1 . Tips for Green Travel with Kids

Traveling doesn’t mean letting go of all the eco-friendly choices we work so hard to achieve in our daily life. Here are a few tips for green travel with kids:

Booking nonstop flights whenever possible will reduce carbon emissions (碳排放).     1    , check in with other local airports to see if nonstop flights are available. You might have to drive a bit further, but saving on carbon emissions makes it worthwhile.

Whether you’re flying or driving, it’s easy when traveling to pull into fast food restaurants for snacks.     2    . My kids love to help plan snacks. I let them create their own snacks for the trip at home.

Reusable water bottles are easy to bring along whenever you travel. At the airport, keep your reusable bottles empty until you have passed through the security (安检).     3    . Single-use plastic water bottles create unnecessary waste and the plastic can be harmful to your health.

    4    . Open a few windows and turn off the air conditioner. You should also help your children keep their good, green habits from home to place while traveling. Sometimes vacation can mean more than one shower each day — once in the morning and again after getting out of the pool. Pay attention to the number of showers and the length of showers.     5    .

A．Too much carbon emissions seriously pollute the environment

B．But you can pack healthy food before starting off

C．In this way, you can save water and energy

D．Fill them up on the other side of the security checkpoint

E．Security check is a necessary part of each trip

F．Save energy by turning off the hotel room lights when you head out for the day

G．If the closest local airport doesn’t have nonstop flights to a certain place

2 . There are more than 7 billion people on Earth. Imagine what will happen if each of us decides to do one thing — no matter how small — to protect wildlife every day. Even little actions can have a major influence when we all do something.     1    .

Raise an animal

From wild animals to wild places, there’s a choice for everyone.     2    . It is a small and easy action but of great importance.

Do some volunteer work

    3    , you can offer your time. Many organizations and zoos have volunteer programs. You can help clean beaches, rescue wild animals or teach visitors. Zoos, national parks and wildlife protection areas are all home to wild animals. Learn more about our planet’s species from experts. See Earth’s most amazing creatures up close.

Speak up and join

Share your concern for wildlife protection with your family. Tell your friends how they can help. Ask everyone you know to do what they can to stop wildlife trafficking (非法交易).     4    , find the organization and take part. Become a member. Actively support the organization of your choice.

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Find new ways to use things you already own. If you can’t reuse them, recycle. The Minnesota Zoo encourages customers to recycle mobile phones to cut down a need for the mineral coltan (钶钽铁矿), which is mined from lowland gorillas’ living places.

A．Develop a habit of recycling

B．Try to encourage others to do it

C．Whether you’re into protecting natural living places or preventing wildlife trafficking

D．If you don’t have money to give

E．Get together with classmates to raise an animal from a wildlife organization

F．Here are ways you can make a difference

G．If you are busy with your work or studying

3 . A team of conservationists (环境保护主义者) captured 14 Loa water frogs earlier this month in northern Chile, a wildlife group reported.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the Loa water frog as “critically endangered”. The not-for-profit Global Wildlife Conservation group said the 14 frogs were in poor condition when they were discovered in late June. The animals were small and struggling because of a lack of food and water.

The Loa water frogs are known to live only in a single body of water near Calama, in Chile. The city sits in the middle of the Atacama Desert, where water is in great demand.

There was little water in the area where the frogs were found, the conservation group reported. The frogs’ environment had mostly dried up because water is being taken away and used for human activities, the group said. The activities include mining (矿业), agriculture and land development. “All of the frogs had been pushed into a tiny pool of muddy water,” the organization said. “The team collected the last 14 individuals and brought them to the National Zoo of Chile to start a conservation breeding (繁殖) program.”

Zoo specialists are closely watching the small creatures and trying to give them everything they need to survive and be healthy. Conservation groups have called on Chile’s government to take steps to halt any illegal water usage that threatens the frogs’ natural environment. They would also like to see creation of a government-supported shelter to protect the animals.

Jon Paul Rodriguez heads the IUCN’s Species Survival Commission. He suggested that an emergency plan be developed to prepare the Calama area for the frogs’ return.

“We need to work very hard to restore their environment because it’s pointless to breed them if they don’t have a home to go back to in the wild,” Rodriguez said.

1. What do we know about the frogs when they were rescued?

A．They were looking for food.	B．They were in good condition.
C．They were approaching death.	D．They were moving for new water source.

2. What has made these frogs endangered?

A．Lack of water.	B．Air pollution.
C．Human hunting.	D．Extreme climate.

3. What does the underlined word “halt” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Improve.

B．Add.

C．Change.

D．Stop.

4. What did Jon Paul Rodriguez suggest humans do for these frogs?

A．Keep them healthy.	B．Recover their home.
C．Raise them in the shelter.	D．Prevent them living in the wild.

4 . As most people know, in the last few years, sandstorms have swept across many cities and areas of North China, polluting the air and disturbing daily lives of human beings. People look dirty and suffer many kinds of illnesses, such as breath difficulty. The sandstorm is such a serious problem that it has not only weakened the industrial and agricultural development of our country but also caused a lot of trouble to the living conditions of the Chinese people.

