2 . Here is a story about a young boy in New York. He once went to one of Dr. Jane Goodall’s talks and learned about the _______ expressions of chimpanzees.

When he saw a picture of a chimpanzee on a box of _______and it looked like the chimpanzee was grinning (咧嘴笑), the boy _______ from what he’d learned at Dr. Goodall’s talk that the chimpanzee’s look was actually one of _______.

The boy _______ to the cookie-maker asking to take the chimpanzee’s picture off the box. _______ receiving a letter back from the company, he saw the picture of the chimpanzee _______from the box within just a few months.

“I took _______,” the boy now says. “And the company changed.”   _______ it happened that the picture changed, the boy and his family   ________it was his doing.

As the story shows, young students have much more ________ to accomplish change than what   ________may believe. Moreover, students often achieve much more than they ever   ________ they will.

The story also ________us that small actions can have a big impact. We often tend to think about   ________ events like Clean and Green Week. Instead, a lot of small changes can make a(an)   ________. If hundreds or thousands of students   ________ their families to turn off the tap to save water, move the air-conditioning temperature up a degree or two, drive less and make other environmentally friendly changes, the ________ family may change its behaviors.       

With these small yet highly   ________ changes, students have an effect beyond just their own actions. Students can   ________ by realizing that their own actions have more power than they may expect, and environmentalists can benefit as well by taking the time to focus on even the youngest students.

1.

A．frightening

B．facial

C．spiritual

D．naughty

2.

A．cookies

B．drinks

C．fruits

D．toys

3.

A．heard

B．realized

C．understood

D．worried

4.

A．joy

B．relaxation

C．excitement

D．fear

5.

A．called

B．walked

C．wrote

D．talked

6.

A．Regardless of

B．Remind of

C．Except for

D．Along with

7.

A．disappear

B．remove

C．lose

D．take

8.

A．advice

B．control

C．action

D．comfort

9.

A．Whenever

B．However

C．Wherever

D．Whoever

10.

A．accept

B．believe

C．decide

D．agree

11.

A．time

B．enthusiasm

C．wisdom

D．power

12.

A．officials

B．teachers

C．adults

D．teenagers

13.

A．expect

B．gain

C．attempt

D．arrange

14.

A．reminds

B．recommends

C．informs

D．suggests

15.

A．social

B．big

C．new

D．traditional

16.

A．living

B．fortune

C．difference

D．effort

17.

A．convince

B．force

C．want

D．allow

18.

A．rich

B．large

C．common

D．entire

19.

A．peaceful

B．hopeful

C．influential

D．faithful

20.

A．succeed

B．benefit

C．change

D．grow

5 . Compean was no stranger to Los Angeles National Forest. He’d hiked the park several times. But after hiking along a _________ path last April, the 45-year-old man was lost.

As dusk _________, with several hours of aimless walking, his concern _________ fear. With only a bottle of water and less than ten percent battery _________ on his cell phone, Compean was unprepared for anything more than the two-hour journey he’d planned.

Compean climbed to a higher _________, some 7, 000 feet above sea level, where he found at least one bar of _________. “Help. My phone is going to die. I’m lost, ” he texted a friend, with a photo _________, showing where he was. All Compean could do then was wait. The temperature was dropping _________. Dressed so little, he soon felt cold to the bone.

Sixty miles away in Ventura County, Ben Kuo was reading a tweet _________ the Los Angeles County Police Department, showing an image of a man’s legs. Kuo has an unusual hobby. “I have always loved __________ where photos were taken,” he says. He frequently tries to __________ where movie scenes or television shows were filmed. When he saw the image of Compean’s legs surrounded by an endless landscape of __________, he immediately pulled up a satellite map on his laptop. The police department said Compean’s car was parked near Buckhorn Campground and Compean had been lost for a whole day, so he narrowed his search to the __________ area.

“There’s an amazing amount of information you can get from satellites, ”says Kuo. The first thing he __________ in Compean’s photo was the special grass. After comparing it to the satellite map, Kuo realized something, “He’s got to be on the south side __________ there’s not really any green valley on the north side.” That finding __________ his search, leading him to an area that was similar to a part in the image. The final step was comparing the __________ photo with 3D images of the area from Google Earth. The locations __________!

