1 . 语法填空

Thousands of people are still missing, and the number of deaths     1     (expect) to grow even     2     (high) over the next few days. Foreign aid is being organized for the tsunami-hit countries. However, dangerous conditions and damaged roads will make it difficult to deliver food and     3     (supply).

2 . 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。

While some     1    (government) have expressed support for Japan, others have strongly opposed the wastewater release, with many consumers in Asia hoarding salt and seafood amid fears of future contamination.

The start of the release     2     Thursday afternoon sparked a fiery tirade from China     3     described the operation as a “selfish and     4    (responsible) act”. China’s customs department then announced it would stop importing all aquatic products originating from Japan — meaning the ban could potentially limit other oceanic products besides sea food such as sea salt     5     seaweed. The move was aimed at     6    (prevent) “the risk of radioactive contamination of food     7    (safe) caused by Japan’s Fukushima nuclear contaminated water discharge (排放)”, and to protect the health of Chinese consumers, the customs department said in its statement.

Japan has argued throughout the building controversy (争论) that discharging the treated water is safe and     8    (urgent) needed to free up space at the crippled nuclear power plant. The discharge     9    (begin) at 1 p.m. local time, according to state-owned electricity firm — Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The company said it expects     10    (discharge) only around 200 or 210 cubic meters of treated wastewater.

3 . Suri was a sweet boy and he was fond of elephants. However, he never had a(n)_________to see real elephants. All those he saw were only on televisions._________, when he was 25 years old, he got a chance to join a club of wildlife lovers. He asked whether they would take him to_________the elephants. And they said yes.

As they_________a beautiful village, one from the team said that the village had more than 100 elephants and Suri could enjoy the whole day. He was_________to see the elephants and screamed (尖叫) happily.

After spending two to three_________just seeing the elephants, Suri was surprised. He found those elephants were tied (系，绑) by_________ropes. He knew the strength of elephants, but_________can they be tied by such thin ropes? The trainer replied, “We used to tie them with a strong rope when they were babies. A few elephants would try to break the rope,_________we could not set them free. So as they grew, they developed a wrong belief (信念) that the small and thin ropes were too strong to break, so they continued to get tied by their belief.”

In__________lives, we sometimes may be held back by the mistakes we have experienced in the past just like the elephants, but we should have the courage to try to break them and live a free life.

1.

A．idea

B．chance

C．choice

2.

A．Suddenly

B．Specially

C．Luckily

3.

A．touch

B．see

C．catch

4.

A．passed by

B．left for

C．lived in

5.

A．bored

B．moved

C．excited

6.

A．minutes

B．hours

C．days

7.

A．thin

B．strong

C．heavy

8.

A．when

B．how

C．why

9.

A．but

B．so

C．or

10.

A．his

B．their

C．our

4 . Saving Seeds for Next Year’s Flower Garden

Just like vegetable seeds (种子), you can save flower seeds from your garden this year to plant in the following year.

If you want the same kind of flower or plant for next year’s garden, collect only the seeds from plants marked as “heritage”.     1     Cross seeds with a mixture of two different parents will produce new plants, but they will only look like one of the parents. Therefore, you are taking a risk with planting cross seeds.

Even if you expect plants to be the same as their parents, it is not certain. Wind or insects could bring pollen from one plant to another and accidentally create a mixture.     2     But if you like surprises, start experimenting! You could create a lovely new plant or flower!

Just like everything else in gardening, timing is important. Collect seeds on a dry, sunny day.     3     When their pods open, these plants could send their seeds up to 6 meters away. Once on the ground, it is difficult to collect them. Instead, tie a small bag for seed collection over the pod when it nearly opens.

For plants like sunflowers, cut the head off the plant and drop it into a paper bag.     4     This will save your fingers!

You can place the seeds in a glass box that can be sealed. Then store them in a cool, dry area. Make sure to mark your glass box so you do not forget what they are.     5     But you should plant the new seeds the following year for best results.

