3 . Many of the Earth's creatures die because of humans' choices. These choices have nothing to do with food or shelter or anything else that helps humans survive. What kills millions of animals all over the world is that humans want to make money by doing so.

People use parts of animals for everything from hats to handbags, from jewelry to ashtrays and to make powders that supposedly improve a person's life. Deciding that a species is endangered and protecting it by law are not always enough. People who kill wildlife illegally rarely get caught.

During the late 1980s, saving elephants became a popular cause. Wildlife protection groups made sure everyone saw pictures or films of elephants with their faces cut off for their ivory. These groups also proved that certain populations of elephants were decreasing. As a result, most people stopped buying objects made of ivory. Laws against poaching (偷猎) were made stronger. Many countries made importing ivory illegal. Killing elephants for their Ivory became more risky and less profitable (有利可图的).

However, concern for certain species will become weak after a while. In the late 1970s, people protested (抗议) against the killing of seal babies. Everyone was shocked to see young seals being killed in their icy habitat. The cruel activity stopped. But ten years later, the number of seal babies killed was higher than ever.

Other animal protection movements have come and gone, such as saving the whales and protecting dolphins. The whale population appears to have increased for now. And the laws are finally changed in America to protect the dolphins that swim with tuna fish in parts of the Pacific Ocean.

In the years to come, people's attention will probably turn to some other endangered species. Plenty of them urgently need attention. During this time, will the elephants be forgotten?

1. What leads to the disappearance of millions of wild animals?

A．The growing human population.

B．Humans’ hope for making a fortune.

C．Humans’ too much need for wild food.

D．Not having enough laws on wildlife protection..

2. What can you infer from the text about what happened in the late 1980s?

A．Wildlife protection groups did make great efforts.

B．Importing ivory in all countries is illegal.

C．Those who killed elephants all got caught.

D．Hunting was completely not allowed.

3. Why are seal babies mentioned in Paragraph 4?

A．To show the effort to protect seal babies.

B．To show an increasing number of seal babies.

C．To show the decrease of worry about certain species.

D．To show people’s protest against the killing of seal babies.

4. What does the author mean by using the underlined sentence?

A．Humans should choose some rare animals to protect.

B．Attention must be paid to saving some endangered wildlife.

C．Success has been achieved in quite a few cases of wildlife protection.

D．Concern and movements for animal protection should be always kept.

5 . 假设你是晨光中学的李津。你校英语俱乐部将举办一次英语演讲比赛。请你以“Every Setback Is a Test for Us”为题写一篇演讲稿，内容包括：
1. 描述你自己经历的一次挫折；
2. 你克服挫折的体会和建议。
注意：
（1）词数不少于100；
（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
（3）开头已给出，不计入总词数。
参考词汇：setback挫折

Every Setback Is a Test for Us

Hello, everyone. I’m Li Jin Today I am very glad to have the chance to speak about the topic: Every Setback Is a Test for Us.

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Thanks, for your Listening.

6 . 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。

China has designated(指定) a special day for farmers to celebrate the annual harvest. It is the first festival     1     (create) by the state specifically for the country’s farmers. The Chinese farmers’ harvest festival falls on the Autumnal Equinox(秋分) each year,     2     (start) from 2018. Autumnal Equinox     3     (usual) falls between September 22nd and 24th, during the country’s     4     (agriculture) harvest season.

As we all know, China has     5     largest population in the world. It     6     (be) not easy to feed the largest population in the past. With the development of modern agriculture, people’s life is getting better and better. The festival helps to give greater importance rural work and speed up the construction of rural vitalization(振兴).     7     (variety) of celebrations will be organized to display the harvest, rural technology achievements and farmers’ creativeness. Farmers are encouraged     8     (take) part in some activities,     9     are related to their work and life. Rural vitalization is a key part of China’s efforts to develop a modernized economy.     10     developing its vast rural regions, China expects to see a beautiful countryside and well-off farmers.

7 . 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

That night, I quarreled with my mother, then stormed out of the house. While on the road, I remembered that I did not have any money in my pocket, I did not even take my cell phone with me to make a call home.

At the same time, I went through a noodle shop, and I suddenly felt very hungry. I wished for a bowl of noodles, but I had no money!

The seller saw me standing before the counter and asked, “Hey little girl, you want to eat a bowl?”

“But … but I do not carry money …” I shyly replied.

“Okay, I’ll treat you.” the seller said, “come in, I will cook you a bowl.”

A few minutes later the owner brought me a steaming bowl of noodles. After eating some pieces, I cried.

“What is it?” He asked.

“Nothing. I am just touched by your kindness!” I said as I wiped my tears. “Even a stranger on the street gives me a bowl of noodles, and my mother, after a quarrel, chased me out of the house. She is cruel (残忍的)!!”

The seller sighed, “Girl, why did you think so? Think again. I only gave you a bowl of noodles and you felt that way. Your mother has been taking care of you since you were little, why were you not grateful and why did you hurt your mom?”

I was really surprised after hearing that.

Why did I not think of that? A bowl of noodles from a stranger made me feel grateful, and my mother has raised me since I was little and I have never felt so, not even a little.

