一、词汇运用
1. If you walk (向东北方) along this road, you'll reach the beach.
2. Reading books is a powerful way to increase your (知识) of different cultures.
3. A healthy diet (包括) foods from each food group.
4. Here are (大约) 50 students in the library studying for the final exams.
5. (企鹅) are not able to fly, but they can swim quite well.
6. Mum manages a (保持平衡的) lifestyle by planning time for work and family.
7. The rabbit hid under the thick bush, using it as the (躲避处) from the fox.
8. Mr Li once (扮演) as a king from the 15th century in a historical drama.

二、从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次

The ice on Antarctica (南极洲) looks the same from day to day. But in fact, scientists know the real fact: The ice is 1. . And it does harm to all living things on earth. The ocean is warming, and big pieces of ice are breaking away and going into the ocean. This is causing the ocean level (海平面) to rise. Human activities 2. these problems.
Human activities 3. influence (影响) the climate, including transportation and all types of industries. All these might make the ice melt faster.
Seaside cities, like New York, London and Tokyo, are 4. . They may be under water by the end of the 21st century. We need to find suitable ways to solve the 5. problems and make changes now to prevent this and protect ourselves.

() 1.— I don't think keeping a cat is a good idea. Cats always ______ a lot of trouble.
— Not really. I think they can bring you much fun.

A.cover
B.cause
C.improve
D.fill

() 2.We didn't think she could reach the final of the match, ______ she won the first place.

A.but
B.for
C.or
D.so

A.S+V+O
B.S+V+P
C.S+V+O+C
D.S+V+O+O

() 4.Hearing that her puppy dog is dead, Linda cried even ______.

A.sad
B.sadly
C.sadder
D.more sadly

() 5.— What can we do to ______ the illness from spreading?
— Try not to hang out here and there and just stay at home.

A.support
B.prevent
C.reduce
D.hide

() 6.In Western countries, women often keep their ages to themselves. ______, you'd better not ask private (私人的) questions like this.

A.However
B.Instead
C.Therefore
D.Moreover

() 7.Our neighbourhood decides to ______ the old facilities to make space for a square.

A.take care of
B.put up with
C.look forward to
D.get rid of

四、信息还原
How do farmers usually kill weeds (杂草) in the fields? Many of them use chemicals (化学品) to kill weeds. The trouble is, these weedkillers also kill wildlife, pollute rivers and are bad for the fields. 1. This kind of robot can cut weedkiller use by 90%. The robot is really smart because it only kills weeds but not crops.
2.
Several cameras are built into the robot. The cameras facing the ground take photos to help the robot "see" the plants it passes. The robot compares (对比) each photo to a library of plant photos to decide which plants are weeds. Robot arms move to give a small dose (剂量) of weedkiller to the weeds. The robot is energy-friendly. 3.
How the robot will develop
The scientists think that the robot they have made isn't perfect. 4. The improved model of robots will find weeds and dig (挖) them out instead of using weedkillers.
5. They could be designed to leave some harmless weeds in the fields to support wildlife living there.