1 . Sam, our beloved companion over 10 years. died two months ago. It was still a big blow to my family until we finally decided to_____another shepherd dog through the local German Shepherd Rescue.

After meeting with the host family to see if we met the_________for adoption, we were allowed to take a 2-year-old female Shepherd home. She was a______dog. loving, gentle and smart!

One day on a walk, a neighbor's dog crossed the street in an(a)_____ manner and attacked her as she stepped in front of me. After that, she immediately______a fierce animal whenever

she saw any other dog ! When I______with the previous host family, I was told she’d also been____badly while at a dog park with them!

Quickly I searched and found an(a)______woman with her own dog一a team who would help Sam remove her terrible_______The other dog was an Australian Shepherd. We were ____ to walk to the end of the street. Once there, I saw the woman and her obedient (顺从)trained _____! As we slowly approached them, I_____as soon as my dog became anxious. Her dog was____ sitting, simply watching for directions.

As weeks passed, these two dogs______walked side by side because of this quiet, steady and careful_______!A calm Australian Shepherd erased the fear of a German Shepherd and finally healed her invisible scars.

1.

A．train

B．hire

C．adopt

D．offer

2.

A．instructions

B．oppositions

C．standards

D．problems

3.

A．generous

B．grateful

C．wonderful

D．careful

4.

A．casual

B．cautious

C．curious

D．aggressive

5.

A．ran after

B．changed into

C．fought with

D．came across

6.

A．debated

B．bargained

C．signed

D．checked

7.

A．refused

B．cheated

C．attacked

D．treated

8.

A．amusing

B．amazing

C．promising

D．confusing

9.

A．shame

B．loneliness

C．sadness

D．fear

10.

A．persuaded

B．required

C．reminded

D．warned

11.

A．partner

B．owner

C．driver

D．competitor

12.

A．stopped

B．cheered

C．passed

D．returned

13.

A．angrily

B．calmly

C．nervously

D．honestly

14.

A．quickly

B．occasionally

C．gradually

D．suddenly

15.

A．process

B．course

C．service

D．performance

2 . In August 2017,Southeast Texas was badly affected by Hurricane Harvey.About 30 miles west of Houston,the town of Katy,Texas,took a hard ______.Nearly 700 of its homes and 80 businesses were_________or destroyed.But the locals didn't wait for the rain to ________ before opening door ,refrigerators and _____________to first responders (急救员）,neighbors,strangers .

Beaver Aplin,owner of the popular Bucee's chain of convenience _______ was preparing for the grand opening of his newest location just outside Katy.When the _______ hit,Aplin opened the store _________without thinking twice.He put the word out to first responders,telling them to ________what they needed,free of charge.

Meanwhile,the locals ran,drove and paddled(划船）to _______ their neighbors.When the water was too deep,rescue came by _______.A nearby Bass Pro Shop donated all 80 boats it had-and then its head office ________dozens more."We never even got a(n)________"says city administrator Byron Hebert.

Other residents found ________ways to join in.Shakeib Mashhood used WhatsApp to gather more than 100 volunteers who gave out food and water and_________storm-damaged homes.

These are just a small part of the ________of heroism that came out of Katy.But Mashood,like many others of his fellow Texan heroes,________he didn't do anything special."We do what we need to do,"he told Reader's Digest.

Even first responders coming from outside Katy could instantly feel the town's _______spirit."We helped people in lots of other areas,too,but Katy was _______.Neighbors were going from house to house checking on people and _________everyone they could,"David Scherff told Katy Magazine."I was so_________that I even had thoughts of moving here.I have never seen anything like Katy."

1.

A．hit

B．choice

C．decision

D．time

2.

A．damaged

B．abandoned

C．closed

D．broken

3.

A．begin

B．fall

C．stop

D．come

4.

A．windows

B．minds

C．wallets

D．hearts

5.

A．restaurants

B．pubs

C．hotels

D．stores

6.

A．flood

B．storm

C．virus

D．event

7.

A．early

B．greatly

C．luckily

D．suddenly

8.

A．ask

B．take

C．demand

D．leave

9.

A．meet

B．attend

C．visit

D．rescue

10.

A．boat

B．bus

C．air

D．bike

11.

A．produced

B．sent

C．consumed

D．released

12.

A．bill

B．prize

C．order

D．tool

13.

