2 . A couple has spent the last 25 years buying 300 acres of deserted farmlands and changed it into wildlife forest. They want to build the land to a real rainforest for elephants, birds and other endangered animals. Up to now, they’ve _______more than 300 kinds of birds as well as many_______animal species (种类).

_______, this was not the image in 1991 when they came to this part of the country. “When we came here, it was a_______. The owner wanted to sell it_______, because he could not _______coffee beans (咖啡豆) or anything else here, says Anil, who ran restaurant business in the US_______moving to India. “But for me and my wife, this was what we were_______of in our life.”

The couple had a special love for_______from their childhood. When they came to India, the pollution________them. “At that moment, we________to do something to explore the forests in India,” says Anil. “We were not looking for________. In the beginning, we________that shortage of fresh water will be a(n)________concern in India, so we must take care of its origin,” explains Anil.

They sold properties (财产) they owned in America, bought the first 55 acres and began to grow the first________. Soon, they got the land nearby as well. “Many of the local farmers considered it________to get money from the wasteland,” says Anil.

Stopping hunting was a big________and often the locals did not________what this couple was doing, so it required a lot of talking to build up the idea of ________. They worked with the forest department to set up camera traps and keep hunters away. “There are times we have to________with hunters. We were even in great danger once,” says Anil. “We hope what we are doing now will make a difference to animals.”

1.

A．attracted

B．kept

C．sold

D．hidden

2.

A．dangerous

B．beautiful

C．rare

D．common

3.

A．Therefore

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

4.

A．dreamland

B．wasteland

C．playground

D．park

5.

A．carefully

B．secretly

C．quickly

D．suddenly

6.

A．eat

B．find

C．water

D．grow

7.

A．before

B．after

C．since

D．for

8.

A．hearing

B．dreaming

C．speaking

D．dying

9.

A．knowledge

B．history

C．nature

D．culture

10.

A．moved

B．shocked

C．satisfied

D．annoyed

11.

A．begged

B．hated

C．failed

D．decided

12.

A．money

B．food

C．luck

D．help

13.

A．forgot

B．hoped

C．require

D．realize

14.

A．beneficial

B．unnecessary

C．huge

D．unimportant

15.

A．grass

B．flower

C．vegetable

D．forest

16.

A．difficult

B．easy

C．meaningless

D．excited

17.

A．order

B．challenge

C．deal

D．enjoyment

18.

A．experience

B．follow

C．understand

D．promise

19.

A．attention

B．devotion

C．operation

D．protection

20.

A．fight

B．work

C．unite

D．play

4 . 语法填空

China’s research icebreaker Xuelong,     1     126 crew members aboard on the 35th Antarctic research mission, on Thursday local time left the Zhongshan Station on     2     (it) way back to China.

Snow Eagle 601, China’s first fixed­wing aircraft for polar flight, on Thursday night also departed from the Antarctic after     3     (complete)all assignments.

Xuelong,     4     arrived near Zhongshan on Feb. 9, supplied the station with fuel oil, and then picked up summer expedition   team members   at   the   Kunlun, Taishan and Zhongshan stations, as well as     5    (member)of the fixed­wing aircraft project.

Sixteen members of the Kunlun team     6    (previous)completed all scientific expeditions at Dome Argus (Dome A), the South Pole’s highest icecap. They，together with 21 members of the Taishan team,     7    (return)to Zhongshan on Feb. 8.

The Zhongshan team completed tasks including installation of and tests for LiDAR, drilling of ice bedrock, atmospheric sounding     8    (observe)，surveys of birds and aerial exploration carried out by the fixed­wing aircraft.

As the summer expedition team at Zhongshan left, 19 members would stay for winter expeditions.

Also     9    (know) as the Snow Dragon, the icebreaker carrying a research   team   set   sail   from Shanghai on Nov. 2   last year, beginning     10     country’s 35th Antarctic expedition. It is expected to arrive in Shanghai in mid­March.

5 . When Simon Cane was in the second grade, he began learning about all the ways humans have an impact on the environment and really took those classroom lessons to heart in a way that set him apart from his schoolmates at his elementary school, P. S. 81, in the Bronx. “He told me we drove too much and made too much pollution,” his dad, Jonathan Cane, told Runner’s World. So Simon convinced his parents to start hanging their clothes to dry, taking the stairs instead of elevators, and other “green” measures.

“For much of kindergarten and first grade I rode my bike to Simon’s school with him on the back,” Jonathan said. “We had a lot of fun being outdoors. We’d stop to give our dog treats and generally enjoyed it.” As Simon got bigger, though, it wasn’t practical for him to ride on his father’s back, but it also didn’t make sense to ride together — both because of safety concerns and because there was no place to put away Simon’s bike. So, most of the time they drove the 1. 5 miles to school.

