五、阅读理解
Wetlands are areas with water like lakes, rivers, and coasts. They help protect animals and plants, stop floods, and clean dirty water. They also help farmers grow rice and fish, and are important homes for birds that fly long distances(距离). Sadly, wetlands are in danger worldwide.
World Wetlands Day came from the Convention on Wetlands(湿地公约) signed in Iran. China joined the convention on July 31, 1992, which has been looking into this question for some years, has recently published their study. It all comes down to echolocation(回声定位): a natural way that allows whales to “hear” objects in the darkest parts of the sea. There’s little light at those deep parts, so it’s too dark for the whales to see. But they can hear by echolocation.
The whales make a sound and then listen. They hear echoes from nearby objects. These echoes allow the whales to hunt. The scientists found that rubbish and sea animals cause similar echoes. To the whales, they “sound” the same. That can trick the whales into eating rubbish.
The scientists gathered objects such as bottles, bags, and rope. All of these have been found in the stomachs(胃) of whales. The team made sounds and recorded the strength(强度) of each echo off these objects. They then compared these echoes to those produced off the bodies of sea animals. The echoes from the plastic things were similar in strength to those returned by sea animals.
Eating rubbish is dangerous for whales. The plastic can build up in their stomachs, preventing food from passing through their bodies. This can be deadly(致命的). Merrill, the lead writer of the study, says, “The plastic impacts animals that are so far away from our daily life. This is really a big problem.”
Everyone can play a part in cutting down plastic pollution. “People need to make real changes in their daily life, and then actively help deal with this problem,” Merrill says.
() 1. How many national wetland parks has China have till now according to the passage?
A. 57. B. 201. C. 903. D. 3 700.
() 2. Which of the following can be put into “▲” in Paragraph 2?
A. World Wetlands Day is well-known
B. Wetlands in China are gone
C. China doesn’t have large areas of wetlands
D. Protecting wetlands in China is very important
() 3. Why does the writer list some numbers in Paragraph 4?
A. To introduce how large China’s wetlands are.
B. To show how important China’s wetlands are.
C. To show the positive effect on wetland protection China has made.
D. To tell how much danger China’s wetlands are facing at present.
() 4. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. Wetlands in China Are Famous
B. China Makes Efforts to Protect Wetlands
C. The Effect of Wetlands on Us
D. China Makes Laws to Protect Wetlands

一、词汇运用
1. His funny joke ______ (使发生) everyone in the classroom to laugh loudly during the break.
2. Dear ______ (女士), take your seats before the meeting starts!
3. The snowstorm last night ______ (杀死) all the flowers in my garden.
4. We really enjoyed ourselves during our ______ (停留) in Beijing.
5. One method of ______ (解决) the problem is to further understand its cause.
6. The new electric cars are more ______ (环保的) than traditional ones.
7. The government is stopping the companies from putting ______ (废水) into the rivers.
8. Scientists are studying the ______ (environment) effects of rising ocean temperatures.
9. Reading a lot can increase your ______ (know) and open up your mind.
10. The little girl cried ______ (sad) because she lost her favourite toy at the park.

( ) 1.Which of the following signs can we see in the forest?

A.
B.
C.
D.

( ) 2.— I think that man is lazy. He always wears the same old T-shirt.
— Don’t tell a book by its ______. He is one of the brightest engineers.

A.beginning
B.meaning
C.word
D.cover

( ) 3.The Art teacher encourages us ______ more works of art with our hands.

A.create
B.to create
C.creating
D.to creating

( ) 4.Electric cars don’t use any oil(汽油), ______ they produce much less air pollution.

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

( ) 5.I think the new laws can help ______ the safety problems in our school.

A.protect
B.cause
C.solve
D.produce

( ) 6.When taking a test, check your answers to ______ that there are no mistakes.

A.make sure
B.find out
C.look forward to
D.care for

( ) 7.— Your grandparents look energetic. What is their secret of staying fit?
— They keep the habit of taking exercise with a(n) ______ diet.

A.ordinary
B.balanced
C.creative
D.usual

三、完成句子
1. 去年他建立了自己的公司。
He ______ his own company last year.
2. 盐城自然保护区位于江苏省东北部,是许多野生丹顶鹤的家园。
Yancheng Nature Reserve, which is ______ Jiangsu Province, is home to many wild red-crowned cranes.
3. 父母应该尽量使孩子们免受网络的危害。
Parents should try ______ the harm of the internet.
4. 据说久坐会导致多种疾病。
It’s said that sitting for too long can ______.
5. 这片茂密的树林为野生动物们提供了躲避处和食物。
The thick forest ______.

四、完形填空
Many men over 50 enjoy nothing more than a bit of peace and quiet. 1 ______ it’s not like that for Wang Jiangang who instead chose to plant trees in the desert. Yet his decision(决定) to plant trees in the desert has made his life quite 2 ______.
In June 2015, Wang went to Ejine of Inner Mongolia with some partners to do a survey. On the day they arrived, a sandstorm caught them. The dark yellow 3 ______ clouded the sky. “Our cars were 4 ______ by sand and stones,” he thought back. When the sandstorm 5 ______, he found there was nothing in the desert—no road, no grass.
Wang and his partners started 6 ______ trees in the same year. For years, they couldn’t put up tents 7 ______ the heavy sandstorms. They had to drive 200 kilometres to buy machine parts, and they didn’t even have enough water. However, 8 ______ of these could make them give up.
“I’ve always hoped to do something bigger. That’s 9 ______ I decided to build greenbelts in the desert,” Wang said. Till now, Wang’s team has planted 20 666 hectares(公顷) of trees. Some have grown to 2 metres high, and a single tree can fix(固定) 10 square metres of sand and 10 ______ it from being destroyed by the wind. “Trees can live up to thousands of years. They are good for our children and our children’s children,” Wang said.
( ) 1. A. But B. So C. And D. Or
( ) 2. A. unlucky B. unusual C. unimportant D. unhappy
( ) 3. A. sand B. storm C. wind D. stone
( ) 4. A. dried B. flown C. filled D. covered
( ) 5. A. seriously B. lately C. finally D. correctly
( ) 6. A. planting B. building C. searching D. cleaning
( ) 7. A. thanks to B. because of C. as for D. instead of
( ) 8. A. all B. each C. any D. none
( ) 9. A. when B. where C. why D. how
( )10. A. cause B. prevent C. raise D. divide

五、书面表达
森林是地球的重要生态系统,但是近年来滥砍滥伐、森林火灾等问题日益严重。现在某英语杂志社发起以“Protect Our Forests”为主题的征文活动,请你根据以下要点写一篇100词左右的短文投稿。
Protect Our Forests______