一、词汇运用
1. Scientists are studying the (环境的) effects of rising ocean temperatures.
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 more companies from putting (废水) into the rivers.
8. His funny joke c everyone in the classroom to laugh loudly during the break.
9. Reading a lot can increase your k and open up your mind.
10. The little girl cried s because she lost her favourite toy at the park.

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

( ) 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 Gobi Desert.
Wang has everything a man could want—a successful business (事业) and a happy family. 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 stopped, 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