1 . Darrell Blatchley, a marine biologist and environmentalist based in the Philippine city of Davao, received a call from the Philippines, Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (渔业与水产资源局) early Friday morning reporting a death of a young whale.

When the necropsy (尸检) was performed, Blatchley told NPR, he was not prepared for the amount of plastic they found in the whale’s stomach. “It was full of plastic nothing but nonstop plastic.” he said “It was filled to the point that its stomach was as hard as a baseball.” That means that this animal has been suffering not for days or weeks but for months or even a year or more,” Blatchley added.

Blatchley is the founder and owner of the D’Bone Collector Museum, a natural history museum in Davao. In the coming days, the museum will display all the items found in the whale’s system. Blatchley and his team work with the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources and other organizations to assist in rescue and recovery of marine animals.

“Within the last 10 years, we have recovered 61 whales and dolphins just within the Davao Gulf,” he said. “Of them, 57 have died due to man whether they took plastic or fishing nets or other waste, or gotten caught in pollution — and four were pregnant.”

Blatchley said he hoped that the latest incident would launch the issue of plastic pollution in the Philippines and across the globe. “If we keep going this way, it will be more uncommon to see an animal die of natural causes than it is to see an animal die of plastic,” he said.

1. What can be inferred from the second paragraph?

A．The whale was starved to death.

B．The dead whale must have swallowed a baseball.

C．Blatchley was very shocked at what he found.

D．Blatchley didn’t make preparations for the necropsy.

2. What will be shown in the D’Bone Collector Museum?

A．Waste collected from the ocean.

B．Things found in the whale’s body.

C．The whole system of the whale.

D．Many different tools of whaling.

3. What does Blatchley think of plastic pollution in the Philippines?

A．Worrying.	B．Indifferent.
C．Inspiring.	D．Mild.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．A Whale Found Dead of Plastic	B．Stand Up for Protecting Whales
C．Plastic Threatening Our Existence	D．Natural Death or Merciless Murder

2 . Every year from March to October，Christian Moullec, also known as “Birdman”,takes to the skies aboard his adapted light aircraft. However, the 58-year-old Frenchman’s daily 30-minute flight is not just to enjoy the impressive views,but to guide flocks (鸟群) of lesser white-fronted geese (小白额雁) through safe migration paths which the birds can teach future generations.

His deed began in 1995 when he noticed their declining population in the wilds of Lapland, Sweden. To prevent their numbers from dropping further, Moullec tried to get the threatened species to follow him along migration routes that would protect them from bird.

To help raise funds and awareness of his job to protect not just the geese but birds worldwide, Moullec often allows paying tourists to join him on the 30-minute-long flights aboard his aircraft. In addition to the trained birds flying alongside them, visitors, who come from as far as a 15-hour plane flight away, are treated to a variety of crane and geese species as well as breathtaking views of castles and cities.

He often brings his camera along for the flights, capturing photos not just for their beauty, but for what they describe. Moullec believes the use of agricultural chemicals has done harm to wild European birds, with more than a third disappearing in the last 30 years. “It s a disaster,”he said. “My beautiful images with flying birds should be used to tell this story.”

1. What’s the function (功能) of Paragraph 1?

A．It gives a description of a birdman.

B．It tells readers the birdman is very important.

C．It tells readers birds are on the migration paths.

D．It introduces the main idea of the whole passage.

2. Why does Christian Moullec take to skies aboard his light aircraft?

A．He needs to threaten the species.

B．He wants to save the bird population.

C．He needs to stay away from hunters.

D．He wants to enjoy the beautiful views.

3. How does he make it possible to guide the birds to migrate along the right paths?

A．He attracts grown geese to follow his craft.

B．He drives the geese when he is on his light aircraft.

C．He raises young geese to be viewed as their parents.

D．He feeds the geese to put them on the right paths.

4. What else does he do for the birds?

A．Raising funds and awareness of protecting birds.

B．Inviting people to enjoy the beautiful views.

C．Paying tourists to join him on the flight.

D．Taking tourists to his flight.

