1 . Using too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger, but we also affect our water supply in less obvious ways. You may wonder how paving(铺砌) a road can lead to less usable fresh water. A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater. Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers. It comes from underground. The more roads and parking lots we pave, the less water can flow into the ground to become groundwater.

Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages(缺乏). Drier climates are of course more likely to have droughts(干旱) than areas with more rainfall, but in any case, good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our basic needs .

Thinking about the way we use water every day can make a big difference, too. In the United States, a family of four can use 1.5 tons of water a day! This shows how much we depend on water to live, but there’s a lot we can do to lower the number.

You can take steps to save water in your home. To start with, use the same glass for your drinking water all day. Wash it only once a day. Run your dishwasher only when it is full. Help your parents fix any leaks(滴水) in your home. You can even help to keep our water supply clean by recycling batteries instead of throwing them away.

1. Which of the following is most likely to lead to less groundwater?

A．Using river water.	B．Throwing batteries away.
C．Throwing rubbish into lakes.	D．Paving parking lots.

2. What can be inferred from the text?

A．All water shortages are due to human behavior.

B．It takes a lot of effort to meet our water needs.

C．There is much we can do to reduce family size.

D．The average family in America makes proper use of water.

3. The last paragraph is intended to _________.

A．show us how to fix leaks at home

B．tell us how to run a dishwasher

C．prove what drinking glass is best for us

D．suggest what we do to save water at home

4. The text is mainly about _________.

A．how human activity affects our water supply

B．how much we depend on water to live

C．why droughts occur more in dry climates

D．why paving roads reduces our water

2 . Edmund Halley was an English scientist who lived over 200 years ago. He studied the observations of comets which other scientists had made. The orbit of one particular comet was a very difficult mathematical problem. He could not figure it out. Neither could other scientists who dealt with such problems.

However, Halley had a friend named Newton, who was a brilliant mathematician. Newton thought he had already worked out that problem, but he could not find the papers on which he had done it. He told Halley that the orbit of a comet had the shape of an ellipse.

Now Halley set to work. He figured out the orbits of some of the comets that had been observed by scientists. He made a surprising discovery. The comets that had appeared in the years 1531, 1607, and 1682 all had the same orbit. Yet their appearances had been 75 to 76 years apart.

This seemed very strange to Halley. The different comets followed the same orbit. The more Halley thought about it, the more he thought that there had not been three different comets, as people thought. He decided that they had simply seen the same comet three times. The comet had gone away and had come back again.

It was an astonishing idea! Halley felt certain enough to make a prediction of what comet would happen in the future. He decided that this comet would appear in the year 1758. There were 53 years to go before Halley’s prediction could be tested. In 1758 the comet appeared in the sky. Halley did not see it, for he had died some years before. Ever since then that comet has been called Halley’s comet, in his honor.

1. Halley made his discovery ________.

A．by doing experiments	B．by means of his own careful observation
C．by using the work of other scientists	D．by chance

2. Halley made a surprising，but correct prediction in the year ________.

A．1704

B．1705

C．1706

D．1707

3. This passage in general is about ________.

A．Halley and other scientists	B．the orbit of a comet
C．Newton and Halley	D．Halley and his discovery

4. What can we know from the text?

A．Edmund Halley was an American scientist.	B．Halley made his discovery by doing experiments.
C．Newton was a famous mathematician.	D．The orbit of a comet had the shape of a circle.

3 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Why is Jack going abroad?

A．To study.

B．To go shopping.

C．To visit his mother.

2. What did Jack’s mother buy for him?

A．Some hats.

B．Some shorts.

C．Some jeans.

3. Why doesn’t Jack pack a coat?

A．He wants to buy a new one.

B．There is no room in his suitcase.

C．It is unnecessary in such a warm climate.

4. What is the weather like in spring?

A．It’s rainy.

B．It’s windy.

C．It’s a little hot.

4 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the most striking thing about volcanoes?

A．They kill people quickly.	B．They are beautiful scenery.
C．They can erupt suddenly.

2. Why is Mount Etna called the “Friendly Giant”?

A．It is very big.

B．It rarely kills people.

C．It attracts many tourists.

3. How many people visit Mount Fuji every year?

A．About 73,000.

B．About 300,000.

C．About 400,000.

5 . E-waste is fast becoming a serious problem around the world. This report will examine this problem and provide some possible ways to solve it.

    1     It is often cheaper to buy new products than to repair old ones. Also, through clever advertising, companies always encourage people to change their old TVs, mobile phones and computers for the latest models. E-waste is created when we throw away old ones. In the EU alone, about 8,700,000 tons of e-waste is produced each year. Sadly, just over 1,000,000 tons is recycled. Burying (填埋) e-waste or burning it cause serious problems for the environment.     2     These things can then get into the ground or pollute the air when they are burnt.     3     However, their plans are not always managed properly. Sometimes electronics are just sent to poor countries such as Ghana. Here they are often burnt in public areas, which is very bad for people’s health, Setting up recycling centers is a good way to solve this problem. E-cycling centers could recycle the parts that can be reused and deal with the rest properly.     4    This means that producers must take back old products. They should then make sure old products are properly recycled or reused. As for us, we should try to cut down on e-waste.     5     And don’t buy a product just to have the latest model. E-waste is a serious problem in the modern world. Both producers and users must take actions and try to keep it to the smallest amount.

