I had an independent and clever dog named Stickeen. He enjoyed the delicious food that my family prepared for him every day. He often ran out of my sight when walking with me.
Early one morning, I went to explore a nearby glacier (冰川). Stickeen followed me, and together we went upon the glacier. Later, I discovered that we were trapped between two very deep cracks (裂缝) in the glacier. The only way across it was a very thin ice that connected the cracks. I made a path across the “bridge” and got to the other side. But my dog was afraid to have a try and began to cry. After taking another careful look at the large cracks, he ran away hopelessly to find some other crossings. By the time he got back, he was confused of course.
When I reached the other side, he screamed louder than ever, and after running back and forth without searching for a good way to escape, he would return to the edge (边缘) of the crack, crying as if in the sadness of death. I called again and again in a sure voice to come on and fear nothing, but he would think for a moment, look down again at the “bridge”, and shout his unshakable thought that he could never, never come that way, and then lie back hopelessly, as if screaming, “O-o-oh! What a place! No-o-o, I can never go-o-o down there!” At last, I seriously shouted to him that now I must certainly leave him and I could wait no longer if he could not come.
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He knew very well what I meant.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________When we went back home, Stickeen was a changed dog.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2 . The suburb I live in backs on to a large nature reserve. One morning I saw a koala (考拉) sitting in a palm tree in my front yard. I phoned around to ask what I could
I’ve always been befriending animals. As a young kid I used to pick up lizard eggs and
Once I had accreditation (合格证), I volunteered with the RSPCA in 2014, rehabilitating (使康复) wildlife. I was an ambulance driver,
One day, I thought why not
I cut the leaves of the eucalyptus trees for the koalas to eat and look after the
As a kid I would never have imagined doing this. I feel like I’m the
| A．learn from | B．do about | C．require of | D．save for |
| A．kicking | B．shooting | C．coaching | D．blowing |
| A．together | B．illegally | C．angrily | D．guiltily |
| A．roll | B．sell | C．break | D．hatch |
| A．rescue | B．admire | C．purchase | D．identify |
| A．courses | B．races | C．fairs | D．shows |
| A．watching | B．attending | C．recording | D．assessing |
| A．made out | B．ran across | C．gave up | D．cared for |
| A．leave | B．start | C．dismiss | D．advertise |
| A．house | B．hunt | C．train | D．amuse |
| A．confuse | B．direct | C．feed | D．test |
| A．aggressive | B．hungry | C．deserted | D．injured |
| A．sold | B．released | C．thrown | D．dragged |
| A．quietest | B．greediest | C．noisiest | D．luckiest |
| A．guess | B．calling | C．treat | D．fault |
3 . The Maranhão region of northern Brazil is my ancestral home. For centuries, we have
But today, our environment is being destroyed for capitalist (资本家)
When we see an illegal camp or
Our resistance is
| A．escaped | B．promoted | C．explored | D．preserved |
| A．traditions | B．blessings | C．possessions | D．warnings |
| A．turns against | B．provides for | C．relies on | D．submits to |
| A．charity | B．mercy | C．greed | D．duty |
| A．logging | B．advertising | C．spying | D．shipping |
| A．exposing | B．closing | C．confirming | D．reserving |
| A．farm | B．develop | C．rent | D．protect |
| A．liberation | B．tolerance | C．resistance | D．construction |
| A．oppose | B．identify | C．visualize | D．launch |
| A．option | B．excuse | C．impression | D．advantage |
| A．act | B．stay | C．leave | D．wait |
| A．sell | B．empty | C．surround | D．repair |
| A．hiking | B．packing | C．boating | D．sightseeing |
| A．working | B．beginning | C．ending | D．withdrawing |
| A．investment | B．arrangement | C．negotiation | D．struggle |
My husband Erik and I had promised the kids a Labrador puppy.
I’d seen the ad at the local hardware store. “Thirteen puppies in all, “Sally, the owner, said when I called. ”There’ re only three left. “I decided to take a look the next day. The boys jumped and shouted excitedly as I copied down directions and hung up the phone.
Early the next morning, still discussing names, we wound our way through the mountains to meet our family’s new best friend. Our boys had simple names: Ike, Sam, Ben, and Dom, so they Preferred simple names like Rosy ,too. Finally, we met the sweet little dog. ” Rosy, “the boys called it softly. Our little puppy cocked her head. ” She likes it,“they cheered and set about making Rosy comfortable for the long drive home. They offered her a chew toy and lifted her up so she could see out the window. They took turns holding her in their arms lovingly and offered her a snack.
Though small, Rosy grew strong and healthy beneath her shiny black coat. And, just as I’d hoped, she was a calming addition to our houseful of noisy boys. But something was wrong. “It’s like she doesn’t know how to play,” Sam commented one day after school. “Dogs have different personalities, just like people,”I said. “Besides, she’s still very young. ” “But her legs aren’t very long, and one eye is smaller than the other,”Ike added, trying to make sense of why Rosy was different from other puppies he’d met.
