3 . Alpinist (登山家) Marion has cleaned up 8. 5 tons of waste on Mount Qomolangma in just 3 years with her team.

_________? We certainly think so. But that’s nothing compared to Marion’s future _________.

Marion has a tough and _________ goal: finish cleaning up Qomolangma and then _________ on to the entire Himalayan mountain range.

“Climbing Qomolangma should offer one of the best interactions between _________ and the natural world. But _________, I realized that the mountain had been _________in the past 30 years when I reached the top in 2013. Nearly 10 tonnes of waste had been _________ at the top alone! I was totally shocked when I _________ the rubbish problem on the mountain,” she told the Yves Rocher Foundation.

For Marion,__________ is an important part of her life that helps her feel alive. Therefore, she wants to do her __________ in helping others get the best possible experience. Her __________ to nature started when she was a child. She would __________ in the woods and learn the names of the plants and animals. As a __________, she’s been working as a mountain guide in India and Tibet for over 17 years. After founding the Clean Qomolangma project, she __________ to ask the local authorities to __________ her project. She was given 50 yaks (牦牛) to help get the waste down. We can only hope that Marion will keep on and that others will __________ her.

The __________ affecting the Himalayas has an effect on the drinking water used by around 2 billion people living there, so the __________ to clean up the mountains isn’t just about protecting nature. It’s also about our __________ of life.

1.

A．Impressive

B．Professional

C．Inspiring

D．Threatening

2.

A．experience

B．destination

C．plan

D．career

3.

A．creative

B．ambitious

C．acceptable

D．ordinary

4.

A．hang

B．hold

C．pass

D．move

5.

A．guides

B．locals

C．animals

D．humans

6.

A．fortunately

B．shamefully

C．mysteriously

D．cheerfully

7.

A．ignored

B．explored

C．damaged

D．observed

8.

A．deserted

B．collected

C．delivered

D．recycled

9.

A．overcame

B．tracked

C．solved

D．presented

10.

A．study

B．climbing

C．work

D．nature

11.

A．part

B．trick

C．research

D．performance

12.

A．contribution

B．response

C．connection

D．adaptation

13.

A．shelter

B．play

C．struggle

D．work

14.

A．grown-up

B．passer-by

C．go-getter

D．fun-seeker

15.

A．preferred

B．hesitated

C．promised

D．managed

16.

A．support

B．promote

C．comment

D．undertake

17.

A．challenge

B．involve

C．follow

D．approach

18.

A．climate

B．drought

C．population

D．pollution

19.

A．power

B．battle

C．expectation

D．principle

20.

A．target

B．strategy

C．quality

D．proposal

5 . My childhood is closely associated with the Yellow River. My father ______ to take me with him on his trips to Longyangxia Reservoir. At Longyangxia, I was ______ by the beauty of nature and as a child, I wanted to stay there and ______ up with the Yellow River. Li Bai, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, praised the ______ water of the Yellow River. He saw it as coming down from heaven and ______ the people living on the banks of the river. However, in 1997, for about 330 days, not a single ______ of water from the Yellow River went into the sea. ______ are not the only punishments given by nature. A friend of my father, a university professor, is doing ______ on the Yellow River. According to him, since there is no longer enough water to ______ the mud, the river may soon change its course ______ we allow this situation to continue. This is the ______ of unbalanced growth. If we’d taken care of the vegetation in the upper and middle ______ of the river, we would still be able to ______ it as Li Bai described it.

In fact, people have begun to ______ the problem. I have seen farmers _______ trees on mountain slopes in Shanxi province. I have seen them ______ up the hillsides carrying heavy buckets of water collected several kilometers away down in the valley to ______ around the trees. These farmers are ______ helping our Yellow River, just as the river has helped them. These unsung heroes gave me the confidence that with hard work of us all, we and nature will grow together, and ______ in the future, we will be able to drink the ______ water from the Yellow River-our mother river.

1.

A．used

B．longed

C．trained

D．refused

2.

A．forced

B．struck

C．recognized

D．brought

3.

A．live

B．grow

C．eat

D．cheer

4.

A．floating

B．traveling

C．flowing

D．freezing

5.

A．supporting

B．doubting

C．harming

D．promising

6.

A．pool

B．river

C．ocean

D．drop

7.

