Which topic drew the most attention from people around the world in 2019? It was climate change, according to three well-known English dictionaries.

The Oxford, Collins and Cambridge dictionaries chose climate emergency(气候紧急状态),climate strike (罢工) and upcycling(升级改造),as their ―Word of the Year‖. This tells us that climate change was a widely-discussed issue(重要议题)in 2019. Climate emergency means a situation in which urgent(紧急的)action is needed to reduce climate change. ―Climate strike refers to people leaving work or school to call for more action to protect the environment. ―Upcycling refers to making new items out of old or used items to reduce waste.

Climate change has already affected(影响)the world in many ways. Take Venice for example. Because of climate change, Venice experienced the worst flooding it has seen in the last 50 years in 2019.Many stores, restaurants and hotels were flooded. This caused serious damage totaling hundreds of millions of euros(欧元).

Although we’ve known about global warming for a long time, our large companies and governments have been slow to respond to it. The year 2019 might have been the turning point that will finally encourage(鼓励)our leaders to take responsibility(责任).

Decades ago, when the science on the climate issue was first increasing, the impacts(影响)could be seen as an issue for future generations,‖ Katharine Mach, a Stanford University climate scientist, told The New York Times. It’s surely our responsibility now.

However, simply realizing that climate change is a threat(威胁) is not enough. We must take real action before it is too late.

1.According to the three dictionaries, people in 2019 cared about ________the most.

A.environmental protection B.international business

C.recycling services D.the overuse of natural resources

2.The flooding in Venice is mentioned to_________.

A.prove that Venice is not a safe place to visit

B.explain why Venice suffered serious damage

C.show how climate change has affected the world

D.explain how the climate changed in 2019

3.What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph4 mean?

A.Large companies and governments haven’t known anything about global warming.

B.Large companies and governments didn’t take action at once when facing global warming

C.It’s only large companies and governments’ responsibility to solve the problem of global warming

D.Large companies and governments have done a lot to solve the problem of global warming.

4.What does Mach mean in Paragraph 5?

A.Many scientists are working on the climate issue.

B.The climate issue will affect only future generations.

C.Future generations will suffer more than us.

D.It’s our responsibility to deal with climate change.

5.This passage is probably______.

A.a notice B.a story C.a piece of news D.a poem

Jack is a little schoolboy. He lives in a small town in England. His father works in a factory in London. One day his mother____him to post a letter to his father.

Jack walked down the street. He didn’t see a letter box on the street. But he really____a basket with a sign on it. The sign said, “PUT LITTER IN THIS BASKET”. “I can read,” thought Jack, but he couldn’t____the word “letter” right.

Jack dropped the letter in the basket. Then he ran____to tell his mother about the basket.

“Oh, no, child!” said his mother, “You put the letter in a basket. That litter basket is____old paper and other useless things.”

“Oh,”said Jack,“does the____on the basket mean that?”

“Yes, it does,”said his mother,“The word is‘litter’not‘letter’. Now get the letter and post it.”

When Jack got there, a man was putting the old____in a truck.

“Stop!”shouted Jack, and he began to tell the man about the letter.

The man helped him to look for the letter. After a while they____it.

Then Jack put the____in the letter box. He said,“____don’t they tell us all the words when we first go to school? Then things like that can’t happen.”

1.A.said B.told C.spoke D.talked

2.A.saw B.took C.brought D.watched

3.A.read B.look C.spell D.give

4.A.away B.out C.in D.from,

5.A.to B.on C.with D.for

6.A.letter B.word C.sentence D.sound

7.A.litter B.basket C.box D.paper

8.A.heard B.finished C.worked D.got

9.A.paper B.basket C.sing D.letter

10.A.How B.What C.Why D.When

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