1 . The Coral Sea is home to an amazing variety of turtles, sharks, whales, dolphins, large fish, birds, corals, plants, and many other species. Many of these species are endangered elsewhere in the world, but still survive in the healthy environment of the Coral Sea.

The Coral Sea is a large series of coral reefs located off the northeast coast of Australia. This area is three times larger than Australia’s famous Great Barrier Reef, which the Coral Sea borders.

The Coral Sea is one of the few coral reef environments that have remained largely undamaged by overfishing, oil and gas exploration and pollution. However, statistics show that coral reefs around the world are disappearing five times faster than rainforests. It is very likely that in the near future the Coral Sea will face the same threats to its existence.

The Australian government is currently looking at options for protecting the Coral Sea but has made no decisions. Environmentalists are pushing for laws to declare the Coral Sea area a marine protected area. This would mean a large “no-take zone” for fishermen, a no-exploration zone for gas and oil companies and a no-dump zone for pollution. This would make the Coral Sea a marine park larger than any in the world.

We can write letters to Australian leaders, Australian environmental protection agencies, and Australian friends, to let them know that people worldwide support this protection of the Coral Sea. To lose this last great marine wildness would be a loss for the whole world.

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1. What is the author’s purpose in writing this passage?

A．To teach people how to protect the Coral Sea.

B．To call for the public awareness to protect the Coral Sea.

C．To show the amazing features of the Coral Sea.

D．To explain the function of the Coral Sea.

2. What is the most important reason for protecting the Coral Sea?

A．The Coral Sea, home to many species, will disappear soon.

B．The Coral Sea is rich in oil and gas.

C．The Coral Sea is three times larger than Great Barrier Reef.

D．The Coral Sea will be a marine park larger than any in the world.

3. You can most probably read this passage _______.

A．in a guidebook	B．on a website
C．in a science textbook	D．on a TV show

4. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?

A．The reason for protecting the Coral Sea.

B．The way to protect the Coral Sea.

C．The location of the Coral Sea.

D．The money-raising for saving the Coral Sea.

2 . I had a lot on my mind as I recalled my teddy bear (泰迪熊) on the snowiest day last year. Only twenty-four hours before, I had been _______ with it happily in our farmhouse. How quickly things _______ ! The house I had lived in disappeared. The fire had _______ all those things with my memories.

I have never known my mother to be so _______ . When picking up my ashen (灰白色的) clothing, she moved with emptiness (空虚). The _______ was heavy to us.

After moving to the temporary (临时的) house, my father told me dealing with this would cost _______ money. It brought about a wave of _______ and life became a struggle.

“Hey, Jason,” a classmate came up to me at lunchtime with a box in her hands. “Jason, we know what _______ a few days ago. This is not something you have to go through _______. We started up the Shoebox Fund for you. Almost every student in our school ________. We love you and we want you to have this.

My eyes were filled with ________, and I had never been so moved. I had felt so lonely for the days after the fire that I became ________, unwilling to communicate with others. But these people looked past the impolite behavior I had shown to them. They were my true friends and by sharing this ________, they were my family.

Yes, things are getting back to ________. But what I learned from this journey of discovery will ________ with me forever.

1.

A．playing

B．dealing

C．equipping

D．arguing

2.

A．began

B．worked

C．changed

D．improved

3.

A．put out

B．taken away

C．cut off

D．started with

4.

A．hopeless

B．careless

C．dissatisfied

D．pleased

5.

A．hurt

B．blow

C．task

D．duty

6.

A．plain

B．private

C．huge

D．pocket

7.

A．sadness

B．nervousness

C．peace

D．thought

8.

A．mattered

B．continued

C．remained

D．happened

9.

A．straight

B．alone

C．naturally

D．socially

10.

A．believed

B．accepted

C．donated

D．paid

11.

A．curiosity

B．surprise

C．words

D．tears

12.

A．patient

B．disappointed

C．silent

D．confident

13.

A．belief

B．interest

C．experience

D．practice

14.

A．subject

B．reality

C．nature

D．normal

15.