3 . 假定你是李华，上个星期你去一家动物园游玩，发现有些游客偷偷触摸大熊猫甚至有些游客给大熊猫投食。请你就此给该动物园的负责人Mr. Charles写一封邮件，内容包括：
1. 自我介绍；
2. 反映情况；
3. 希望园方加强监管，阻止伤害动物的行为。
注意：1.词数100左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
参考词汇：大熊猫giant pandas，细菌bacteria
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4 . Green tourism, a form of ecotourism, is low-impact（环保的）tourism with an eye toward protecting the environment and culture of an area.     1    , but green tourism can cover a wide range of standard and conditions, from fully compliant（遵守）to less stressful on the environment than standard tourism. There are many opportunities for green travel available worldwide.

    2    , which makes green tourism not only preferable but a necessity in some areas. It might seem wiser of some people to protect natural habitats（栖息地）and fragile environments by banning visitors completely to these areas, but many areas depend on the income from tourism to support the local economy. Green, sustainable（可持续的）tourism is considered offering the best of both worlds.

Green tourism doesn't necessarily mean a vacation spent roughing it with little or no comforts. On the contrary, many people believe that it can be a wonderful adventure. Ecotourism resorts（度假胜地）and ecologies exist in almost every style and taste.     3    . There are many vacationing choices.

There are also trips available in which vacationers take an active part in improving the local area by working to preserve the natural habitat, helping to build a school or performing other services that benefit the area. These vacations can be a lot of work.     4    .

As green tourism becomes more popular, there are likely to be more vacationing choices available. More resort areas will likely take steps to have less of an impact on the surrounding environment.     5    . Local economies might be able to take full advantage of the booming tourist trade without doing harm to the local environment, allowing tourists to enjoy the beauty that these areas have to offer for many years to come.

A．Green tourism is very popular

B．Therefore, we should make the best of them

C．However, many people find them very rewarding

D．Sustainable tourism could easily become the standard

E．From recycling and gray water system to tents on tree houses

F．The number of tourists traveling the world has been increasing

G．The United Nations has set up certain standard for ecotourism

5 . After watching a race, Carole and Verne King returned late at a stormy night to their hotel, where dogs are allowed. They discovered Katie, their 7-year-old border collie (牧羊犬), was _________. Apparently, she was probably frightened by the _________ and rushed nervously out.

Where would they find it in this town of 23,000 citizens, _________ by forests and fields? The couple spent the next 57 days _________ searching. “I go to bed every night feeling terrible.” Verne King said. “Will she be cold? Has she eaten anything today? We are in _________.” Carole King also started jogging and biking around the neighborhood, hoping her sweat would _________ to the dogs. They placed used T-shirts, Katie’s blanket and dog bowls in carefully _________ places. Even more, they put on night-vision glasses and stayed out in the cold for hours. But they didn’t see any _________.

By the second weekend, Carole was losing _________ and began to cry. But her husband __________ her to stay another week. Some of her new __________ encouraged her and helped her to search for it.

One morning, a resident called and said she looked out of the window and __________ Katie was in her backyard. Carol King __________ with a friend. When they arrived, a woman __________ to a dog under a nearby tree. It was a border collie. They started calling Katie’s name. The dog was __________, and recognized Carol. Katie ran at full speed and __________ herself into Carol King’s arms.

Carol King said “I cried, __________ her and holding her close to my arms. I can’t wait to put her in the car. ” Katie soon fell __________ in the front seat. She was tired and has __________ 15 pounds. They took her to the emergency vet, who was moved to tears when he learned Katie had __________ a lot and so many people had been trying to find her.

1.

A．missing

B．anxious

C．naughty

D．abnormal

2.

A．waiter

B．thunderstorm

C．accommodation

D．darkness

3.

A．buried

B．attracted

C．surrounded

D．accompanied

4.

A．desperately

B．directly

C．roughly

D．briefly

5.

A．charge

B．vain

C．danger

D．pain

6.

A．expand

B．signal

C．speak

D．respond

7.

A．inspected

B．experimented

C．swept

D．selected

8.

A．ending

B．explanation

C．assistance

D．hope

9.

A．confidence

B．direction

C．interest

D．face

10.

A．replaced

B．approved

C．persuaded

D．ordered

11.

A．friends

B．colleagues

C．guests

D．employees

12.

A．answered

B．found

C．appreciated

D．forgot

13.

A．looked ahead

B．hurried over

C．settled in

D．showed off

14.

A．contributed

B．appealed

C．pointed

D．agreed

15.

A．cautious

B．accessible

C．appropriate

D．sensitive

16.

A．threw

B．poured

C．slipped

D．delivered

17.

