1 . 听下面一段对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the man doing?

A．Watching TV.

B．Reading the newspaper.

C．Surfing the Internet.

2. How many people were killed by the storm in Madagascar?

A．19.

B．48.

C．130.

3. What is the problem in Malawi?

A．Food can’t be sent to the affected areas.

B．Storm Batsirai is hitting the country.

C．No effort was made to help it.

2 . There have been fires in every Australian state, but New South Wales has been hardest hit. Fires have torn through bushland (未开垦的丛林地带), wooded areas, and national parks. Some start and are controlled in a few days, but the biggest fires have been burning for months.

Each year there is a fire season during the Australian summer, with hot, dry weather making it easy for fires to start and spread. Natural causes are responsible for fires most of the time, like lightning hits in drought-affected forests. Dry lightning was to blame for starting a number of fires in late December, which then traveled more than 20 kilometers in just five hours. Humans can also be responsible. Police have charged(指控) at least 24 people with starting bushfires on purpose, and have taken action against 183 people for setting fire since November.

The fire season in Australia is always dangerous — the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires killed 173 people in Victoria, making it the deadliest bushfire disaster on record. But conditions have been unusually bad this year, making fires burn more strongly and making firefighting conditions particularly difficult. Australia is experiencing one of its worst droughts over the years. Meanwhile, a heatwave in December broke the record for the highest nationwide average temperature, with some places under temperatures well above 40 degrees Celsius. Strong winds have also made the fires and smoke spread more rapidly, and have led to deaths.

About half a billion animals have been affected by the fires across NSW, with millions possibly dead — and that’s lower than what is probably the real number. That number of total animals influenced could be as high as one billion nationwide. Almost a third of koalas in NSW may have been killed in the fires, and a third of the places where they live have been destroyed.

Some animals, like koalas, aren’t in any immediate danger of extinction (灭绝) because they are spread out across the country. But others that live in more suitable environments with lower populations, including certain types of frogs and birds, could be destroyed entirely if their home is hit by the fires.

1. What do we know about fires in Australia?

A．They may last a long time.

B．They often happen in winter.

C．They only happen in NSW.

D．They are easily controlled in a few hours.

2. What does the underlined word “heatwave” probably mean?

A．Big fire.

B．Strong wind.

C．Serious drought.

D．A period of hot weather.

3. Why aren’t koalas in danger of extinction at once?

A．They can run fast.

B．They live far and wide.

C．Their home is well protected.

D．They have a lower population.

4. What does the author intend to tell in the passage?

A．Deadly bushfires affect the life of humans and animals.

B．Many causes have contributed to the bushfires in Australia.

C．Some species are endangered because of the frequent fires.

D．More firm measures should be taken to control the fires.

3 . When we think of bicycles, we think of fun and the outdoors. Bicycles give riders the freedom to explore and enjoy the environment and its surroundings.     1    

Most people know that riding bicycles is environmentally friendly.     2     If you are riding a bike, you are helping to reduce air and noise pollution.

Bikes are becoming more and more popular across the world. In fact, they are becoming more than just a fun pastime (娱乐).     3     For many people around the world, access to markets and schools would not be accessible without a bike.

    4     Some cities, such as Paris and Barcelona, have not only built bicycle lanes but also have introduced a system of renting bikes. You can rent, or use a bicycle in one area of the city and drop it off in another area of the city. Paris now has thousands of bikes for public use, with bicycle stations located throughout the city.

Some South American cities, such as Bogota in Colombia, have a weekly car-free day.     5     On these days, the traffic-related air pollution from old buses and trucks is greatly reduced.

It seems that the bike is a force for good, providing solutions for cleaner cities without leaving a serious environmental footprint.

A．Riding bicycles is a healthy, cheap activity and good exercise.

B．Cities are taking this love and demand for bicycles seriously.

C．People are encouraged to buy bicycles to go to and from work.

D．Daily use of a bicycle has very low effect on the environment.

E．It is cheap and convenient to travel around the world on bicycles.

F．They are also used as a daily transport to work, school or shopping.

G．More than 2 million people bicycle, skate, or jog along the closed roads.

4 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式（不多于3个单词）。

I’ve always loved the ocean. In the     1     (nine) grade, I started volunteering at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. I was upset to learn that many sea animals eat plastic garbage,     2     (think) it is food.

I decided to do something     3     (educate) people about this problem. I delivered speeches at schools to teach kids about plastic waste. I wanted to reach businesses too. I decided that if I learned a lot about a company    4     used a lot of plastic, I’d send an email urging it to cut back.

One day, I saw an advertisement for a health-care company. People in the ad were using plastic straws (吸管). I found the contact information of the company    5     emailed its president. I told him how     6     (harm) plastic could be to the environment and asked him to consider using more eco-friendly options. I was so    7       (excite) when he wrote back to me. He said he would make sure that the company cut its use of plastic straws in half.

I kept going. Whenever I heard of businesses using plastic, I’d send     8     email. One of the biggest companies I wrote to     9     (be) Alaska Airlines Paris. A company representative wrote back and told me the airline was changing over from plastic    10     paper cups on all of its 1,200 daily flights.

5 . Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment. “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.

But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many， many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first. According to US government reports, emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9. Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with, the world is a safer and healthier place. A kind of “Green thinking” has become part of practices.

Great improvement has been achieved. In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there are about 6,600. Advanced lights, motors, and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.

Twenty –five years ago, there were hardly any education programs for environment. Today, it’s hard to find a public school, university, or law school that does not have such a kind of program. “Until we do that, nothing else will change!” says Bruce Anderson.

1. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___.

A．the social movement	B．recycling techniques
C．environmental problems	D．the importance of Earth Day

2. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?

A．The grass –roots level.	B．The business circle.
C．Government officials.	D．University professors.

3. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?

A．They have cut car emissions to the lowest.

B．They have settled their environmental problems.

C．They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.

D．They have reduced pollution through effective measures.

4. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?

A．Education.	B．Planning
C．Green living	D．CO reduction