A．Droughts

B．Floods

C．Storms

D．Deserts

8.

A．exercise

B．research

C．progress

D．plan

9.

A．pull away

B．hold up

C．take up

D．carry away

10.

A．so

B．until

C．if

D．though

11.

A．cost

B．advantage

C．expense

D．produce

12.

A．classes

B．levels

C．reaches

D．shelves

13.

A．experience

B．examine

C．provide

D．express

14.

A．answer

B．solve

C．raise

D．prove

15.

A．cut

B．climb

C．plant

D．remove

16.

A．falling

B．putting

C．running

D．struggling

17.

A．move

B．pour

C．go

D．look

18.

A．calmly

B．closely

C．seriously

D．quietly

19.

A．sometimes

B．somewhere

C．someday

D．somewhat

20.

A．mineral

B．dirty

C．green

D．clean

6 . Recently the air was turning warm. I went for a drive ___ the local countryside, having no ___ in mind. It was sunny and the animals were out ___ freely in the forest.

____, I came across a car on the side of the road. I___ an old woman get out of her car and walk down to the ditch (沟渠).

I wondered ___ happened to her. Maybe she had some problems with her car or a medical situation. I became ___and, to see if I could be of any ___, I decided to stop my car. First, I___myself, and then I asked if she was all right.

She ____ me that she had just stopped to pick up ____ that had been ____ thrown out of the window by some travellers. She____ me to look inside her car and see how much rubbish she had already ____.

I told her that I wrote articles for the ____ paper and asked her if I could use her name. “Oh, no,” she said without ____. “I’m not doing this for recognition. We live in a beautiful country, and I try to do my little part to help keep it that way.”

So the next time you go out for a drive, be____ that there are people there who choose to be good ____ of the Earth. And consider taking some time to keep your little ____ of the roadside clean. You’ll get some exercise, fresh air and a good feeling knowing that you have ____ to helping keep our country beautiful.

1.

A．through

B．over

C．beyond

D．with

2.

A．movement

B．progress

C．destination

D．match

3.

A．crying

B．surviving

C．running

D．floating

4.

A．However

B．Therefore

C．Obviously

D．Suddenly

5.

A．discussed

B．watched

C．contacted

D．exchanged

6.

A．whether

B．what

C．that

D．who

7.

A．concerned

B．professional

C．ordinary

D．strict

8.

A．encouragement

B．assistance

C．improvement

D．importance

9.

A．admired

B．reported

C．employed

D．introduced

10.

A．requested

B．warned

C．told

D．suggested

11.

A．books

B．animals

C．rubbish

D．trees

12.

A．nervously

B．immediately

C．normally

D．thoughtlessly

13.

A．promised

B．invented

C．challenged

D．invited

14.

A．produced

B．collected

C．thrown

D．designed

15.

A．local

B．popular

C．expensive

D．secret

16.

A．pride

B．question

C．hesitation

D．regret

17.

A．attractive

B．thankful

C．embarrassed

D．relaxed

18.

A．protectors

B．family

C．workmates

D．experts

19.

A．traffic

B．distance

C．moment

D．part

20.

A．contributed

B．added

C．exchanged

D．followed

7 . Styrofoam, or polystyrene, is a light-weight material, about 95 percent air, with very good insulation (隔热) properties, according to Earthsource.org. It is used in products from cups that keep your drinks hot or cold to packaging material that protects items during shipping. With the above good features, Styrofoam still enjoys a bad reputation. It cannot be recycled without releasing dangerous pollution into the air. The U. S. Environmental Protection Agency says it is the fifth-largest creator of harmful waste.

But now the common worms which are usually disgusting can come to the rescue, specifically, mealworms. Scientists from the U. S. and China have discovered that mealworms can digest plastic. One mealworm can digest a pill-sized amount of plastic a day. Study co-author Wei-Min Wu says that in 24 hours, the plastic is turned into carbon dioxide.

Since Styrofoam has no nutrition at all, are the worms hurt by eating plastic? Much to the scientists’ surprise, the study found that worms eating Styrofoam were as healthy as worms eating bran (谷糠). The researchers will study the worm’s eating habits and digesting system, looking to copy the plastic breakdown but on a larger scale. Once the way can be put into practice, it will make a revolutionary difference to the disposal of plastic.

