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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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In the waters off Brisbane, Australia, a sevenfootlong sand tiger shark swam in pain. A twofootlong spike stuck out of her side. It was a piece of fishing equipment that the shark ate carelessly. After traveling into her body, the spike punctured(刺)through the shark's stomach.
A man swimming in the water noticed the shark. Then,he warned Sea World Marine Park in the nearby town of Gold Coast. Sea World sent a 12person team from its rescue center to where the shark was discovered in Moreton Bay Marine Park. Soon, they found her lying on the seafloor. “She'll die without help,”said Trevor Long, leader of the rescue center.
Using an onboard crane (吊车),the rescuers moved the shark into their boat's 13footlong tank. Then Dr. David Blyde gave the shark pain medicine and performed an operation to remove the spike. After that, the team sailed with the shark to Sea World 33 miles away. They placed the fish in a 49footlong tank and waited to see if she got better.
To give the shark's stomach time to get better, she wasn't fed for the first few days. A week after her operation, Long offered the shark a small, dead fish. The animal refused to eat.But days later when he dropped another fish into her tank, the shark enjoyed her meal. Gradually the shark's wounds were getting better.
Two weeks after her rescue, they took the shark back to the boat and returned her to Moreton Bay Marine Park. As the fish was lowered by the crane to the water's surface, two rescuers jumped into the ocean and guided her into the sea. From the boat, Long watched her swim away. “The shark has another chance,”Long said.
1.What happened to the sand tiger shark?
A.She was unlucky and got hurt badly.
B.She had nothing to eat for a few days.
C.She swam in Sea World and lost her way.
D.She was seriously ill because of sea water.
2.According to the text, Sea World ________ .
A.helped protect and saved animals
B.was 33 miles away from Gold Coast
C.hadn't enough space for another shark
D.had never performed operations on sharks
3.How did Long feel when feeding the shark for the first time after the operation?
A.Very proud. B.Quite worried.
C.Really relaxed. D.Extremely afraid.
4.What would be the best title for the text?
A.Dangers from sharks
B.Sand tiger shark rescue
C.Moreton Bay Marine Park
D.A rescue team from Sea World
[语篇解读] 文章主要讲述了一条受伤的鲨鱼得到救助的故事。
1.A [细节理解题。由第一段中的“A twofootlong spike stuck out of her side...the spike punctured through the shark's stomach.”可知,这条鲨鱼非常不幸,因为误食了一根两英尺长的钓鱼器械而被刺穿肠胃,故选A项。]
2.A [细节理解题。由第二段中的“Sea World sent a 12person team from its rescue center to where the shark was discovered”可知,该机构派遣了一支由十二人组成的救援小组前往发现鲨鱼的地点,所以A项说法正确。]
3.B [推理判断题。由第四段中的“A week after her operation,Long offered the shark a small,dead fish.The animal refused to eat.”可知,Long应该是感到非常担心,故选B项。]
4.B [标题归纳题。文章主要讲述了一条受伤的鲨鱼得到救助的故事,由此可知,B项可作为本文标题。]
B
Like colorful corals, they rocked gently in the ocean current. Only these were not beautiful natural reefs grown over centuries. They were plastic bags, stuck to the Aegean Sea floor since a waste site slid into the water.
A team of divers and environmentalists pulled thousands of plastic bags from the water near Greece's Andros Island this month. The workers described what they found as “a gulf full of plastic corals”.
Seas polluted with plastic have become one of the most shocking signs of human damage to the planet. “It was a very scary thing to see,”said Arabella Ross, a volunteer diver with Aegean Rebreath. The group carries out underwater and coastal cleanups. “It really shock me and I think it really shock everyone who saw it ,”she added.
“The Mediterranean is among the seas with the highest levels of plastic pollution in the world,”the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) said in a report. Greece produces about 700,000 tons of plastic waste a year, or about 68 kilos per person. About 11,500 tons enter its seas every year. Almost 70% of that returns to the Greek coast, one of the longest in the world.The sea pollution off Andros is thought to date back to 2011,when heavy rain caused a waste site to collapse. Most of the waste fell into the sea.
Aegean Rebreath divers removed blue, black and yellow plastic bags caught between reefs and among fish. “It was like the paradise of the Caribbean Sea, where you find coral reefs everywhere of every color. It was the exact same thing,but instead of corals it was bags,”diver Arabella Ross said.
The team managed to remove only a small part of the plastic waste they found. They also pulled up 300 kilograms of old fishing traps-known as “ghost nets”—from Andros.In a separate operation in June off Salamina, a small island near Athens, they removed two tons.
“If people are wondering where their rubbish ends up,we see it each time we go into the water,”Ross said.
5.What does the underlined word “it” (Para.3) most probably refer to?
A.The Aegean Sea.
B.Plastic pollution.
C.The volunteer group.
D. The waste site.
6.What is believed to be the start of the pollution off Andros?
A.Collapse of a waste site.
B.Extremely bad weather.
C.Waste thrown away by tourists.
D.Plastic waste produced by the Greeks.
7.Where does the rubbish finally end up according to Rose?
A.The oceans.
B.In the fields.
C.In the rubbish sites.
D.The waste treatment factories.
8.What could be the best title for the passage?
