Swedish word “plocka,” which means to pick up, and the word “jogging,” which means to run slowly.

A Swedish man named Erik Ahlström, started the movement in 2016. He moved to Stockholm from a small community (社区) in northern Sweden. Each day he would ride his bike to work. He became worried about the amount of rubbish and litter he saw each day on his way to work. So, he took matters into his own hands. He began picking up the rubbish.     2    

Today, plogging is an official activity, which is becoming more and more popular. People of all ages are welcome to plog. Exercise while helping your community.     3     It can also build closer social connections in a community. When the street looks bad and it’s dirty, you're going to feel bad about the community. You may even feel less safe because of that. So if we’re all doing our part and picking it up, it’s very easy to help beautify it, and help build those social connection.     4     You get to feel some social duty when you do this.

Along with cleaning up the environment, there may be another reason to choose plogging instead of just jogging. You may get a better workout. One fitness app, Lifesum, records one hour of plogging as burning 288 calories.     5    

As can be seen, cities around the world now hold plogging events. The goal is to spread the idea that littering is not acceptable. People would think twice before dropping a garbage on the ground.

A．Plogging is equal parts of exercise and community service.

B．And that is how plogging was born!

C．And plogging does good to your health.

D．Usual jogging burns about 235 calories.

E．They are plogging!

F．There are people all around the world doing this.

G．You get to know your neighbors.