1 . On December 20, in Newdale, a series of huge waves caused by an undersea Earthquake raced across the ocean near Goldshore. Worse still, it _______ thousands of deaths. Goldshore Beach was the only local beach to _______ the disaster without any loss of life. A 10-year-old girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around 100 people escape danger with her _______ of tsunamis.

The day began like any other on Goldshore Beach. People were walking, running or simply sitting on the sandy beach, _______ the warm sea air and enjoying the soft _______ that brushed their hair. Sabrina was one of the happy tourists until she noticed something _______ . “The water was like the bubbles (气泡) on the top of a beer,” she later explained. “It wasn’t _______. I mean it wasn’t going in and then out as usual. It just kept coming in and in and in.” It struck her that these were the _______ of an upcoming tsunami, which Sabrina had just learnt about in a geography lesson.

Sabrina was _______, but she soon calmed herself down. She warned her parents of the ________, though at first they thought she was just ________. However, Sabrina was certain that a terrible disaster was ________ and kept asking her parents to talk to a safety officer. To her great relief, the officer ________ realized the coming danger. Soon, all the people on the beach was rapidly ________ just before the huge waves ________ into the coast.

1.

A．caused

B．trapped

C．affected

D．suffered

2.

A．bury

B．survive

C．challenge

D．quit

3.

A．knowledge

B．impression

C．strength

D．detail

4.

A．making up

B．breathing in

C．focusing on

D．checking out

5.

A．wind

B．sunshine

C．whistle

D．wave

6.

A．dead

B．powerful

C．strange

D．attractive

7.

A．narrow

B．adventurous

C．clean

D．calm

8.

A．signs

B．damages

C．types

D．results

9.

A．awkward

B．confused

C．annoyed

D．frightened

10.

A．stress

B．development

C．danger

D．credit

11.

A．cheating

B．debating

C．helping

D．joking

12.

A．under control

B．in sight

C．on its way

D．on schedule

13.

A．actually

B．anxiously

C．quickly

D．curiously

14.

A．escaped

B．seen

C．recognized

D．cleared

15.

A．slid

B．crashed

C．divided

D．tapped

5 . Ryan Hickman is a boy from the USA. When he was three years old, Ryan Hickman visited a _______ center in California and found what he wanted to do most. _______ , the next day as he greeted his dad, Damion, he made a(n)_______ , "I'm going to _______ all the bottles and cans from everyone in the neighborhood. I'll start a new _______ myself!

It's never too _______ to start a business, though there were no other staff but himself when the company was started. Today, Ryan, aged seven, the world's _______ garbage man, is the CEO, manager and _______ of Ryan's Recycling Company. Though Ryan says he doesn't remember what made it all start, he remains _______ about what he is doing. When ________ why he did so, he said, "It's because bottles get to the ocean, and then animals get sick and die. "Ryan's neighbors have been ________ to the little boy's knocking for their recycled goods. More and more ________ ones call to ask for a pickup or even ________ bags of bottles and cans at Hickman's door. At school, Ryan's favorite activity is helping the dustmen ________ the trash and taking away the recyclable. "My wife and I support him and we told him that whenever he wants to ________ , he can, "Damion said." I want to see him with friends, but the recycling just makes him ________ . He has actually ________ five of his friends to join him."

According to Damion, Ryan has ________ over $11,000 through recycling bottles and cans. Ryan says he wants to buy a large trash truck to be ________ with enough garbage and become a ________ garbage man.

1.

A．industrial

B．recycling

C．delivering

D．financial

2.

A．Terribly

B．Amazingly

C．Apparently

D．Gradually

3.

A．notice

B．speech

C．explanation

D．announcement

4.

A．throw up

B．throw out

C．pick out

D．pick up

5.

A．study

B．research

C．education

D．business

6.

A．early

B．old

C．weak

D．late

7.

A．cleverest

B．busiest

C．wealthiest

D．youngest

8.

A．customer

B．employer

C．employee

D．trainee

9.

A．energetic

B．enthusiastic

C．efficient

D．comfortable

10.

A．consulted

B．questioned

C．informed

D．reminded

11.

A．opposed

B．addicted

C．accustomed

D．devoted

12.

A．prospective

B．supportive

C．aggressive

D．persuasive

13.

