1 . Photographer Joe Sartore began making studio portraits (肖像) of________in 2006. The purpose is to________for future generations species that someday might be extinct. Sartore expects to have portraits of nearly 1,000 animals. Here are some________of his project, which is featured in this special issue on________wildlife.

In Sartore’s opinion, the Rabbs’ fringe-limbed tree frog (巴拿马树蛙) is one of the most________species he has photographed that have since gone________. A few years ago there was one left________, a male, at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. He had________it there times before it passed away. At those moments he thought to himself________, “Don’t mess this up.” It might be this animal’s only________to have its story told well.

Another memorable species Sartore photographed is the Florida grasshopper sparrow (草蜢沙鹀). It is endangered, but seems to be________back. It’s a small brown bird, and some people________it enough to try to save it. There are many________stories, such as the California condor, the Mexican gray wolf, sand so on. They all got down to perhaps two dozen or fewer individuals, but they’re all________now due to human efforts.

The situation is still________as a recent report says that as many as one million species are already on their ________to extinction. It’s foolish to think that we can throw away so much________and not have it affect humanity in a(n)________way. Sartore’s goal is to get the________to care about the extinction crisis while there’s still________to save the planet.

1.

A．people

B．plants

C．animals

D．insects

2.

A．collect

B．record

C．paint

D．identify

3.

A．examples

B．methods

C．goals

D．versions

4.

A．urban

B．national

C．best

D．endangered

5.

A．impressive

B．dangerous

C．interesting

D．powerful

6.

A．missing

B．wild

C．extinct

D．popular

7.

A．awake

B．unchanged

C．alive

D．untouched

8.

A．seen

B．studied

C．treated

D．photographed

9.

A．naturally

B．nervously

C．carelessly

D．excitedly

10.

A．duty

B．response

C．chance

D．promise

11.

A．bouncing

B．stepping

C．locking

D．calling

12.

A．looked after

B．cared about

C．searched for

D．depended on

13.

A．unique

B．similar

C．amusing

D．personal

14.

A．dying

B．booming

C．suffering

D．recovering

15.

A．pleasant

B．ongoing

C．unclear

D．serious

16.

A．decision

B．way

C．trip

D．access

17.

A．money

B．food

C．trash

D．life

18.

A．negative

B．objective

C．difficult

D．effective

19.

A．police

B．children

C．public

D．artists

20.

A．time

B．space

C．value

D．concern

2 . 听下面一段独白，回答小题。
1. Which one is the concern of Beijing residents?

A．Living conditions.

B．Traffic.

C．Energy waste.

2. What is the percentage of people who have taken part in environmental protection?

A．97.09%.

B．82%.

C．31.1%.

3. What kind of passage have you just heard?

A．A news report.

B．A college lecture.

C．A personal experience.

3 . Ways to Save the Ocean

It’s no doubt that the ocean needs our help.    1    Only through building collective power can we force states and corporations to take responsibility for the damage they’ve caused to the planet.

Still, however much we understand that reducing and recycling is not enough, small actions can help us save the ocean. With this in mind, we’ve rounded up some simple actions we can all take to save the ocean.    2    There are also other ways to save the ocean.

Commit to a plastic-free lifestyle. So, in order to help save the ocean, many people are committing to a plastic-free lifestyle. The United Nations (UN) has even encouraged the public to think about how they deal with plastic and the ways they can live without it, or replace it:    3    If you really need to use plastic, recycle it responsibly.

Turn your food waste into compost (混合肥料). Composting food waste is an easy way to reduce methane (甲烷). Not only does compost reduce methane production, it can also help you fertilize your personal garden.    4    When you go shopping, stick to a prewritten grocery list and buy unwrapped products.

    5    Try investing in energy-efficient appliances, eating locally sourced food, walking or riding a bike, conserving water, and shutting of flights when you aren’t using them. Sure, these are small actions—especially when compared to the big carbon footprints of big-name corporations—but these changes can add up.

A．Reduce your carbon footprints.

B．Use those reusable things in your daily life.

C．And try decreasing your food waste by shopping locally

D．Just remember: the fight for saving the ocean doesn’t end here.

E．Of course, there are many other essential organizations in the world.

F．It's likely that a lot of your self-care products contain damaging materials.

G．The best thing that you can do for the ocean is to join a movement to save it.

4 . Levon Biss was looking at insects from his garden through a microscope he bought for his son. For fun, they unintentionally placed an insect under the lens (镜片). “It is amazingly beautiful!” they both screamed.

