第二卷（共35分） 非选择题 .

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节：对话填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分10分）

请认真阅读下面对话，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，在答题卡上标有题号的横线上，写出一个英语单词的完整、正确形式，使对话通顺。

J =" Jackie  " L = Lisa

J: Warm day，isn’t it?

L: Yes, it's the (76) w      winter we have ever had.

J: In my childhood, we often had snow in winter, but these years, I (77) s                   ­see it

L: What do you think caused the (78) c      to change so much?

J: I think it is what we call green-house effect. Countries build factories to develop their economy, but they (79) p      a lot of waste gas into the air without being (80) t      .

L: And the cars also have (81) c      to the changes in the temperature all around the world

J: I couldn't agree more. If the temperature (82) c       to go up , the sea level would rise and some (83) c      cities would disappear.

L: Sounds terrible. We must do something about it.

J: (84)  L_____ , governments of many countries have realized that and are taking

(85) a      to prevent the pollution.

L: I am happy to hear that

Foresters are people who work with trees and know a lot about them. Occasionally, foresters have problems, and the foresters in southern Indiana have had many problems.

The foresters were doing an experiment. They wanted to grow walnut (胡桃) trees by planting walnuts in the ground. If they succeeded, the foresters would be able to control the location of the trees. Also, this method would be much cheaper than transplanting or moving nut trees that were grown in plant nurseries (苗圃) . So the foresters planted their walnuts, and that’s when the squirrels (松鼠) started causing trouble. Shortly after the nuts were planted, the squirrels dug them up for tasty snacks (快餐) .

The foresters tried to keep the squirrels away from the walnuts. Mothballs (卫生球) were used as a warning, but they didn’t work. Then, the foresters tried dipping the walnuts in kerosene (煤油) ,  but that didn’t stop the squirrels either. The foresters continue to search for a method that will really work. But until they find one, the squirrels can continue to have their walnut snacks and the foresters will have to transplant trees!

1.Foresters are people who        .

A. look after the forest and work with trees       

B. feed squirrels in the forest

C. catch squirrels that steal walnuts           

D. transplant trees

2.What were the foresters trying to do with the walnuts?

A. Plant food for squirrels.           B. Control the location of the trees.

C. Move the trees closer to the squirrels. D. Get squirrels to eat them.

3.The underlined word “transplanting” probably means “        ”.

A. planting          B. moving       C. growing          D. buying

4.What did the squirrels do to the walnuts that were dipped in kerosene?

A. Left them alone.                  B. Continued to eat them.

C. Hid them in trees                 D. Put them into the earth.

5.According to the story, which of the following is not true?

A. Mothballs didn’t prove to be a good method of stopping the squirrels from eating the walnuts.

B. The squirrels found the walnuts tasty.

C. The squirrels started eating mothballs instead of walnuts.

D. The forester haven’t found a good way to prevent the squirrels from eating the walnuts.

We all think that _____ no need to make laws to prevent the young from getting married during their college life.

   A. it is  B. there has  C. it has  D. there is

 Every possible means _______to prevent the air pollution, but the sky is still not clear.

A. are being used   B. have been used   C. has been used  D. had been used

Plastics are considered one of the most serious pollutants causing environmental problems. The garbage containing plastics end up in the waterways that eventually flow into the oceans. Accumulation (聚集)of plastic in the ocean endangers marine life and pollutes the water.

Does a plastic continent exist? Yes, a plastic continent does exist and was discovered by Captain Charles Moore a decade ago. The plastic continent is twice the size of Britain and it is the region between the Hawaii Islands and California in the central Pacific Ocean.

One of the causes of the lack of marine life in this region is due to pollution and pollutants are none other than plastics. Captain Charles Moore believes plastic waste started accumulating in the 1950s.

The plastic continent is the man-made continent of floating plastic waste. The fisher men and the sailors have avoided this region for years. The reasons are:

1. There are no fish here because of the lack of nutrients.

2. The zone also lacks the wind that is essential for sailing.

To do research on the ocean pollution, Captain Moore founded Algalita Marine Research Foundation. Other organizations such as Greenpeace supported his cause. The reports of The United Nations Environment Program show that millions of seabirds and marine animals are dying due to the invasion(入侵)of plastics. The waste plastics can be recycled, but in fact they are being thrown into the oceans. The marine animals mistake these for food and eat them. This leads to their death that affects the marine food chain.

To save the oceans from the plastic continent you need to reduce the use of plastics, reuse plastic bags and recycle plastics.

1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?

2. What is the direct influence of the plastic continent?

3. It is implied that the work of plastic recycling proves to be ______.

4.What can we learn from the passage?