Thanks to Kuo’s __________ information, Compean was finally rescued and he was grateful to Kuo, “I __________ you my life”.

1.

A．new

B．familiar

C．old

D．primitive

2.

A．burst

B．came

C．fell

D．sank

3.

A．turned out

B．turned to

C．turned up

D．turned down

4.

A．maintaining

B．remaining

C．presenting

D．restoring

5.

A．spot

B．basin

C．peak

D．top

6.

A．power

B．signal

C．battery

D．sign

7.

A．exhibited

B．conveyed

C．exposed

D．attached

8.

A．slowly

B．steadily

C．frequently

D．quickly

9.

A．about

B．in

C．from

D．of

10.

A．looking for

B．deciding on

C．pointing out

D．counting on

11.

A．predict

B．release

C．comprehend

D．identify

12.

A．trees

B．flowers

C．grass

D．woods

13.

A．precise

B．accurate

C．surrounding

D．subsequent

14.

A．noticed

B．thought

C．mentioned

D．watched

15.

A．while

B．so

C．instead

D．because

16.

A．continued

B．accelerated

C．deepened

D．proved

17.

A．original

B．clear

C．perfect

D．complete

18.

A．entered

B．matched

C．finished

D．differed

19.

A．specific

B．rough

C．special

D．sustainable

20.

A．thank

B．envy

C．owe

D．contribute

6 . 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。

“ Rachel Pettingill! ”

As Truman came home from school, he repeated the name in his head. Throughout third grade and the year before, Rachel Pettingill had earned the highest science grade in the class. Truman was used to being second best.

“ But science is my thing, ” he declared.

Truman’s parents were scientists, and he would be a scientist. That was just a fact. Somehow, with only one week and one assignment left before break, they were neck and neck. Dead even.

The subject of the project was beehives (蜂窝). As his teacher had explained, to earn an A+, he needed a “ new angle. ”

Truman pushed open the front door to find his four-year-old brother, Bryan, playing his paper towel tubes on the living room floor, hard at work.

Bryan leaped to his feet. “ Truman, help me build a city! ”

“ I’d like to, but I have to do a report on beehives. Bryan. Sorry. ” Truman stepped carefully between the tubes. He went to his room, dropped onto the bed, and studied the ceiling.

“ Rachel Pettingill! ”

Her report would be extraordinary.

“ Truman? I know where there’s an old beehive. ” Bryan poked his head in. “ Follow me. ”

They marched to the firewood. Bending down, Bryan pointed out the hive deep inside the tree. Truman carefully removed the hive from its hole.

Back in his room, Truman sat at his desk, turning the delicate hive under a lamp. Each cell was a perfect hexagon (六角形). How did the bees fit the cells together so neatly? And how did they make each cell six-sided? Could they count?

“ Boys, dinner’s ready! ” his mother called.

As he walked to have dinner, his foot came down on something strange.

“ Truman! You’re ruining my city! ” Lost in thought, Truman hadn’t seen Bryan settle in behind him with a mess of paper tubes. Bryan began to cry. Loudly. He gathered an armful of his tubes, threw them into a sink and ran sobbing into the living room.

Truman sighed and gathered the rest of the tubes in both hands.

注意：
1.所续写短文的词数应为150左右；
2.至少使用5个短文中标有下划线的关键词语；
3.续写部分分为两段，每段的开头语已为你写好；
4.续写完成后，请用下划线标出你所使用的关键词语。
Paragraph 1:

As he held the tubes over the wastebasket, they suddenly reminded him of something.

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Paragraph 2:

Truman ran to the living room and gave his brother a big hug.

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8 . After a two-hour flight from Shanghai and an hour’s drive, I reached my destination: Jielingkou Village in Qinhuangdao City of Hebei Province, China. The tiny and ________ village is home to Shanhai Pass, where the Great Wall finally dives into the sea. During the Ming Dynasty (1368~1644), Jielingkou Village was considered an extremely important part of the Great Wall. But it slowly fell out of ________ and into disrepair—in modern China.