A．Keep an eye on some flowers.

B．Let the seeds grow and fall naturally.

C．Give the bag a shake to help separate the seeds.

D．When stored with care, seeds are good for several years.

E．These kinds of plants will grow just like their parent plant.

F．In this case, add more seeds to the soil to make sure that some will grow.

G．You can avoid this by planting only the plant from which you plan to collect seeds.

5 . Latin America’s first renewable fuel-powered, trash-trapping wheel is cleaning one of Panama’s dirtiest rivers. A local environmental group led the effort.

The wheel is powered by water and sun energy. It pulls waste out of the Juan Diaz River. Most of the waste comes from the capital area of Panama City, where about 2 million people live. Thousands of kilograms of rubbish flow down the river into the ocean each year.

Robert Getman is the leader of the project. “Cleaning beaches is good,” he said, “but it is more effective and cheaper to trap rubbish in rivers because when it reaches the ocean, the environmental and economic cost becomes too high.”

The environmental group Marea Verde created the wheel, which is named Wanda Diaz, in late September. By the middle of October, Wanda had gathered 28. 6 cubic meters of plastic bottles from the water.

The Juan Diaz River is one of the most polluted in Panama. Waste systems in the area are poor, and land development is not well supervised. The river also passes through Panama City, one of Central America’s largest cities.

Over five years, Marea Verde projects have slowed the spread of rubbish along Panama’s rivers and coastline. Earlier, the group introduced its “Barrier or Trash”technology, a floating device. It caught more than 100 metric tons of waste in the Matias Hernandez River between 2019 and 2020.

“We want to raise awareness that we can prevent the death of this very important river,”said Marea Verde member Sandy Watemberg. She expressed her hope that the wheel will help. But she also pointed to the need for those who use single-use plastics to rethink their behavior. “The most important thing is to achieve a change in habits,” she said.

1. What makes the wheel the first of its kind?

A．Its size.

B．Its power.

C．Its shape.

D．Its color.

2. Which statement matches Robert Getman’s opinion?

A．We’d better remove rubbish before it enters the sea.

B．We should clean beaches so as not to pollute the sea.

C．It’s cheap for humans to clean up the ocean.

D．It’s better to leave waste in the sea than in the river.

3. What does the underlined word “supervised” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A．Supposed.

B．Protected.

C．Accepted.

D．Controlled.

4. What did Sandy Watemberg call on people to do?

A．Support the project.	B．Use single-use plastics more.
C．Change their habits.	D．Realize the danger the river is in.

6 . A task called “Operation Noah’s Ark” was carried out to cage (装笼子) and ship hundreds of birds off Pine Island in Florida after it was hit hard by Hurricane (飓风) lan.

The government called on people of Pine Island to give up their homes because of damaged roads, including a broken bridge that prevented deliveries of food, gas and other life-supporting supplies.

But Will Peratino and Lauren Stepp did not want to leave and give up their 275 parrots at the Malama Manu Sanctuary. “We would not give them up. I would never leave them. Never,” Stepp told The Associated Press. “If they cannot be fed or watered, they will die. And I can’t live with that.”

The birds had been relying on food donated by wildlife officials since Hurricane lan hit, but the supply of fruit, peanuts and other foods would soon be hard to come by because of the broken bridge and the lack of gas on the island.

Bryan Stern, the founder and leader of Project Dynamo, said his team had saved at least six dogs and three cats before Tuesday’s massive rescue (救援). “Our saved animal numbers are small compared with the number of the 100 cages of parrots that we are about to save,” Stern said, before carrying out the rescue task. “Will and Lauren own the preserve, and their hearts and souls are in the birds. So they’re going through their own suffering from the hurricane and having to rebuild their lives. They lost all kinds of things.”

The volunteers were not about to let that happen. For several hours, the volunteers used nets and their hands to put the birds into cages. “To have every bird safe is a huge task,” Peratino said. “I mean, it’s almost impossible to do. So the help we’ve gotten has been priceless.”

