2 . Just as we take care of our friends and families, our homes and Mother Earth take care of us. Our homes give us a place of shelter that ________ between us and the rest of the world. The earth is a(n) _________ giver of life and the keeper of our physical and spiritual needs. Her rich ________ bring us up, give us air, and offer us cooling shade. Her waters ________ our thirst. Yet it is easy to take both of these wonderful _________ for granted. ________ the thanks you feel toward your home and Mother Earth for the gifts each   ________   you. It can help you stay   ________ of where many of the gifts in your life come from. Each time you give thanks, you’ll be ________ of the importance of caring for your home and for Mother Earth. There is a simple and beautiful _________ you can find to show your thanks. Begin by finding a ________ place where you can be alone. Sit comfortably and breathe deeply ________ you feel relaxed and then read the following out loud:

“Thank you, home, for allowing me to live ________ your walls. Thank you for allowing me to stay strong and ________ me. Thank you, Mother Earth, for the land I ________ on and farm. Thank you, plants, minerals (矿物质), and animals on the land for allowing me to ________ your beauty and your amazement of life, and for the ________ of living with all of you on this earth. Thank you for the wisdom and       ________ you bring to us.”

You can do so as often as you like and anytime you feel particularly thankful for the many gifts that you have ________. Each time you do this, you’ll strengthen your connection with all that _________ and supports you.

1.

A．bend

B．handle

C．react

D．stand

2.

A．unselfish

B．skillful

C．cheerful

D．amazing

3.

A．animals

B．oceans

C．plants

D．waters

4.

A．promote

B．show

C．influence

D．satisfy

5.

A．sources

B．memories

C．power

D．strength

6.

A．Express

B．Accept

C．Ban

D．Deserve

7.

A．attacks

B．attracts

C．appreciates

D．provides

8.

A．fond

B．aware

C．informed

D．confident

9.

A．accused

B．robbed

C．warned

D．reminded

10.

A．road

B．word

C．way

D．place

11.

A．safe

B．dull

C．quiet

D．public

12.

A．though

B．because

C．unless

D．until

13.

A．beside

B．beyond

C．within

D．in

14.

A．admitting

B．supporting

C．challenging

D．surviving

15.

A．live

B．call

C．focus

D．feed

16.

A．examine

B．explain

C．experience

D．describe

17.

A．adventure

B．wisdom

C．loss

D．honor

18.

A．anger

B．worry

C．joy

D．desire

19.

A．brought

B．purchased

C．exchanged

D．received

20.

A．shocks

B．monitors

C．protects

D．follows

3 . Molai grew up in a tiny village in India. The village lay near some wetlands which became his second _______. He learned the value and beauty of _______ there from a very young age.

When he was 16, Molai began to notice something _______ happening around his home. A flood had hit the area earlier that year and the _______ it caused had driven away a number of birds. _______, the number of snakes had declined as well. He _______ that it was because there weren’t enough trees to protect them from the _______. The solution, of course, was to plant trees so the animals could seek _______ during the daytime. He turned to the _______ department for help but was told that nothing would grow there. However, Molai went looking on his own and ________ a nearby island where he began to plant trees.

________ young plants in the dry season was ________ for a lone boy. Molai built at the ________ of each sapling (幼树) a bamboo platform, where he placed pots with small holes to ________ rainwater. The water would then drip (滴落) on the plants below.

Molai ________ to plant trees for the next 37 years. His efforts have resulted in 1,360 acres of naturally-grown land that has become home to many plants and animals.

1.

A．dream

B．job

C．home

D．choice

2.

A．nature

B．youth

C．culture

D．knowledge

3.

A．remarkable

B．interesting

C．discomforting

D．embarrassed

4.

A．waste

B．instant

C．barrier

D．damage

5.

A．Besides

B．However

C．Therefore

D．Otherwise

6.

A．inquired

B．realized

C．remembered

D．predicted

7.

A．noise

B．heat

C．disease

D．dust

8.

A．directions

B．partners

C．help

D．shelter

9.

A．labor

B．police

C．forest

D．finance

10.

A．rebuilt

B．discovered

C．left

D．managed

11.

A．Decorating

B．Observing

C．Watering

D．Guarding

12.

A．tough

B．illegal

C．adorable

D．efficient

13.

A．back

B．top

C．foot

D．side

14.