A．throw away

B．break down

C．lay down

D．settle down

14.

A．desert

B．circulate

C．separate

D．rid

15.

A．start

B．continue

C．back

D．quit

16.

A．relaxed

B．relieved

C．delighted

D．exhausted

17.

A．persuaded

B．commanded

C．forced

D．instructed

18.

A．raised

B．saved

C．wasted

D．spent

19.

A．surrounded

B．loaded

C．equipped

D．carried

20.

A．kind

B．generous

C．true

D．wealthy

8 . Imagine an area 34 times the size of Manhattan. Now imagine it covered ankle-deep in plastic waste. That’s a total of about 19 billion pounds of ______. And according to the estimates available, that’s how much plastic waste ______ in our oceans every year.

“We’re being ______ by our waste,” said Jenna Jambeck, an/a ______ engineer who led the 2015 study that announced this shocking number. According to Jambeck’s research, this ______ will double by 2025 unless something is done, ______ and at a global scale, to stop the tide of garbage.

Plastic has in many ways been helpful to us, used in all walks of ______ from medical equipment to parts of airplanes. ______ some of the very traits (特性) that have made plastics so popular have also made them a ______ problem in our landfills   and oceans. Today, plastics are the No. 1 type of trash found in the sea. Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit environmental group that organizes a yearly ______ cleanup event in more than 150 countries worldwide, said plastic pieces ______ around 85 percent of all the garbage collected from beaches, waterways and oceans — and that’s just the stuff we can ______.

Ocean Conservancy says plastics are believed to ______ at least 600 different wildlife ______. One in three leatherback turtles, which often ______ plastic bags for jellyfish, have been found with plastic in their bellies (肚子). In 2017, a ______ whale beached on Norway’s coast had 30 plastic bags in its ______. Ninety percent of seabirds are now eating ______ on a regular basis. By 2050, that figure is expected to rise to 100 percent.

And it’s not ______ wildlife that’s threatened by the plastics in our seas. A growing body of evidence suggests humans are consuming plastics through the seafood we eat.

With this in mind，experts say that all of us have a ______ role to play in relieving the issue — in ways both big and small.

1.

A．seaweed

B．garbage

C．seafood

D．money

2.

A．comes from

B．takes out

C．ends up

D．puts away

3.

A．fascinated

B．controlled

C．surrounded

D．destroyed

4.

A．medical

B．electrical

C．agricultural

D．environmental

5.

A．figure

B．waste

C．price

D．cost

6.

A．quickly

B．slowly

C．hurriedly

D．unexpectedly

7.

A．time

B．education

C．technology

D．life

8.

A．While

B．So

C．But

D．And

9.

A．changing

B．growing

C．moving

D．touching

10.

A．scientific

B．coastal

C．general

D．tiny

11.

A．make up

B．turn up

C．pick up

D．bring up

12.

A．hide

B．eat

C．see

D．use

13.

A．promote

B．rescue

C．increase

D．threaten

14.

A．plants

B．animals

C．protection

D．species

15.

A．mistake

B．look

C．regard

D．recognize

16.

A．poisonous

B．deadly

C．dead

D．lively

17.

A．mouth

B．stomach

C．head

D．tail

18.

A．waste

B．rubbish

C．nothing

D．plastics

19.

A．always

B．just

C．really

D．constantly

20.

A．critical

B．tough

C．demanding

D．natural

9 . An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.7 had struck the mountain. Matrone couldn’t _________ it any longer. “Let’s get out of here,” he told his wife, dressing quickly. They _________ the parking lot, where others were digging their cars. Fifteen minutes after the first earthquake, another earthquake _________, this one measuring 5.6.

With a dozen vehicles freed, guests _________ down the driveway. But when they reached the main road, the path was _________ by a six-foot-high wall of snow. Matrone got out of his car and _________ the snow drift (雪堆). There was no road, just piles of shining _________. He turned and yelled down to his wife, “We’re _________!”And they made their way back to the _________.

A handful of guests sat in white sofas. Matrone paced up and down in the reception area, __________ discussing choices with his wife. This was when the snow on the mountain began to __________.

They heard the avalanche before they saw it. As the wall of snow and ice __________

downward, it pressed the air into a __________ low whistle (啸声). The snowslide gathered speed and size, grabbing rocks and trees and anything else in its __________ as it roared down the mountain.