1. Why did the officials ask people to leave the island?

A．The destroyed homes needed rebuilding.	B．The parrots no longer needed their help.
C．There were no roads to deliver goods.	D．A more powerful hurricane would come.

2. Why did Peratino and Stepp refuse to leave the island?

A．To repair their house.	B．To carry out their experiment.
C．To help with the rescue.	D．To take care of their parrots.

3. What can be learned from Stern’s words?

A．A new home will be built for Peratino and Stepp.

B．Many more animals need to be saved.

C．Parrots are more important than other animals.

D．All animals will be taken away in cages.

4. What did Peratino think of the volunteers’ effort?

A．It was meaningful.	B．It was not worth the risk.
C．It encouraged more people to take part.	D．It turned out to be fruitless.

7 . A great earthquake happened in southwestern China on May 12,2008, killing thousands of people. The quake struck Wenchuan and other parts of Sichuan Province in the middle of the afternoon and a number of school buildings, shops and homes were destroyed. The number of the dead and missing rose as rescue workers dug through flattened (夷为平地的) schools and homes to find survivors. It was reported that many people were still buried under the ruins in and around Mianyang, a city about 60 miles east of the epicenter (震中). People there spent a second night sleeping outside in the rain. The government ordered people not to return to their homes for safety concerns. Few lights were on in the city, and people ate and chatted by candlelight.

Rescue teams brought people to Mianyang's stadium for food and shelter. Outside the railway station, the police shouted in megaphones (扩音器) telling people where they could get free food. Buses carrying survivors left Beichuan, which is in the northeast of the epicenter and was also flattened by the quake. 1,000 students and teachers were killed or missing at a fallen high school in Beichuan County. At another school in the town of Juyuan, 900 students were buried under the ruins. There was little hope that many survivors would be found under the rubble. But officials asked the people not to give up hope. 20,000 soldiers arrived in the disaster area on the way by plane, train and truck and even on foot.

Thirty-one British tourists who were panda-watching in Wolong National Nature Reserve were safe. And the pandas were reported safe, too.

1. What was the weather like after the great earthquake in Mianyang?

A．Rainy.

B．Windy.

C．Sunny.

D．Cloudy.

2. From the text, we can know that ______.

A．many people went back home to get some clothes and food

B．Beichuan County is in the southeast of the epicenter

C．some people were brought to a stadium in Mianyang

D．the government said people could return home

3. All these places are mentioned EXCEPT ______.

A．Beichuan

B．Juyuan

C．Mianyang

D．Pingwu

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．How many people died in the earthquake.	B．The earthquake that happened in China.
C．The places which were damaged.	D．How the earthquake happened.

8 . 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。

The jaguar (美洲豹) is the largest cat in the Americas. A hundred years ago, jaguars     1     (find) everywhere from the south-western United States to Argentina, in South America. Today, jaguars are an endangered species throughout their     2     (nature) habitat and have been lost from 50 per cent of their territory (领土). Today they live     3     (most) in the Amazon rainforest. And jaguars aren't the only animals losing their homes—according     4     the International Union for Conservation of Nature, habitat loss     5     (be) the main threat to about 85 percent of all endangered plant and animal species.

Tropical (热带的) rainforests cover only about 7 per cent of Earth's land, but they're home to about half of all known plant and animal species. Most     6     (scientist) agree that about 80,000 acres (an acre is equal to 4,047 square metres) disappear every day when trees are cut down and land is cleared for farms. Trees also play     7     important role in climate change. Fewer forests mean that more greenhouse gases remain     8     (trap) in the atmosphere, the mixture of gases that surrounds the Earth.

Grasslands, underwater habitats, and wetlands are also at risk. For example, the World Wildlife Fund reports that about half of the world's wetlands     9     (disappear) about a hundred years ago as a result of being drained (排干) for either farmland    10     other industries. That means less space for animals to feed and raise their young.