8 . Pollution is a disaster for the soil. When chemicals go into the ground, they slowly reduce the fertility of the soil and make it unsuitable for farming. They may also change the structure of the     soil , which gets more easily destroyed by water and air.

For ordinary consumers, the influence of soil pollution can be felt most strongly in the supermarket. Exposure( 暴 露 ) to soil pollution can pollute foods grown in the field, harming people’s health.

One example of this is the “ poisonous rice event” that surfaced in 2013. Some rice from Hunan province was found to contain higher levels of cadmium(镉), a kind of metal likely to cause cancer, because Hunan has some of the worst soil pollution in China, according to CBC News. All the samples collected from this area were heavily polluted by cadmium. Sometimes, the cadmium level is 20 times higher than the national standard.

According to scientists, high levels of cadmium have been linked to organ( 器官) failure,weakening of bones and cancer. “ Cadmium is likely to store up in the kidney and liver,” Chen Nengchang, a scholar at the Guangdong Institute of Eco-environment and Soil Sciences, told The New York Times. “ When the amount reaches a certain point, it will cause a serious health risk for the organs.”

Unfortunately, fixing the problem was not as simple as destroying a few piles of rice. Since the outer covering of rice are often used to feed farm animals, the meat we eat and the milk we drink may both be at risk.

Luckily both the government and Chinese consumers have becomes more and more aware of this kind of pollutions, and aim to fight the situation with combined effort. There are many things we, as individual, can do to help. Eating organic foods are one of them.

Organic food is not only better for our health but also for our environment, especially the soil. To grow organic food, farmers stop using all artificial chemicals------including fertilizers, and pesticides. This production method does not cause any risk of soil pollution, unlike traditional   farming, which uses tons of artificial chemicals. By consuming organic foods, we support healthier soil.

1. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the influence of soil pollution?

A．The production of the crops will decrease greatly.

B．The soil will be poor in quality and improper for farming.

C．The foods grown in the polluted field harm people’s health.

D．The soil will become more easily destroyed by water and air.

2. What happened to the rice from Hunan province in 2013?

A．It caused cancer or death.

B．Some contained more vitamins.

C．It was reported as an advertisement.

D．Some had higher levels of cadmium.

3. The underlined “ the problem” in paragraph 5 refers to        .

A．the polluted soil

B．the failing organ

C．the poisonous rice

D．the sick farm animals.

4. What can be learned about organic food according to the text?

A．The government has realized the importance of it.

B．It is good for both our health and the environment.

C．Its production method is easier than the traditional one.

D．Farmers used fewer fertilizers and pesticides when growing it.

9 . Chinese emojis(表情符号) In Everyday Use Abroad

This is not the first time the Chinese emoji takes the world stage. Earlier this year, one emoji from the Chinese basketball celebrity Yao Ming has been________through the Middle East region. In Luxor, a city in southern Egypt, Yao's smiling emoji has emerged ________in local traffic signs to remind people the road ahead is one-way.

And you may be surprised to find that many locals do not know Yao   Ming but are________with his emoji and nickname "Chinese Funny Face".________ , the emoji has been picked up by   the Egyptian English-language daily newspaper Egyptian Gazette as the title picture for its humorous column Serious but Funny.

What's more, due to the huge________of Chinese Sina Weibo, the Chinese version of Twitter, many renowned western celebrities like Leonardo DiCaprio and Madonna have________their       personal accounts on the platform.

Many Chinese fans are excited about this and now choose to greet them with their own funny pictures, a behavior arousing the________of   foreign   media. American private   Internet media   company BuzzFeed reported on the cultural phenomenon.

As a newly emerging online language, emojis have risen to become an ________part of   people's daily life. Emojis are able to help people________their views in a more vivid and precise fashion. Also, it can help foreigners learn about Chinese culture and learn the language.

As Chinese emojis have slowly entered the world stage, how to properly use "the fifth innovation in China", a humorous name for emojis, ________hurting others and how to turn them into          commercial advantages still need answers.

1.

A．spread

B．explored

C．experienced

D．examined

2.

A．fortunately

B．adequately

C．frequently

D．properly

3.

A．patient

B．familiar

C．popular

D．strict

4.

A．By contrast

B．In conclusion

C．What’s more

D．For example

5.

A．problem

B．variety

C．influence

D．profit

6.

A．opened

B．bought

C．shared

D．linked

7.

A．awareness

B．complaint

C．responsibility

D．attention

8.

A．subtle

B．mixed

C．usual

D．essential

9.

A．create

B．express

C．accept

D．test

10.

A．without

B．except

C．by

D．in

10 . Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each other.

Anvitha Vijay is the Apple’s youngest app developer. When you were 9 years old, what were you busy     1       (do)? There were a whole lot of things you did but coding was definitely not one of them. However, this small girl     2    is aged 9 is the star of Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). She developed an iPad/iPhone app about animals in Melboume, Australia and       3    (apply) for one of the popular scholarships to attend Apple’s annual developer conference.

    4    the youngest developer to attend Apple’s WWDC, Vijay is among one of 350 mostly high school and college students invited by Apple to attend the conference for free. Vijay     did not join any classes but learned coding all by     5    by following online guides and YouTube tutorials.

She showed interest in apps and coding after her younger sister       6    ( bear) .     7    she would see the little one learning new words daily, she decided to come up with apps for children. She’s developed multiple apps, the most popular of     8    is just Smartkins Animals.

Vijay works in the WWDC room like other people by walking up to developers at WWDC and handing out her business card, which has her name and a motto: “I want to make a difference in people’s lives through technology”. Back home, she used her mom’s iPhone ( under her mom’s name) because you have to wait     9    you are 13 to get an iTunes account.

Asked to name her favorite app beside the ones she developed, she cites the White Tiles 4 app, which was developed in China in 2014. What does she want to be when she grows up? “ I want to be an innovator,     10    (build) things that people will love and benefit from,” she said.