1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What’s the woman doing now?

A．Giving a lecture on animals.

B．Introducing some special events.

C．Providing some practical advice.

2. What will David Crocker talk about?

A．Ants’ life.

B．Birds’ migration.

C．Garden wildlife.

3. Where will the film The Great Migration be shown?

A．In Theater A.

B．In Theater B.

C．In Theater C.

4. What will the visitors know in Encouraging Garden Wildlife?

A．Useful ideas to protect garden wildlife.

B．Practical ways to invite wildlife to gardens.

C．Interesting life habits of garden wildlife.

2 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the weather probably like now?

A．Rainy.

B．Cloudy.

C．Sunny.

2. What happened last year at the get-together?

A．No one wanted to play any games.

B．The weather was sunny and nice.

C．The man felt satisfied with the picnic.

3 . My daughter has been crazy about raising a pet for a long time.

Last spring I bought two newly-hatched chickens for her. She got _______ and took good care of them. _______, a few days later, both chickens died. She _______ into tears because of their death. I helped her _______ the two chickens under a tree behind our house. I thought it would be the _______ of her ideas.

_______ , I was wrong. Children are children _______. The failure hasn't _______ my daughter in any way. She still tried to keep a small animal or even a snail.

One day last winter, I _________ under the eaves (屋檐) of the house a family of sparrows. My daughter and I could ________ the sparrows as our "pets", but we didn't.

So I told her to scatter(撒) the grains in the windowsill. A few minutes later, the sparrows came to land on the windowsill ________ and pecked(啄) at the rice. Suddenly my daughter asked me, “Mum, can we catch and ________ the sparrows, and let them live with us in the room? How ________ it is for them to live outside.”

"Oh, my dear, I do not think it's a good ________ . You know, " I explained to her. “the sparrow is a bird that loves ________. No one can keep them in a cage. If they are caught, they will ________ quickly. They are ________ to living outside. Moreover, they have warm nest under the eaves."

From then on, we have set up a kind of relationship with the sparrow family. We feed them frequently and _______ them as pet birds. However, we don’t need to posses them. We ________ seeing these little birds flying and jumping among branches, leaves and flowers in the________ mornings.

1.

A．surprised

B．excited

C．disappointed

D．amazed

2.

A．Naturally

B．Suddenly

C．Unfortunately

D．Finally

3.

A．broke

B．bore

C．burst

D．turned

4.

A．bury

B．put

C．dig

D．set

5.

A．end

B．beginning

C．wish

D．reality

6.

A．Thus

B．Then

C．Therefore

D．However

7.

A．at last

B．in all

C．after all

D．for fun

8.

A．upset

B．encouraged

C．helped

D．impressed

9.

A．stared

B．noticed

C．sensed

D．glared

10.

A．look

B．act

C．catch

D．feed

11.

A．one after another

B．one another

C．every other

D．each other

12.

A．stay

B．cage

C．love

D．watch

13.

A．free

B．happy

C．cold

D．warm

14.

A．way

B．idea

C．plan

D．advice

15.

A．cage

B．singing

C．freedom

D．worms

16.

A．please

B．starve

C．suffer

D．die

17.

A．safe

B．proud

C．grateful

D．used

18.

A．think

B．dream

C．treat

D．appreciate

19.

A．enjoy

B．would like

C．want

D．consider

20.

A．summer

B．autumn

C．winter

D．spring

4 . Why are the speakers putting off their picnic?

A．There are cats and dogs outside.

B．It is raining heavily.

C．They have no time.

5 . Ben Lecomte, a French long-distance swimmer, dropped into the water Tuesday at Choshi, Japan, and embarked on his attempt to become the first person to swim across the Pacific Ocean, BBC News reports.

Six years in the planning, the 5,500-mile effort is expected to take five to six months, with Lecomte swimming eight hours a day and covering an average of 30 miles daily, according to his website.

His route to San Francisco will take him through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area three times the size of France where large amounts of garbage and plastic waste have collected, CNN reports.

Lecomte will be accompanied by a specially outfitted support boat named Discoverer. He will take rest periods on the boat, but it will return him to his stopping point each day to make sure he swims the entire distance.

In addition to accomplishing a first, Lecomte said, he wants to draw attention to the problems of ocean pollution and climate change. A team of scientists plan to conduct research for 12 scientific institutions, including NASA and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, while he is making his swim.

Lecomte is no stranger to feats of long-distance open-water swimming. In 1998, he swam 4,000 miles across the Atlantic Ocean. On that swim he encountered sharks and stingrays. This time, he said, he will be wearing a shark-repellent bracelet.

