1 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. What happened to the Cuyahoga River in 1969?

A．It was cleaned up.

B．It was seriously polluted.

C．It became the most outstanding river.

2. How long did it take for the river to become clean?

A．A few months.

B．Several years.

C．A few days.

3. What can make the river clean according to the speaker?

A．Hard work.

B．Something imaginable.

C．The control of using your credit card.

4. What shall we do when facing an impossible situation?

A．Wait for something to change.

B．Imagine something outstanding.

C．Just be patient and do something.

2 . What is the man’s suggestion about serious pollution?

A．Don’t breathe the poisonous air.

B．The government should take action.

C．The government should protect the environment.

3 . 假如你是北京某中学的高中生张华，Jack是你的美国笔友，他通过网上新闻了解到你的家乡有雾霾天气。因此, 他来信询问此事。请你按照以下提示给他回一封电子邮件，内容如下：
1. 因大气污染严重，自去年年底以来，发生数次雾霾天气；
2. 政府已意识到其危害，正在采取各种措施；
3. 谈谈你的想法。
要求：1. 参考词汇：雾霾 haze

2. 词数100-120词左右。 开头、结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jack,

I’m glad to receive your letter, and thank you for your caring for the weather and my health. Now I’d like to tell you something about the haze.

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Yours,

ZhangHua

4 . The world itself is becoming much smaller by using modern traffic and modern communication means. Life today is much easier than it was hundreds of years ago, but it has brought new problems,    1    Pollution means making things dirty. It comes in many ways. We see it, smell it, drink it and even hear it.

Man has been polluting the earth.    2    Many years ago, the problem was not so serious because there were not so many people. When the land was used up or the river was dirty in one place，Man moved to another place. But this is no longer true. Man is now slowly polluting the whole world.

    3    It’s bad for all living things in the world, but it is not the only one kind of pollution. Water pollution kills our fish and pollutes our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us angry more easily.

    4    They stop people from burning coal in houses and factories in the city, and from putting dirty smoke into the air.

The earth is our home. We must take care of it.    5    And we must take care of the rise in population at the same time.

A．The more people，the more pollution.

B．One of the biggest is pollution.

C．Air pollution is still the most serious.

D．Many countries are making rules to fight pollution.

E．That means keeping the land，water and air clean.

F．I hope scientists can find ways to solve the serious problem.

G．Strange diseases have appeared in some places because of pollution.

5 . 下面一篇文章中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

A big storm destroyed two villages in South Africa on last Friday, causing 4 death. Over 200 people became homeless as a result of the storm. A farmer said the storm began early in the morning and last one hour. He said, “I was in the kitchen with my wife and children while we heard a loud noise. A few minutes late, our house fell down. I managed to climb out, but much to my shocking, one of my boys were missing. I quickly went back inside and found them safe but frightened.” Soldiers came to rescue those burying under the ruins, and the government provided food, clothes, and shelters for homeless.

6 . Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange habit makes sense when you consider that he’s an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Stein’s jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.

Americans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台). The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-bag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.

Among the bag makers’ argument: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and transport. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.

The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plastic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.

Environmentalists don’t dispute(质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.

1. What has Steven Stein been hired to do?

A．Help increase grocery sales.

B．Recycle the waste material.

C．Stop things falling off trucks.

D．Argue for the use of plastic bags.

2. What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A．Bans on plastic bags.

B．Effects of city development.

C．Headaches caused by garbage.

D．Plastic bags hung in trees.

3. What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?

A．They are quite expensive.

B．Replacing them can be difficult.

C．They are less strong than plastic bags.

D．Producing them requires more energy.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．Plastic, Paper or Neither

B．Industry, Pollution and Environment

C．Recycle or Throw Away

D．Garbage Collection and Waste Control

7 . 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。

Diets have changed in China — and so too has its top crop. Since 2011, the country     1    （grow）more corn than rice. Corn production has jumped nearly 125 percent over     2     past 25 years, while rice has increased only 7 percent.

A taste for meat is     3     (actual) behind the change: An important part of its corn is used to feed chickens, pigs, and cattle. Another reason for corn's rise: The government encourages farmers to grow corn instead of rice     4     (improve) water quality. Corn uses less water     5     rice and creates less fertilizer(化肥) runoff. This switch has decreased     6     (pollute) in the country's major lakes and reservoirs and made drinking water safer for people.