A．clean

B．boil

C．pour

D．collect

15.

A．returned

B．learned

C．reacted

D．continued

4 . Anuar Abdullah is a 61-year-old diving instructor in Malaysia. When he isn’t _________, he’s back out in the water_________, studying, and restoring coral reefs (珊瑚礁).

Now, as climate change becomes an_________threat, governments, corporations, and others are coming to him for_________.

Abdullah has no degree in marine biology or_________ training---just an amount of experience. In just the past decade, thousands have_________ him for advice on how to grow corals, and he now has around 700 active volunteers and has already _________hundreds of acres of coral reefs.

In 2017, Thailand’s government asked Abdullah to _________ the restoration of one of its most famous tourist attractions, Maya Bay, because it had_________half its coral population.__________were kept out of the site for three years while Abdullah led a team of 120 people in__________new corals.

In 2021, after Typhoon Rai, the island of Cebu in the Philippines asked Abdullah to save what was__________of the shoreline’s coral reefs. And earlier this year, Abdullah launched a new effort to build the world’s largest coral nursery in the Red Sea. There was a__________on the nursery at the U.N. climate change summit (峰会), COP27, but Abdullah did not attend. He __________conferences, he says. And he had__________to do.

1.

A．reporting

B．diving

C．swimming

D．teaching

2.

A．picking

B．judging

C．describing

D．observing

3.

A．early

B．apparent

C．artificial

D．uncertain

4.

A．help

B．money

C．power

D．honor

5.

A．temporary

B．formal

C．natural

D．complex

6.

A．approached

B．led

C．backed

D．turned

7.

A．evaluated

B．highlighted

C．demanded

D．restored

8.

A．carry out

B．give up

C．recover from

D．drop off

9.

A．regained

B．increased

C．lost

D．removed

10.

A．Visitors

B．Researchers

C．Volunteers

D．Officials

11.

A．guarding

B．decorating

C．planting

D．maintaining

12.

A．hidden

B．left

C．preserved

D．ruined

13.

A．contest

B．presentation

C．course

D．topic

14.

A．witnesses

B．records

C．schedules

D．hates

15.

A．interviews

B．trips

C．work

D．trade

5 . Many cities around the world today are heavily polluted. Careless methods of production and ________ of consumer demands for environment friendly products have ________ the pollution problem. One ________ is that millions of tons of glass, paper, plastic, and metal containers are produced, and these are difficult to get rid of.

________, today, more and more consumers are choosing “green” and demanding that the products they buy should be safe for the environment. ________ they buy a product, they ask questions like these: “Will this shampoo damage the environment?” “Can this metal container be ________ or can it only be used once?”

A recent study showed that two ________ five adults now consider the environmental safety of a product before they buy it. This means that companies must now change the ________ they make and sell their products to make sure that they are “green,” that is, friendly to the environment.

Only a few years ago, it was impossible to find green products in supermarkets, but now there are hundreds. Some supermarket products ________ labels to show that the product is green. Some companies emphasize that their products are clean and safe in their advertising and have made it their main selling ________.

The ________ for a safer and cleaner environment is making companies rethink ________ they do business. No longer will the public accept the old ________ of “Buy it, use it, throw it away and forget it.” The public ________ is still here, and companies are ________ their act gradually.

1.

A．part

B．lack

C．lots

D．varieties

2.

A．applied to

B．contributed to

C．exposed to

D．devoted to

3.

A．possibility

B．chance

C．result

D．effect

4.

A．Therefore

B．Furthermore

C．Similarly

D．However

5.

A．After

B．Though

C．Before

D．Unless

6.

A．reused

B．safe

C．friendly

D．returned

7.

A．of

B．on

C．from

D．out of

8.

A．rhyme

B．way

C．section

D．branch

9.

A．carry

B．take

C．include

D．make

10.

A．advantage

B．technique

C．point

D．attraction

11.

A．concern

B．hope

C．care

D．plan

12.

A．what

B．how

C．whether

D．when

13.

A．saying

B．trust

C．attitude

D．fashion

14.

A．pressure

B．pleasure

C．discussion

D．interest

15.

A．enlarging

B．sharing

C．cleaning

D．improving

6 . Thomas Dambo, an artist from Denmark, is using his sculpting（雕刻）skills to help thousands of urban birds worldwide._______by the belief that humans should live_______with other species, he uses reused wood to build houses for birds wherever he goes. Over the last seven years he has made more than 3,500 birdhouses.