A．Change electronics only when we have to.

B．We live in a society that is producing and using electronics all the time.

C．Electronics have dangerous things in them.

D．We should change our electronics as soon as possible.

E．In recent years, many countries have started recycling e-waste.

F．Electronics are safe things so we don’t need to change them.

G．Another way is to make producers responsible for their used products.

6 . At the beginning of the century there was a big farm called Hollywood Ranch. It was near Los Angeles in California. A few years later Hollywood was one of the famous places of the world. From 1910s to the 1950s Hollywood was the film center of the world. Every family knew the names of its film stars Charlie Chaplin, Grete Garbo, Bergman and hundreds more.

The reason why people went to Hollywood to make films was the sun. At first people made films in New York on the east coast of the United States. But then they heard about Los Angeles where there are 350 days of sun every year. As they made all the films by sunlight, the west coast was a much better place to work.

Also near Hollywood you can find mountains and sea and desert. They did not have to travel far to make any kind o film

When TV became popular in the 1960s, Hollywood started making films for television. Then in 1970s they discovered people still went to cinema to see big expensive films. After twenty years they are still making films in Hollywood and people watch them all over the world.

1. Hollywood used to be a       .

A．cinema	B．big farm
C．park	D．market

2. Who was not mentioned as a film star in the passage?

A．Charlie Chaplin.	B．Marilyn Monroe
C．Ingrid Bergman	D．Greta Garbo.

3. People went to Hollywood to make films because       .

A．it was a beautiful place	B．you could find many film stars
C．there was a lot of sunlight there	D．it was a famous place

4. Which statement is true?

A．The west coast was a better place to make films.

B．There are no mountains near Hollywood.

C．People no longer went to the cinema after television became popular.

D．Hollywood began to make films for television before the First World War.

7 . Coffee chains create a lot of waste, from disposable take-away cups to the used grounds that are sent to landfills. Starbucks has started to try recyclable alternatives to the disposable cups. But the used coffee is often unnoted.

The world drinks around 2 billion cups of coffee a day, producing 6 million tons of used grounds every year. When they go to landfills, the grounds release greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, contributing to global warming.

UK Bio-bean has found a way to turn that waste into a valuable resource. At Bio-bean, used coffee grounds are processed to remove paper cups or plastic bags, and then passed through a dryer and a further screening process. They are finally processed into the fuel. Coffee Log.

"Coffee is highly calorific and lends itself to being a really fantastic fuel," says May. director of Bio-bean. "They burn about 20% hotter and 20% longer than wood logs do."

While these fuels release greenhouse gases when burned, if they replace other carbon-based fuels. Bio-bean estimates that the recycling process reduces emissions （排放）by 80% compared with sending the grounds to landfills.

Founded in 2013 Bio-bean grew rapidly,   launching coffee collection services across the UK and building the world's first coffee recycling factory only two years later. In 2016 they launched their first product,   Coffee Log, and are now ready to launch their first natural flavouring ingredient into the food and drink industry.

“We've really managed to succeed with our innovation because we've managed to get to scale. What started as a good idea is today the UK's largest recycler of coffee grounds. We are turning 7,000 tons of those grounds per year into the fuel," says George May. "Despite being delayed by the COVID-19, we plan to expand our operation into northwestern Europe within the next five years."

1. What do the first two paragraphs suggest?

A．It’s necessary to limit coffee consumption.

B．Drinking coffee is popular around the world.

C．Measures should be taken to recycle coffee waste.

D．Coffee grounds are the main cause of global warming.

2. What is the Bio-bean's Coffee Log?

A．A solid fuel.	B．A natural food.
C．A cup of hot coffee.	D．A tree trunk.

3. What do we know about Bio-bean?

A．It is a high-tech company with a long history.

B．It is a promising recycler of coffee grounds.

C．It is started to produce coffee and fuels.

D．It's developing faster than Starbucks.

4. What does the underlined phrase "get to scale" in the last paragraph mean?

A．Give accurate measurement.	B．Cover a wide range.
C．Do mass production.	D．Classify different grades.

8 . You just can’t imagine what a brave mother is like. She was a mother of three, who just _______ an earthquake, couldn’t tell if her children were _______ for help. Or what if you knew you couldn’t yell at her for help because she couldn’t _______ you? That was what happened to Connie and her three children _______ the 6.1-magnitude earthquake rocked Napa, California. Connie is _______ and communicates with her children using sign language.

At midnight, Connie and her three children were _______ on the first floor of their two-story home. She and her 16-year-old son, Juan, were shaken awake. Instantly, they realized there were no disaster supplies downstairs. Connie, also _______ one-month-old Raul and 8-year-old Adriana, called Juan to come close to her in the darkness and _______ for him to go upstairs to get a _______.