A．stay

B．compare

C．connect

D．agree

3 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Some countries have a large number of earthquakes. Japan is one of them, while others do not have so many. For example, there are few earthquakes in Britain. But they are     1     (frighten) when they break out.

There is often a great noise during    2     earthquake. The ground shakes; houses fall down; railways are destroyed,     3     causes trains to stop off. Sometimes thousands of people     4     (injure) in different ways. Some people say that earthquakes often happen near volcanoes (火山),     5    this is not true. The centers of some earthquakes are under the sea. The bottom of the sea suddenly moves. The    6     (power) forces inside the earth break the rocks. The coast is shaken and great waves appear. These waves travel a long     7     (distant) and rush over the land,     8     (break) down houses and other buildings. Sometimes they damage more buildings than the earthquake     9     (it). What kind of building stays up best in an earthquake? The Americans studied carefully the results of the earthquake at San Francisco and believed it is best for buildings to be made with concrete (水泥) walls held together by steel frames (钢筋框架). Such buildings won’t burn or fall     10     (easy).

4 . Insect numbers have plunged (骤降) by half in some parts of the world due to climate change and intensive agriculture, a study has found. The combined pressures of global heating and farming are driving a “substantial decline” of insects across the globe, according to UK researchers. They say we must acknowledge the threats we pose to insects, before some species are lost forever. But preserving habitat for nature could help ensure vital insects thrive.

Lead researcher, Dr Charlie Outhwaite of UCL, said losing insect populations could be harmful not only to the natural environment, but to “human health and food security, particularly with losses of pollinators(传粉昆虫)”. “Our findings highlight the urgency of actions to preserve natural habitats, slow the expansion of high-intensity agriculture, and cut emissions to mitigate climate change,” she added.

Plummeting populations of insects around the world — a so-called “insect apocalypse” — have caused widespread concern. However, scientific data gives a mixed picture, with some types of insects showing sharp declines, while others are staying steady. In the latest study, the researchers pulled together data on the range and number of nearly 20,000 insect species, including bees, ants, butterflies, grasshoppers and dragonflies, at about 6,000 different locations. In areas with high-intensity agriculture and substantial warming, insect numbers have plunged by 49% and the number of different species by 27%, compared with relatively untouched places that have so far avoided the most severe impacts of climate change, according to the research published in Nature.

But the researchers said there was some cause for hope in that setting aside areas of land for nature created a shelter for insects, which need shade to survive in hot weather. “Careful management of agricultural areas, such as preserving natural habitats near farmland, may help to ensure that vital insects can still thrive,” said Dr. Tim Newbold, also of UCL.

Study researcher, Peter MeCann, added: “We need to acknowledge how important insects are for the environment as a whole, and for human health and wellbeing, in order to address the threats we pose to them before many species are lost forever.”

1. What caused the number of insects to decrease quickly?

A．The natural law of survival of the fittest.	B．Improvement of human environment.
C．Global heating and farming.	D．Destruction of the food chain of insects.

2. What does the underlined word “mitigate” in paragraph 6 mean?

A．release

B．stop

C．relieve

D．prevent

3. What do the researchers agree about?

A．Not all types of insects show decline in numbers.

B．The number of insects in untouched places shows the most severe decline.

C．There is no need to set aside areas of land for nature.

D．Careful management of agriculture areas can help all the insects thrive.

4. What is the purpose of this passage?

A．To stress the effect of global warming.

B．To arouse people’s concern for the decline of insect numbers.

C．To show the relationship between insects and human beings.

D．To present the process of the research.

5 . My community and state are still recovering from the disaster that hit the area recently. A wall of storms with hurricane force winds _____ late on a Friday evening knocking down trees, _____ roads, damaging homes, and destroying power lines. Hundreds of thousands of people suddenly _____themselves in the dark without water, electricity, air conditioning, telephones, internet, and television. They were _____ from the modern world suffering unbearable 90 degree plus heat with no help and no idea _____ it would be over.

The most _____ thing happened, however, as the reality of the crisis sank in: it brought out the best in us. While there were a few acts of _____ and stealing, they were overwhelmed (压倒) by the wave of _____ and compassion that came from the hearts of so many. People shared their food, ice, and gasoline. People who still had _____ opened their homes to those who had none. People rushed out to _____roads and homes of fallen trees. Selfless power crews worked around the clock to repair the damage and _____ electricity.

