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

3 . 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 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.

6 . 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

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 . Population and climate

The human population on Earth has grown to the point that it is having an effect on Earth’s atmosphere and ecosystems. Burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, urbanization, and cultivation of rice and cattle are increasing the concentration of carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust in the atmosphere. About 70 percent of the Sun’s energy passes through the atmosphere and strikes Earth’s surface. This radiation heats the surface of the land and ocean, and these surfaces then reradiate infrared radiation back into space. This allows Earth to avoid heating up too much. However, not all of the infrared radiation makes it into space; some is absorbed by gases in the atmosphere and is reradiated back to Earth’s surface. A greenhouse gas is one that absorbs infrared radiation and then reradiates some of this radiation back to Earth. Carbon dioxide and nitrogen oxides are greenhouse gases. In fact, without greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, scientists calculate that Earth would be about 33℃ cooler than it currently is.

The current concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is about 360 parts per million. Human activities are having a major influence on atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, which are rising so fast that current predictions made by scientists are that atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide will double in the next 50 to 100 years.

Some scientists predict that a doubling of carbon dioxide concentration will raise global temperatures anywhere between 1.4℃ and 4.5℃. The increase in temperature will not be uniform, with the smallest changes at the equator and changes two or three times as great at the poles. The local effects of these global changes are difficult to predict, but it is generally agreed that they may include alterations in ocean currents, increased winter flooding in some areas of the Northern Hemisphere, a higher incidence of summer drought in some areas, and rising sea levels, which may flood low-lying countries.

1. It can be inferred from the passage that one positive aspect of greenhouse gases is that they _______.

A．remove pollutants from Earth’s atmosphere and ecosystems

B．absorb 70 percent of the Sun’s energy

C．help keep Earth warm

D．double atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide

2. Which of the sentences below BEST summarizes the highlighted sentence?

A．The rapid rise of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations is mostly caused by human activities.

B．Human activities will no longer have an influence on atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations in the next 50 to 100 years.

C．Some scientists predict that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations will not increase in the next 50 to 100 years.

D．Some scientists recently predict that atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations that are largely influenced by human activities will double in the next 50 to 100 years.

3. The word “uniform” in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______.

A．different

B．identical

C．comparable

D．changeable

4. What are the local effects of global changes?

A．Sea levels will fall.

B．The effects will not occur in some regions of the world.

C．The local plants and forests will be permanently damaged.

D．It is hard to know exactly what form the local effects will take.

5. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Raising livestock and growing rice are the actions of humans.

B．The surface of the land and ocean can help decrease the temperature of Earth.

C．Although carbon dioxide concentration may double in the future, temperatures at the North Pole and South Pole may not change.

D．Nitrogen oxides absorb infrared radiation that can increase the temperature of Earth.

10 . Nowhere in Italy _______ a crisis more beautifully framed than in Venice. Neither land nor water, the city lifts like a mirage from a lagoon at the head of the Adriatic. For centuries it has threatened to vanish _______ the waves of the acqua alta, the relentlessly regular flooding caused by rising tides and sinking foundations. But _______ is the least of its problems.

Just ask Mayor Massimo Cacciari, professor of philosophy, fluent in German, Latin, Ancient Greek. Ask about the acqua alta and Venice _______, and he says, “So go get boots.”

Boots are fine for water, but useless against the flood _______ causes more concern for Venetians than any lagoon spillover: the flood of tourism. Number of Venetian residents in 2007: 60,000. Number of visitors in 2007: 21 million.

1.

A．is

B．has

C．there is

D．is there

2.

A．above

B．beneath

C．over

D．in

3.

A．that

B．it

C．this

D．here

4.

A．sunk

B．being sunk

C．sinking

D．sinks

5.

A．what

B．that

C．it

D．/