1 . 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。

Palm oil (棕榈油) is the most     1     (wide) used vegetable oil worldwide. It’s found in a huge variety of products ranging from vitamins to chocolate and bread. The oil is popular as it has a high melting point and contains healthy fats. The former makes it easy to spread     2     the latter makes it good for our body.

But the oil’s popularity comes     3     a high price. Palm trees need a rainforest and lots of land to grow on. As     4     result, thousands of acres of rainforests in Indonesia, the world’s biggest palm oil     5     (produce), are being destroyed to make room for palm farms.

With half of the world’s palm oil     6     (come) from Indonesia, orangutans (黑猩猩) have suffered a lot there. In the last 20 years, over 80% of their habitat     7     (destroy). What’s worse, in 2015, wildfires caused by illegal destruction of some rainforests endangered two fifths of the remaining orangutans. Palm farms have also threatened     8     (tiger) and elephants and caused water and air pollution.

The easiest solution is to stop using so much palm oil. However, it’s not easy because no other natural oil has both of its qualities. Now scientists are creating a new oil     9     (replace) it by using food waste and M. pulcherrima, a yeast (酵母)     10     feeds on leaves, fruits and flowers.

2 . There’ s no place like home. It’ s the place where we’ re surrounded by our possessions and creature comforts. We purchase things to give our homes a personal touch. And one thing we’re buying more of is houseplants. But are these “living” additions to our homes good for us and the environment?

Houseplants, also known as pot plants, add a natural touch and they have the ability to brighten up a room on a budget. The Royal Horticultural Society found that nearly 72% of adults in the UK had a houseplant in their home, with this figure rising to 80% of 16-24 year olds. A fifth of owners also said they use plants in the home to boost their health and well-being. And average sales last year were up on the previous year.

It seems millennials (千禧代) are driving the growth in the sales of houseplants. More young people are living in flats without a garden. 24-year-old Daisy Hale said “being able to care for something but not having too much commitment—I guess that’s a classic millennial line—is ideal for my lifestyle.”

From hanging baskets, to cacti (仙人掌) and succulent ferns, the choice of vegetation is endless. They are easy to care for, and there have been unproven claims that they improve the air quality in our home. But whatever their benefits, there are now concerns that they might not be so good for the environment. Some are bought online and shipped from overseas. Fay Kenworthy, co-founder of PlantSwap, a community activity that encourages people to trade plants locally, said “this could defeat many local plants.”

But botanist James Wong argues that home delivery has less of an environmental impact than multiple trips to the garden center in a car. Although he’ s not too concerned about the environmental impact, others are worried about the plastic pots they are in and the type of peat (泥炭) that some of them are grown in. However, a sustainable approach to buying them may be the best way forward if we want to introduce some natural greenery into our homes.

1. What is the benefit of a houseplant?

A．A houseplant can cure people of many diseases.

B．A houseplant is ideal for millennials’ career.

C．A houseplant improve the water quality in our home.

D．A houseplant can beautify a room with little money.

2. Which of the following may Fay Kenworthy agree with?

A．The choice of vegetation is endless.	B．People should buy local plants.
C．It’s best to buy plants online.	D．Houseplants are hard to care for.

3. Where is the passage probably from?

A．A fashion magazine.	B．A tour brochure.
C．A scientific fiction.	D．A history book.

4. What is James Wong’s attitude towards home delivery of plants?

A．Negative.

B．Neutral.

C．Positive.

D．Not mentioned.

5. What is the best title of the passage?

A．Natural Greenery	B．Millennials’ Choice
C．Houseplants: Good or Bad?	D．Hanging Baskets or a Garden?

3 . Green Transport Week

Transportation is one aspect we cannot do without it this day. However, the current transportation systems come along with a wide range of problems including global warming, environmental worsening, health implications (physical, emotional, mental, spiritual), and emission (排放) of greenhouse gases. In fact, the transport sector takes up 23% of the globe’ s greenhouse gas emission resulting from burning of fossil fuels. Out of the total greenhouse gas emissions, road transport takes up a lion share, 75% to be exact and this trend is to increase in the future. All this puts lot of pressure on the national governments to work out policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions as well as oil demands.

Figures show that over 90% of all road transportation relies on oil. This figure almost goes hand- in- hand with the total global oil consumption, which stands at 60%. All these have caught the eyes of most governments and policies are being made to change this worrying trend of air pollution.

For example, car use is at an all-time high in Britain, and as the roads get busier, green transport—by foot and bike— gets more and more difficult. The car is being used for increasingly short journeys, as a proportion of all car journeys, 24% are less than 2 miles and 58% are less than 5 miles. The car accounts for 81% of our journeys, walking for only 3% and cycling for 0.5%.

Therefore, the ETA set up the first Green Transport Week in order to raise awareness of the part transport has to play in the areas of personal safety, quality of life and health—as well as its broader global effect on our environment.

In the past we have used Green Transport Week as a celebration of sustainable (可持续性的) transport and as an opportunity to launch a number of national campaigns such as Walk to School Day and Pop-Up Zebra Crossing. Green Transport Week is the most effective way to get a debate going about transport issues in your area, and to spread awareness of the relationship between transport and the environment in schools and workplaces.

1. What problems does the present transportation systems cause?

A．Global warming and environmental problems.

B．Emission of greenhouse gases and garbage problems.

C．Health and ways of food consumption.

D．Relationship between humans and animals.

2. What does the underlined phrase “a lion share” in the first paragraph mean?

A．A large part.	B．A small part.
C．National policies.	D．Oil demands.

3. What is used most in Britain?

A．Walking.

B．Cycling.

C．Cars.

D．Subways.

4. What is the purpose of Green Transport Week?

A．To celebrate sustainable development of car industry.

B．To raise awareness of the relationship between transport and the environment.

C．To raise awareness of children’s safety, quality of life and health.

D．To launch a number of international campaigns.

4 . 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（可能多于1个单词）。

A long time ago, there was a huge apple tree. A little boy came and     1     (lie) under it every day. He     2       to the tree top, eat the apples, and take a nap under the shade. He loved the tree and the tree loved to play with him.

In the     3     (follow)years, the boy came and cut the branches to build a house, used the trunk on     4     he used to climb to make a boat and then never showed up for a long time.

Finally, the boy returned. "Sorry, my boy,     5     I don't have anything for you any more. No     6     apples for you. "The tree said. "I don't have teeth     7    (bite), " the boy replied. "no more trunk for you to climb on. ""I am     8     old for that now, "the boy said. "I really can't give you anything. The only thing     9     (leave) is my dying roots, "the tree said with tears. "I don't need much now, just     10     place to rest. I'm tired after all these years, " the boy replied. "Good! Old tree roots are the best place to lean on and rest. Come, come, sit down with me and rest. "The boy sat down and the tree was glad, smiling with tears.