Life’s disasters strike all of us from time to time. No one is _____. We all get hurt. We all get _____. How we respond to them, though, is up to us. We can let them bring out the worst in us or we can let them bring out the best in us. We can _____ them like devils of selfishness or like angels of love. May you always bring the best from your heart and soul to whatever life may _____ at you then. May you live all of your days here with so much love that you sing and smile.

1.

A．drew

B．arose

C．struck

D．faded

2.

A．closing

B．wiping

C．narrowing

D．blocking

3.

A．devoted

B．found

C．pictured

D．patted

4.

A．cut off

B．called off

C．torn down

D．taken off

5.

A．where

B．why

C．how

D．when

6.

A．decent

B．terrible

C．amazing

D．accidental

7.

A．distance

B．enthusiasm

C．prejudice

D．selfishness

8.

A．hatred

B．love

C．respect

D．belief

9.

A．confidence

B．power

C．guidance

D．virtue

10.

A．destroy

B．move

C．clear

D．build

11.

A．restore

B．remove

C．return

D．reduce

12.

A．saved

B．spared

C．punished

D．forgiven

13.

A．cheated

B．removed

C．challenged

D．arranged

14.

A．weigh on

B．react to

C．take in

D．care for

15.

A．throw

B．shoot

C．aim

D．glance

6 . Butterflies, a familiar sight around the world, are disappearing now.Over the past four decades, more than 450 butterfly species have been affected by threats from climate change. In the US alone, the monarch butterfly has seen a drop of 80%, from millions of them in the 1980s to only 29,000 in 2020; in 2017, scientists in Germany raised alarm bells after stressing that insects had decreased by more than 70% in 30 years.

As of now, there is no long-term data available to develop effective conservation strategies in those areas where the threat is particularly widespread. And long-term monitoring programs worldwide face a challenge—training locals as citizen biologists, which, although successful, requires significant and constant funding to cover wages.

In Ecuador, however, scientists have come up with a novel approach.In Yasuni National Park, they started a monitoring project where park rangers(护林员) were trained and then performed monitoring.The rangers were able to identify sampled butterflies with impressive accuracy-an 85% success rate-which is key to the success of these monitoring programs. The data gathered by the park rangers was so accurate that it did not significantly differ from data obtained by trained biologists in the area.

Other monitoring projects select individuals from the community to act as citizen biologists, so scientists may pull the plug on them when funding dries up. However, this study represents a long-term solution.Monitoring with an infrastructure (基础设施)already in place means that it can continue into the future regardless of funding.

"Our approach increases the possibility of constant monitoring in the long term by reducing costs such as lodging(住宿)and wages,"said lead author Maria Checa. "Furthermore, it also empowers(授权)local people, offers opportunities to public institutions to accomplish their environmental goals, and opens up possibilities for expansion into other highly threatened and important areas for biodiversity(生物多样性)conservation."

1. What do the figures in paragraph 1 show?

A．The rich varieties of butterflies.

B．The scientists' close attention to the butterfly.

C．The growing concern about climate change.

D．The sharp decline in the number of butterflies.

2. What stands in the way of butterfly monitoring?

A．The high cost of training staff.	B．The wide areas to be monitored.
C．The lack of professional trainers.	D．The difficulty in dealing with the data.

3. What might be the biggest success of Yasuni National Park's project?

A．Improving the lives of park rangers.

B．Producing many trained biologists.

C．Providing habitat for endangered butterflies.

D．Collecting reliable data for butterfly conservation.

4. What does the underlined part "pull the plug on" in paragraph 4 probably mean?

A．End.

B．Control.

C．Examine.

D．Continue.