“Solving the issue of plastic pollution is important”, says Wu, a Stanford University environmental engineering instructor. After all, our earth is small and landfill space is becoming limited with too much garbage waiting to be dealt with, he says.

About 33-million tons of plastic are thrown away in the United States every year. Plastic plates, cups and containers take up 25 percent to 30 percent of space in America’s landfills. One Styrofoam cup takes more than 1 million years to recycle in a landfill, according to Cleveland State University.

1. What do we know about Styrofoam?

A．It can be used to cool drinks.

B．It is a weightless material.

C．It is harmful when recycled.

D．It is usually used on ships.

2. What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A．Mealworms have amazing digesting power.

B．Mealworms are not bad in their nature.

C．Mealworms can rescue people’s lives.

D．People misunderstood mealworms in the past.

3. Why will researchers study the worm’s eating habits and digesting system?

A．To find ways to help mealworms grow larger.

B．To imitate their ways of breaking down plastic.

C．To help develop their digesting ability.

D．To make sure of their safety after eating plastic.

4. In the future, plastic may be recycled ______.

A．by raising amounts of mealworms

B．by environmental engineering instructors

C．using a method inspired by eating mealworms

D．without sending out dangerous pollution

5. What’s the main idea of this passage?

A．Styrofoam is widely used in daily life.

B．Mealworms are genius at eating plastic.

C．Plastic recycling may be no more a problem.

D．Plastic can be turned into carbon dioxide.

8 . Livestock (牲畜) farmers are being unfairly described as evil and dangerous by vegans (纯素食者) and environmental advocates, experts from the University of Edinburgh and Scotland’s Rural College told their peers at a seminar in London, the Telegraph reports. The shocking view comes despite the urging of many climate scientists who say eating a plant-based diet is one of the best ways to reduce our current environmental crisis.

According to the Scottish scientists, it is not right to blame global warming on meat production—in fact, livestock farmers are producing cattle that are less harmful to the environment. Also, they argue, thanks to high protein, meat has a really important effect on the development of children worldwide, and fewer livestock farms wouldn’t necessarily mean more sustainable land use.

“Often the argument is made that going vegan would minimize land use, and the modeling studies that have been done show that that’s not the case,” said Geoff Simm, director of Global Academy Agriculture and Food Security at Edinburgh. “We feel that while livestock production has a range of economic, socia and environmental costs and benefits, the costs have perhaps been receiving far more attention recently than some of the benefits.”

Mike Coffey of Rural College slammed veganism as “completely unnecessary”. “If everybody were vegan, it would be damaging to the UK environment,” he said. “Animals kept for food help increase biodiversity.” Edinburgh University professor Andrea Wilson added that the environmental impact of veganism has not been examined to the same degree. “We know a lot about the livestock sector (行业) because people have looked at it. We actually know very little about the vegan sector,” she said.

1. The environmental advocates think the livestock farmers _______.

A．are treated unfairly by vegans	B．are to blame for global warming
C．can help improve the environment	D．can offer plant-based diets for vegans

2. What do Scottish scientists think of livestock production?

A．Its use of land should be reduced.

B．It causes greater damage to the environment.

C．The nutrients provided can benefit children's growth.

D．The costs of livestock production are greater than benefits.

3. The underlined word “slammed” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_______”.

A．recognised

B．criticized

C．struck

D．described

4. What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Veganism is becoming a major trend.	B．Going vegan won’t save the environment.
C．Where the livestock farming is leading us	D．How we can solve the environmental crisis.

9 . Michael Gonsalves, a chef of Golden Oak at Disney World, has a cuisine concept rooted in fresh, locally-sourced ingredients that originated from childhood harvesting produce from their family garden with his mom to eventually leading kitchens at Walt Disney World Resorts to employ a sustainable model.

“Truly the whole process starts with menu planning,” he said. Creating one dish leads into the creation of many more through the end-to-end use of products. As chefs, they are always searching for the best ingredients. It is then their focus to ensure they appreciate and respect all that go into each and every one of them. For example, they source chicken that is naturally grown and fed on a natural plant forward diet, no hormones (激素) or additives — that’s used in many ways throughout menus from a simple grilled chicken breast to bone soup. Nothing goes to waste.