I looked across the room to where Rosy sat between the boys. The last golden rays of autumn sunshine shone brightly on her face. Sure enough, one eye was misshapen. Not only that, it didn’t glint (闪光) in the afternoon light. I drew in a breath. Rosy, our puppy with a name as short as her four little legs, was blind in one eye.
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Everyone in the room became serious and sad.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Surprisingly, the boys refused to give the little puppy back.
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________5 . Chances are you can name a few animals that are facing extinction. But what about plants? With some 40% of plant species under threat of extinction—and given humankind’s reliance on the plant world-one might think there’d be more urgency around protecting them. Yet in the United States, for example, plants receive less than 4% of federal funding for endangered species, despite comprising 57% of the endangered species list.
Much of mankind suffers from “plant blindness”. Defined by botanists Elisabeth Schussler and James Wandersee, plant blindness is the inability to see or notice the plants in one’s own environment, which leads to the inability to recognize the importance of plants in the biosphere (生物圈) and in human affairs.
Now a paper published by Oxford University Press might have found a cure for that. Having noticed that nature shows increased viewers’ interest in the animals on the shows, the researchers set out to discover if nature documentaries could do the same for plants. For the paper, they focused on The Green Planet, the 2022 BBC plant-focused documentary narrated (解说) by Sir David Attenborough.
To figure out if the documentary engaged viewers enough to want to learn more, the researchers looked at people’s online behavior around the time of the broadcast. They noted which species appeared on the show and then looked at data on Google Trends and Wikipedia page hits for those same species before and after the episodes (集) of the documentary aired. The researchers found some 28. 1% of search terms representing plants mentioned in the BBC documentary had peak popularity in the UK, measured using Google Trends, the week after the broadcast of the relevant episode. Wikipedia data showed this as well. Almost a third (31%) of the Wikipedia pages related to plants mentioned in The Green Planet showed increased visits the week after the broadcast. The investigators also note that people were more likely to do online searches for plants that enjoyed more screen time on The Green Planet.
1. What problem does the author talk about in the first paragraph?| A．Mass animal extinction. | B．Humans’ heavy reliance on plants. |
| C．Sharp increase in endangered species. | D．Insufficient plant conservation efforts. |
| A．By interviewing the viewers online. |
| B．By analyzing data on TV viewing habits. |
| C．By studying online searches of certain species. |
| D．By noting the number of nature documentaries aired. |
| A．Screen time determines website visits. |
| B．Nature documentaries increase plant awareness. |
| C．Watching more TV will help protect biodiversity. |
| D．Well-made documentaries enjoy peak popularity. |
| A．A Wild Reason to Watch More TV |
| B．Best-ever Documentary: The Green Planet |
| C．A Great Chance to Stop Wildlife Extinction |
| D．Most Common Phenomenon: Plant Blindness |
6 . Cambodia recorded 792 rare white-shouldered ibises (白肩黑鹮) in its 2022 census (统计), an increase of 5 percent from 755 birds in a year earlier, conservationists said on Thursday.
Bou Vorsak, director of BirdLife in Cambodia, said the census, jointly conducted by the members of the Cambodian Ibis Working Group (CIWG), found 377 white-shouldered ibises at Siem Pang Wildlife Sanctuary, 326 at the Mekong Flooded Forest, and 89 at Koh Srolauv, Kulen Promtep, Lomphat, Srepok and Phnom Prich Wildlife Sanctuaries. “The white-shouldered ibis is one of the rarest birds in the world, with the global population of approximately 1,000 birds,” he told the journalist. “Cambodia is the largest habitat for this critically endangered species, accounting for nearly 80 percent of the global population.”
Vorsak said BirdLife in Cambodia is delighted to support this species working group to develop and implement the Cambodian ibis conservation action plan to protect the critically endangered birds from extinction.
Neth Pheaktra, secretary of state and spokesman for the Ministry of Environment, said the government thanked all conservation partners for their efforts to protect and conserve natural resources and wildlife, including white-shouldered ibises.
“The Ministry of Environment and non-governmental organization (NGO) partners will continue their efforts to provide safe habitats to wildlife through law enforcement (执行), local economic supporting, and other education campaigns to change public behavior,” he said. “The Ministry of Environment will continue to educate people to stop trapping, hunting, eating and trading wildlife.”
World Wide Fund (WWF) Cambodia country director Seng Teak congratulates the rising number of white-shouldered ibis population trends in Cambodia. “It is a positive result for the conservation and protection of the species. We stand ready to collaborate on the joint conservation action efforts to thrive for stronger survival of this rare species,” he said.
