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

A．Cloudy.

B．Sunny.

C．Snowy.

2. What does the woman think of the man’s suggestion?

A．Practical.

B．Crazy.

C．Shameful.

3. What does the woman say about the Black Run?

A．It is very dangerous.

B．It is easy for skiing in the area.

C．It is very good for exercising legs.

2 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

China will build the world’s largest national park system, and a layout plan will be released soon. The plan is being drafted    1    (meet) the requirements of building a system with the largest scale of protection, the most diverse geographical features and the highest conservation value in the world. Under the plan, which    2    (launch) by the administration in 2019, about 50 areas have been selected as candidates for national parks. The parks are expected to cover 10 percent of the     3    (country) land area and preserve more than 80 percent of the key national     4    (protect) wild plant and animal species. In October, China announced its first group of five national parks, covering     5    total land area of more than 230,000 square kilometers. Since their establishment, the parks    6    (make) achievements in environmental and species protection. “At the same time, a new group of national parks are being established    7    an orderly manner and will be put into use as soon as possible,” emphasized Li, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration official. Li also said at the news conference on Monday     8    China’s planted forest conservation area has reached 87.6 million hectares,    9    (rank) Nolin the world. China is also one of the 12 countries with     10    (rich) biodiversity in the world, he added.

3 . Chick-fil-A is known for their incredible customer service. But the restaurants often find special ways to _______in times of crisis, too. And this North Carolina Chick-fil-A helped Hurricane Florence relief _______by opening its doors on Sunday.

You’ll always hear “My pleasure” from Chick-fil-A_______when they serve you. And the Wilmington, North Carolina Chick-fil-A, owned by Donovan and Nikki Carless, was quick to serve locals on Sunday after Hurricane Florence left thousands of people _______ .

By then, the hurricane had already _______the lives of 43 people. Rescue missions_______around 5,000 people from dangerous conditions. And the Governor of North Carolina, Roy Cooper, announced that floodwaters were still a(n)_______to the state.

With this in mind, the restaurant owners asked their employees who would be _______to serve food on Sunday. It’s a day the company usually closes in honor of its Christian beliefs. But on this particular Sunday, the doors opened and served the miserable_______.

According to ABC News 11, the team________the opportunity to help.________the Red Cross, the team was able to give 500 sandwiches and 1,200 biscuits at three different________. Other fast-food chains also ________in rescue work. And this is________what community is all about. In times like these, it’s always________to see businesses put their bottom dollar aside and instead look to see how they can give back.

1.

A．remain

B．respond

C．reflect

D．refresh

2.

A．effort

B．fund

C．supplies

D．staff

3.

A．leaders

B．residents

C．colleagues

D．employees

4.

A．motionless

B．fearless

C．homeless

D．speechless

5.

A．claimed

B．lost

C．confirmed

D．dominated

6.

A．hid

B．separated

C．recovered

D．prevented

7.

A．warning

B．threat

C．reminder

D．interruption

8.

A．proud

B．reliable

C．curious

D．willing

9.

A．victims

B．villagers

C．rescuers

D．attackers

10.

A．opened up

B．waited for

C．benefited from

D．jumped at

11.

A．In command of

B．In reward for

C．In association with

D．In contrast to

12.

A．companies

B．habitats

C．shelters

D．settlements

13.

A．engaged

B．delighted

C．succeeded

D．invested

14.

A．merely

B．surely

C．probably

D．truly

15.

A．challenging

B．inspiring

C．astonishing

D．puzzling

4 . Don’t call Madison Stewart an environmentalist. She sees herself simply as an individual taking action in defense of something she loves that’s in need of protection.

Despite her youth, the 24-year-old is an undersea veteran (老手). She grew up sailing around the Great Barrier Reef on her parents’ boat and spent her early life free diving while patiently waiting for the day when she could get her scuba diving (水肺潜水) certification, aged 12. Already impressed by sharks, Madison was now pleased to be able to observe them in their own world. “I got to know the sharks...I could recognize them by sight,” Madison says. “Other people had dogs around them growing up. I had sharks.”

But within a couple of years, she saw a great reduction in shark numbers on the reef. “One day I went in the water and couldn’t find my sharks anywhere, sharks I’d spent my childhood with,” she says. “They’d been caught and killed.” It was a great moment for Madison.

She left school at 14 to be homeschooled so she could spend more time in the ocean. She taught herself to shoot underwater video to document sharks in their own world and share her sense of wonder with others. She launched a YouTube channel and built a huge following for her documentaries where she focuses on issues like inadequate protection for some shark species and the global shark fin (鳍) industry.