In 2018, an anti-poverty project began in the village, with the ________ of not only fixing the place up, but also ________ the living standards of the 200 people still living there. One of the ________ was to change all of the old homes into modern guesthouses. “This will allow city folks to enjoy the Great Wall in comfort,” said Ge, who was ________ the project.

But gaining the locals’ ________ took a lot of effort at the beginning. “Just two years ago, they weren’t ________ about the project at all,” Ge told me. “Seeing that they had to ________ water from a faraway well every day, we decided to build a water system that would send water to their homes. It’s one of the first, ________ we have made. It really ________ . Now some of those who were strongly against our project are now our greatest ________ .”

Ge said he hopes that as conditions are ________ becoming better in Jielingkou, some of the younger members of the village who left to seek opportunity in the cities will come back. “Already two university graduates who grew up in the village have returned to ________ the guesthouses. I hope more will be ________ by the potentials here soon.”

1.

A．rich

B．great

C．old

D．nearby

2.

A．reach

B．significance

C．view

D．control

3.

A．cost

B．knowledge

C．favor

D．goal

4.

A．increasing

B．ignoring

C．considering

D．deciding

5.

A．benefits

B．measures

C．disadvantages

D．conditions

6.

A．in charge of

B．in response to

C．in sight of

D．in search of

7.

A．independence

B．weight

C．trust

D．experience

8.

A．worried

B．curious

C．angry

D．enthusiastic

9.

A．carry

B．sell

C．boil

D．produce

10.

A．mistakes

B．apologies

C．improvements

D．documents

11.

A．hurt

B．helped

C．failed

D．escaped

12.

A．workers

B．fighters

C．managers

D．supporters

13.

A．occasionally

B．gradually

C．hardly

D．regularly

14.

A．clean

B．decorate

C．destroy

D．run

15.

A．attracted

B．monitored

C．postponed

D．welcomed

9 . Banff National Park is home to an amazing wildlife population. But the busy Trans Canada Highway that cuts through the park is a hazard to the lovely animals. To address the problem, Banff first put-up wildlife fencing on either side of the highway to discourage animals from entering the busy road. Then, since 1996, they’ve opened six wildlife overpasses and 38 underpasses to help the animals cross the highway in safety. I was fortunate to visit Banff’s Red Earth Overpass with Trevor Kinley, the project manager with Parks Canada. He told me that so far, they have documented 10, 000 safe animal crossings on this overpass alone. “ Some animals have learned how to use the crossings much more quickly than others. Black bears are the fastest learners, followed by deer. Wolves and lions take the longest to work out how to use them, ” Kinley said, laughing. “ But those animals that are slower to adapt are usually more capable and determined at figuring out the safest way to cross those overpasses and underpasses. ”

There is some criticism (批评) that channeling so much wildlife into a few bridges and tunnels is like making a trap for the animals, offering big animals an easy meal on either side. “ But research has shown that this is not the case, ” Kinley assured me. “ There are no more killings around the crossings than there are anywhere else in the park. ”

Walking over the Trans Canada and then walking underneath through one of the tunnels, I was amazed to see the fresh tracks of black bears, wolves, deer and many kinds of smaller animals. Somehow, all these animal footprints made me so happy, knowing that all this wildlife was passing safely under and over the longest road in Canada.

Hopefully, the success of the wildlife crossings in Banff will continue to inspire similar solutions around the world, where human pressure on wildlife continues to grow.

1. Which of the following best explains “ hazard ” underlined in paragraph 1?

A．Shelter.

B．Message.

C．Answer.

D．Danger.

2. What does Trevor Kinley say about those wolves and lions?

A．They are stupid animals.	B．They are cautious learners.
C．They are very dangerous.	D．They are good at adapting.

3. What are the critics worried about?

A．There are too many bridges and tunnels.	B．Many animals will not use the crossings.
C．More killings might happen at the crossings.	D．Illegal hunting might be encouraged in the park.

4. How does the author feel at the end of the visit?

A．Concerned.

B．Disappointed.

C．Shocked.

D．Delighted.