The father had been making a career taking photographs for advertisements. But that experience gave him a new direction. Around the world, insect populations are in decline because of habitat loss and climate change. Biss thought that if people could see what he saw through his son’s microscope, they would care more about protecting insects.

So Biss turned to macrophotography: taking close-up pictures of small things, like flowers or bugs. His work has attracted attention not just for its unusual beauty. It also raises awareness about the need for conservation.

In 2016, Biss showed his first insect project, Microsculpture. The term refers to the features of an insect’s exoskeleton, or outer shell, which develops over time as the bug adapts to its environment.

Biss’s pictures capture the insects in all their microscopic details. Then he blows up the images until the insects become larger than life, some of them eight feet tall. But each image takes weeks to make. He uses a digital camera with a microscope lens. The camera is fixed on a computerized track, which allows Biss to take a shot, then move the camera by seven microns (微米) — a distance equals to about 1/10 the thickness of a human hair — for the next shot. In the end, Biss might take 10,000 shots of a bug. A computer combines these small pictures into a single image.

Biss’s latest exhibition is Extinct and Endangered at the American Museum of Natural History. He selected bugs that were extinct or endangered, hoping his photographs would serve as a better purpose. “I communicate visually,” he says, “The way I work is through pictures. But I think it’s my duty to shake things up and get people to pay attention.”

1. What made Levon Biss turn to macrophotography?

A．Beautiful insects.	B．Attractive environment.
C．An expensive microscope.	D．An accidental observation.

2. How does Levon Biss manage to capture insects’ microscopic details?

A．By taking a shot at them twice.

B．By adjusting the camera on a track.

C．By taking close-up pictures countless times.

D．By putting them in order on a computer.

3. What does the underlined phrase “shake things up” refer to in the last paragraph?

A．Get rid of the prejudice.

B．Take action to save wildlife.

C．Spare no efforts to face difficulties.

D．Make people think about nature differently.

4. Which of the following best describes Levon Biss?

A．Patient and responsible.	B．Wealthy and ambitious.
C．Polite and strong-willed.	D．Curious and easy-going.

5 . In July 2017, Hoh Xil became a world heritage (遗产) site and there live more than 70, 000 Tibetanantelopes. Every year, pregnant (怀孕的) Tibetan antelopes migrate (迁徙) to Hoh Xil between the end of May and early June to give birth and leave with their children around August. Zonag Lake at the heart of Hoh Xil is known as the “delivery room” for the species.

About 40 female Tibetan antelopes with three young were spotted crossing the Qinghai-Tibet Railway Saturday. Experts say that in recent years, the number of young Tibetan antelopes among the migrating groups consisted of between a fifth and quarter of the population.

“In the early stage of migration, Tibetan antelopes face a high risk of falling prey to predators (盗猎者) so the number of young Tibetan antelopes is relatively small, and there may even be none,” said Lian Xinming, an associate research fellow at Northwest Institute of Plateau Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

According to research, the number of Tibetan antelopes that migrate back has been rising. A total of 5, 952 Tibetan antelopes were spotted migrating in 2020, and 233 more in 2021. “This year’s migration season is expected to finish in early September. The population is expected to continue to increase,” Lian said.

Tibetan antelopes are mostly found in Tibet autonomous region, Qinghai province, and Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region. The species is under first-class state protection in China.

In the 1980s, the Tibetan antelope population declined sharply from 200, 000 to 20. 000, due to illegal hunting. It has recovered thanks to the country’s efforts to improve its habitat and crack down on poaching (盗猎).

To make sure the species go back to their habitats safe and sound, the reserve’s management bureau has staff monitor their migration. When they come over in large groups, they temporarily close some sections of the road to make way for the animals and prevent them from having interactions with humans.

1. What can we learn from the text?

A．Tibetan antelopes migrate to Hoh Xil to find mates.

B．Baby Tibetan antelopes are born in Zonag Lake.

C．Female Tibetan antelopes made up a fifth of the population.

D．Migrating Tibetan antelopes’ number is 6,185 in 2021.

2. What does Lian Xinming think of the future of Tibetan antelopes?

A．Promising.

B．Concerning.

C．Perfect.

D．Unpredictable.

3. Why are some sections of the roads closed sometimes?

A．To offer delivery place.

B．To catch unlawful predators.

C．To stop poaching Tibetan antelopes.

D．To avoid animals meeting people.

4. What is the best title of the passage?

A．The Habitats of Tibetan Antelopes

B．The Migration of Tibetan Antelopes

C．The Methods to Stop Poaching Tibetan Antelopes

D．The Measures of Protecting Tibetan Antelopes

6 . 语法填空

The beautiful Li River is one of the     1     (famous) tourist destinations, but the     2     (grow) in tourism has had negative effects on the river’s water quality. This report looks at the problem of water pollution and some actions that have been taken to deal with it.