1. What can we learn from the first two paragraphs?| A．There were 755 ibises recorded in 2022. |
| B．The population of ibises has dropped by 5 percent. |
| C．The population of the white-shouldered ibis is small. |
| D．The white-shouldered ibis is the rarest bird in the world. |
| A．Arrange for. | B．Line up. | C．Take over. | D．Carry out. |
| A．Making policy to protect them. |
| B．Educating people not to do harm to them. |
| C．Forcing people to spare fields for wildlife. |
| D．Giving local residents economic supporting. |
| A．To make others join WWF. |
| B．To show how great work he had done. |
| C．To express his attitude to the conservation. |
| D．To convince people to keep the white-shouldered ibis. |
7 . Here are several places which will surprise you.
Death Valley, California, USA
Very lively at night but completely dead during the day, this place is nothing but dry hot desert. It actually holds the record for the hottest air temperature. It has an average temperature of 46℃ but it has reached 56.7℃ in 1913 and is considered to be a current record. As the driest place in the USA, this place is actually inhabited even though less than a thousand people live there.
Kebili, Tunisia
Tunisia’s close location to the Mediterranean Sea suggests that it should be nice and cool but Kebili is a desert town which has the highest temperature recorded at 55℃. The people inhabiting the area have adjusted to tough conditions and learned to spend most of their time in the shade. Date palms are one of the key features of this place.
Wādī Halfā, Sudan
The city is located on the shores of Lake Nubia, and dust storms are a pretty common thing in the summer. With an average temperature of 41℃, it still managed to make it to 53℃ in 1967. You would think that it should be a little bit cooler for it is the most northern place in Sudan.
Dasht-e Lut Desert, Iran
It’s another uninhabited desert which is actually getting super hot. In the past 20 years, the temperatures of 70℃ have been recorded. The salt desert spreads over 200 miles and even wildlife is not that spread. The place is popular with tourists and naturalists who would like to experience extreme landscapes.
1. What can we say about Death Valley?| A．There is little rainfall in it. | B．Over 1, 000 people live there. |
| C．There is nothing but dry hot sand in it. | D．Its average temperature is 56.7℃. |
| A．Death Valley. | B．Dasht-e Lut Desert. |
| C．Wādī Halfā. | D．Kebili. |
| A．They are places suitable to settle in. |
| B．They are located close to deserts. |
| C．They are the hottest places on earth. |
| D．They are more popular with tourists than other places. |
1. How is the weather now?
| A．Cloudy. | B．Sunny. | C．Snowy. |
| A．Practical. | B．Crazy. | C．Shameful. |
| A．It is very dangerous. |
| B．It is easy for skiing in the area. |
| C．It is very good for exercising legs. |
9 . Plastic pollution is a growing global problem. Simplistic, unhelpful labelling and low recycling rates even in the best-equipped countries are major barriers to tackling this issue.
In a new paper, experts from the University of Exeter and the University of Queensland suggest a new internationally applicable labelling system that moves the focus from recyclability to sustainability.
“We need to empower consumers to make more sustainable choices,” says lead author Stephen Burrows. Instead of “yes-no” recycling labels, which are often misleading, a sustainability scale (等级) could take account of recyclability as well as other factors such as the environmental cost of production, and potential human health risks from additives.
“Requiring packaging to carry region-specific directions for disposal would shift responsibility away from consumers and towards regulators and plastic producers. This is vital because the mix of plastic products is confusing, and industry must be responsible for clear instructions on how best to dispose of plastic items. The same is true for the chemical additives found in many plastics. Requiring producers to list all additives would be a major step towards informing the public and helping them make decisions regarding environmental impact and human health,” says Burrows.
At present, about 368 million tonnes of plastic is produced worldwide each year. The researchers stress that their recommendations should not diminish the urgent need to use less plastic — especially single-use items.
Professor Tamara Galloway, from the University of Exeter, says: “Our recommendations for a sustainability scale are designed to reduce some of the confusion around plastic disposal. The ultimate aim is to protect the environment and human health from the harmful effects of plastic waste.”
Professor Kevin Thomas, from the University of Queensland, says: “We hope that our recommendations initiate (发起) a reassessment of plastic labelling and that carrying out a sustainability scale will allow individuals to make informed decisions on how they use plastics.”
1. What are plastic producers required to do?| A．Show consumers plastic additive content. |
| B．Make their plastic packaging attractive. |
| C．Remind consumers to assess health risks. |
| D．Offer specific instructions for regulators. |
| A．Create. | B．Lessen. | C．Demonstrate. | D．Acknowledge. |
| A．They instruct individuals to get rid of plastic waste. |
| B．They help individuals reduce harmful effects of plastic waste. |
| C．They allow individuals to care about their health. |
| D．They encourage individuals to give tips on plastic disposal. |
| A．There is a need for “yes-no” recycling labels. |
| B．The consumers need to label their plastic items. |
| C．Plastic labelling needs a sustainability scale. |
| D．It is challenging to move from recyclability to sustainability. |
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