1 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. What is the aim of the campaign?

A．To remind people of Earth Day.

B．To encourage people to reduce garbage.

C．To warn people of the bad effects of pollution.

2. What will be the task on the second day?

A．Planting trees.

B．Designing posters.

C．Collecting garbage.

3. What does the man expect the teachers to do?

A．Paint paper.

B．Stop driving cars.

C．Decorate classrooms.

4. How does Sara find the man's ideas?

A．Absurd.

B．Hollow.

C．Practical.

2 . 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。

Word came that the annual school sports meet would take place next Friday through Saturday. At the exciting news, the whole class burst into cheers. Without any hesitation, we set about making     1     (arrange) for the grand gala for us students.

With the sports meet approaching, we could hardly concentrate on our daily routine. Every day, we spent much of our spare time     2     (talk) about the weather for fear that the sports meet might be postponed again. Then finally came the big day, when the sports meet was held as     3     (schedule). The sports meet was pretty impressive. One of the highlights     4     (be) the parade before the start of the race. Students were marching past the podium with slogans high up in their hands, while spectators were screaming    5    (crazy). Shortly after the parade was over, the race started. Well known for running in junior high school, I     6     (recommend) to enter for the 3000-meter running race, representing my class.

Time was ticking away. Before I knew it, it was my turn to step onto the track. But all of     7    sudden, I felt a bit panicky. As I hadn’t received any training recently, I puffed and panted halfway. I was about     8     (quit) when my classmates cheered me on all the way. Anyway, I made it to the finishing line. Unable to earn a single point for my class, I was     9    low spirits. However, my friends came over and encouraged me to cheer up. It was their encouragement    10    helped heal the pain of failure.

Now two weeks have passed, but the memory still stay fresh in my mind. Disappointed as I am, I never regret taking part in the race. After all, being part of the sports meet is what I really care about.

3 . Environmental Books For Kids

City Green, by DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan (1994)

It is a great book on how anyone can take action and make a difference. In it, Marcy, a young girl, wants to plant a garden in the vacant lot(空地) of her city block. The book describes every step of building a community garden for everyone to share. It comes with a handy guide on how you can start your own community garden!

Kate, Who Tamed the Wind, by Liz Garton Scanlon (2018)

This book is a wonderful story of problem-solving and perseverance (坚持不懈), as it tells the story of a young girl who decides to stop the wild wind from blowing by planting trees. It is a great read explaining the important role of trees in our lives and the planet as well as the importance of nature-based solutions.

We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstrom (2020)

If you want to learn more about native people and the importance of protecting water, this is the book for you. It is a story of a young girl who stands up for environmental justice (正义) and becomes an activist who fights to protect the world from pollution.

Pangolina, by Jane Goodall (2021)

A pangolin is to be unlawfully sold at the market. Luckily for her, a little girl, who knows that pangolins are friendly animals with feelings just like humans, asks her mother to buy Pangolina and set her free. If you love animals and you want to learn more about the problems of wildlife traffic as well as the importance of protecting endangered animals, this wonderful book is a good choice.

1. Which book would you recommend to someone interested in gardening?

A．City Green.	B．Pangolina.
C．We Are Water Protectors.	D．Kate, Who Tamed the Wind.

2. When was the book covering native people’s movement printed?

A．In 1994

B．In 2018.

C．In 2020.

D．In 2021.

3. Who wrote the book about saving animals?

A．DyAnne DiSalvo-Ryan.	B．Liz Garton Scanlon.
C．Carole Lindstrom.	D．Jane Goodall.

4 . Carman Kelly, 82, needed a walking stick to push shopping carts (购物车) back to a certain area daily at an Arizona supermarket. Elizabeth Rizzo, a customer, wondered why the lady was still______at such an old age. She didn’t know that days later she would help change the lady’s______.

