2 . Hurricane season can be wild and unpredictable.    1    Here are some ways you can beef up your home security in hurricane weather, even if you need to move out.

    2    That actually does nothing to ensure your safety in the powerful winds. Sticking to hurricane shelters or plywood (胶合板) is the only way to go when it comes to protecting those points of entry in hurricane conditions. Buy sheets of plywood,measure your windows and use brackets (支架) to hold the plywood in place.

Sandbags are very useful. While sandbags won’t be able to help in the extreme storm, many people will be able to prevent flooding and extensive damage to their belongings by placing sandbags.     3    Any storm water that is kept out of your home is storm water that won’t be able to damage the belongings inside your home, so sandbags are well worth having at your doorways during a hurricane.

It’s important to prepare the inside of your home for strong winds and rain. But you should also keep an eye on the outside of your house, too. Trim (修剪) trees, especially dead branches, to prevent anything else that could fly through a window and cause damage during a hurricane.       4    

You should also take pictures of expensive items like electronics and keep notes of their serial numbers.     5    Also, there are always bad people out right after a storm. If the worst happens and your home is broken into right after a bad storm, having pictures and detailed notes about what was in your home prior to the hurricane will make it easier for police to track down stolen items.

A．You should have a camera at home.

B．It can be strong enough to resist the forceful winds.

C．Making sure nothing is loose in your yard is important.

D．You may see people taping windows before a hurricane comes.

E．They will be able to effectively keep storm water out in many cases.

F．It will aid with your insurance company if anything needs to be replaced.

G．These dangerous storms can bring damage to your home and belongings.

3 . Residents of a Wiltshire town have created a vertical living garden to fight pollution. The wall of plants has been_________to the side of a shop in Bridge Yard in the center of Bradford-on-Avon.

Stephanie Edwards_________the idea and brought it to the town council to put into_________. “As a matter of fact, the plants have_________with them insects, and we’ve had a couple of birds sitting up there so it’s_________for sure and we must not forget the_________of health and well being,”she said.

The wall had been in the_________since 2019 and took about five days to construct. The wall is _________seasonal plants, low energy LED lighting, birdhouses and bug hotels.

Alex Kay said the living wall had a number of beneficial_________. “I don’t think that anyone will guarantee that this will solve our air quality situation, but it will__________it,” she said. “It’s not just the traffic and the__________quality, but this is about well being. This is good for the__________.”

James Sullivan-Tail your, who owns the nearby Swan Hotel, said he was really__________with the wall. “I think it’s__________a cleaner town, a nicer town, but also something__________that is going to attract visitors as well,”he added.

1.

A．limited

B．moved

C．attached

D．pulled

2.

A．explained

B．formed

C．tested

D．predicted

3.

A．action

B．trouble

C．shape

D．production

4.

A．filled

B．shared

C．brought

D．kept

5.

A．changing

B．growing

C．marketing

D．working

6.

A．benefits

B．causes

C．meanings

D．results

7.

A．waiting

B．planning

C．painting

D．destroying

8.

A．connected to

B．mixed with

C．made up of

D．broken up into

9.

A．aspects

B．profits

C．views

D．examples

10.

A．make

B．help

C．leave

D．find

11.

A．life

B．soil

C．water

D．air

12.

A．business

B．agriculture

C．technology

D．communication

13.

A．familiar

B．careful

C．patient

D．pleased

14.

A．designing

B．creating

C．describing

D．copying

15.

A．abnormal

B．strange

C．unique

D．common

4 . The last time Jack Hanson took an airplane, he was a junior at the University of Vermont. To return from a term abroad in Copenhagen, he flew from Denmark, ________ in Iceland, and landed in New York.

But the next term, one of his professors asked students to ________ their individual energy usage. And when Mr. Hanson did the ________, he realized that just one leg of that international flight ________ more energy, and more greenhouse gas emissions(排放), than all the other things that year ________ — the driving and heating and lighting and eating and everything else.

He was ________. “I just couldn’t ________ it,” he says. “It really is an extreme. It’s an extreme amount of energy, an extreme amount of ________.”