7 . 假定你是国际学校学生李华，4月22日“世界地球日”(Earth Day)即将来临，请你代表学生会写一封倡议书，呼吁大家关爱地球。内容包括：
1.现状说明；
2.具体措施；
3.发出倡议。     
注意：
1.词数80左右；
2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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8 . A shocking 53.6 million metric tons of electronic waste was discarded last year, a new UN-backed report has revealed. The report shows that e-waste is up by 21% from five years ago. This isn’t surprising, considering how many more people are adopting new technology and updating devices regularly to have the latest versions, but the report also shows that national collection and recycling strategies are nowhere close to matching consumption rates.

E-waste contains materials including copper (铜), iron, gold and silver, which the report gives a conservative value of $ 57 billion. But most are thrown away or burned rather than being collected for recycling. Precious metals in waste are estimated to be worth $ 14 billion, but only $ 4 billion-worth is recovered at the moment.

While the number of countries with national e-waste policies has grown from 61 to 78 since 2014, there is little encouragement to obey and a mere 17% of collected items are recycled. If recycling does occur, it’s often under dangerous conditions, such as burning circuit boards to recover copper, which “releases highly poisonous metals” and harms the health of workers.

The report found that Asia has the highest amounts of waste overall, producing 24.9 million metric tons (MMT), followed by Europe at 12 MMT, Africa at 2.9 MMT, and Oceania at 0.7 MMT.

But whose responsibility is it? Are governments in charge of setting up collection and recycling points, or should companies be responsible for recycling the goods they produce? It goes both ways. Companies do need to be held accountable by government regulations and have incentives to design products that are easily repaired. At the same time, governments need to make it easy for citizens to access collection points and deal with their broken electronics in a convenient way. Otherwise, they may turn to the easiest option — the landfill.

1. What does the underlined word “discarded” most probably mean?

A．increased

B．distributed

C．thrown away

D．consumed

2. What do the statistics in Paragraph 2 show?

A．The functions of policies.	B．The great damage to environment.
C．The change of consumption rates.	D．The urgency of recovering e-waste.

3. What is the problem with recycling e-waste at present?

A．It does harm to the workers’ health.	B．It lacks national policy support.
C．It hardly makes profits.	D．It takes too much time.

4. How should the problem be solved according to the passage?

A．New technology should be used to update old devices.

B．Governments and companies should take responsibilities.

C．Non-poisonous metals had better be used in e-device.

D．Citizens must play a key role in recycling e-waste.

9 . When I give public lectures about the climate crisis, the most common question people pose is: “Are you an optimist or a pessimist?”

My answer is the former one. California has achieved significant emission (排放) reductions in a strong economy, which makes me hopeful, yet in general the fossil-fuel industry is determined not to change. The second most common question is: “What can I, personally, do?”

That’s a tough one. The major drivers of climate change are collective enterprises (集体企业) such as industry, large-scale agriculture and transportation systems. Real emission reductions in these settings most likely will not come from personal actions; they will come from laws and policies such as carbon-pricing systems, revised building codes and supports for green investment.

Some people have argued that calls for individual actions actually distract us from the responsibility of big companies. That could explain why the fossil-fuel industry is fond of such requests. Oil giant BP popularized and promoted the idea of a carbon footprint, turning attention to its customers who, it suggests, should take personal responsibility by lowering their carbon footprints. One study found that focusing on individual activity actually makes it harder for more effective policies such as a carbon tax to be carried out. Another problem with personal behavior is that people do not like to be told what to do.

Yet individual acts can grow into influential group activity. One effective act, and one that can be amplified (放大), is to eat less red meat. Cutting meat consumption is a powerful and personal thing most Americans can do to deal with the climate crisis, and they can do it immediately. About 40 percent of greenhouse gases come from agriculture, deforestation and other land-use changes. Meat — particularly beef — drives climate change in two ways: first, through cows’ emission of methane, a greenhouse gas, and second, by destroying forests as they are changed to grazing land (牧场) to satisfy the global demand for beef. By eating less beef, we can start to decrease that demand. You do not have to become a vegan to do this. If every person in the U. S. cut their meat consumption by 25 percent, it would reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 1 percent. That might not sound like a lot, but it would help protect the rainforest, so the positive effects — including reduced water and fertilizer use, improved biodiversity and safeguarded rights of local peoples — would be amplified.

