2 . Fourteen years ago, wildlife documentary（纪录片）the Planet Earth took us on an amazing journey from deep caves to the rainforests and then to the bottom of the ocean. Now a new documentary Our Planet will show different animals and the influence of humans on the natural world.

US entertainment company Netflix made the eight-episode（集）journey meet its audience（观众）on April 5. The crew（工作人员）of the documentary covers 50 countries and areas to choose the best filming places, and takes more than four years to produce it. It is the hard work of more than 600 crew members.

With the latest 4K video technology, the documentary allows audiences to have a sharp new look at nature. “People are given a chance to better get themselves into the lives of the animals.” said Fothergill, one of the documentary’s producers.

Apart from showing Earth’s beauty in new detail, the documentary also shows the planet’s poor climate conditions. “Our Planet is here to say, ‘The planet is dying, and we’re killing it.’” Fothergill said. In one sad scene, hundreds of walruses（海象）, half-blind when out of the water, fall down a rock to suffer a painful death on the beach below. It shows how man-made global warming has destroyed their natural habitat（栖息地）and explains why they’ve been forced to find a safe place on the rocks.

However, it’s not all about sadness. The documentary also talks about success stories, including Siberian tigers, blue whales（鲸鱼）and humpback whales. These species are protected thanks to international agreements on environmental protection. It reminds us that we can change the present bad condition of our planet through our joint（共同的）effort.

Calling on more people to take action to protect our planet is the final goal of the new documentary. What we do in the next 20 years will decide the future of all life on Earth.

1. What is the new documentary Our Planet about?

A．An amazing journey of rainforests.

B．The beauty and customs of 50 countries and areas.

C．Different animals and the influence of humans on the natural world.

D．The hard work of more than 600 crew members.

2. What can we infer from the passage?

A．It took a lot of time and efforts to make the documentary.

B．People like to take a close look at animals.

C．The documentary is very popular in many countries and areas.

D．We human can’t change the present condition of our planet.

3. What’s the purpose of the last paragraph?

A．To explain what our goal in the future.

B．To call on more people to protect our planet.

C．To tell us the documentary is worth watching.

D．To tell us how the climate conditions influence animals.

4. Where is the text probably from?

A．A novel.

B．A travel journal.

C．A story book.

D．A newspaper.

4 . Blue Planet II’s latest episode focuses on how plastic is having a disastrous effect on the ocean and slowly poisoning our sea creatures. Researchers recently also found that sea creatures living in the deepest place on Earth, the Mariana Trench, have plastic in their stomachs. Indeed, the oceans are drowning in plastic.

Though it seems now that the world couldn’t possibly function without plastics, consumer plastics are a remarkably recent invention. The first plastic bags were introduced in the 1950s;   the same decade that plastic packaging began gaining in popularity in the United States. This growth has happened so fast that science is still catching up with the change. Plastics pollution research, for instance, is still a very early science.

We put all these plastics into the environment and we still don’t really know what the outcomes are going to be. What we do know, though, is disturbing. Ocean plastic is estimated to kill millions of marine animals every year. Nearly 700 species, including endangered ones, are known to have been affected by it. One in three leatherback turtles, which often mistake plastic bags for jellyfish, have been found with plastic in their bellies. Ninety percent of seabirds are now eating plastics on a regular basis. By 2050, that figure is expected to rise to 100 percent.

And it’s not just wildlife that is threatened by the plastics in our seas. Humans are consuming plastics through the seafood we eat. I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a disaster, worth mentioning to the same degree as climate change. But ocean plastic is not as complicated as climate change. There are no ocean trash deniers (否认者), at least so far. To do something about it, we don’t have to remake our planet energy system.

This is not a problem where we don’t know what the solution is. We know how to pick up garbage. Anyone can do it. We know how to dispose (处理) of it. We know how to recycle. We can all start by thinking twice before we use single-use plastic products. Things that may seem ordinary, like using a reusable bottle or a reusable bag----when taken collectively, these choices really do make a difference.

1. Why is plastics pollution research still a very early science?

A．The plastics pollution research is too difficult.

B．Plastics have produced less pollution than coal.

C．The world couldn’t possibly function without plastics.

D．Plastics have gained in popularity too fast for science to catch up.

2. How did the author support his opinion in Paragraph 3?

A．By statistics.

B．By quotations from leading experts.

C．By using examples from his own experience.