But in 2019, when Simon was going into third grade, the 8-year-old came up with a new way to help the planet: running the 1. 5 miles to P. S. 81. And Jonathan promised his son he’d join him for as long as he wanted.

“We did a test run one day in August, and decided to give it a go. To be honest, I thought he’d blink (眨眼)after it got really cold or rainy, but he never did,” Jonathan said. He recalled one day when the weather was particularly bad. “It’s really raining out there today,” he told Simon. “And Simon said, ‘Well then we’re going to get wet!’ He took pride in toughing it out, and it became a really fun family routine.”

Since the start, Simon has run with his dad and their black dog, Lola, and has even inspired his mom, Nicole Sin Quee, to join in. They soon became known as “the family that runs to school”.

1. What makes Simon different from his classmates?

A．Washing his clothes by himself.	B．Taking many classes after school.
C．Raising strange questions in class.	D．Taking green measures to protect the environment.

2. How did Simon usually go to school in second grade?

A．By car.

B．By cycling.

C．By running.

D．By school bus.

3. What can be inferred from paragraph 4?

A．Simon has trouble with his eyesight.	B．Simon is really stubborn and inflexible.
C．Simon is much tougher than expected.	D．Simon didn’t get support from his father.

4. What can be the best title for the text?

A．The Best Way to Go to School

B．Father and Son Run for the Environment

C．A Teenager Keeps Running to Inspire Father

D．Three Inspiring Running Athletes to Protect the Environment

6 . When most people think of rodents(啮齿动物), they either think of pests like mice and rats, or cute animals, like guinea pigs or squirrels. What does not usually come to mind is the grass-chewing, water-loving, dog- sized capybara (水豚). Weighing up to 66 kilograms, the capybara is the world’s largest rodent. And that might be the least interesting thing about this wonderful animal.

Native to South America, capybaras are found in grasslands near lakes or rivers. They are excellent swimmers and spend much of their time in the water. They have webs between their toes to help them swim even better. Moreover, the position of their eyes, ears, and noses on the tops of their heads helps them fully dive in the water to hide from predators (捕食者). They love the water, and they can even sleep underwater, with only their noses above the surface.

Like many other rodents, capybaras live in large social groups. What’s unusual, however, is how friendly capybaras are with other animal species. The internet is full of images showing smaller animals sitting on capybaras. But despite these giant rodents’ social natures and cuteness, they don’t make very good pets. They can be territorial(有地盘意识的) with larger animals, and they have been known to bite humans when they feel threatened.

Capybaras continue to lose some of their cuteness when one takes a look at their diet. Their main food is grass, but like many grass-eating animals, they are not able to fully take in their meal the first time it passes through their digestive system(消化系统). So, capybaras frequently eat their own droppings to get additional nutrients from previous meals. There are lots of reasons to love capybaras, but this probably isn’t one of them.

1. According to this passage, what is special about capybaras among rodents?

A．Their size.

B．Their fur.

C．Their teeth.

D．Their living waters.

2. In what unusual way do capybaras hide from their enemies?

A．Their fur mixes with their environment.

B．They live in large groups to hide each individual.

C．They stand still in very tall grass.

D．They keep most of their bodies under the water.

3. Why would a capybara NOT make a good pet?

A．They need a lot of water to play in.

B．They may hurt humans when threatened.

C．Their food is too expensive to afford.

D．They carry diseases that are dangerous to humans.

4. What does the author say about the capybaras’ diet?

A．Their diet is especially friendly to the environment.

B．Capybaras become less cute when it comes to their diet.

C．Capybaras keep a balanced diet to get additional nutrients.

D．Their diet consists of many things, including grasses and other animals’ waste.

7 . 阅读下面短文,在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

You probably know that marine mammals, like whales and dolphins,breathe air as we do.    1    ,you may not know that they have developed some interesting sleeping habits to adjust    2     their regular trips up to the surface for air.

Unlike our own breathing, which hardly requires any effort, marine mammals must consciously go to the surface of the water    3     ( breathe) through a blowhole on top of their heads. As a result,they don't sleep for     4    solid 8 hours a night like we do.

Some marine mammals sleep while    5     (swim). Whales take a nap for brief periods, during    6    an alert friend guides them. In fact, a young whale must sleep alongside its mother because the mot her's slipstream actually pulls the calf along.

Others , like dolphins,sleep while floating on the surface of the water or take short catnaps while floating below the surface.    7     ( researcher) claim that when they sleep, their brain is always    8     ( partial) alert. Aside from these brief naps , dolphins are active most of the night.

Of course , marine mammals    9     (equip) to cope with underwater sleeping. They have    10     ( large) lungs，exchange air more fully at each breath,and carry more oxygen in their blood than we do,so they can hold their breath long enough to sleep with the fishes.