Dambo's birdhouses are creative and_______, combining（结合）wonderful design with reused wood and other junk materials that he_______collects. Through his_______, he wants to show that everyone can create something beautiful from trash, and he also hopes to_______others to waste less of the world's resources.

Dambo describes his own_______as colorful, positive, childish, and fun. He also makes birdhouses that easily_______city environment, so birds can feel_______in them. Some of his past projects________a collection of birdhouses made from________skateboards. He also sculpted 600 birdhouses for a festival, and later gave them away to people after the activity, only________that they hang them up and send him pictures.

Dambo is working with a large Danish company on a project that uses their waste wood for large birdhouse________In this way, he hopes to________more people and just teach more people about recycling and the________of protecting the world. He dreams of having a big recycle plant next to his workshop someday, so people could just bring him their________to work with.

________birdhouses, Dambo has built several other structures from recycled wood, but his main________now is creating abundant housing structures for birds. People always________whether birds use the houses. Dambo tells them the fact that birds will move into the houses if there are birds in the area. Dambo is so________about birdhouses that he's also built a large red one for himself!

1.

A．Directed

B．Moved

C．Driven

D．Attracted

2.

A．peacefully

B．separately

C．naturally

D．thankfully

3.

A．strange

B．unique

C．alive

D．perfect

4.

A．immediately

B．rarely

C．simply

D．frequently

5.

A．ideas

B．aims

C．projects

D．views

6.

A．encourage

B．warn

C．allow

D．imitate

7.

A．actions

B．inventions

C．creations

D．experiences

8.

A．meet with

B．fit into

C．come across

D．put up

9.

A．delightful

B．free

C．warm

D．safe

10.

A．adopt

B．prove

C．include

D．cover

11.

A．different

B．unusual

C．broken

D．new

12.

A．requiring

B．persuading

C．advising

D．promising

13.

A．purchase

B．trade

C．production

D．description

14.

A．force

B．impress

C．observe

D．influence

15.

A．risks

B．benefits

C．chances

D．methods

16.

A．hope

B．family

C．trash

D．clothes

17.

A．As for

B．Other than

C．Instead of

D．Apart from

18.

A．enjoyment

B．focus

C．purpose

D．source

19.

A．believe

B．suggest

C．wonder

D．guess

20.

A．crazy

B．curious

C．certain

D．serious

7 . 完型填空（共20小题）
       Water costs money. In some places water is hard ____ . What ____ when a town has these problems? A small town in California found a happy ____ .
Very ____ rain ever fell there. The town had no water ____ . The water it used was ____ from a river 300 miles away. As more people ____ live in the town ____ water was needed. Now water ____ to be brought in from 600 miles away. All these cost ____ money.
The town ____ a plan. It found ____ to clean its “dirty” water. Once the cleaned water was reused ____ many ways. Five ____ lakes were built. Here people could swim and fish and go ____ . They ____ have picnics in their new parks. Farmers had more water ____ their crops. New factories can be built，now that they have the promise of ____ .
In most places, water is used and thrown ____ . The town that saved ____ water has saved the town!1.

A．supplying

B．getting

C．to get

D．to supply

2.

A．happens

B．happening

C．is happened

D．happened

3.

A．key

B．answer

C．answering

D．way

4.

A．little

B．a little

C．few

D．a few

5.

A．of itself

B．of its own

C．for its own

D．for itself

6.

A．fetch

B．take

C．brought in

D．guided

7.

A．come to

B．came to

C．coming to

D．came for

8.

A．many

B．plenty of

C．more

D．many more

9.

A．has

B．had

C．must

D．needed

10.

A．many

B．a few

C．a great many

D．a lot of

11.

A．put

B．made

C．supply

D．noticed

12.

A．a way

B．ways

C．an answer

D．a key

13.

A．for

B．by

C．at

D．in

14.

A．man-making

B．man-make

C．man-made

D．man made

15.

A．boating

B．to boat

C．to boating

D．on boating

16.

A．must

B．could

C．needed

D．had to

17.

A．as

B．with

C．for

D．to

18.

A．water enough

B．enough water

C．crops enough

D．enough crops

19.

A．off

B．of

C．away

D．out of

20.

A．it’s

B．its

C．one’s

D．his