In 2014 Madison was the subject of the encouraging documentary Shark Girl, which introduced her to a global audience. In 2017 she appeared as an “Ocean Guardian” in the documentary Blue that explored a lot of threats to the world’s marine environments, including the damaging effect of the global shark fishery. The film encourages viewers to get involved and includes practical steps to guide them to do so. It shows Madison’s philosophy that the power of the individual to make a difference by their own direct action should never be underestimated.

1. What did Madison do before getting her scuba diving certification?

A．She went sailing often.	B．She went boating alone.
C．She practised free diving.	D．She protected the Great Barrier Reef.

2. Why did Madison shoot underwater video to document sharks?

A．To record sharks’ world of wonder.	B．To popularize her photography works.
C．To raise awareness of shark conservation.	D．To spare more time to accompany sharks.

3. Which of the following may agree with Madison’s philosophy?

A．Many hands make light work.	B．Action speaks louder than words.
C．Together we can make a difference.	D．Personal influence can’t be ignored.

4. What’s the purpose of writing this passage?

A．To introduce an influential conservationist.

B．To advertise some encouraging documentaries.

C．To inspire people to protect whatever they love.

D．To inform people how to preserve marine wildlife.

5 . A major benefit of growing your own tomatoes is variety. If you visit a garden center, you will find seeds and small starter plants for yellow tomatoes, purple tomatoes, huge tomatoes, and even very small tomatoes.

    1    . The most important things are to give the plants plenty of water, well- draining soil, heat and light. It is best to grow tomatoes in a place that receives at least six hours of sunlight each day. Removing weeds will keep pests and diseases away while giving the plants enough nutrients to produce fruit.

Tomatoes grow best in soil with a pH level between 6.0 and 6.8. If the pH reading is lower than 6.0, you can add about 2 cups of dolomitic lime (石灰) into the soil for each plant.

If you want to grow really big tomatoes, try following these seven tips from expert growers: Select tomato seeds with names like Big Zac or Bull’s Heart.     2    .

Start seeds early indoors and re-plant them into larger containers several times before moving them outdoors.     3    , removing leaves from the bottom one- third of plants and burying stems up to the next set of leaves. This will produce stronger plants.

Remove new flowers that develop at the top of the plant when older fruits near the bottom begin to grow.     4    . Pay close attention! Observe the plants daily for posts and diseases. React quickly to prevent problems.

Remove the small growths where the plant’s stems and branches meet. This will prevent them from taking away nutrients and shading developing fruit under them.

    5     instead of letting them develop into a shorter, wider shrub (灌木).

Finally, water, fertilize and weed!

A．Plant them deep each time

B．Rich soil benefits the growth

C．Tomatoes are not difficult to grow

D．Skills are demanding in growing tomatoes

E．Cut back the plants to keep only one main branch

F．They are all genetically designed to produce large fruit

G．This will force the plant to produce fewer but larger tomatoes

6 . 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。

Despite its rapid industrialization, there are still some corners in China that have maintained its original color.

Ancient towns and villages in China are places     1     traditions are well preserved in terms of architecture, lifestyle and folk customs. All of these can be found in Huangyao Ancient Town, one of the most-visited tourist     2    (spot) in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

    3    (cover) an area of 3.6 square kilometers, Huangyao has a history of nearly 1,000 years     4     its origins dating back to the Song Dynasty. People     5    (carry) on traditional festivals and customs here for hundreds of years up to now. During Chinese Lunar New Year, over 20 traditional performances     6    (hold), including the dragon dance and suona horn show. On July 14 in the Chinese lunar calendar, residents often come to the riverbank and put lanterns into the river     7    (celebrate) Zhongyuan Jie, the Hungry Ghost Festival.

Black soybean is often added to its local food to create an     8    (extreme) distinctive flavor. When you visit, Huangyao tofu is     9     must-try local dish as it is sold only in this town.

It usually takes a day or two to tour around the old town due to its small size, but you can always stay     10    (long) to experience more of its local hospitality and culture.

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Have you ever noticed how certain smells can call up particular emotions or memories? A whiff of perfume(一阵香水味)or after-shave recalls a favorite person; the delicious smell of warm bread tickles the taste buds(味蕾).

Think about newly cut grass or how the air smells after a thunderstorm. Burning leaves on fresh and cold fall days always remind me of the football at the weekend. Perhaps the smells that surround Christmas carry the most memories. The fresh green smell of pine trees; the fragrances of a variety of food, especially the ones given off by cookies being baked in an oven and hot chocolate. Moreover, the scent of wood smoke around the burning fire can also bring warmth and the comfortable feeling to our mind. It is amazing how much love and laughter they bring into our lives and even how much closer we become with each other because of them.