D．By comparison and contrast.

3. What can we infer about climate change?

A．Climate change is caused by human activities.

B．Some people hold some doubts about climate change.

C．Climate change is less important than ocean pollution.

D．Ocean plastic is more complicated than climate change.

4. What is the main idea of this passage?

A．Ocean plastic is a global issue.

B．The oceans become choked with plastic.

C．Blue Planet II has left viewers heartbroken.

D．Plastics gain in popularity all over the world

7 . Ninety-seven percent of Earth's water is ocean. No blue, no green. If you think the ocean isn't important, imagine Earth without it. Fifty years ago, when I began exploring the ocean, no one realized that we human being could do anything to harm the ocean.

For me, as a woman scientist, it all began in 1953 when I first tried diving. In 1979, by using a submersible, I had a chance to reach the ocean floor which was six miles offshore and 1,250 feet down. Since then, I've used about 30 kinds of submarines. We need new deep-diving submersible. We need to see the undersea mountains and understand life in the deep sea. Exploring and protecting the wild ocean is my big wish.

What's worrying us is that an ice free Arctic Ocean may happen in this century. That's bad news for the polar bears. Additional CO₂ is not only driving global warming, but also changing ocean chemistry, making the sea more acidic. That's bad news for coral reefs and oxygen-producing plankton. Actually, nearly half of the coral reefs have disappeared. We're putting hundreds of millions of tons of plastic and other rubbish into the sea. We're blocking the ocean, poisoning the planet's circulatory system. Most of the turtles, sharks, tunas and whales are way down in numbers. All of these are part of our life support system.

Health to the ocean means health for us. I wish we would use all means—films, explorations, the web, new submarines—and campaign to stimulate public support for ocean protected areas. My wish is a big wish, but if we can make it happen, it can truly save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet. For the children of today, for tomorrow's children: as never again, now is the time.

1. Why does the writer say "No blue, no green." in the first paragraph?

A．To tell us the colors of the earth.	B．To refer to the ocean and the land
C．To show the importance of ocean.	D．To encourage us to explore the ocean.

2. What should we do to protect the ocean according to the text?

A．Make joint efforts	B．Save life support system.
C．Encourage children to take action.	D．Explore the ocean by new technology.

3. What does the underlined word "it" in the last paragraph refer to?

A．Means.

B．Campaign.

C．Public support.

D．Wish.

4. What's the writer's attitude towards the current situation of the ocean?

A．Negative.

B．Concerned.

C．Uncertain.

D．Indifferent.

8 . Selecting what to wear can be a difficult problem, especially if you’re a fashion victim.

Trying to follow the latest styles involves regular visits to the shops and sometimes spending much money on expensive designer clothes．But when the fashion changes, these clothes had to stay in the back of cupboards gathering dust, or just get thrown away.

There are many stores that now offer cheap “fast fashion”—low-price items that imitate the styles of more expensive designer brands.

Environmentalists are angered by the amount of energy involved in making these clothes and that many of them are made from non-recyclable materials. This means that items are just burned or go into landfill.

Writing about this for the BBC, Eleanor Lawrie says that people in the UK are the worst in Europe for doing this—with a million tons of unwanted textiles a year being thrown away.

And she says, “on top of often poor labour conditions for garment workers, the fashion industry is responsible for 20％of the world’s waste water, and 10％of carbon emissions.”

This is something the fashion industry is becoming more aware of and has led to a new crop of biomaterials that replace wasteful textiles like cotton and leather.

Examples include Piňatex, a leather-like substance made from pineapple leaves. It’s been used in collections by Hugo Boss and H&M. And there’s mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms, that’s being used to create food, packaging and textiles. Cotton is a very resource-intense crop to grow. Eleanor Lawrie says, “about 15.000 litres of water are required to make one pair of 1eans.

So, buying organic cotton is a better choice. And there is also Tencel(天丝绒), also known as Lyocell(莱赛尔纤维绒), a natural product that’s now growing in popularity. It’s made by obtaining fibre from trees; its manufacture is thought to use 95％less water than cotton processing.

