Ⅰ. 完形填空(15分)
阅读下面短文，选择可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Turn on the tap (龙头) and there is water. Getting water is so 1___ that you may think that there is an endless supply (供应). But it is not true. 70% of the earth is 2___ by water — we should call 3___ planet “ocean”not “earth”! But most of the water is salt water, leaving only a 4___ percent of fresh drinking water. Some 5___ including Spain, Italy, China and South Africa 6___ buy water from countries such as the US and Australia. Each person in the UK uses about 150 liters (升) of water a day. 7___ , each person in some countries only has 5-10 liters of water a day. We should help save water. Let’s have a look at 8___ you can help: Get your teeth into it. We brush our teeth twice a day and 9___ turning the tap off while we brush we can 10___ 5-10 liters of water. Don’t use the toilet as a wastebasket. Every time you flush (冲) used paper, waste food or other small bits of rubbish, 11___ water is used. Make use of rain. 12___ rainwater in a water butt (桶) in your garden is a great way of collecting and reusing the water to keep plants 13___ in summer. Reuse. 14___ bathwater with your family to reduce 15___ and water use. Or, set yourself a challenge to cut down your shower time by 1 or 2 minutes. ( )1. A. important B. difficult C. easy D. early
( )2. A. reached B. dropped C. knocked D. covered
( )3. A. his B. her C. our D. their
( )4. A. small B. big C. bad D. deep
( )5. A. cities B. countries C. villages D. towns
( )6. A. quickly B. differently C. especially D. actually
( )7. A. Finally B. Anyway C. However D. Instead
( )8. A. when B. how C. why D. where
( )9. A. by B. from C. with D. as
( )10. A. waste B. save C. change D. improve
( )11. A. less B. more C. better D. worse
( )12. A. Producing B. Preventing C. Canceling D. Collecting ( )13. A. healthy B. quiet C. terrible D. slow
( )14. A. Require B. Find C. Share D. Spread
( )15. A. scores B. speed C. costs D. time
Ⅱ. 阅读理解(30分)
阅读下列材料，从每小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出一个最佳选项。
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Earth Day Photo Contest Winners
Frog Finder
Frog Finder The fourth grader Landon Q.
Bailey, 10, from Ohio, took this photo of a
frog when he visited a local park with his
family. “The pond was so full of algae (海藻)
that I thought we wouldn’t see any fro gs,” he
said. “Suddenly, I found there was a frog
looking right at me.”
Busy Bee Nicole Benson, 10, took this photo of a bee on
a sunflower in Estes Park, Colorado. “I chose
this picture because I love bees, and this was
the best picture I had ever take n,” she says.
Blue Beauty Nadia Imam, 11, photographed this blue bird
last November in San Francisco. “Through the
Earth Day activities, people will help protect
this beautiful bird’s habitat (栖息地),”she
says.
Huge Whale Anmol Parande, 13, from Vernon Hills,
Illinois, took this photo of a whale while
visiting the Bay of Banderas in Mexico. He
chose the photo to celebrate the Earth Day.
“The Earth Day is the day we choose to
respect and thank the earth for what it has
given us,” he says.
( )16. Land on Q. Bailey took the picture “Frog Finder”________.
A. in a park
B. in a zoo
C. by a lake
D. in a museum
( )17. Nadia Imam is______ years old.
A. 10
B. 11
C. 12
D. 13
( )18. Why did Nicole Benson choose the picture “Busy Bee”?
A. Because she loves bees.
B. Because this was the only picture she had ever taken.