A.Gulf of Plastic Corals' found in Aegean Sea
B.The paradise lies in the Caribbean Sea
C.Coral reefs are full of every color
D.Water pollution is very serious
[语篇解读] 不久前,有潜水员发现在希腊安德罗斯岛附近的爱琴海海域积累了大量的塑料垃圾。从远处望去,潜水员仿佛看到了一个色彩缤纷、随着洋流缓缓流动的海底世界。然而,在希腊安德罗斯岛的海床上,人们并没有发现任何植物——取而代之的是数万吨的塑料废物,在这里堆积如山,形成了一种“珊瑚礁”。
5.B [代词指代题。根据上文的“Seas polluted with plastic have become one of the most shocking signs of human damage to the planet.”可知,此处的it指的是上文提到的塑料污染。]
6.A [细节理解题。根据第四段的最后两句“The sea pollution off Andros is thought to date back to 2011,when heavy rain caused a waste site to collapse.Most of the waste fell into the sea.”可知,污染的开始是垃圾场的坍塌。]
7.A [推理判断题。根据最后一段Rose所说的“If people are wondering where their rubbish ends up,we see it each time we go into the water”可知,垃圾最终进入海里。]
8.A [主旨大意题。通读全文可知,潜水员在水下仿佛看到了一个色彩缤纷、随着洋流缓缓流动的海底世界。但是,在希腊安德罗斯岛的海床上,人们并没有发现任何植物——取而代之的是数万吨的塑料废物,在这里堆积如山,形成了一种“珊瑚礁”。由此可知,A项可作为本文的标题。]
Ⅱ.完形填空
When Laura Wood's senior year began, she was expecting to talk to the usual handful of members in the Environmental Club of Scarborough. __1__ , she found herself standing in front of 60 of her peers.
The year before Wood took over as __2__ , the new club was still trying to establish itself. As the first meeting __3__ , she worked hard to advertise that the club still existed and was looking for __4__ members.Her campaign worked. Sixty __5__ showed up to hear what Wood would say about helping to improve the local environment.
“It was __6__ ,”said Wood. “I really wasn't __7__ 60 kids, you know, because last year there were only 10. We want to help purchase our school the first __8__ minibus.”
Under Wood's direction, the club suddenly started to grow __9__ . Later, it opened the green bus bank account.
With the club, Wood also collected cans and paper both to raise more money and to help the school reduce __10__ . This wasn't always an easy job. Wood didn't just pick up __11__ ; she sorted the useful waste out, sometimes after it had been __12__ thrown away. “We'd be a little __13__ most of the time in the afternoons,”said Wood.
By the end of the year they had been __14__ about $ 60 a week by saving the cans and bottles.
This is what Wood usually goes about starting change: quietly but effectively. “She's a __15__ kid,”said Principal Andrew Dolloff. “She just doesn't do flashy(招摇的) things to get noticed.”
1.A.Therefore B.Instead
C.Besides D.Anyhow
2.A.president B.teacher
C.worker D.employer
3.A.announced B.suggested
C.ended D.approached
4.A.old B.national
C.new D.official
5.A.students B.experts
C.professors D.cleaners
6.A.interesting B.exciting
C.frustrating D.amusing
7.A.recognizing B.calling
C.expecting D.counting
8.A.clean B.green
C.safe D.fast
9.A.mentally B.physically
C.politically D.financially
10.A.waste B.cost
C.pressure D.problems
11.A.recycling B.learning
C.practicing D.funding
12.A.clearly B.hurriedly
C.deliberately D.mistakenly
13.A.crazy B.healthy
C.smelly D.busy
14.A.losing B.averaging
C.counting D.paying
15.A.strange B.silly
C.lovely D.great
[语篇解读] 本文是一篇记叙文。Wood是学校环保俱乐部的主席,该俱乐部回收垃圾,并打算筹资为学校买一辆小型环保公共汽车。
1.B [结合第三段中Wood所说的话可知,她本来以为会员会寥寥无几,但没想到会员竞达到了60个。此处表示转折,故用Instead,表示“相反”。]
2.A [根据该空前的took over以及第四段中的Under Wood's direction可知,Wood成了该俱乐部的主席,故用president。]
3.D [结合常识和第二段可知,此处表示当第一次会议就要来临(approached)的时候,她尽力为俱乐部进行宣传。]
4.C [根据语境可知,此处表示俱乐部正在招募新(new)会员。]
5.A [根据文章第一句可知,Wood是个学生。再结合文中多次出现的school可知,前来听Wood讲话的是俱乐部招募的学生(students)会员。]
6.B [根据本段内容可知,这次学生们非常踊跃,前来参加会议的人很多,Wood没有想到有这么多人,由此推知此处表示Wood说“这是令人兴奋的(exciting)”。]
7.C [结合该段中Wood所说的话可知,她没有预料到(expecting)会有这么多同学参与。文章第一句中的expecting也给出了提示。]
8.B [根据Wood发起的是环保运动可知.她想帮助学校买一辆环保的(green)小型公共汽车。]
9.D [因为参与的人数剧增,俱乐部在财力方面(financially)突然开始增长,所以才有了下一句中提到的银行账户的建立。]
10.A [结合语境和常识可知,收集罐子和纸是为了筹资并帮助学校减少浪费(waste)。]
11.A [她不仅仅回收(recycling)垃圾,还把垃圾里面有用的东西挑选出来。]
12.D [该空前的it指代垃圾中有用的东西。有时这些东西是被人们误扔的,故用mistakenly(错误地)。]
13.C [因为需要分拣垃圾,所以他们身上有些难闻。smelly有难闻气味的。]
14.B [由该空后的about$60 a week及语境可知他们平均每星期赚约60美元。average在此处为动词,表示“平均为”。]
15.D [根据最后一段中对Wood的评价可知,她很务实,从不哗众取宠,因此Andrew Dolloff说她是一个了不起的(great)孩子。]
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