A．beating

B．fastening

C．hugging

D．fixing

18.

A．ill

B．asleep

C．apart

D．short

19.

A．reached

B．remained

C．gained

D．lost

20.

A．developed

B．witnessed

C．suffered

D．changed

6 . What will our world be like in 2050?

There are two features in the growth of world population. First, the annual increase in population in 15 European countries, in the past few years, has been only 300,000. The United Nations estimates (估计)that by 2050, the population of European countries will decrease from the current 0.72 billion to 0.63 billion. Second, the population in developing countries is growing rapidly. By 2050，the population of Africa is expected to reach 1.8 billion, 0.9 billion more than its current population.

A recent research report published by the United Nations indicates that it is quite possible that the Earth's temperature is rising well above the previous estimate. The Antarctic ice sheet, which contains 90% of the world's ice, has lost significant mass in the past few years. The discovery comes as a surprise to scientists, who thought that the continent would gain ice this century because of increased snowfall in a warming climate. A research team from the University of Colorado used satellite data to estimate that the ice sheet will lose up to 48 cubic miles by 2050.

Africa's rivers face great change that will leave a quarter of the continent severely short of water by the middle of the century, according to a global warming study published today. Even modest decreases in rain in western Africa will see rivers lose as much as 80% of their water and a rise of what the scientists call "water refuges(难民)”. "In those areas where there is already a water shortage, it's going to have a destructive effect," the study says,.“If you're already walking 5 km to the nearest stream, by 2050,it's going to mean walking 30 km or moving your whole household closer to the water source."

1. Which of the following situations in 2050 is NOT mentioned in the text?

A．Population change.

B．Economic decline.

C．Global warming.

D．Water shortage.

2. What surprises the scientists according to Paragraph 3?

A．The Antarctic ice sheet has decreased.

B．The Earth's temperature is going down.

C．Global warming is destroying the Earth.

D．Snowfall increases in the Antarctic area.

3. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph stress (强调) ?

A．The ill fate of Africa's rivers.

B．The importance of doing exercise.

C．The hard life of the African refugees.

D．The seriousness of the water problem.

4. What was the most possible feeling of the author when he wrote this text?

A．Happy.

B．Angry.

C．Worried.

D．Calm.

7 . Molai grew up in a tiny village in India. The village lay near some wetlands which became his second___________. He learned the value and beauty of _________ there from a very young age.

When he was 16, Molai began to notice something _________ happening around his home. A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the _________ it caused had driven away a number of birds. _________, the number of snakes had declined as well. He _________ that it was because there weren’t enough trees to protect them from the _________. The solution, of course, was to plant trees so the animals could seek _________ during the daytime. He turned to the _________ department for help but was told that nothing would grow there. However, Molai went looking on his own and __________a nearby island where he began to plant trees.

________ young plants in the dry season was ____________for a lone boy. Molai built at the __________ of each sapling(幼树)a bamboo platform, where he placed earthen pots with small holes to____________ rainwater. The water would then drip(滴落)on the plants below.

Molai __________ to plant trees for the next 37 years. His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally-grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.

1.

A．dream

B．job

C．home

D．choice

2.

A．nature

B．youth

C．culture

D．knowledge

3.

A．precious

B．interesting

C．disturbing

D．awkward

4.

A．waste

B．tension

C．pain

D．damage

5.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

6.

A．agreed

B．realized

C．remembered

D．predicted

7.

A．noise

B．heat

C．disease

D．dust

8.

A．directions

B．partners

C．help

D．shelter

9.

A．labor

B．police

C．forest

D．finance

10.

A．rebuilt

B．discovered

C．left

D．managed

11.

A．Decorating

B．Observing

C．Watering

D．Guarding

12.

A．tough

B．illegal

C．fantastic

D．beneficial

13.

A．back

B．top

C．foot

D．side

14.

A．cool down

B．keep off

C．purify

D．collect

15.

A．returned

B．learned

C．failed

D．continued

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。

Do you like coffee, rain, street markets, jazz musicians or shopping     1     (center)? All of these can be found in Seattle.

Seattle is the hometown of Starbucks (星巴克) and is the setting for the TV series Grey’s Anatomy. The weather is     2     (fair) warm for a northern city in America. Although it gets cold in winter, it seldom     3    (snow).