So Mr. Hanson decided to stop ________. Since then, he has traveled by train and bike and car, and has even written a song about the ________ of getting home to Chicago on an overnight bus. But he has not been on an airplane.

And he has never found travel more ________, he says. He knows that some people find this hard to ________, including many friends and family members. They decide Mr. Hanson’s approach is ________.

Go more ________, and travel begins to return to what it once was: a slow change of one place to another, a sense of space, an unwinding of time.

“Once you’ve tasted this way of ________, you understand what it’s all about,” he says.1.

A．pulled

B．stopped

C．stayed

D．played

2.

A．judge

B．consider

C．calculate

D．reduce

3.

A．performance

B．research

C．experiment

D．math

4.

A．accounted for

B．called for

C．figured out

D．turned out

5.

A．listed

B．combined

C．separated

D．bought

6.

A．shocked

B．embarrassed

C．entertained

D．bored

7.

A．explain

B．make

C．refuse

D．manage

8.

A．pleasure

B．waste

C．money

D．pollution

9.

A．driving

B．heating

C．flying

D．lighting

10.

A．incidents

B．stories

C．disasters

D．conditions

11.

A．joyful

B．dangerous

C．upset

D．expensive

12.

A．tell

B．believe

C．prove

D．describe

13.

A．delightful

B．inflexible

C．effective

D．unreasonable

14.

A．carefully

B．wildly

C．slowly

D．actively

15.

A．cooking

B．resting

C．relaxing

D．traveling

5 . Sri Nihal Tammana, age 13, of Edison, New Jersey, was named a winner of the 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. The Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment.

Nihal founded Recycle My Battery to promote and facilitate the recycling of used batteries. His nonprofit places free battery recycling bins(箱子)and educates young people and adults about battery recycling. In just three years he has built a team of more than 250 student volunteers across the globe who have recycled nearly 200,000 batteries and educated millions of people. Nihal learned at age 10 that 15 billion batteries are thrown away each year and that most end up in landfills(垃圾填埋地)where they pollute groundwater, harm the ecosystem, and can cause catastrophic fires. Inspired to tackle the problem, he began collecting used batteries from his community. He put them in free recycling bins at stores like Staples until he was told he was bringing too many and had to stop.

Undeterred, he reached out for help from Call2Recycle, the largest battery recycling nonprofit in North America. Call2Recycle agreed to assist and provided recycling bins for free, which were placed in schools, libraries, and other public places. Nihal’s organization now operates across the U.S. and is expanding to other countries including Canada, Switzerland, and India. “Earth gives us so much — oxygen, food, water — everything! So it’s important that we give something back when we can,” says Nihal.

The Barron Prize was founded in 2001 by author T. A. Barron. “Nothing is more inspiring than stories about heroic people who have truly made a difference to the world,” says T. A. Barron. “And we need our heroes today more than ever. Not celebrities, but heroes — people whose character can inspire us all. That is the purpose of the Barron Prize: to shine the spotlight on these amazing young people so that their stories will inspire others.”

1. What does Recycle My Battery intend to do?

A．Protect the earth from used batteries.	B．Promote used batteries across the globe.
C．Make money by collecting used batteries.	D．Stop people throwing used batteries away.

2. What does the underlined word “Undeterred” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Undiscouraged.

B．Unprepared.

C．Unsurprised.

D．Uninterested.

3. How did Call2Recycle help Nihal’s organization?

A．By making it go global.	B．By offering free recycling bins.
C．By providing financial support.	D．By buying more used batteries.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The importance of recycling batteries.

B．The impact of batteries on the environment.

C．The achievements of the Barron Prize winners.

D．The inspiring story of a young environmentalist.

6 . 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 world witnessed what was described     1     “Chongqing speed” in people’s united action in China’s Chongqing that put out over 10 forest fires in less than 10 days.

On August 17, a historic heat wave caused forest fires     2     (break) out in the mountain city. Under the leadership of China’s emergency management authorities, great efforts from firefighters, police and tens of thousands of volunteers     3     (pay) off and all open fires were completely put out on August 26.

