Earth Day is day that is meat to inspire awareness for the Earth’s natural environment. It is the day to highlight the fact that we all have a responsibility to the environment and need to change our behavior to improve the quality of our air, earth and water.

    Global awareness of the need to protect the environment has grown greatly since 20 million people in the United States marked the first Earth Day on April 22,1970.That was started at the time of the destruction caused by an oil spill（漏油）along the coast of southern California, which killed marine life and about 10000 birds. The incident was a wake-up call for the need to protect the Earth. But similar disasters have continued to happen.

    Having one day to protect the Earth’s resources is clearly more than necessary. However, efforts need to be made by individual of a country instead of just the government. Solving environmental problems is a personal responsibility.

    Some of us don’t think that reusing grocery bags and recycling water bottles can help improve the quality of our air, land and water. But this is an easy place to start to make a difference when we celebrate Earth Day.

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(  )59. The first Earth Day started_____

A. when 20 million Americans to clean the ocean

B. when the US government realized the importance of environmental protection

C. when a great many marine life and birds died of disease

D. when the coast of Southern California was polluted

(  )60. According to the author, what can people do to celebrate Earth Day? 

A. They can change their attitude toward the earth.

B. They can tell other people to change their behavior.

C. They can make their own effort to improve the environment.

D. They can urge the government to take action.

(  )61. Which of the following is mentioned as a way of protecting the environment?___

A. Using grocery bags more then once.        B. Remembering Earth Day every year.

C. Refusing water bottles.                  D. Avoiding oil spill accidents.

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1.       在线调查的大部分人都赞成控制价格。

________________ people surveyed on line are _______________ controlling the prices.

2.       她一直在努力实现上重点大学的梦想，现在她的努力获得了回报。

She has been working hard to achieve her dream to be admitted to the key universities and now __________________.

3.       在我亲戚朋友的催促下，我决定抓住机会让我成功的想法得到认可。

Pressed by my friends and relations, I decided to _________________ to get recognition for my successful idea.

4.    他主张不论肤色、种族或信仰,人人都有言论自由。

He stood for freedom of speech for everyone ______________ color, race or creed.

5.    我厌倦了在办公室中工作,于是决定在家里创立我自己的企业。

I ________________working in an office so I decided to _________________ at home.

6.    He thought of everything ___________ money.

他是从钱的角度来看每一件事。

  Dolphins and sharks are showing up in surprisingly shallow water just off the Florida coast．Mullets，crabs，rays and small fish gather by the thousands off an Alabama pier．Birds covered in oil are crawling（爬）deep into marshes（沼泽），never to be seen again．

    Marine scientists studying the effects of the BP disaster（英国石油公司漏油事件）are seeing some strange phenomena．Fish and other wildlife seem to be fleeing the oil out in the Gulf and gathering in cleaner waters along the coast in a trend that some researchers see as a potentially troubling sign．The animals.presence close to shore means their usual habitat is badly polluted，and the crowding could result in mass die-offs as fish run out of oxygen．Also，the animals could easily be captured by their enemies．

    The nearly two-month-old spill（漏油）has created an environmental disaster in US history as tens of millions of gallons have flown into the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem．Scienfists are seeing some unusual things as they try to understand the effects on thousands of species of marine life．For nearly four hours Monday，a three-person crew with Greenpeace cruised（巡航）past delicate islands and mangrove-dotted inlets in Barataria Bay off southern Louisiana．They saw dolphins by the dozen frolicking（嬉戏）in the oily sheen（光泽）and oil-tinged pelicans feeding their young．But they spotted no dead animals．

    “I think part of the reason why we’re not seeing more yet is that the impacts of this crisis are really just beginning，”Greenpeace marine biologist John Hocevar said．

    The counting of dead wildlife in the Gulf is more than an academic exercise；the deaths will help determine how much BP pays in damages．

1.What do the marine life react to the BP disaster？

    A．Dolphins and sharks show up in deep water．

    B．Tens of thousands of marine animals are found dead．

    C．Sea creatures flee from oil spill，gathering near seashore．

    D．Birds crawl（爬）deep into caves．

2.The environmental disaster was caused by        ．

    A．the lack of environmental sense of BP

    B．the nearly two-mouth-old oil spill

    C．the crowding marine life

    D．the damage of Mexico Gulf ecosystem

3.What is John Hocevar’s attitude towards the disaster？

    A．Disappointed  B．Depressed      C．Neutral        D．Worried 

4.From the passage，we can infer that          ．

    A．marine scientists have seen some strange phenomena．

    B．the disaster has little influence on dolphins．

    C．a three-person crew reached no conclusion．

    D．BP will pay much money according to the number of dead wildlife there．