But creating sustainable(可持续的)textiles is only part of the battle-buying ethically(符合道德准则地), buying second hand and buying fewer clothes are the obvious environmentally friendly choices．

1. What does “fashion victim” mean according to the first paragraph?

A．People who are fed up with fashion．	B．People who pursue fashion blindly．
C．People who show no concern about fashion．	D．People who oppose fashion strongly．

2. Which of the following is not one of the new biomaterials?

A．Pineapple leaves．

B．Mushroom root．

C．Lyocell．

D．Cotton．

3. What can be learned from the last paragraph?

A．Cloth producers should produce less clothes．

B．Customers should be sensible when purchasing clothes．

C．Customers should wear old clothes rather than buy new ones．

D．Fashion industry should sell second hand and environmentally friendly clothes．

4. Which one of the following statements is TRUE?

A．Many of the clothes that can’t be recycled are just burned or go into landfill．

B．About 15，000 litres of water are required to make one pair of jeans with cotton but Tencel is thought to use 95％of the water than cotton processing．

C．People in the UK are the worst in the world for throwing away unwanted textiles according to Eleanor Lawrie．

D．There is no crop of biomaterials that replace wasteful textiles like cotton and leather．

9 . British sculptor Jason Taylor has made it his mission to use his talent to conserve our ecosystems by creating underwater museums. Over the years, the environmentalist has put over 850 massive artworks underwater worldwide. On February 1, 2021, Taylor launched his latest work---The Underwater Museum of Cannes.

“The main goal was to bring attention to the fact that our oceans need our help,” Taylor told Dezeen. “Ocean ecologies have been destroyed by human activity in the Mediterranean over the past few decades, and it is not obvious what is taking place when observing the sea from afar.”

The Underwater Museum of Cannes contains 6 sculptures featuring local residents of various ages. They range from Maurice, an 80-year-old fisherman, to Anouk, a 9-year-old student. Towering over 6-feet-tall and weighing 10 tons, the faces are sectioned into two parts, with the outer part like a mask. The mask indicates that the world’s oceans appear powerful and unbeatable from the surface but house an ecosystem that is extremely fragile to careless human activities.

Though the waters surrounding the sculptures now appear a pristine blue, the seabed was filled with old boat engines, pipes, and other human-made trash when the project began about four years ago. Besides removing the trash, Taylor also restored the area’s seagrass. Just one square meter of the seagrass can generate up to 10 liters of oxygen daily. The seagrass also helps prevent coastal erosion and provides habitats for many ocean creatures.

“The idea of creating an underwater museum was to draw more people underwater and develop a sense of care and protection,” Taylor told Dezeen. “If we threw unwanted waste near a forest, there would be a public outcry. But this is happening every day in our surrounding waters and it largely goes unnoticed.”

1. why does Jason Taylor create underwater museums ?

A．To protect the artworks underwater

B．To draw attention to endangered sea animals.

C．To show his sculpture talent.

D．To raise awareness of protecting the ocean.

2. Why does the outer part of the sculptures look like a mask?

A．To popularize the features of the locals.

B．To remind people to protect themselves.

C．To reflect people’s protection of the ocean.

D．To stress the fragility of the ecosystem.

3. What’s Paragraph 4 mainly about?

A．How the project was started.

B．How the seagrass was restored.

C．What recovery effort the project made.

D．Why the surroundings were improved.

4. What can we infer from what Jason Taylor said in the last paragraph?

A．The situation of the ocean is easily ignored.

B．The destruction caused to the ocean is noticeable.

C．Forests play a more important role in ecosystems.

D．People have zero tolerance to damage done to nature.

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。

South Koreans consume 2.4 billion plastic straws (吸管) annually. And like in many other countries, the government is stepping up to reduce the amount of single-use plastics.

The idea of Rice Straws came to Kim Kwang-pil when he first saw     1     eatable cup. He thought to himself, “If they can make a cup you can eat, why not a straw?”

That was the beginning of Kim’s company, Yeonjigonji,     2     produces eco-friendly straws     3     (make) of rice. Kim settled on rice mainly     4     it is familiar to consumers in his country. The rice straws come in various shapes and sizes and can     5     (complete) break down within 100 days.

“I met people who wouldn’t believe I could eat the straws. So, when I did, they     6    (convince),” said Kim.

So far the company     7     (sign) deals with companies in dozens of countries throughout Asia, North America and South America.

As they are eatable, the rice straws need to pass food safety laws in each country. But Kim believes that his straws are     8     (good) than paper or other straws. “After all, you still need to cut down trees     9     (produce) paper straws,” said Kim, whose next goal is to create environmentally-friendly, single-use cutlery (餐具), like forks,     10     (knife) and spoons.