Juan slowly __________ the stairs. He heard a loud creak (嘎吱声). Arriving on the top floor, he moved quickly but __________ to get what he needed. Using the flashlight to guide his steps back __________ the stairs, the family was able to take a few items from the first floor and __________. Their home was almost in ruins.

Being deaf was not deterrent (妨碍物) for this __________ mother. The family made it to the __________ safely, which comforted everyone.

1.

A．experienced

B．dreamed

C．avoided

D．reported

2.

A．turning around

B．standing by

C．running away

D．crying out

3.

A．see

B．hear

C．forgive

D．reach

4.

A．when

B．after

C．unless

D．before

5.

A．blind

B．deaf

C．old

D．sick

6.

A．alone

B．awake

C．alive

D．asleep

7.

A．chatting to

B．playing with

C．focusing on

D．running after

8.

A．signed

B．phoned

C．shouted

D．explained

9.

A．helper

B．flashlight

C．box

D．suitcase

10.

A．mopped

B．examined

C．climbed

D．left

11.

A．carefully

B．regularly

C．bravely

D．hurriedly

12.

A．up

B．above

C．under

D．down

13.

A．stay

B．return

C．flee

D．cry

14.

A．famous

B．skillful

C．ordinary

D．determined

15.

A．darkness

B．shelter

C．ruins

D．stairs

9 . I had been living with Dino and his family for ten days or so, who lived and worked in the rainforest. They were the “bad guys”, burning much of the western Amazon to tun it into cattle farms. They were also some of the nicest and warmest hosts. They are a family trying to survive in a very tough environment through hard work. Their view and understanding of the problems the Amazon faces are different from mine. I see the Amazon as an extraordinary valuable life that should be treasured and protected at all costs-the world needs it, and we all need it. However, the Dinos see the Amazon as a vast, lasting resource that feeds them. After talking extent win them, I realized their respect for it was as deep as my own: they just saw it very differently.

Cattle farming in the Amazon is perhaps mainly responsible for the fires we are seeing now. It is an industry of cutting forest, burning it and turning it to cattle farms. Fires spread throughout the Amazon every year as a result of that practice. Putting cattle on the land means replacing trees with animals that produce damaging levels of greenhouse gases. This is just about the most stupid thing humans can do.

One morning after a fire, I returned to the land. I felt as though I had seen the blue smoke from those blackened tree trunks that remained upright, which are memorials to human stupidity.

The problems the Amazon faces are perhaps more complex now than ever before, but they are curable. We need to decide where and how we appoint and apply values based on sensible economic models that favor both the farmer and the forest. One of the issues facing the Brazilian Amazon now is a loosening of rules by the current administration which has opened up more land for deforestation(毁林) and burning. This could be disastrous, both for the Amazon and the rest of the world.

1. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about？

A．The consequences of cattle farming.	B．The main cause of forest fires.
C．The causes of greenhouse gases.	D．The importance of cattle farming.

2. How did the author feel when returning to the land after a fire?

A．It helped the author recall his memory about the land.

B．It reminded us of our foolishness of destroying the land.

C．It's not surprising to see the land destroyed by the fire.

D．It's amazing to see the trees keep straight after the fire.

3. Which of the following statements is true?

A．The writer and Dino respected the Amazon equally in different ways.

B．Cattle farming is not to blame for the fires happening in the Amazon.

C．The problems the Amazon faces are more complex and can't be solved.

D．The Dinos are considered to be bad for burning the forest to make a fortune.

4. What should the Brazilian government do to solve the Amazon problems？

A．Prevent the deeds of burning.	B．Offer more land.
C．Take stricter measures.	D．Appoint economic models.

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

Yin Xu, also known as the Ruins of Yin, is one of the oldest and largest archaeological sites (考古遗址) in China, which has also been confirmed     1     the first site of a capital in Chinese history.

Around 1300 B.C., the     2     (twenty) king of the Shang dynasty, Pan Geng, moved his capital to Yin. He built a prosperous and stable city,     3     (exist) through eight generations and twelve kings for 255 years. It created the brilliant Yin-Shang Civilization,     4     is of priceless value in terms of history, culture, art and science. Under the Zhou dynasty, Yin was left to fall into ruin. Afterwards, the once-great city of Yin passed into silence until its rediscovery in 1899.

    5     (locate) in the northwest of Anyang, Henan province, Yin Xu has two main sites, covering     6     area of 30,000 square kilometers. Yin Xu conveys the     7     (society) life of the late Shang dynasty, reflecting highly developed science and architectural technology including bronze casting (铸铜) and a calendar system. This great discovery helped to track recorded Chinese history nearly one thousand years earlier. Yin Xu     8     (add) to the World Cultural Heritage List in 2006. Not     9     (surprise), it stands first on the list of China’s 100 major archaeological     10     (discover) in last century.