A．effective

B．perfect

C．available

D．creative

14.

A．wiped out

B．carried away

C．cleaned up

D．looked for

15.

A．stories

B．scenes

C．signs

D．conditions

16.

A．insists

B．denies

C．accepts

D．proves

17.

A．noble

B．selfless

C．pure

D．mean

18.

A．amazing

B．interesting

C．confusing

D．exciting

19.

A．guiding

B．finding

C．helping

D．giving

20.

A．proud

B．afraid

C．shocked

D．impressed

3 . Melbourne Girls' College is getting rid of all dustbins and asking students to take their rubbish home to encourage them to move towards zero waste.

Starting next Monday, the college will gradually_______all the rubbish bins in five weeks in classrooms and the yard, _________1400 students and 140 staff to find their own home for chip packets and juice boxes. Volunteer students will _______ daily non- compulsory food inspections in which children bringing “zero waste" lunch boxes will be _______. Students using only _______ packaging will receive a token (礼券）to win prizes such as keepcups.

The rubbish that students take home may still go to landfill(废物填埋场）via their home bins, _______the new policy will help persuade_______to buy fewer packaged items and reuse containers. Most issues around carrying rubbish home, such as smell and mess, can be solved._______tuna （金枪鱼）in a tin, for example, can_______ the school's compost（堆肥）bin and the tin can be __________ before it's taken home.

The college principal Karen Money acknowledges that some parents may not have the time or means to avoid   ________ in single-use packaging, “but it's________to get as many people as we can to avoid it. We talk a lot, ________ educators, about the bad problems the world ________, and if we don't start putting some actions ________ that beautiful idea, then it's just empty."

1.

A．replace

B．wash

C．clean

D．remove

2.

A．proving

B．leaving

C．promising

D．allowing

3.

A．receive

B．forbid

C．admit

D．conduct

4.

A．rewarded

B．advised

C．changed

D．protected

5.

A．creative

B．usual

C．reusable

D．plastic

6.

A．so

B．but

C．then

D．though

7.

A．teachers

B．staff

C．families

D．classmates

8.

A．Uneaten

B．Uncooked

C．Uncovered

D．Unbroken

9.

A．break down

B．break through

C．get through

D．go into

10.

A．returned

B．washed

C．reused

D．spared

11.

A．foods

B．clothes

C．drinks

D．tools

12.

A．keeping

B．dreaming

C．stopping

D．trying

13.

A．for

B．to

C．as

D．with

14.

A．solves

B．shows

C．faces

D．follows

15.

A．ahead of

B．behind

C．upon

D．beyond

4 . Nature Therapy

We need the tonic of wildness... At the same time that we are earnest to explore and learn all things, we require that all things be mysterious and unexplorable, that land and sea be indefinitely wild, unsurveyed and unfathomed by us because unfathomable. We can never have enough of nature.

—Thoreau

One major difference between our current lifestyle and those of our evolutionary past is an increasing _________ from natural settings with increased urbanization. But does this change have a major impact on our mental health? ________ , a remedy for ill health or low spirits, if the means were available, would be to send someone to the quiet of the country or seashore and away from the bustle of city. The popularity of vacations to beautiful national parks, camping, outward bound, and even breaks for a picturesque walk in a ________ greenspace to clear the mind would speak to some empirical(经验主义）________ that nature does soothe the savage beast. And recently, scientists have been studying the idea of nature therapy with a bit more seriousness than a dashed-off prescription (处方）for a ________.

We are now far _________ from the natural world of our ancestors.... more than 50% of people live in urban areas (increasing to >70% by 2050) increased urbanization is associated with increased levels of mental illness, particularly anxiety and depression. Growing up in a setting correlates with a _________ severe stress response, and exposure to greenspace _________ correlates to a positive effect on well-being in a large two-decade study. Images and sounds of a natural environment can decrease stress in people exposed to negative stimuli. A large survey of mental health and neighborhood greenspace in Wisconsin showed significant correlation between the _________ of nature and lower levels of depression, anxiety, and stress. There are many studies showing a similar relationships between nature exposure, relaxation, and well-being. But how does exposure to green space help us relax and ________, exactly?