In the following days, numerous stories, pictures and videos regarding this fire rescue     4     (share) on China’s social media. A video that showed a herringbone (人字形) of yellow flame of fire and a line of white light coming from the headlamps on the rescuers in the night view was     5     striking that it became     6     instant hit.

    7     put out the fire was a “Great Human Wall” that was formed by the organization and support personnel under the mountain, the transport teams     8     (deliver) materials along the way, and the firefighting troops on the mountain top.

Among them, Generation Z, classified as those born in the mid-90s to early 2000s, played a     9     (remarkable) important role in the whole rescue work. These young group rushed to the frontline of the fire scene without any hesitation, demonstrating the hope and strength of China’s young generation with their bravery, wisdom and     10     (cooperate).

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Helen and her family moved to a new location in the city. Helen was excited because most of her friends lived in the same street.

It was the first morning in their new house. She woke up early that day and went out on her balcony (阳台). She was expecting wonderful, lovely birds and beautiful greenery with fresh air, but instead it was the complete opposite. There was garbage right outside their front gate. There were no trees and instead of the sweet chirping (鸟叫声) of birds, there were annoying g traffic noises. Helen was angry. “What is this? Why can’t someone do anything about it?” she thought. She went inside the living room. She sat at the dining table, thinking about what she could do about the pollution in her locality.

The next day at school, she went into her class and asked loudly, “Who’s fed up with stinking garbage?” This caught many students’ attention. “Who’s fed up with air pollution and the diseases spread by it?” This time many students answered, “Me!” Helen smiled and then said, “We must clean our surroundings. So help me get rid of the garbage. Help me pick it up! That’s the best thing we can do. We will all go to other classes and ask if they want to join us. I am sure as long as we work together, our community will become a better place!”

In the break time, they all went to other classes, and by the end of the school day, Helen had gathered almost 25 students ready to help her. The day before cleaning, the students took out their pocket money and bought garbage bags, masks and gloves.

注意：
1. 续写词数应为120左右;
2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

The big day came and the students gathered at the school gate.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Soon the headmaster knew what the students did.

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

8 . Oceans are an appealing target for renewable energy production. Waves produce 32,000 terawatt-hours of natural energy per year — for reference, the entire world uses around 23,000 terawatt-hours every year.

The advantages of wave power are clear.     1     Turbines produce electricity through the power of waves, making them a completely pollution-free, renewable energy source. And the amount of kinetic energy in a wave is huge that energy is used to produce electricity. There is also a lot of potential because many countries have access to an ocean that can help power their electric systems. Also, waves are hardly interrupted and almost always in movement.     2    

But the disadvantages of wave energy are serious too. Building factories or electrical wires directly on the beach might prove challenging.     3     Local fishing zones could be affected or the factories could lead to more coastal erosion. High cost is a problem too. Wave power is a rising energy technology in the early stages of development, so calculating the costs is difficult.     4     Because constant movement can lead to more breaking, wave energy factories will most likely need regular and costly maintenance.

    5     For many ocean-bordering countries, wave energy will be a great addition to the newable energy mix. The bottom line is that wave power has enormous global potential. However, the industry needs more funding and research to finalize the technology involved so that countries can begin adding wave energy to their renewable energy source.

A．Wave energy still need to be explored.

B．They are not affordable to many countries.

C．Despite the challenges, there is a future of wave energy.

D．Wave energy does not give off greenhouse gasses when produced.

E．They can cause damage to sea life and the surrounding ecosystems.

F．Maintenance for the factories in moving saltwater is very expensive.

G．This makes electricity from wave energy a more reliable energy source.

9 . Sri Nihal Tammana, age 13, of Edison, New Jersey, was named a winner of the 2022 Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes. The Barron Prize annually honors 25 outstanding young leaders who have made a significant positive impact on people, their communities, and the environment.