The snow and the __________ of everything it had brought down the mountain with it tore the hotel from its foundation, reduced it to __________, and sent remains dashing more than 100 yards away. People caught inside were left __________ in the ruins.

When the __________ finally arrived, eight hours after the disaster occurred, there was no movement anywhere. All was now __________. Hard rescue work began. It was bound to be a(n) __________ tragedy. Who would be the survivors?

1.

A．forecast

B．express

C．stand

D．determine

2.

A．went through

B．headed to

C．turned to

D．looked into

3.

A．beat

B．hit

C．ended

D．recovered

4.

A．grieved for

B．gave in

C．took apart

D．set off

5.

A．blocked

B．destroyed

C．limited

D．changed

6.

A．cleared

B．ignored

C．crossed

D．climbed

7.

A．ground

B．snow

C．scene

D．sky

8.

A．scared

B．drowned

C．reserved

D．trapped

9.

A．resort

B．entrance

C．destination

D．castle

10.

A．sincerely

B．actually

C．exactly

D．anxiously

11.

A．sink

B．slide

C．arise

D．crash

12.

A．escaped

B．broke

C．fell

D．trembled

13.

A．terrible

B．signal

C．reliable

D．mysterious

14.

A．position

B．state

C．way

D．condition

15.

A．disadvantage

B．result

C．cruelty

D．weight

16.

A．houses

B．highways

C．ruins

D．traps

17.

A．buried

B．noticed

C．traumatised

D．starved

18.

A．officers

B．families

C．rescuers

D．relatives

19.

A．regular

B．still

C．powerful

D．uneven

20.

A．enormous

B．common

C．fortunate

D．fancy

10 . Ted Schredd doesn't like cars. He wants people to stop _______ because cars make the air dirty. Ted had a(n) _______.He said, “I'm going to cycle (骑自行车) around North America. I want to show everyone that cycling is a _______ way to get around. If more people ride bikes, the air will be _______.”

He left his _______ with $160 in his pocket. When he _______ San Diego, he met another cyclist. The cyclist _______ Ted to speak at a big meeting about the _______.He said, “We'll buy you a ticket to Texas.” Two hours later, Ted was on a plane to the environmental conference and to a big _______！

While he was at the conference, he met Deanna. It was ________ at first sight! They talked for six hours. The next day, Ted asked Deanna to ________ the trip with him. Deanna said yes, and was on the road with Ted 20 days later!

“It was ________ at first，” said Deanna.“Ted got up ________ every morning, around 6.00am, but I wanted to sleep until noon.” After a few days, they started having fun.________ they cycled from Florida to Montreal and then back to Vancouver, every day was ________.They had free meals in many restaurants, and ________ in people's backyards during the night.________,they made many new friends on the way.

On their way back to Vancouver, they ________ in Edmonton to visit Ted's parents. During the stopover, they got ________.People wished them to grow old and happy together. They now want to ________ a book about the trip.“We want people to know that you can be an environmentalist and still have fun，” Schredd said.

1.

A．crying

B．smoking

C．driving

D．worrying

2.

A．idea

B．job

C．secret

D．excuse

3.

A．new

B．fun

C．strange

D．dangerous

4.

A．drier

B．thinner

C．cleaner

D．thicker

5.

A．country

B．car

C．mother

D．hometown

6.

A．reached

B．found

C．missed

D．saw

7.

A．ordered

B．allowed

C．invited

D．promised

8.

A．art

B．culture

C．medicine

D．environment

9.

A．problem

B．surprise

C．holiday

D．difference

10.

A．love

B．pride

C．hate

D．doubt

11.

A．plan

B．start

C．change

D．finish

12.

A．interesting

B．difficult

C．important

D．comfortable

13.

A．finally

B．seriously

C．early

D．suddenly

14.

A．As

B．If

C．Unless

D．Although

15.

A．quiet

B．boring

C．safe

D．exciting

16.

A．cooked

B．slept

C．worked

D．waiter

17.

A．Instead

B．At first

C．Besides

D．After all

18.

A．met

B．stopped

C．practiced

D．celebrated

19.

A．paid

B．injured

C．punished

D．married

20.

A．write

B．read

C．borrow

D．buy