After______that the Walmart employee (雇员) was doing the job to clear about $10.000 of medical debt (债务), Rizzo made a TikTok video about her______

The video has been widely______and been viewed more than 15 million times. Through GoFundMe, a popular crowdfunding(众筹) website, Rizzo and her_______raised more than $129,000 for Kelly.

“I was______the amount (金额) we were able to collect,” Rizzo says. “I believe in the   _____of people and I believe if you______their heart, they’ll come together.”

Kelly doesn’t know how to_______Rizzo and the TikTok community. “There aren’t enough words to tell you how I feel,” she tells Rizzo.

Rizzo says she has a______grandmother. “My grandma_______when I was 15,” she says. “I always wished I had her in my adulthood. Now I’ve got my grandma back.”

She______walking down the streets as a young girl. Her grandmother told her to move any rock she saw to the side of the street so people wouldn’t______it. And her grandmother taught her to be kind to others. And it’s those lessons of ______that encouraged her to help Kelly.

1.

A．traveling

B．working

C．shopping

D．exercising

2.

A．dream

B．view

C．decision

D．life

3.

A．learning

B．promising

C．showing

D．doubting

4.

A．interest

B．suggestion

C．situation

D．choice

5.

A．spread

B．sold

C．produced

D．rented

6.

A．relatives

B．designers

C．doctors

D．followers

7.

A．worried about

B．surprised at

C．sorry for

D．careful with

8.

A．confidence

B．courage

C．goodness

D．honesty

9.

A．touch

B．comfort

C．discover

D．value

10.

A．protect

B．answer

C．introduce

D．thank

11.

A．strong

B．new

C．strict

D．busy

12.

A．returned

B．failed

C．died

D．changed

13.

A．remembers

B．imagines

C．admits

D．continues

14.

A．look for

B．think of

C．trip over

D．talk about

15.

A．challenge

B．patience

C．saving

D．giving

5 . California’s snowpack is more than two-and-a-half times larger than average (平均水平) right now, according to the state’s Department of Water Resources. As the weather gets warmer, it’s going to melt (融化). Scientists say there’s no question we need the snow.

“The melting of snow has always been important every single year in California,” said scientist Dr. Pat Abbott.

This comes as the latest U.S. Drought Monitor report shows almost two-thirds of the state is not experiencing drought (干旱), a huge improvement over the past few months. Unluckily, the snowpack can’t make certain that we’ll stay that way.

“Drought is part of California,” said Dr. Abbott. “We’ve had a temporary respite. That doesn’t mean it has gone away completely. It will be back sooner than we would like.”

The snow can be a valuable protection against wildfires, but only if it melts slowly. “Plants stay healthy. They have taken in enough water and are less likely to catch on fire for a longer time,” said Dr. Abbott. “If it becomes too hot, say in early June, and all that snow is melted and gone, the plants don’t get more water and start drying out. By the time we get to the end of the summer, it’s easier for them to catch fire. The bigger the fires are, the greater the challenge is for our firefighters.”

A quick melt can also flood places near the Sierra Nevada (a mountain range in eastern California) that got more rain than they could deal with this winter. That includes places like Tulare Lake (in the Central Valley of California), which was dry for years until this winter. Now, it’s more than 100 square miles in size and flooding communities around it.

The area is expecting even more flooding when the snowpack melts. But Dr. Abbott says floods like this are a necessary risk for water the state has needed for years. “The snow we’ve gotten this winter is highly positive,” said Dr. Abbott. “On the other side, nothing is ever 100%.” Dr. Abbott says the snow is also helping to fill Northern California’s man-made lake, which helps provide water we need.

1. What do the underlined words “temporary respite” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Close look.

B．Short break.

C．Clear goal.

D．Long history.

2. What can we learn from paragraph 5?

A．The snow’s melting speed matters.

B．It is costly to reduce the risk of wildfires.

C．Some plants died because it was too dry.

D．Plants will be hurt if the snow melts slowly.