Dr. Gregory Bratman’s group at Stanford has published a couple of papers following a small group of healthy volunteers told to for a 5 kilometer walk in the San Francisco Bay area. Half walked along a busy street while the other half went for a/an ________ walk with beautiful views of the mountains and the bay. The nature walk compared to walk along a busy street. Later, the same researchers did MRIs and measured blood flow in brain areas of healthy people who went on a 90 minute walk in the same urban vs. more natural setting. They found that the nature walkers had ________ activity in a particular brain region, the subgenual prefrontal cortex. This area of the brain is associated with rumination, or worrying on the same issues over and over, a problem described often in depressive and anxiety disorders.

So there we have it in a world and environment where our brains are working overtime and we think and ________ ideas and worry, exposure to nature seems to get us out of our heads, with likely positive longitudinal benefits. In the hyper-urban world to come, designing accessible, safe _________ may help the mental health of the population, and preserving our natural landscapes to be enjoyed by our descendants will continue to be a national must. ________, a prescription for a nice weekend hike could have some real measurable brain benefits.

1.

A．resistance

B．isolation

C．interruption

D．distance

2.

A．Currently

B．Generally

C．Historically

D．Fortunately

3.

A．local

B．imposing

C．fascinating

D．standard

4.

A．assistance

B．evidence

C．belief

D．approach

5.

A．cycling

B．swimming

C．adventure

D．hike

6.

A．removed

B．rid

C．driven

D．dropped

7.

A．more

B．less

C．similar

D．negative

8.

A．dominantly

B．lively

C．merely

D．significantly

9.

A．exposure

B．link

C．availability

D．necessity

10.

A．tolerate

B．unwind

C．swing

D．resolve

11.

A．causal

B．earnest

C．upright

D．scenic

12.

A．reduced

B．increased

C．intensified

D．balanced

13.

A．turn on

B．get over

C．draw on

D．roll over

14.

A．communities

B．facilities

C．greenspaces

D．transportations

15.

A．In a word

B．For instance

C．In the meantime

D．In particular

5 . On the morning that I planned to handcuff (给……戴上手铐) my wrist to the White House fence along with other environmental leaders, I woke up, heart racing. I ______ the time in the dark. It was 3 a．m., and I was alone in a friend's guest room just outside Washington, D．C. I turned on the small bedside ______ and reached for the card my husband and two children had picked out for the ______， with a photo of a polar bear leaping from one floating ice to the next. The bear's front paws stretched out ______ in midair—no longer on solid ground, but not quite landed on the next ice yet—fitting for my first act of ______ disobedience(不服从), which was motivated by a desire to slow global warming, not only for the polar bears, but also for my own children.

I opened the ______ and reread my 16­year­old daughter's note in the ______ light: —“I'm happy you care this much about something that will affect the future of us all，” she wrote. “Good luck！” I ______—imagining her brown eyes and flaming red hair—and turned off the light again.

For me, a fierce desire to protect the world my children will inherit(继承) is part of being a mother. Along with the sleepless nights I spent rocking my babies when they had a fever, I now ______ the two times I've gone to prison as part of the sacrifice I ______ make.

______ methods for fossil fuels—which can cause cancer and other health problems—are profitable and strongly ______ by oil or gas companies. Only when ordinary citizens demand they make protecting our children their first ______ are politicians more likely to say no to those methods. That's ______ I handcuffed my wrist to the White House fence to ______ the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, along with many other parents, which I believe is closer to the real ______ of Mother's Day. Originally, the day was founded for mothers to teach each other how to protect their children.

We might not really know the effect of our ______ for a few decades, though there are moments ______ that our sacrifices are not in vain. The encouraging note from my daughter the night before my first ______ was one of those moments. It made me want to ______ like that polar bear—and like the early leaders of Mother's Day—and take a leap.

1.

A．missed

B．set

C．checked

D．hit

2.

A．iPhone

B．radio

C．computer

D．lamp

3.

A．tension

B．occasion

C．revision

D．possession

4.

A．constantly

B．distantly

C．instantly

D．expectantly

5.

A．crucial

B．civil

C．central

D．chief

6.

A．letter

B．book

C．card

D．leaflet

7.

A．different

B．cold

C．weak

D．shallow

8.

A．sighed

B．smiled

C．cried

D．whispered

9.

A．rank

B．confirm

C．count

D．reserve

10.