But the smell I associate best with Christmas and winter is a wet dog. Our dog was mostly an outdoor dog and was often wet completely in the rain. We tried to dry him off as soon as he came in, grabbing the old, dirty towel by the door. He usually shook himself before we could catch him. The walls of the back entry were always spotted with brown mud all winter. We brushed him regularly in spring and summer when winter fur fell out by handfuls, but baths were rare. So, of course, his smell built up over time. Try as we might, we never could completely get rid of that smell. It lay hidden deep in his fur and skin.

The distinctive smell of the wet dog was a reminder of the Christmas vacation when I was twelve, and the cousins from Ohio were visiting. We had gotten shiny, slippery flying saucers as gifts and were also blessed with fresh snow. The four of us spent as much time as possible sliding down the short hill to the pond. Naturally, we tested the ice on the pond before sliding the first day, and we knew we could slide across it and lengthen our ride.

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。

On the third day, we were so eager to play that we did not check it.

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I stepped down the bank carefully to reach him, but the dog was faster.

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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。

The Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Annual Conference 2023 was held from March 28 to 31 in Boao, Hainan province,    1    highlight of which was zero-carbon.

China’s first zero-carbon demonstration zone was launched in Boao in 2022. By 2023, a total of 16 projects at the zone    2    (finish). The remaining projects are expected to be completed before the BFA 2024. The zone will achieve zero-carbon    3    (operate) in all aspects.

The construction of the demonstration zone maximizes the use of local wind, light, and heat resources,    4    (let) nature do the work. Photovoltaic (光伏的) power generation systems have been installed on buildings, parking lots, and landscape    5     (facility). According to recent estimates, the    6     (complete)16 projects, along with offset (抵消) measures, can reduce carbon emissions by 9,055.8 tons per year and provide 15.1 million kilowatt hours of clean electricity    7     (annual).

Also    8    primary note is the fact that the construction of the demonstration zone mainly relies on independent research. “We don’t have relevant experience    9    (refer) to, so we have to build the zone    10     doing our research and exploration,” Liu Ye, a professor at Tsinghua University, said to Xinhua.

9 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Maria and Peter lived in a coastal city. The greatest pleasure in summer for them was to swim at their local beach after school. But one day they started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters. More often than not, they would find plastic bags thrown on the beach. Worse sill, as they swam in the water, some plastic bags would float around them and even stick to their legs when they walked to the shore.

They were upset and decided something needed to be done to stop the beautiful sea becoming consumed by waste.One weekend,Maria and Peter brought a big bag to the beach and determined to clean it up. Sweat streamed down from their forehead while they bent down and picked up the plastic bags. To their disappointment, after a day’s hard work, there were still many plastic bags lying on the beach or floating in the water. Going home with aching legs and arms, Maria and Peter were almost defeated by a strong sense of failure.

That night over dinner with their parents, the pair ate silently. Noticing their low spirits, Mother asked gently, “You two looked so down. What happened?”Exchanging glances with Peter, Maria replied in a low voice,“It’s those annoying plastic bags. We tried to clean up but it was just impossible.”Understanding the pair’s disappointment, their father patted them on the back and comforted,”Well, it’s really hard for just two of you to fix such a big problem.”“Just two of us.”complained Maria and Peter, looking at each other.Suddenly, an idea lashed through their minds, their eyes shining with excitement.“Yes,that’s the point! We should make more people aware of the problem and encourage them to take action!” the pair said in chorus.

注意：
1.续写词数应为150左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Quickly finishing their dinner, the pair went upstairs and started planning.

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Excited and nervous, they posted the video and article on WeChat.

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10 . 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 South China National Botanical Garden opened on July 11 in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province. It is the second national botanical garden in China,     1    (follow)the Beijing National Botanical Garden. With both gardens located in different climate     2     (zone), the species of plants that can be conserved in Guangzhou differ     3     (complete) from those in the Beijing garden.

With a total area of 333 hectares of exhibition and scientific research, the Guangzhou garden is the     4    (large) subtropical (亚热带的) botanical garden in the world, as well as one of China’s oldest institutions for botanical research and conservation. It is home     5     about 17,000 species of ex-situ (异地的) plants away from their natural habitats, including 643 rare and endangered plants     6     337 wild plant species on national key protection lists. So far, 36 species of rare and endangered plants, such as Camellia azalea and Dunnia sinensis,     7     (return) to the wild thanks to the garden.   

As one of the countries with the richest plant diversity in the world, China has more than 37,000 known species of land plants,     8     account for about 10 percent of the total in the globe. The     9     (found) of the national botanical garden system will enable the country     10     (protect) its plant diversity more effectively.