Perhaps most important, social action is contagious — in a good way. If lots of us begin to eat less meat and if we talk about it constantly, we are likely to influence others. Pretty soon the 1 percent reduction becomes 2 percent or more. Reduced demand for meat could motivate my local supermarket to carry better produce, making it easier for me and my neighbors to prepare a few more satisfying meat-free meals. In the end, changes in demand will influence industry. Forty years ago few mainstream supermarkets carried organic products; now nearly all do. Consumer demand did that.

Cutting back on red meat also has the added benefit to your health. So while I wouldn’t advise governments to order people to stop eating hamburgers, if anyone asks, “What can I do?” a simple answer is: “Eat less meat. It’s in your control, and you can begin right now. It benefits both you and the planet.”

1. Which one plays the most decisive role in emissions reductions according to the passage?

A．Individual actions.	B．Fossil-fuel industries.
C．Big companies.	D．Effective laws and policies.

2. What can we learn from the passage?

A．Meat is considered as the biggest driver of climate change.

B．Small individual acts can make a big difference when amplified.

C．Most Americans have to become vegans to deal with the climate crisis.

D．Big enterprises are taking their responsibility by calling for individual action.

3. What does the underlined word “contagious” in Paragraph 6 mean?

A．Appealing.

B．Poisonous.

C．Harmonious.

D．Spreading.

4. What is the purpose of the author writing this passage?

A．To explain ways to reduce carbon footprint.

B．To promote the idea of healthy eating habits.

C．To persuade people to cut meat consumption.

D．To argue against the emission policies of industries.

10 . When Abdus Salam looks across the garbage-filled river near his home in one of the major clothing producing districts in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, he remembers a time before the factories moved in. “When I was young there were no clothing factories here. We used to catch fish in the river,” he said. The river beside him is now black like ink. Waste from nearby clothing factories has polluted the water.

Fashion is responsible for up to one-fifth of industrial water pollution, thanks in part to weak management in producer countries like Bangladesh, the world’s second biggest clothing producing country, where wastewater is commonly differed directly into rivers and streams. The wastewater not only hurts the environment, but pollutes drinking water sources.

Once in waterways, poisonous chemicals from dye (染料) build up to the point where light is prevented from coming through the surface, reducing plants’ ability to photosynthesize (进行光合作用). This lowers oxygen levels in the water, killing plants and animals. These chemicals and heavy metals can also build up in the body, increasing the risk of serious illnesses and skin problems. What’s worse, chemical-rich water is also used to water crops, with one recent study finding that dyes were present in vegetables and fruit grown around Savar, just north of Dhaka.

Luckily, change is coming. In Bangladesh, there are signs clothing producers are taking environmental responsibility more seriously, with brands committing to initiatives, such as the Partnership for Cleaner Textile, that title water, energy and chemical use in the industry. Shahab Uddin of Bangladesh’s Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change said a range of measures were being taken to address pollution, including updating conservation and environmental laws, giving fines to polluters, setting up centralized treatment plants, and working with international development partners to improve wastewater treatment. And under a new environmental policy called Zero Liquid Discharge, dyeing, finishing and washing industries must submit a time-bound plan to reduce, recycle and reuse wastewater.

“There is definitely from for further improvement. These challenges cannot be solved overnight,” Uddin added.

1. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?

A．To blame clothing factories for river pollution.	B．To introduce Bangladesh’s clothing industry.
C．To call for the closure of clothing factories.	D．To recall the good old days in Dhaka.

2. What can we learn about Bangladesh?

A．It is the biggest clothing producing country.	B．It causes 20%of the world’s water pollution.
C．It has poor control over wastewater discharge.	D．It suffers from serious drinking water shortages.

3. What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A．The difficulty of dealing with poisonous chemicals in waterways.

B．The damaging effects of wastewater from the fashion industry.

C．The chemicals from dyes negatively affecting photosynthesis.

D．The way to remove harmful chemicals from the food chain.

4. What does Zero Liquid Discharge require the clothing industry to do?

A．Hand in a plan to treat wastewater.	B．Establish centralized treatment plants.
C．Pay high fines for discharging wastewater.	D．Join international groups to deal with wastewater.