Water quality in the Li River had suffered     3     (great) from an increasing volume of tourists, many of     4    frequently threw garbage into the river. Many tour boats contributed     5     the problem too. The local population rose rapidly, as well as     6     number of commercial and industrial enterprises. Water pollution levels increased, with more household and commercial waste ending up in the river. To feed more people, more chemicals     7     (use) to increase crop production. These chemicals led to severe water quality issues,     8     (cause) a decrease in the number of fish species.

Finally, a series of urgent steps were taken     9     (restore) the river’s original beauty. It     10     (believe) that the beauty of the Li River will be preserved for generations to come.

7 . A leaked IPCC draft reports, “Widespread use across millions of square kilometers globally of tree-planting and bioenergy crops could have potentially serious consequences for food security and land degradation (退化).” In other words, more massive monocultures (单种栽培) and more bioenergy crops, fueled by more fertilizers, could damage the structure of the environmental soil and its capacity to absorb carbon.

Everyone knows that to help ease the increasing climate crisis, we need to plant new trees. It’s said that the earth could support an additional 9,000,000 square kilometers of forest, potentially hosting 500 billion trees capable of capturing more than 200 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide at maturity. It would be a serious help to the environment.

Bioenergy now holds a 50 percent share of the world’s renewables consumption—as much as hydro, wind, solar and all others combined. It’s good news, but not entirely. If we consider that increasing desertification and rising ocean levels will take away more arable (可耕种的) land, we arrive at a crucial “trilemma”(三难困境). Should we use our spare soil for agriculture, reforestation or bioenergy?

Such a question would make sense in a multilateral, harmonious world, not on a planet where the richest country cancels an environment-saving agreement, thus encouraging the most tropically-forested nation to set about cutting trees.

Last year, 36,000 square kilometers of forest was cut down. Wouldn’t it be better to start by stopping deforestation altogether? Animal farming takes up 77 percent of the world’s arable land and provides us with 18 percent of the calories. Shouldn’t we cut back on global meat consumption? Modern bioenergy is already available. Shouldn’t we get rid of first-generation biofuels, which are produced from food crops?

1. What’s the IPCC’s attitude to the widespread planting?

A．Ambiguous

B．Positive

C．Disapproving

D．Uncaring

2. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 2?

A．Add some background information.	B．Summarize the previous paragraphs.
C．Provide some advice for the readers.	D．Introduce a new topic for discussion.

3. How can we understand “but not entirely” in paragraph 3?

A．There is less sustainable energy for use.

B．No more land is available for bioenergy.

C．More trees are cut in the richest country.

D．Bioenergy can cause more climate problems.

4. What does the text mainly talk about?

A．Developing farmland as much as possible.

B．Planting trees to prevent global warming.

C．Using bioenergy to reduce environmental pollution.

D．Protecting present resources instead of developing new ones.

8 . After decades of work trying to save the giant panda, Chinese officials have announced the species is no longer endangered. The pandas have been reclassified in the country from endangered to vulnerable after efforts to increase the population. Now the number has risen to 1,800 in the wild.

“China has established a relatively complete nature reserves system,” Cui Shuhong, director of the Department of Natural Ecological Protection of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, said on Wednesday. “Large areas of natural ecosystems have been systematically and completely protected, and wildlife habitats have been effectively improved.”

The latest classification upgrade reflects their improved living conditions and China's efforts in keeping their habitats integrated, Cui added.

Bamboo makes up 90% of pandas' diets, and the animals would likely starve without the shoots. Experts believe China’s efforts to replant bamboo forests have been the key to the increase in the population of pandas.

Generally speaking, a panda has to eat at least 26 pounds of bamboo every day to maintain its energy, so large areas of bamboo forests are primary to their survival.

Planting bamboo also has advantages for the planet, as the bamboo is grass, not a tree, and is incredibly efficient at absorbing carbon dioxide, as well as emitting 35% more oxygen than trees.

“The Chinese have done a great job in investing in panda habitats, expanding and setting up new reserves,” Ginette Hemley, senior vice president of conservation at the World Wildlife Fund. told the media. “They are a wonderful example of what can happen when a government is committed to conservation.”

Continuing China's success will be dependent on the country protecting land from agricultural and urban development. As land becomes rarer, measures will need to be extended to protect more land, to ensure bamboo forests can thrive and as a result, protect the future of the world's most lovable, lazy, and monochrome (black and white) creature.

