1 . Kabita Lohar lives in Pipriya village, a community located at the banks of the Mahakali River in Nepal. She is usually seen walking along the riverbank, carrying a blue box which contains equipment and chemicals to test the quality of water in the river. As Kabita carefully collects water samples (样本) from the river into her test-tube and observe the color of the water, she says, “Our rivers are getting polluted; we need to raise awareness and encourage the community to save our rivers.”

Kabita is one of the many citizen scientists trained by Oxfam. Around five years ago, Oxfam started working with the communities living in the riverbanks of the Mahakali River through a project called Transboundary Rivers of South Asia (TROSA). The project aims to give the riverside communities more access to and control over water resources. “We use this data to encourage effective measures and raise awareness about water pollution among the community members and local government,” says Kabita.

People used to believe that the water in at the Mahakali River contains something that is good for health, so it was a common practice to drink water directly from the river. But with the data on water pollution provided by citizen scientists like Kabita, they could raise awareness of the importance of not drinking water directly from the river.

Kabita says, “A few months ago, we spoke with our mayor (市长) about introducing measures to prevent the inflow of waste made by families and hotels into the river. Our mayor has stated that he will meet our demands. But we don’t just want promises; we want action, and we will keep following up until the promise becomes a reality.”

1. Why does Kabita walk along the bank?

A．To clean the riverbanks.	B．To collect experimental data.
C．To enjoy nature for relaxation.	D．To collect water from family use.

2. How did Kabita make the villagers drink clean water?

A．By showing them the truth.

B．By finding clean water for them.

C．By encouraging effective measures.

D．By stopping pouring waste into the river.

3. Which of the following can best describe Kabita?

A．Energetic.

B．Confident.

C．Organized.

D．Determined.

4. What is the text mainly about?

A．Water pollution is serious in Nepal.

B．Science is helpful in reducing pollution.

C．A citizen scientist fights water pollution.

D．A youth makes a difference to her village.

2 . 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。

In a small community located at a suburb of Exeter, a disheartening issue had been troubling the neighborhood for years. The once pleasant surroundings were ruined by piles of waste that seemed to multiply with each passing day. Residents were growing tired of the worsening environment, leading many to abandon their homes in search of cleaner neighborhoods. It was in this terrible situation that two young students, Emma and Mia, decided to take matters into their own hands.

Emma and Mia were classmates and best friends from Phillips Exeter Academy, both passionate about environmental preservation and deeply concerned about the pollution crisis their community was facing. Witnessing more and more neighbors’ leaving, they knew they couldn’t stand by any longer. Determined to bring about a change, they undertook a mission that would soon catch the attention of the entire community.

Their journey began with thorough research and planning. The two girls searched carefully on the Internet for information on environmental initiatives and connected with local environmentalists. They organized meetings with residents to understand the issues at hand, collecting data on the types of waste, the sources, and the areas most affected. Armed with this knowledge, Emma and Mia worked out a comprehensive plan and announced it to ask for opinions from the residents. Surprisingly it was strongly supported.

Their strategy was twofold. First, they initiated a waste classification and recycling program. They distributed recycling bins(回收箱) to every household and educated the community about the importance of responsible waste management. Soon, the streets began to show signs of improvement as the volume of garbage inappropriately thrown away decreased gradually.

The second part of their plan was more ambitious. Emma and Mia gathered volunteers from their school and the neighborhood to take part in a massive clean-up campaign. Armed with gloves and trash(垃圾)bags, they began systematically clearing the waste from the streets, parks, and even the local bodies of water. Their firm commitment and hard work inspired others to join the cause.

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Half a year later, the changes were significant.

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Emma and Mia received recognition and honors for their work.

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3 . 假如你是李华，请结合以下信息，给21世纪报社写一份倡议书，倡议大家关注野生动物的保护。
1.简述野生动物的现状；
2.野生动物减少的原因以及采取的措施；
3.呼吁大家保护野生动物。
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Save Endangered Animals

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8 . 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。

If you’re looking to take part in voluntourism in the area, consider the Lizard Island. It’s a private national park that works     1     (close) with local scientists     2     (protect) coral reefs (珊瑚礁). Guests can tour its huge research centre.

The Great Barrier Reef’s Ocean Park Rangers (巡游者), government workers responsible     3     the day-to-day management of ocean parks,     4     (train) as guides who can educate curious travellers on the wildlife and ecosystems. In June of 2022, citizens of the Great Barrier Reef Programme started The Reef Cooperative,     5     will allow travellers,     6     (begin) in 2024, to go to vulnerable areas to see the conservation (保护) work and efforts take place.