3. What does Dr. Abbott think of the snowpack in general?

A．It calls for more attention.

B．It does good to California.

C．It may cause unnecessary worries.

D．It will cause danger in the long run.

4. What is the best title for the text?

A．California’s snowpack: a wonderful view

B．Snowpack in California: a record snowfall

C．Snowpack in California: advantages and risks

D．California’s snowpack: the past and the present

6 . 听下面一段独白，回答以下小题。
1. Why does the speaker give the talk?

A．To express thanks.

B．To introduce a project.

C．To make an invitation.

2. What will take place next Saturday?

A．The sports day.

B．The reading evening.

C．The music competition.

3. Who does Help the Children help?

A．Children with family problems.

B．Children with health problems.

C．Children with learning difficulties.

7 . 听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。
1. Where is the new skatepark?

A．Opposite the cinema.

B．Behind the man’s house.

C．Near the swimming pool.

2. What does the man say about the new skatepark?

A．It’s noisy.

B．It’s large.

C．It’s clean.

3. How much should the speakers pay each to get in the skatepark?

A．£3

B．£5

C．£7.

4. What does the woman suggest doing in the end?

A．Having lunch at the skatepark.

B．Staying at the skatepark until 1 pm.

C．Leaving early for the skatepark.

8 . Flash droughts develop fast, and when they hit at the wrong time, they can ruin a region’s agriculture. They’re also becoming increasingly common as the planet warms. In a study published in the journal Communications Earth& Environment, we found that the risk of flash droughts, which can develop in just a few weeks, is on the rise in every major agricultural region around the world in the coming decades.

In North America and Europe, cropland that had a 32% annual chance of a flash drought a few years ago could have a greater chance of a flash drought by the final decades of this century. That result would put food production, energy, and water supplies under increasing pressure. The cost of change will also rise. A flash drought in the Dakotas and Montana 2017 caused $2.6 billion in agricultural damage in America alone.

All droughts begin when rainfall stops. What’s interesting about flash droughts is how fast they strengthen themselves, with some help from the warming climate. When the weather is hot and dry, soil loses moisture rapidly. Dry air extracts moisture from the land, and rising temperatures can increase this evaporative (蒸发的) demand. The lack of rain during a flash drought can further contribute to the feedback processes. Under these conditions, crops and vegetation begin to die much more quickly than they do during typical long-term droughts.

In our study, we used climate models and data from the past 170 years to assess the drought risks ahead under three conditions for how quickly the world takes action to slow the pace of global warming. If greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles, power plants, and other human sources continue at a high rate, we found that cropland in much of North America and Europe would have a 53% annual chance of flash droughts, by the final decades of this century. Globally, the largest increases in flash droughts would be in Europe and the Amazon. Slowing emissions can reduce the risk significantly, but we found flash droughts would still increase by about 6% worldwide under low emission conditions.

1. What is the feature of flash droughts?

A．Seldom happen and greatly beneficial.	B．Frequently happen and low risky.
C．Suddenly happen and highly destructive.	D．Regularly happen and slightly harmful.

2. Which of the following statements may the author agree with?

A．Crops and vegetation die more quickly during long term droughts.

B．Slowing emissions can completely solve the problem of flash droughts.

C．In Europe cropland will suffer from more flash droughts by the end of this century.

D．Flash droughts won’t have any effect on food production, energy, and water supplies.

3. What may be a factor that strengthens flash droughts?

A．Adequate rainfall.	B．The warming climate.
C．The cold and wet weather.	D．Long-term droughts.

4. How can humans help reduce flash droughts?

A．By studying climate models.	B．By speeding up global warming.
C．By changing cropland into forests.	D．By decreasing greenhouse gas emissions.

9 . In the 1997 movie Contact, a scientist, played by actress Jodie Foster, detects a radio signal — the first communication from an extraterrestrial (外星的) civilization. That story, composed by Carl Sagan, is a fiction. But the search for such a signal is not a crazy story. Real scientists look to the sky, using powerful radio telescopes, hoping to hear even a whisper of a radio signal from one of our neighbor planets.