1. What do we know about the giant panda according to paragraph 1?

A．It is an endangered species.	B．It increases by 1,800 each year.
C．It has seen a decline in population.	D．It has got a classification upgrade.

2. What can be inferred from Ginette Hemley's words?

A．Social media makes a difference.	B．Panda habitats are getting smaller.
C．Government's commitment is crucial.	D．Setting up new reserves is impossible.

3. What can be the challenge China faces in achieving continued success?

A．Lazy and monochrome animals.

B．Lack of support from the World Wildlife Fund.

C．The emission of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

D．The influence of agricultural and urban development.

4. Where is this text probably from?

A．A news website.

B．An official report.

C．A travel magazine.

D．A biology textbook.

9 . Ever wonder why there are so many people polluting the earth? Ever say to yourself： Hey, I wish that I could do more to help the environment? Have you ever thought about trying to help the earth but never really did it? Well, here are some pretty easy and skillful ideas for that green - earth desire inside you.

●Turn off your computer. By leaving it on all day you are creating more CO₂ than a regular passenger would, driving to and from work in one day.

● Ride your bike or carpool (合用汽车).Obviously, you are creating less CO₂ which will help the ozone(臭氧).

● Make a garden. Even simply grow some plants in your kitchen, which will help produce more oxygen while eating up some of that evil CO₂.

● Buy local groceries. It creates less impact on the environment. Besides, you're supporting your local farmers.

● Recycle. You had to see this coming. But you have no idea how much you are helping the environment by simply reusing a water bottle instead of buying a huge pack at the store.

● Don't run the water while brushing. It saves you money and helps the water resources.

● Open the curtains. Natural light is much prettier and it will keep the energy usage down.

● Rechargeable batteries. You have no idea how much it takes to get rid of batteries. Do yourself a favor. Save some money and some energy.

1. If you don't want to create more CO₂, you may_______.

A．turn off your computer or open the curtains

B．turn off your computer or ride your bike or carpool

C．make a garden or open the curtains

D．use rechargeable batteries or make a garden

2. Which of the following can best describe the function of the first paragraph?

A．Main body.	B．Argument.
C．Lead - in.	D．Conclusion.

3. The main idea of the passage is about________.

A．the importance of environmental protection

B．some ways about how to prevent pollution

C．some suggestions about how to save energy

D．some suggestions about environmental protection

10 . A four-year-old boy who was crazy about collecting rubbish has finally fulfilled his dream of being a cleaner. Riley McCourt has admired the local rubbish collectors for ages, spending his days picking up waste on his street and wheeling bins (垃圾桶) to the side of the road to help out his neighbors. He loves cleaning and binning waste. His favorite chore is to empty the rubbish from the chip shop his mum runs. Two weeks ago, however, a disaster struck: Riley accidentally knocked over one of the bins and was accused of causing trouble.

Someone posted in the local Facebook group that Riley had put rubbish in the street, clearly unaware of his love for keeping the streets clean. Thankfully his innocence was quickly proven, and his local council decided to make his dreams come true by allowing him to work alongside the cleaners for a day.

Riley joined the waste collection crew on Wednesday, chatting with the team, helping with the recycling, and riding in the waste collection vehicles. He even got his own jacket. Riley's mum, Toni McCourt, said, “He loves the bins and trucks.” Riley's favorite day is definitely bin day. He goes round collecting the rubbish up on the street. The cleaners all know him when they spot him. He goes outside as soon as he sees them come round. He helps his neighbors put their bins out for collection.

Riley clearly made a good impression during his first day on the job, as community services manager Jane Carrol said she was very pleased with his enthusiasm for the role. Jane said, “Riley is clearly a keen recycler and who knows, when he is older I'm sure he would make an excellent member of the team here. It was a pleasure for the team to show him around the vehicles.”

1. What is Riley's dream?

A．To prove his innocence.

B．To collect much rubbish.

C．To work as a real cleaner.

D．To work in his mother's shop.

2. What happened to Riley two weeks ago?

A．He was wronged by someone.

B．He was knocked over by a bin.

C．He had an accident in the shop.

D．He forgot to empty the rubbish.

3. What do people do on bin day?

A．People go out to celebrate it.

B．The cleaners collect the bins.

C．People help Riley collect rubbish.

D．The cleaners collect rubbish in the bins.

4. How does Jane Carrol think about Riley's action?

A．It is dangerous to do so on the street.

B．It is good for the community to follow him.

C．It is worthwhile to give Riley high remarks.

D．It is unnecessary for such a little boy to do so.