Nihal founded Recycle My Battery to promote and facilitate the recycling of used batteries. His nonprofit places free battery recycling bins(箱子)and educates young people and adults about battery recycling. In just three years he has built a team of more than 250 student volunteers across the globe who have recycled nearly 200,000 batteries and educated millions of people. Nihal learned at age 10 that 15 billion batteries are thrown away each year and that most end up in landfills(垃圾填埋地)where they pollute groundwater, harm the ecosystem, and can cause catastrophic fires. Inspired to tackle the problem, he began collecting used batteries from his community. He put them in free recycling bins at stores like Staples until he was told he was bringing too many and had to stop.

Undeterred, he reached out for help from Call2Recycle, the largest battery recycling nonprofit in North America. Call2Recycle agreed to assist and provided recycling bins for free, which were placed in schools, libraries, and other public places. Nihal’s organization now operates across the U.S. and is expanding to other countries including Canada, Switzerland, and India. “Earth gives us so much — oxygen, food, water — everything! So it’s important that we give something back when we can,” says Nihal.

The Barron Prize was founded in 2001 by author T. A. Barron. “Nothing is more inspiring than stories about heroic people who have truly made a difference to the world,” says T. A. Barron. “And we need our heroes today more than ever. Not celebrities, but heroes — people whose character can inspire us all. That is the purpose of the Barron Prize: to shine the spotlight on these amazing young people so that their stories will inspire others.”

1. What does Recycle My Battery intend to do?

A．Protect the earth from used batteries.	B．Promote used batteries across the globe.
C．Make money by collecting used batteries.	D．Stop people throwing used batteries away.

2. What does the underlined word “Undeterred” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Undiscouraged.

B．Unprepared.

C．Unsurprised.

D．Uninterested.

3. How did Call2Recycle help Nihal’s organization?

A．By making it go global.	B．By offering free recycling bins.
C．By providing financial support.	D．By buying more used batteries.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．The importance of recycling batteries.

B．The impact of batteries on the environment.

C．The achievements of the Barron Prize winners.

D．The inspiring story of a young environmentalist.

10 . Despite Kyle Tianshi being only a 15-year-old US high schooler, he has published five sci-fi novels. His fifth book Eventide was released in July. However, this may not be his most impressive achievement as Kyle just received the “Hero Award”, a $20, 000 grand prize. It is the top honor in the California Youth Sustainability Awards. The competition aims to encourage and support young community leaders who are making a difference for sustainability in their communities by taking action for the planet.

Kyle, a sophomore from the Cambridge School in the US, received the honor for his portable invention called NEREID. The device can detect microscopic particles (粒子) in water by using a laser and microscope. These particles can be harmful to people and the environment.

Kyle came up with the idea for the invention based on his experience growing up in San Diego, California, US. People had no access to unpolluted drinking water and his parents asked him not to drink tap water. Kyle spent about $60 buying the tools needed to analyze the tap water: a laser, a microscope and a micro-computer. “It’s incredibly powerful for the price,” Kyle said. Then he used their family’s garage as his laboratory, doing research on the pollution of drinking water caused by micro-plastics.

Kyle hopes to bring to market a low-cost alternative tool for detecting micro-plastic pollution levels in drinking water. In this way, he can offer help to people who don’t have access to water filtration (过滤) systems. He has applied for a patent.

Kyle said his sister Emily, a freshman at Stanford University, inspired his interest in environmental research. She was recognized nationally for developing a water collection device. They have founded the Clearwater Innovation program to advocate for clean water through social media platforms and organize community cleanup events.

1. What do we know about Kyle?

A．He is good at adapting sci-fi works.

B．He entered many novel contests.

C．He received an award for his invention.

D．He’s found microscopic particles in water.

2. What led to Kyle’s creation of NEREID?

A．People’s lack of clean drinking water.	B．People’s poor living conditions.
C．His desire to be a community leader.	D．His family’s encouragement.

3. Which of the following best describes Kyle?

A．Considerate and brave.	B．Optimistic and honest.
C．Determined and humorous.	D．Responsible and creative.

4. What’s the text mainly about?

A．The introduction of NEREID.	B．A boy’s contribution to literature.
C．The harm of polluted water.	D．A US schooler’s water solution.