8 . There are 10 errors altogether in the following passage. The errors are: missing words, unnecessary. words and wrong words. Please correct them as follows: for a missing 1word, mark its position with the symbol“ʌ”and write it;for an unnecessary word, Cross it out with the symbol“\” ; for a 1wrong word, underline it and write the correct word. A n example of how to correct the error is provided be low.
下文中共有10处错误。错误涉及缺词、多词与错词三种。请根据以下要求修改文中出现的错误。
缺词:在缺词处加一个漏字符号( ʌ ),并写出该词;
多词:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉;
错词:在错词下画一横线,并写出改正后的词。

The London Eye is one of the most popular attraction in London. And about six thousands people from all over the world visit it every day. It was designed with David Marks and Julia Barfield for a competition, which a British newspaper organized in 1994. It was because newspaper wanted a new London building to celebrate to the year 2000. The Eye is 135 meters highly. It is the largest observation wheel (摩天轮) in the world, who David and Julia designed and built in less than 16 months, or it can carry up to 800 people at one time. At that time, over 1,700 people worked on the building of the Eye and many parts of it was built in other places. For example, experts in the Czech Republic (捷克共和国) make some of the metal parts and the glass was produced in Italy.

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。

The poor villagers of Yaluma in Southern Mexico now have an extra source of income. They are being paid to grow and develop forests by the    1    (organize) in charge of Formula One racing,    2    pumps 5,500 tons of carbon dioxide(CO₂)into the air every year.

Projects like this    3    (go) under the name of “carbon trading”. The basic idea is that governments and companies can buy the right to pump CO₂ into the air by investing in green projects. They can buy so-called “carbon credits” from countries with CO₂ emissions(排放物)successfully    4    (reduce).

Supporters of carbon trading say that it provides a new way of doing business and brings money and green technology    5    poorer countries. while opponents(反对者)argue that nature comes before lifestyle. CO₂ emissions need to be reduced, not bought and sold. People should not help the rich countries keep a lifestyle    6    (depend) on pollution.

It is believed that modern    7    (life) are about choice. We can choose to take the danger of global warming seriously. And    8    sooner we choose to do it, the more choices we have about what    9    (do) next and the more time we have to do it in. We can also choose to pay no attention to the danger of global warming to keep    10    (we) lifestyles. Then one day nature may give us no choice at all.

10 . For as long as they can remember, Jynne Martin and April Surgent had both dreamed of going to Antarctica. This winter, they each made it to the icy continent as guests of the National Science Foundation (NSF). But they didn't, as scientists. Martin is a poet and Surgent is an artist. They went to Antarctica as participants in the NSF's Artists and Writers Program, which makes it possible for artists, including filmmakers and musicians, to experience Antarctica and contribute their own points of view to our understanding of the continent.

“It's important for scientists and artists to work together,” says Surgent, who spent six weeks at Palmer Station, the smallest of the U.S. research bases. “You need a lot of different ways and points of view to explain the world.”

Martin followed four scientific teams on the ice and wrote articles and poems inspired by her experience. “Each day was the new ‘best day of my life’.” said Martin, who said she also loved spending time in the library at the McMurdo Station reading the journals of early explorers.

Today's scientists write articles for scientific journals. Unlike the early explorer's journals, scientific papers can now be very difficult for non-scientists to understand. Writers in Antarctica work to explain the research to the public. Peter Rejcek is editor, writer, and photographer for the Antarctic Sun, an online magazine devoted to news about the U.S. Antarctic Program. He goes to the South Pole every year, interviewing the scientists about their research.

Antarctica is full of stories and wonders that are scientific, historical, and personal. People such as Martin, Surgent, and Rejcek are making an effort to bring those stories to as many people as they can.

“Some people are going to be scientists, some people are going to be artists, some people are going to be journalists, but we can all work together,” says Surgent, "to celebrate this extraordinary place.”

1. What is the main purpose of the NSF's Artists and Writers Program?

A．To increase people's understanding of Antarctica.

B．To develop a relationship between scientists and artists.

C．To encourage artists and writers to learn science.

D．To make the scientists in Antarctica known to the public.

2. Which of the following best explains why scientists and artists work together?

A．The world is full of different people.	B．The world should move in harmony.
C．The world is full of different opinions.	D．The world should be seen in different ways.

3. Where is the library in which Martin spent time reading?

A．At the Antarctic Sun.	B．At a research base in the USA.
C．At a research base in Antarctica.	D．At the National Science Foundation.

4. It can be inferred from the text that articles by writers about Antarctica        .

A．are hard for people to understand	B．are easy for people to understand
C．have nothing to do with the research	D．are mainly about early explorers