Seattle feels     4     home to me because one of my best friends is in the city. During the winter holiday, I visit the friend in Seattle every year. We often spend much time     5     (shop) in downtown stores. We buy coffee and things we like.

My friend and I have a favorite Korean restaurant     6     (call) Blue Stone. Whenever we have a long day of touring downtown, we end the day at this restaurant. Their bibimbap (石锅拌饭) brings much     7     ( please) to us because it is so     8    ( taste).

Seattle is really     9     attractive city with beautiful sights both in the daytime     10     at night. When the sky is clear, you can see the Cascade Range from the city and it is wonderful. Therefore, if you plan to take a trip to the USA, I will advise you to visit Seattle!

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。

On the southern border of Beijing is a huge field     1     (occupy) by a giant “starfish”, a structure with six arms. It’s the Beijing Daxing International Airport (BDIA). It is on Sept 25, 2019     2     President Xi Jinping announced the official opening of the BDIA. The new airport made up of a main terminal (航站楼), a supporting service building and a parking lot,     3     (cover) an area of about 1.4 million square meters. That’s equal to 63 Tian’anmen Squares, according to Beijing Review.

The airport is     4     world’s first to be designed with double-deck departure and arrival platforms. The terminal was designed to shorten the walking distance for passengers to only 600 meters, or less than an eight-minute walk, from the center of the terminal to the     5     (far) boarding gate in each wing. BDIA adopts a     6     (various) of new technologies to make     7     smarter and more intelligent, so it is more efficient for the passengers than any other large airport terminal of the same size in the world. It is no wonder that BDIA     8     (list) as the first of the “seven wonders of the modern world near completion” by the Guardian (英国《卫报》) in 2015.

Expected to case pressure on the Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA), Daxing airport is opening the south gate of the capital and will help     9     (gradual) shift Beijing’s non-capital functions to neighboring locations and upgrade the region’s transport in the south     10     particular. It’s also a good way to boost the coordinated development of the Beijing. Tianjin-Hebei area.

10 . You can’t see your sleeping pet’s brain waves, but its behavior can tell you when your cat might be dreaming. If you watch closely, you’ll see that as she falls asleep, her breathing becomes slow and regular with her body still. She has entered the first stage of sleep, called slow-wave sleep. After about 15 minutes you’ll notice a change in her breathing, Her eyes move under her closed lids, her paws twitch (抽动) and she flicks (轻拂) an ear. She has entered dreaming. Although she twitches and makes little grunting noises, messages from her brain to the large muscles in her legs are blocked, so she can’t run about. She is in a state of “sleep paralysis (麻痹)”.

Michel Jouvet, a French scientist, interrupted their sleep paralysis. Even though they were completely asleep, the dreaming cats began to run for balls that Jouvet couldn’t see and arched (成弓形) their backs at unseen enemies. He figured he was watching them act out their dreams! Obviously, the dreaming cats seemed to be practising important cat skills: following, catching, and fighting.

In another study, Matt Wilson recorded rats brain waves while they learned mazes (迷宫). One day, he left the brain-wave-recording machine on while the rats fell asleep. The pattern of brain waves in the sleeping rats matched the pattern from the maze so closely that Wilson could figure out exactly which part of the maze each rat was dreaming about!

Many researchers now think that in both people and animals, one purpose of dreams is to practise important skills and figure out recent learning. This may explain why so many people dream about fighting and escaping, skills that were probably important to our ancestors, and why dreaming affects our ability to learn.

Do all animals dream? From looking at the brain waves of sleeping animals, how often animals dream seems to be tied to body size. Cats dream about every 15 minutes, mice every 9 minutes, and elephants every 2 hours. And though cows and horses usually sleep standing up, they only dream when lying down.

1. What does Michel Jouvet find in his study?

A．The dreaming cats are practising their important skills.

B．The dreaming cats are in a state of body paralysis.

C．The eyes of dreaming cats move while bodies are still.

D．The dreaming cats suddenly wake up and run for the ball.

2. What can you learn from the passage?

A．Dreaming a lot can help humans learn more.

B．Learning mazes is the basic skill for cats to learn.

C．Fighting and escaping are not important skills for ancestors.

D．Rats also dream to work out their recent learning.

3. Which animal may dream most frequently?

A．Dogs.	B．Rats.
C．Cows.	D．Elephants.

4. How does the author develop this passage?

A．By making comparisons.	B．By using figures.
C．By telling stories.	D．By showing facts.