Hope that this     7     (nature) wonder can be saved is growing. Over the past few years, a lot of conservationists, government agencies, NGOs, and tourism operators     8     (focus) on the reef’s health.

One hope of the programme is to inspire     9     (tourist) to help protect the Great Barrier Reef, especially within the younger generation. Imagine the good you can do when you learn so early in life that you hold the power to make the planet     10     better place.

9 . When 62-year-old fisherman Kpana Charlie has finished placing the day’s catch in his nets, he likes to sit on his wooden chair and let his mind go back to his childhood. Back then, his home on Sierra Leone’s Nyangai Island seemed like a paradise (天堂).

He spent endless hours playing with his friends on the island’s shining white beaches. He liked to kick around a soccer ball on the sports field in his village, and in mango season, he would shake the trees to collect their colorful fruit. Whenever he wanted to avoid doing his homework, he could simply disappear into the thick forest that covered much of the island.

Today, Nyangai is disappearing, swallowed up by the sea. As recently as ten years ago, it still measured some 2, 300 feet from end to end. What’s left today is a patch of (一片) sand which is 300 feet long and 250 wide. The forests are gone, flooded by saltwater. The soccer field lies under water for 22 hours of the day. And the land on which Charlie’s family home once stood, the home he was born in, has been disappearing under the waves. In as little as two years, Charlie fears, Nyangai may no longer exist at all.

With nearly a third of its population living in coastal areas, and its heavy reliance on agriculture and fishing, Sierra Leone has been treated as one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to the effects of climate (气候) change.

Gabriel Jaka, head of operations for the country’s Meteorological Agency, says the reason for Nyangai’s troubles is clear. “We’re seeing a significant sea-level rise and these people don’t have any proper defenses,” he says. “All they have are sandbags. If we don’t act now, the effects on people are just going to get worse.”

1. What do the figures in paragraph 3 show?

A．Nyangai is large in area.

B．Nyangai has a long history.

C．Nyangai is being destroyed by humans.

D．Nyangai is suffering a lot from a sea-level rise.

2. What does the underlined word “vulnerable” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Far-reaching.	B．Protected.
C．Easy to be attacked.	D．Difficult to keep in touch with.

3. How does Gabriel Jaka feel about people’s future life in Nyangai?

A．Worried.	B．Calm.
C．Unconcerned.	D．Hopeful.

4. What’s the purpose of the text?

A．To introduce a poor fisherman.

B．To call for actions to fight climate change.

C．To present a fisherman’s old hometown.

D．To show the destruction of the forest.

10 . 阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

When Zhou Longshan started filming birds 10 years ago at Baiyangdian Lake,     1     major wetland in northern China, he just wanted to record his favorite species—egrets (白鹭).

Then things snowballed. In the following years, the teacher became a bird watcher, a volunteer ranger at the lake, a photographer     2    (document) over 110 bird species, and an     3     (education) popularizing bird-related knowledge among students.

“Sharing bird-protection knowledge with children can make them feel the     4    (beautiful) of their hometown and the importance of birds, and help them cultivate the habit of protecting birds from an early age,” he said.

Growing up in a local village, Zhou,60, has fond childhood memories     5    (associate) with the wetland.

“When I was a child, the water in Baiyangdian was limpid. The fish and aquatic plants in the water could be seen clearly,” he said. “I often caught fish with my friends, rowed boats and drank the lake water     6     I was thirsty.”

Between the 1960s and 1980s,     7    , Baiyangdian suffered severely from industrial pollution. Chemicals poisoned the water and lake beds, decimating the aquatic life. In the 1990s, the lake     8    (near) dried up due to climate change.

When Zhou became a teacher in the 1990s, the stink from the lake could sometimes be smelled from his village. “The lake became stinking, the population and species of fish and birds decreased, and the locals were unwilling to go near the lake,” he recalled.

Since the Xiong’an New Area was established in 2017, Baiyangdian’s rehabilitation and protection activities     9    (improve) greatly. The water quality has improved from Level Ⅴ-the     10    (low) in China’s five-tier water assessment system-to Level Ⅲ.

Zhou will retire in June. “I will continue patrolling the lake and photographing the birds, to contribute to the protection of birds in my hometown,” he said.