注意：1. 续写词数应为 150 左右；
2. 请按如下格式在相应位置作答。

Just at that moment, many memories came back into my mind.

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When arriving home, I saw my mother sitting at the dinner table, worried and tired.

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8 . I can still remember it as if it were yesterday. I was a college freshman and had stayed up most of the ______ before laughing and talking with friends. Now just before my first ______ of the day my eyelids were feeling ______ and my head was drifting down to my desk to make my textbook a pillow. It wouldn’t ______ to spend a few minutes napping (小睡，打盹) before class, I thought.

BOOM! I lifted my head suddenly and my eyes opened wider than saucers. I looked around with my ______ beating wildly trying to find the cause of the ______. My young professor was looking back at me with a boyish smile on his face. He had ______ dropped the textbooks he was carrying onto his desk. “Good morning!” he said still ______. “I am glad to see everyone is ______. Now let’s get started.”

For the next hour I wasn’t sleepy at all. It wasn’t from the ______ of my professor’s textbook alarm clock, either. It was instead from the ______ discussion he led. With knowledge and ______ he made the material come ______. His insights (洞察力，见解) were full of both wisdom and loving-kindness. And the enthusiasm and joy that he ______ with were contagious (有感染力的). I ______ the classroom not only wide awake, but a little ______ and a little better as well.

I learned something far more important than not ______ in class that day too. I learned that if you are going to do something in this life, do it well, and do it with ______. What a wonderful place this would be if all of us did our work joyously and well. Let your love fill your work. Don’t sleepwalk your way through ______. Wake up! Life is too _____ not to live it well.

1.

A．morning

B．night

C．afternoon

D．dawn

2.

A．class

B．test

C．task

D．major

3.

A．more and more

B．slower and slower

C．heavier and heavier

D．harder and harder

4.

A．lose

B．help

C．last

D．hurt

5.

A．heart

B．mind

C．thought

D．head

6.

A．trouble

B．noise

C．failure

D．incident

7.

A．angrily

B．carelessly

C．intentionally

D．happily

8.

A．smiling

B．talking

C．complaining

D．shouting

9.

A．active

B．curious

C．asleep

D．awake

10.

A．beat

B．shock

C．mood

D．pace

11.

A．fascinating

B．embarrassing

C．puzzling

D．appreciative

12.

A．debt

B．sense

C．humor

D．design

13.

A．strange

B．cruel

C．handy

D．alive

14.

A．taught

B．whispered

C．examined

D．roared

15.

A．decorated

B．filled

C．left

D．entered

16.

A．clearer

B．smarter

C．quieter

D．stronger

17.

A．discussing

B．speaking

C．cheating

D．sleeping

18.

A．joy

B．pace

C．aim

D．determination

19.

A．work

B．life

C．journey

D．contest

20.

A．curly

B．complicated

C．short

D．delightful

9 . Confused by food nutrition labels? You’re not alone. Now, researchers have suggested an alternative: labelling the amount and type of exercise needed to burn off the calories.

Current food and drink labels display nutritional information such as the amount of calories and fat. However, researchers led by Prof. Amanda Daley at Loughborough University say that these labels are having a limited effect on changing buying habits. Instead, they propose a labelling system called ‘physical activity calorie equivalent or expenditure’ (PACE) (体育活动热量当量), which shows how many minutes or miles of physical activity are needed to burn off the calories. For example, a small bar of milk chocolate contains 230 calories, which would take about 42 minutes of walking, or 22 minutes of running, to burn off.

They pooled the data from 14 previous studies which compared the impact of PACE labelling with that of other types of food labelling, or with no food labelling at all. They calculated that PACE labelling could cut a person’s daily calorie intake by up to 200 calories. “Public health agencies may want to consider the possibility of including policies to promote PACE food labelling as a strategy that contributes to the prevention and treatment of obesity (肥胖) and related diseases,” said the researchers.

The UK’s Royal Society for Public Health has already called for PACE labelling to replace the current system. However, not everyone is convinced. A spokesperson for the eating disorder charity Beat said: “We believe that anti-obesity campaigns that focus on weight instead of health are ineffective and that recommending more exercise is an ineffective and over-simplistic approach to a complex problem. Most urgently, public health campaigns must consider people’s mental as well as their physical health, moving from obesity-shaming to evidence-based campaigns that build confidence and support healthy eating.”

1. What additional information can you get from PACE labels compared with the current ones?

A．Exercise advice	B．Fat content
C．Nutrition facts	D．Calorie content

2. What does the underlined word “pool” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．collected

B．distributed

C．deleted

D．proved

3. What can we know form Beat’s comments?

A．Obesity is a physical problem and can be solved by increasing exercise.

B．Obesity is related to eating habits and can be tackled by cutting calories.

C．Obesity is no simple problem but can be settled by focusing on weight.

D．Obesity is complicated and should be tackled physically and mentally.

4. What’s the best title for the text?

A．PACE: A new labelling option

B．Nutrition: A basic step towards health

C．Labelling: A smart advisor for shopping

D．Excise: An effective treatment for obesity