Indeed, a recent report of a transmission originating from Proxima Centauri, the closest star to our own, was reported by the British newspaper The Guardian in December. The source of the story is not a scientific paper, but instead it seems to have been leaked by an unknown source. The claim of a signal, if it turns out to be truly a sign of extraterrestrial intelligence, would be one of the most important discoveries of all times.

In April and May of 2019, the 64-meter-wide Parkes radio telescope, located in Australia, was recording radio transmissions from the direction of nearby star Proxima Centauri. Over the course of hours, the telescope documented data from the star every half an hour, before staying away to look at a different direction. This procedure, called “nodding” was used to make sure that any observed signal is coming from a particular direction, rather than just random radio noise.

This signal was not immediately noticed; it was over a year after the data was recorded that Shane Smith, an assistant with Breakthrough Listen, found it buried in the telescope’s recordings. This was in late October 2020. So, what exactly was seen? It was a radio signal at a single frequency, specifically 980.002 MHz. It was observed to have originated in a small patch of the sky, about half the diameter (直径) of the full moon, centred on Proxima Centauri.

First and foremost, it is important to note that astronomers think it is highly unlikely that the signal is caused by space aliens trying to communicate with us. However, astronomers mentioning the significance of the signal cannot be ignored.

1. Why is the movie Contact mentioned in Paragraph 1?

A．To show the close connection between fiction and signals.

B．To introduce the topic of a radio signal from a near planet.

C．To stress the importance of the extraterrestrial civilization.

D．To persuade people to pay more attention to radio signals.

2. How did the radio telescope collect data?

A．By recording the data every 30 minutes.	B．By staying away at a different direction.
C．By analyzing the direction of the signals.	D．By focusing on some random radio noise.

3. What do we know about the radio signal found by Shane Smith?

A．It was sent by some space aliens.	B．It lay in the centre of Proxima Centauri.
C．It was noticed as soon as it was observed.	D．It changed rapidly with the passing of time.

4. What might be talked about in the paragraph following the text?

A．How aliens think about the radio signal.	B．The potential results of the radio signal.
C．The importance of finding the radio signal.	D．How other countries react to the radio signal.

10 . Do you feel bitter about others’ personal integrity around?     1     But fortunately, there are some ways to tell if someone is lying to you.

They Touch or Cover Their Mouth

If the person you’re talking to put their hand over their mouth, it’s a good signal indicating (表明) they are unwilling to answer a direct question or reveal something true.     2     And it doesn’t need to be as obvious as slapping hands over their mouths. A small gesture is enough to give away a liar.

They Repeat Words or Phrases

When a person is telling the truth, they can recall everything without thinking about it. On the other hand, when someone is telling a half-truth or a total lie, they often repeat themselves over and over to convince you of their words.     3    

They Use Inconsistent Gestures

Inconsistent gestures bring a visual element to the concept you’re trying to convey, like shaking your head when you say no, or nodding to indicate yes. Inconsistent gestures, therefore, are those that don’t go with this concept.     4     For example, they say yes while avoiding any eye contact, lowering their heads.

Keep in mind that there is no fixed proof that someone is lying.     5     It’s also crucial (重要的) that you understand the person’s usual behavior before assuming they’re lying ,as certain habits like pointing or over-sharing may be entirely typical of them.

A．They tend to avoid direct questions by looking around.

B．It is common for liars to use rude gestures like pointing.

C．Big liars may expose the truth through their body language.

D．Surely you do since they are dishonest with you involuntarily.

E．They’re unconsciously putting a barrier between themselves and you.

F．It’s also a strategy to help the liar buy time to compose the next part of their story.

G．Nevertheless, it is a good place to start if you want to learn to recognize small clues.