Therefore, effective measures should be taken as soon as possible to stop its happening. So how should we deal with the frightening sandstorms?

Some experts offer practical advice as follows: For one thing, more money ought to be put into tree planting and forest protection in order to keep more water on the Earth. For another, government of all countries should make laws on environment protection. For example, banning (禁止) the use of throw-away chopsticks and punishing illegal tree cutting. Scientists should also study and find ways to lower the grade of its destruction and to improve the environment. As for some schools, education about sandstorms should be spread properly and timely to make more and more people attach great importance to this problem.

How people look forward to sunny days with soft wind touching their faces now and forever! The golden days can come back so long as we try our best to protect the natural environment from today on. And the fact is that what I expect is not just a dream. There are some sweet fruits from the early efforts.

1. What’s the first paragraph mainly about?

A．Ways to protect the environment.	B．Bad influences sandstorms bring.
C．The biggest cause of sandstorms.	D．The fast development of China.

2. How many ways to deal with sandstorms are mentioned by some experts?

A．One.

B．Two.

C．Four.

D．Six.

3. What will the author probably write about in the following part?

A．Successful examples of stopping sandstorms.

B．A bright world with no sandstorms anymore.

C．How to realize our dream to live a happy life.

D．Why people should always carry on with dreams.

5 . The endangered pandas in the Qinling Mountains might face a new threat: the loss of their food, bamboo, which makes up 99% of their meals.

Adult pandas spend most part of the day eating bamboo and have to take in at least 40 pounds a day to stay healthy. However, a new study published in Nature Climate Change warned that they may soon find their food gone because most of the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains might disappear by the end of the century as a result of rising temperature worldwide.

A team made up of researchers from Michigan State University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has studied the effects of climate change on the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains. They have found that bamboo is very sensitive to climate changes. “80% to 100% of the bamboo would be gone if the average temperature rises 3.5 degrees worldwide by the end of the century,” said Liu Jianguo, one of the report’s authors.

He added, “This is how much the temperature would rise by 2100 even if all countries will keep their promises in the Paris Agreement. But you know what is happening all around the world.”

In recent years, China has been trying its best to protect the endangered pandas by setting up more and bigger natural reserves.

“But it is far from enough and the endangered pandas need cooperation from the rest of the world, because their future is not just in the hands of the Chinese,” said Shirley Martin from the World Wildlife Fund but not a member of the team.

The Qinling Mountains, in the southwest of China, are home to about 260 pandas. That is about 13% of China’s wild panda population. In addition, about 375 are living in research centers and zoos in China.

1. How many wild pandas are there in China?

A．About 260.	B．About 635.
C．About 2,635.	D．About 2,000.

2. What does Liu Jianguo mean in Paragraph 4?

A．China needs more help from the World Wildlife Fund.

B．It is difficult to control the temperature rise within 3.5℃.

C．Bamboo is sensitive to the changes of temperature.

D．China is making great efforts to protect the pandas.

3. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

A．The Qinling Mountains can provide enough bamboo for the pandas.

B．Pandas in the Qinling Mountains are only threatened by the loss of food.

C．Lots of the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains will probably disappear.

D．Pandas have already eaten 99% of the bamboo in the Qinling Mountains.

4. Which can be the best title for the text?

A．The Disappearance of Bamboo

B．Necessity to Change Pandas’ Food

C．A New Threat Faced by the Pandas

D．Efforts Made to Save Pandas

6 . Up to one fifth of the Amazon rainforest is emitting more carbon dioxide (CO₂), than it absorbs, new research suggests. Results from a decade-long study of greenhouse gases over the Amazon rainforest appear to show around 20% of the total area has become a net source of CO₂ in the atmosphere. One of the main causes is deforestation. While trees are growing, they absorb CO₂ from the atmosphere; dead trees release it again. However, the fact is that millions of trees have been lost to logging and fires in recent years.

The results of the study, which have not yet been published, have implications for the effort to combat climate change. They suggest that the Amazon rainforest, a vital carbon “store”, or “sink”, that slows the pace of global warming may be turning into a carbon source faster than previously thought. Every two weeks for the past 10 years, a team of scientists led by Professor Luciana Gatti, a researcher at Brazil’s National Institute for Space Research (INPE), has been measuring greenhouse gases by flying aircraft fitted with sensors over different parts of the Amazon basin. What the group found was startling: while most of the rainforest still retains its ability to absorb large quantities of CO₂ — especially in wetter years — one portion of the forest, which is especially heavily deforested, appears to have lost that capacity.

Gatti’s research suggests this south-eastern part of the forest, about 20% of the total area, has become a carbon source. “Each year is worse,” she told Newsnight. “We observed that this area in the south-east is an important source of carbon. And it doesn’t matter whether it is a wet year or a dry year. 2017 was a wet year, but it didn’t make any difference.”

A forest can become a source of carbon rather than a “store”, or “sink”, when trees die and emit carbon into the atmosphere. Areas of deforestation also contribute to the Amazon’s inability to absorb carbon.