When they do have waste, even if minimal, they shift it from landfills to transform it into compost (堆肥) that’s then used across the Walt Disney World property. They also support Second Harvest, a local community food bank where healthy produce, prepared, but not served, meals eatable for human consumption are donated. Disney also works with pig farmers when they can’t distribute foods past the point of safety for human consumption. Besides, wildlife reservations love to get the meat because tigers and wild cats can still eat that.

Their operations are “on a path to a sustainable zero waste kitchen of tomorrow” where chefs learn the full-life cycle of plants from seed to plate and gain a better understanding and appreciation for the product and their craft.

Golden Oak at Disney has millions of bees that produce up to 300 pounds of honey per year, plus those bees help with cross pollination (授粉) of their gardens on a daily basis. They advocate a culture that helps develop not only the quality of food, but an appreciation for nature.

1. Where did Michael Gonsalves’ idea about cuisine come from?

A．His mom’s suggestions.	B．His dream of becoming a chef.
C．His interest in delicious food.	D．His labor experience as a child.

2. How are the ingredients dealt with in Golden Oak?

A．They are grilled to eat.	B．They are used to the fullest.
C．They are divided into groups.	D．They are selected by quality.

3. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3?

A．Give examples about zero waste.

B．Introduce the unique habit of wildlife.

C．Stress the importance of natural food.

D．Explain the operation mode of the food bank.

4. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?

A．Disney World:New Cuisine Road

B．Michael Gonsalves:Creative Chef

C．Michael Gonsalves:Advocate of Food Diversity

D．Disney World:Pioneer in Environmental Protection

10 . When Nihal was eight years old, he went to visit his grandparents who lived near the Krisha river. He saw people _________ rubbish and plastic waste into the water. This was the point at which the ecologist in him _________, and he wanted to do something.

Nihal has always been _________ by environmental issues, but he’s never given them much _________ except reading the relevant novels. _________, one day, after hearing about a large fire _________ by a lithium battery(锂离子电池) at a waste disposal(处置) site in California, he became _________ and determined to do something. He thought, although the problem could be settled, many people who were observing would simply _________ it. That’s when the concept for “ Recycle My Battery ” _________.

Then, Nihal did more research into battery __________ and discovered that many worldwide companies have __________ about batteries. “ Surely there has to be a __________ to keep them out of landfills(废物填埋地),” he remarked. Then he began to __________ batteries at his school and in the neighbourhood. His father would drive him __________ throughout every corner of towns to collect __________ batteries. With so many batteries piled up, he decided to __________ his own non-profit Recycle My Battery.

So far, more than 1.5 million people have __________ Recycle My Battery. Nihal and his strong team of young people have already recycled over 150,000 deserted batteries and taught over 1.5 million people about the __________ of battery recycling.

Nihal, now only 12 years old, has been struggling for three years to __________ the battery pollution, calling on others to raise battery recycling __________ and working towards the aim of zero pollution.

1.

A．pushing

B．settling

C．hiding

D．throwing

2.

A．agreed

B．existed

C．appeared

D．acted

3.

A．attracted

B．confused

C．touched

D．delighted

4.

A．donation

B．prediction

C．conclusion

D．consideration

5.

A．Moreover

B．However

C．Instead

D．Besides

6.

A．caused

B．burnt

C．lighted

D．set

7.

A．curious

B．shocked

C．proud

D．cautious

8.

A．allow

B．treasure

C．order

D．ignore

9.

A．broke down

B．stuck out

C．came about

D．got around

10.

A．distributions

B．bursts

C．expenses

D．restrictions

11.

A．concerns

B．doubts

C．connection

D．patience

12.

A．version

B．course

C．pace

D．way

13.

A．restore

B．collect

C．rent

D．purchase

14.

A．tirelessly

B．gratefully

C．sincerely

D．curiously

15.

A．brand-new

B．energy-consuming

C．second-hand

D．home-made

16.

A．rebuild

B．expand

C．support

D．establish

17.

A．thrown light on

B．broken away from

C．signed up for

D．come up with

18.

A．necessity

B．capacity

C．decision

D．creation

19.

A．measure

B．recycle

C．clear

D．investigate

20.

A．assessment

B．awareness

C．advertisement

D．protection