A．deliberately

B．arbitrarily

C．temporarily

D．willingly

11.

A．Advanced

B．Extreme

C．Vertical

D．Absurd

12.

A．promoted

B．granted

C．illustrated

D．occupied

13.

A．privilege

B．exception

C．priority

D．distinction

14.

A．how

B．why

C．when

D．where

15.

A．stop

B．cut

C．shorten

D．split

16.

A．estate

B．virtue

C．dignity

D．history

17.

A．commissions

B．frictions

C．actions

D．innovations

18.

A．distributing

B．indicating

C．advocating

D．consenting

19.

A．march

B．crush

C．justice

D．arrest

20.

A．stand out

B．reach out

C．work out

D．pull out

6 . Peggy Lewis lost her house in a brutal tornado, but the tornado couldn’t take the one thing that meant the most.

One _______, Peggy Lewis and her husband, Harris Lee, were ______ the trees blow in the wind outside their home in Eureka, Kansas. The next, they were surrounded by glass from the house’s _______ windows. The roof tore off. The walls caved in. After the tornado had _______, it took a team of neighbors to take them to the hospital. “I thought we were going to_______,” says Lewis.

When the pair ______ to their property three days after that awful night last June, it was _______ that what remained of the house would need to be torn down. But _______ Lewis would let that happen, she wanted one thing—her family Bible.

Lewis had bought the Bible 35 years earlier, at the start of her _______. Like many folks, she’d used it to hold and preserve her ________ history: decades-old photos, a lock of her daughter’s hair, ________ a piece of a scarf her uncle had brought back from the Korean War.

The Bible was the first thing Lewis _______ when she returned to the house. It wasn’t ________ she’d last seen it, _______ top of a dresser in her bedroom. In fact, the dresser wasn’t there at all.

When two volunteers ________ to help the couple dig out, Lewis had one mission for them: “If you can find anything,” she said, “please find my Bible.”

After an hour of _______, one of the volunteers ran up to her. Lewis had tears streaming down her cheeks and a book in her hands. Stunningly, while many books inside the home had been destroyed beyond________, the Bible was still intact(完好无损), even though it had sat in the rain for days. “I________broke down,” says Lewis.

“I thought it was gone forever. It was a(an) ________.”

She knows that while every good book tells stories of catastrophic(灾难性的) weather and unlikely survival, this one actually________it.

1.

A．day

B．minute

C．year

D．night

2.

A．cutting

B．watching

C．planting

D．drawing

3.

A．broken

B．beautiful

C．designed

D．charming

4.

A．passed

B．arrived

C．formed

D．hit

5.

A．leave

B．remember

C．die

D．lose

6.

A．stuck

B．aimed

C．returned

D．referred

7.

A．lucky

B．impossible

C．mad

D．clear

8.

A．before

B．after

C．when

D．until

9.

A．life

B．marriage

C．work

D．college

10.

A．children’s

B．mother’s

C．father’s

D．family’s

11.

A．still

B．even

C．such

D．so

12.

A．took away

B．prepared for

C．handed in

D．looked for

13.

A．where

B．that

C．when

D．why

14.

A．at

B．beside

C．on

D．in

15.

A．slowed down

B．showed up

C．got off

D．turned on

16.

A．recalling

B．guiding

C．searching

D．treating

17.

A．words

B．dreams

C．imagination

D．recognition

18.

A．seldom

B．completely

C．generally

D．mostly

19.

A．accident

B．chance

C．mystery

D．miracle

20.

A．retold

B．painted

C．wanted

D．lived

7 . Bending our knees in the sand and protected by only a plastic glove, I put my hand into the cigarette ends, drink bottles and rotten fruit. I ____ to my friends, triumphantly (洋洋得意地) waving a ____ sock at them before dropping it into the rubbish bag.

My friends and I are ____ of the CSF, a high school community service club. On a Sunday morning we came to the Santa Monica Beach as ____ as possible. It was Step. 17. International Coastal Cleanup Day, and people in more than 90 countries were ____ to clean up the beaches. When four of us and the club adviser ____ near the Santa Monica Pier (码头), the beach was nearly empty. We were —____ with plastic gloves, rubbish bags and information ____, which we used to ____ the rubbish we found for later research. In ____ of two or three, we started by collecting the most ____ pieces of rubbish, such as bottles and bags. Soon our backs were hurting from ____ so much. To pass the time, our club adviser invented a ____ called “Balloon Search” — whichever group found the most shreds (碎片) of balloons would ____.