Carlos Nobre, who co-authored Prof Gatti’s study, called the observation “very worrying” because “it could be showing the beginnings of a major tipping point”. He believes the new findings suggest that in the next 30 years, more than half of the Amazon could transform from rainforest into savanna (稀树草原).

1. Which of the following might Professor Luciana Gatti agree with?

A．Most of the Amazon rainforest absorbs more CO2 in wetter years.

B．The Amazon rainforest is on its way to becoming the biggest source of carbon.

C．Deforested areas tend to perform better in terms of absorbing carbon in dry years.

D．The Amazon rainforest has completely lost its ability to slow the pace of global warming.

2. What does the underlined word probably mean?

A．Striking.

B．Convincing.

C．Confusing.

D．Disgusting.

3. What part of the Amazon rainforest has lost most trees?

A．Northeastern.

B．Southwestern.

C．Southeastern.

D．Northwestern.

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

A．Other worrying phenomena about the Amazon.

B．More explanations for the “Amazon tipping point”.

C．Other peopled opinions on effects of deforestation.

D．Comparison between old findings and new ones.

8 . Wolves once ranged over most of North America. But they were nearly wiped out by the early 20th century in the neighbor U. S. by widespread hunting and trapping. Much of them were funded by government , and only a small population were hanging on in the Great Lakes region. They were put on the Endangered Species List in the 1970s, and in 1995 and 1996 the federal government reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone National Park and Idaho. But wolves still don’t have stable numbers in Colorado. Voters narrowly(勉强地)approved a proposal, giving the way for gray wolves to be reintroduced into Colorado, where they nearly died out by the 1940s.

Colorado Parks and Wildlife will lead the effort to establish a sustainable (可持续的)population of the animals in the western part of the state, beginning in 2022 or 2023. The Southern Rocky Mountains contain millions of acres of suitable habitat land that could support several hundred wolves or more, biologists say.

Those who were against the proposal admitted they lost, but the vote was close. As of Thursday afternoon, with 90 percent of the votes in, there were 1,495,523 votes for and 1,475,235 against.   “Reintroducing wolves will help thin out sick animals, keeping healthy populations of deer, and thus protecting the grass and reducing erosion (土壤侵蚀). ”says Jonathan Proctor.

People in rural areas are against the reintroduction proposal, including farmers, who worry that wolves will kill their cattle. Many don’t agree to leave the question of reintroduction to voters.

Supporters point to the successful reintroduction of wolves to the Northern Rockies in the 1990s, where only one in 10, 000 cattle in wolf-occupied counties is killed by the hunters, Proctor says. The Colorado proposal will also fund a program to make up for the farm animals being killed.

1. What’s the function of Paragraph 1?

A．Finding typical examples.

B．Introducing wildlife research.

C．Giving the reason for the proposal.

D．Discussing the numbers about migration.

2. The local farmers are against the reintroduction proposal because they think the wolves will ___________.

A．kill their cattle	B．cause erosion
C．thin out sick animals	D．protect the grass

3. What is the purpose of reintroducing wolves?

A．To increase the farmers’ interests.

B．To keep Colorado’s natural balance.

C．To contribute to gradual soil erosion.

D．To cause concern about the climate change.

4. What will the local farmers get from the proposal?

A．Suggestions from biologists.

B．Extra fund for losing farm animals.

C．Knowledge of raising farm animals.

D．The right to reclaim their valuable land.

9 . 假设你是某中学的学生李华，最近参加了学校的“低碳生活社”。现在请根据社团有关章程，用英语写一封电子邮件给你的美国好友Jack，介绍你们社团及其活动情况。提示：

社团名称	低碳生活社
社团宗旨	低碳生活，从我做起
成员义务	衣：衣着朴素，收集旧衣赠灾区人民 食：在饭堂吃饭时按量取食，吃天然或简单包装食品 住：少用空调，使用节能灯，循环用水、纸张等 行：步行、骑自行车或使用公共交通工具 玩：选择能源消耗少的娱乐，如爬山、游泳、打球等

注意：1.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
2.词数不少于100(开头已给出，但不计入总词数)。
Dear Jack,

How have you been? I’m glad to tell you that I have recently joined the “Low-carbon Living Club” in our school.

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Truly,

Li Hua

10 . 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。

A material can be really special when it was named after the place where it     1     (create) originally. That’s certainly the case with “China”. And of all     2     (type) of China, white porcelain (瓷) is among the most famous.

Nowadays, the     3     (tradition) material has taken on a modern look in the     4     (hand) of four Chinese artists in the Modern White Porcelain Exhibition. And the key word here is “modern”. One of the works     5     (be) a porcelain boat. But look     6     (attentive) and you will see that the boat     7     (build) with porcelain looks like a takeout box. Inside the boat is a statue of a baby. The baby stands     8     humans and the boat is what supports life. It suggests we may have done some damage to     9     environment and that we’re treating life like fast food.

All the four artists gave white porcelain a model style, each in their own way. And this is what the exhibition’s theme comes from. It’s a dialogue between the past     10     the present.