According to the World Bank, China accounts for about 30 percent of total     7     (globe)fertilizer consumption. The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture finds that between 2005—when the government     8     (start) a soil-testing program     9     gives specific fertilizer recommendations to farmers - and 2011, fertilizer use dropped by 7.7 million tons. That prevented the emission(排放) of 51.8 million tons of carbon dioxide. China's approach to protecting its environment while     10     (feed) its citizens "offers useful lessons for agriculture and food policymakers worldwide." says the bank's Juergen Voegele.

8 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What did the man think of Americans?

A．Health-conscious.

B．Ignorant.

C．Lazy.

2. Why does the man mention organic foods?

A．To show how influential American food culture is.

B．To show how people’s attitudes have changed.

C．To show that Americans are spending more on food.

3. According to the woman, why are things different now?

A．People have access to more information.

B．People are more active in general.

C．People are more positive.

4. What does the woman try to avoid?

A．Watching too much TV.

B．Eating fast food.

C．Driving her car.

9 . In a world with limited land, water and other natural resources (资源), the harm from the traditional business model is on the rise. Actually, the past decades has seen more and more forests disappearing and globe becoming increasingly warm. People now realize that this unhealthy situation must be changed, and that we must be able to develop in sustainable (可持续的) ways. That means growth with low carbon or development of sustainable products. In other words, we should keep the earth healthy while using its supply of natural resources.

Today, sustainable development is a proper trend in many countries. According to a recent study, the global market for low-carbon energy will become three times bigger over the next decades. China, for example, has set its mind on leading that market, hoping to seize chances in the new round of the global energy revolution. It is now trying hard to make full use of wind and solar energy, and is spending a huge amount of money making electric cars and high-speed trains. In addition, we are also seeing great growth in the global markets for sustainable products such as palm oil (棕榈油), which is produced without cutting down valuable rainforest. In recent years the markets for sustainable products have grown by more than 50%.

The major challenge of this century is to find ways to meet the needs of growing population within the limits of this single planet. That is no small task, but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries.

1. The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that _____________.

A．it consumes natural resources.

B．it makes the world warmer.

C．it brings severe damage to forests.

D．it makes growth hard to continue.

2. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A．China lacks wind and solar energy.

B．China is the leader of the low-carbon market.

C．High-speed trains are a low-carbon development.

D．Palm oil is made at the cost of valuable forests.

3. We can learn from the last paragraph that businesses have many chances to _____________.

A．make full use of natural resources.

B．explore new natural resources.

C．develop sustainable products.

D．deal with the major challenge.

4. What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To advocate sustainable development.

B．To compare two business models.

C．To predict a change of the global market.

D．To introduce a new business model.

10 . Last month, the president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed, held an underwater meeting. The purpose of the ocean floor conference is to highlight the effects of global warming on his island nation.

The Maldives, located in the Indian Ocean, is the lowest-lying country on Earth. Melting glaciers and polar ice are causing sea levels to rise, putting the Maldives and other low-lying areas at risk of being swallowed by the sea within the next 100 years.

What can be done? Scientists and leaders from 190 nations will try to figure that out at the United Nations climate change conference next month. The main goal of the meeting is to come up with a new climate agreement for 2012 and beyond. That is when the existing plan, the Kyoto Protocol will expire. The agreement was created in Kyoto, Japan, in 1997. Since then, it has been ratified(正式批准) by 190 nations. The countries promised to limit the amount of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, which they produced each year.

The debate over who should cut greenhouse emissions has been going on for years. The US has been hesitant to reduce emissions unless fast-growing nations such as China and India also reduce their use of fossil fuels. In recent months, China has taken steps to be greener. But India has been unwilling to change. It argues that it is unfair for rich nations to ask poorer countries to cut down on emissions.

While world leaders work on a plan in Copenhagen, there are many things you can do to help the planet. You can save fuel by walking or biking instead of riding in a car. You can start a recycling program in your community. You can plant trees. Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the air and give off oxygen.

1. The underlined word “expire” in Paragraph 3 probably means_____________.

A．cause trouble	B．come to an end
C．go into effect	D．gain support

2. According to the passage, limiting greenhouse emissions_____________.

A．will make poor countries poorer.

B．is well performed in the Maldives.

C．has been a controversial question.

D．means banning carbon dioxide emissions.

3. What does the author suggest?

A．Like the Maldives, other island countries should take action.

B．Both the US and India should cut greenhouse emissions.

C．Everyone should get involved in cutting greenhouse emissions.

D．World leaders should focus more on climate change.