One of the challenges will be making sure he has enough energy each day, and Lecomte said he intends to consume 8,000 calories daily.

1. The purpose of Lecomte’s swimming across the Pacific Ocean are the followings except ________.

A．becoming the first to swim across the Pacific Ocean

B．raising people’s awareness of ocean pollution

C．letting people realize the problem of climate change

D．planning to conduct research for scientific institutions

2. How long will it take Lecomte to swim across the Pacific Ocean?

A．about 700 hours.

B．about 1000 hours.

C．about 1400 hours.

D．about 1800 hours.

3. Which of the following statement is true according to the passage?

A．Lecomte is a short-distance swimmer.

B．No one has ever swum across the Pacific Ocean.

C．Lecomte intends to swim across the Pacific Ocean alone.

D．Lecomte was once attacked by sharks when swimming in the Pacific Ocean.

6 . A new argument has been put forward as to whether penguins are disturbed by the presence of tourists in Antarctica.

Previous research by scientists from Keil University in Germany monitored Adelie penguins and noted that the birds’ heart rates increased dramatically at the sight of a human as far as 30 meters away. But new research using an artificial egg, which is equipped to measure heart rates, disputes this. Scientists from the Scott Polar Research Institute at Cambridge say that a slow moving human who does not approach the nest too closely, is not viewed as a threat by penguins.

The earlier findings have been used to partly explain the 20 per cent drop in populations of certain types of penguins near tourist sites. However, tour operators have continued to insist that their activities do not adversely(不利地)affect wildlife in Antarctica, saying they encourage non-destructive behavior in tourists, and that the decline in penguin numbers is caused by other factors.

Amanda Nimon of the Scott Polar Research Institute spent three southern hemisphere summers at Cuverville Island in Antarctica studying penguin behavior towards humans. “A nesting penguin will react very differently to a person rapidly and closely approaching the nest,” says Nimon. “First they exhibit large and prolonged heart rate changes and then they often flee the nest leaving it open for predators(掠夺者)to fly in and remove eggs or chicks.” The artificial egg, specially for the project, monitored both the parent who had been ‘disturbed’ when the egg was placed in the nest and the other parent as they both took it in turns to guard the nest.

However, Boris Culik, who monitored the Adelie penguins, believes that Nimon’s findings do not prove his own research invalid. He points out that species behave differently–and Nimon’s work was with Gentoo penguins. Nimon and her colleagues believe that Culik’s research was methodologically(方法论上)defective because the monitoring of penguins’ responses needed catching the birds and fitting them with heart-rate transmitters(发射器). Therefore, argues Nimon, it would not be surprising if they became stressed on seeing a human subsequently.

1. According to the passage, which of the following messages is presented?

A．No firm conclusions are drawn.

B．Neither Culik’s nor Nimon’s findings are of much value.

C．Penguin reduction is closely related to tourist behavior.

D．Tourists are not responsible for the fall in penguin numbers.

2. Which of the following is right according to the passage?

A．Penguins are harder to research when they have young.

B．Tour operators should encourage tourists to avoid Antarctica.

C．Not all penguins behave in the same way.

D．Penguins need better protection from tourists.

3. What do you know about the opinions of Culik and Nimon in the passage?

A．They are unreasonable.	B．They are based on each other.
C．They are similar.	D．They are contrary to each other.

4. The underlined word subsequently probably means ________.

A．later	B．calmly
C．separately	D．earlier

7 . Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he’s an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Stein’s jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.

Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台). The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.

Among the bag makers’ argument: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.

The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.

Environmentalists don’t dispute(质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.

1. What has Steven Stein been hired to do?

A．Help increase grocery sales.

B．Recycle the waste material.

C．Stop things falling off trucks.

D．Argue for the use of plastic bags.

2. What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Bans on plastic bags.

B．Effects of city development.

C．Headaches caused by garbage.

D．Plastic bags hung in trees.

3. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?

A．They are quite expensive.

B．Replacing them can be difficult.

C．They are less strong than plastic bags.

D．Producing them requires more energy.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Plastic, Paper or Neither

B．Industry, Pollution and Environment

C．Recycle or Throw Away

D．Garbage Collection and Waste Control

8 . A company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into women’s shoes.

Every day, millions of Americans drink water and other liquids from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in landfills or are burned with other waste products.