My group found several sickening and ____ items, such as, used underwear, dead birds and toothbrush. Another group ____ found false teeth!

After three hours of collecting rubbish, we ____ ourselves to lunch, I washed my ____ with a soap four times in the bathroom, but the smell of ____ fish stayed. Although we were tired, we all ____ that the work was definitely worth it.

1.

A．explained

B．got

C．shouted

D．nodded

2.

A．beautiful

B．muddy

C．plastic

D．white

3.

A．students

B．customers

C．cleaners

D．member

4.

A．early

B．late

C．soon

D．often

5.

A．calling

B．gathering

C．meeting

D．pretending

6.

A．turned up

B．came up

C．turned out

D．came out

7.

A．equipped

B．filled

C．covered

D．pulled

8.

A．scores

B．papers

C．tools

D．sheets

9.

A．copy

B．record

C．hold

D．sort

10.

A．search

B．memory

C．groups

D．forms

11.

A．amazing

B．expensive

C．useful

D．noticeable

12.

A．walking around

B．bending over

C．falling down

D．moving back

13.

A．game

B．machine

C．sport

D．rule

14.

A．leave

B．blow

C．win

D．speak

15.

A．interesting

B．surprising

C．important

D．pleasant

16.

A．again

B．still

C．even

D．suddenly

17.

A．treated

B．helped

C．took

D．invited

18.

A．clothes

B．hands

C．face

D．hair

19.

A．bitter

B．fresh

C．tasty

D．rotten

20.

A．agreed

B．decided

C．promised

D．understood

8 .        In 1956, Phoenix, Arizona, was a city with boundless blue skies. One day as I walked around the house with my sister Kathy’s new parakeet on my finger. I wanted to show Perky _______ the sky looked like. Maybe he could make a little bird _______ out there. I took him into the backyard, and then, to my _______, Perky flew off. The enormous blue sky swallowed up my sister’s blue ________ and suddenly he had gone, clipping its wings.

Kathy managed to _______ me. With fake optimism, she even tried to reassure me that Perky would find a new _______ But I was far too clever to _______ that such a thing was possible.

Decades later, I watched my own _______ growing. We shared their activities, spending soccer Saturdays in folding chairs with the ________ of the kids’ friends, the Kissells. The two families went camping around Arizona together. We became the _______of friends. One evening, the game was to tell Great Pet stories. One person claimed to _______the oldest living goldfish. Someone else had a psychic dog. _______ Barry, the father of the other family, took the floor and _______ that the Greatest Pet of All Time was his blue parakeet, Sweetie Pie.

“The best thing ________Sweetie Pie,” he said, “was the ________ we got him. One day, when I was about eight, out of the clear, blue sky, a little blue parakeet just _______ down and landed on my finger.”

When I was finally able to _______ , we examined the amazing evidence. The dates and the locations and the pictures of the bird all _______. It seems our two families had been _______ long before we ever met. Forty years later, I ran to my sister and said, “You were _______! Perky lived!”

1.

A．what

B．how

C．which

D．where

2.

A．food

B．nest

C．friend

D．family

3.

A．joy

B．horror

C．disappointment

D．satisfaction

4.

A．pleasure

B．sadness

C．treasure

D．sense

5.

A．forgive

B．comfort

C．help

D．delight

6.

A．parent

B．home

C．master

D．life

7.

A．imagine

B．suppose

C．doubt

D．believe

8.

A．birds

B．happiness

C．worries

D．children

9.

A．parents

B．birds

C．interests

D．games

10.

A．first

B．best

C．last

D．happiest

11.

A．catch

B．find

C．buy

D．have

12.

A．Suddenly

B．Fortunately

C．Then

D．However

13.

A．announced

B．said

C．told

D．hoped

14.

A．in

B．about

C．of

D．on

15.

A．day

B．place

C．way

D．story

16.

A．floated

B．dived

C．settled

D．went

17.

A．think

B．speak

C．interrupt

D．explain

18.

A．came up

B．turned up

C．turned out

D．matched up

19.

A．known

B．fastened

C．connected

D．introduced

20.

A．right

B．wrong

C．silly

D．mad