A San Francisco start-up company called Rothy’s, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Roth Martin is the company’s co-founder. He explains how they turn plastic into soft material for women’s feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they press them through a device that makes soft fibers. Those fibers are then combined together. This is done by a 3D machine. It is designed to reduce waste while making the shoes. The knitted stuff and the inner part of the shoe are then attached to the shoe’s outer part, called the sole (鞋底). This outer sole is also made from environmentally friendly material: responsibly sourced no-carbon rubber.

Rothy’s shoes are sold online. They are flat shoes, with either a rounded or pointed toe. They come in different colors and designs. They cost either $ 125 or $ 145 per pair, depending on the design. After American actress Gwyneth Paltrow discovered them last year, the demand for the shoes grew. Martin says there is no shortage of material to fill that demand. “We’re not going to run out of water bottles any time soon. So we have a limitless supply of material, and I think that is a good sign for our future.” When the environmentally friendly shoes wear out, customers can return them at no cost to a company that uses the recycled materials to make other products.

For now, the shoes are only available to be shipped in the United States. However, the company says it will add international shipping in the near future.

1. How are used plastic bottles usually dealt with?

A．They are buried or burned.

B．They are used to make shoes.

C．They are changed into soft materials.

D．They are returned to factories for reuse.

2. What does the underlined word knitted in the third paragraph mean?

A．Attached.	B．Fixed.
C．Combined.	D．Repaired.

3. Which of the following directly helped to increase the sales of Rothy’s shoes?

A．The design and color.	B．The reasonable price.
C．The company’s advertisement.	D．The star power of Gwyneth Paltrow.

4. What is the purpose of the text?

A．To advertise a new kind of shoes.

B．To describe the process of making shoes.

C．To introduce a new way of recycling plastic waste.

D．To stress the importance of environmental protection.

9 . 某英文网站要举办主题为保护环境的征文大赛，请你以We can help protect the environment为标题写一篇短文参赛，内容包括:

1.环境污染越来越严重；

2.作为学生，我们应该怎样保护环境；

3.号召同学们从现在做起。

注意:

1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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10 . Imagine loving someone so much that you’d swim more than 5, 000 miles to see him or her. Dindim manages to swim that far every year to _______ his friend Joao. This is _______, not only because of the love between the two friends, but because Dindim is _______a penguin. Joao found Dindim covered in oil, barely _______ on a beach near his home. He picked him up, cleaned him off and brought him to his house where he _______ him and got him healthy again. Joao named him Dindim.

After a week, he _______ the penguin back to the beach and tried to release him, _______ Dindim refused to leave Joao. They _______ together for the next eleven months. Then, Dindim disappeared. _______, Joao thought he'd never see his friend again. But just a few months ________ Dindim was back. He found Joao on the beach, and followed him home. Each year he ________ four months to live with other penguins. For the other eight months, he lives with Joao. Joao says that each time they meet again, Dindim seems ________ to see him. He says he loves the penguin as if he were his own ________. He feels certain that Dindim loves him in the ________ way. Ecologist Carl Safina says that animals can and do love humans. He writes and speaks a lot about animals and their ________. According to Carl, it's obvious that animals feel love for humans. What's less obvious is whether or not humans love animals enough to ________ them. Hundreds of thousands of animals are ________ by the same oil that covered Dindim when Joao found him.

Fifty percent of ________ has disappeared in the last 40 years because of humans’ ________ their habitats. Scientists say we’re in a new mass extinction period. In the next two ________, they predict that we’ll lose 75 percent of the remaining species on earth.

1.

A．congratulate

B．visit

C．invite

D．help

2.

A．heart-warming

B．considerate

C．interesting

D．ridiculous

3.

A．fortunately

B．obviously

C．actually

D．surely

4.

A．active

B．asleep

C．lively

D．alive

5.

A．nursed

B．collected

C．focused

D．guarded

6.

A．brought

B．answered

C．called

D．pulled

7.

A．and

B．so

C．although

D．but

8.

A．played

B．worked

C．lived

D．studied

9.

A．Angrily

B．Sadly

C．Gladly

D．Nervously

10.

A．before

B．ago

C．then

D．later

11.

A．disappears

B．escape

C．challenges

D．hides

12.

A．more miserable

B．more confident

C．happier

D．stronger

13.

A．friend

B．child

C．wife

D．neighbor

14.

A．correct

B．proper

C．same

D．different

15.

A．needs

B．relationships

C．numbers

D．feelings

16.

A．protect

B．prevent

C．stop

D．hunt

17.

A．sold

B．killed

C．polluted

D．found

18.

A．sea

B．land

C．population

D．wildlife

19.

A．using

B．stealing

C．destroying

D．reducing

20.

A．generations

B．solutions

C．standard

D．systems