The River Thames was once described as “biologically dead . A waterway polluted with so much industrial waste that no wildlife could survive in it. But today it has become a thriving natural habitat 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

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The River Thames was once described as “biologically(生物学地) dead”. A waterway polluted with so much industrial waste that no wildlife could survive in it.

But today it has become a thriving (繁荣的) natural habitat and a team of conservationists restoring the famous river have been offered a top environment award for their work.

Ncarly 40 miles of the river have been improved in the last five years through almost 400 Environment Agency restoration projects. As a result, the river is now home to some 125 species of fish, while many others are returning. The river mouth supports shellfisheries and is a nursery ground(育苗场) for bass (鲈鱼) stocks, and the water quality of the Thames has improved.

Alastair Driver, the Environment Agency’s national conservation manager, said that in the last 150 years, the Thames had been polluted seriously and that it had taken thousands of people decades to restore it to its current condition. “Strict regulations for polluting industries and our work with farmers, businesses and water companies to reduce pollution and improve water quality have helped to make the Thames a living river once again.” But he warned that the river’s recovery was still “fragile”, since it was under the pressure from a growing population and climate change. He said advanced projects and cooperation with various people and organizations aim at dealing with the problems the Thames faces and ensuring(确保) it still a famous river for many centuries to come.

Actor, David Suchet, a skillful boater and chairman of the River Thames Alliance, said, “I am fortunate in my life to have traveled widely and enjoyed many other rivers worldwide. But the River Thames is priceless and it is one of the most glittering jewels in the crown of our English heritage.”

Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, said, “The Thames is one of our most precious resources, so I am excited to see that efforts to improve and preserve its good health are being praised on the world stage.”

The ￡ 220,000 prize, awarded at the International Rive Symposium in Australia, will go to the Thames Rivers Restoration Trust.

56．Which one of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The River Thames h as become a nursery ground now.

B．The River Thames has been a well-known river in England.

C．Many agencies took part in the restoration projects on the River Thames.

D．The River Thames was once polluted by industrial waste.

57．What can we learn about David Suchet?

A．He said some factories have been regulated to reduce pollutants.

B．He is an actor who is good at boating.

C．He has traveled to al rivers in the world.

D．He is a manager of the Environment Agency.

58．What does the underlined word “fragile” in the fourth paragraph mean?

A．Closely protected. B．Most visited.

C．Easily damaged. D．Strongly praised.

59．What was Boris Johnson’s attitude towards the honor?

A．Excited. B．Moved. C．Concerned. D．Disappointed.

60．According to the passage, all of the following statements are true EXCEPT .

A．people are trying to bring more life to the Thames nowadays

B．the Mayor of London thinks the restoring work is worthwhile

C．David Suchet thinks highly of the Thames

D．Australia was also awarded in the competition

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　　Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know if you think you are a brave person or a coward. But you will never really know the answer to that question until you are tested in real life. Some people think they are brave, but when they come face to face with real danger, they act like cowards. Other people think of themselves as cowardly, but when they meet danger, they act like heroes.

　　Lenny Skutnik had always thought of himself as a nervous person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and his health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy. Then, on 15th January 1982, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. Then he saw a woman in the ice-cold water. Suddenly Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very calm and did a very courageous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, swam to the woman, and kept her head above the water. Seventyeight people died that day. Thanks to Lenny Skutnik, it was not seventy-nine.

　　When you are in a very dangerous situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. This chemical is called adrenalin(副肾素). With adrenalin in the blood system, you actually feel stronger and are ready to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this happens, the muscles become very hard and you find that you cannot move at all. You are then paralysed with fear. That is why, when we are very frightened, we sometimes say that we are ‘petrified’. This word comes from the Greek word‘petros’which means‘stone’. We are so frightened we have become like stone.

1．According to the writer’s opinion, a brave person can be judged by ________.

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2．From what Lenny did , we can conclude that ________.

[　　]

A．Lenny had a good chance

B．Lenny liked swimming

C．Lenny was brave

D．Lenny wanted to be a hero

3．In great danger, a hero always keeps ________.

[　　]

4．Adrenalin in our body is ________.

[　　]

5．If a person’s body produces too much adrenalin, he will ________.

[　　]

A．become stronger

B．lose his feeling and power

C．become a stone

D．become a hero

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

This is a true story. Rex White lived in a 36 some distance from the coast, so he 37 to drive to Lytham and leave his car in a car park beside the river. Then he 38 row out to the pilot boat, and wait for the 39 ship that it was his duty to guide.

Early one morning, Mr. White 40 to Lytham from a night on duty, only to 41 he couldn't start his car. He had driven from his village the evening before and left his car in the car park 42 . Now with his work finished; how he 43 to drive home to enjoy a cup of hot chocolate and a warm bed! 44 , no matter what he did, he could not get the engine to start.

It was a cold and windy night; there was no garage 45 to which he could turn for help. He was just about to 46 , and spend the rest of the night in his car, when a bright idea 47 him. He pushed his car round so that it was facing in the 48 of the wind, opened ail four doors, 49 it along a short way, and then jumped in. The doors acted like 50, and in no time the wind had taken him 51 out of the car park and away down the beach road. When he 52 the starter-switch once more, the engine roared to 53 immediately. All he had to do then was to stop the car and shut the 54 .

He went to bed later than usual, 55 he did not go without his cup of hot chocolate. Mr. White was not a seaman for nothing.

36. A. city B. town C. village D. family

37. A. decided B. had C. managed D. asked

38. A. could B. should C. would D. might

39. A. old B. foreign C. big D. particular

40. A. returned B. got C. went D. walked

41. A. accept B. tell C. find D. remember

42. A. once more B. as usual C. at last D. as well

43. A. prepared B. supposed C. hurried D. desired

44. A. Sadly B. Surprisingly C. Naturally D. Finally

45. A. inside B. around C. away D. ahead

46. A. shout at B. break down C. give out D. give up

47. A. knocked B. beat C. kicked D. struck

48. A. position B. direction C. speed D. strength

49. A. pulled B. rode C. pushed D. followed

50. A. brakes B. engines C. energies D. batteries

51. A. nearly B. right C. almost D. hardly

52. A. opened B. checked C. tried D. provided

53. A. effect B. way C. use D. life

54. A. windows B. doors C. lights D. systems

55. A. but B. or C. and D. so

2010 was the year the Earth struck back.

Earthquakes, heat waves, floods, volcanoes, super typhoons, blizzards(暴风雪), landslides(滑坡)and droughts

killed at least a quarter million people in 2010---the deadliest year in more than a generation. More people were killed worldwide by natural disasters this year than have been killed in terrorism attacks in the past 40 years combined.

“It just seemed like it was back-to-back (接二连三) and it came waves,” said Craig Fugate, who heads the US Federal Emergency Management Agency. It handled a record number of disasters in 2010.

“The term ' 100-year event ' really lost its meaning this year.”

And we have ourselves to blame most of the time, scientists and disaster experts say.

Even though many disasters seem accidental, the hand of man made this a particularly deadly, costly, extreme and strange year for everything from wild weather to earthquakes.

Poor construction and development practices make earthquake more deadly than they need be. More people live in poverty in vulnerable building (危房) in crowded cities. That means that when the ground shakes the river breaches(攻破), or the tropical cyclone (旋风) hits, more people die.

The January earthquake that killed well more than 220000 people in Haita is a perfect example. Port-au-Prince has nearly three times as many people, many of them living in poverty, and more poorly built shanties (棚户区) than it did 25 years ago. So had the same quake hit in 1985 instead of 2010, total deaths would have probably been in the 80 000 range, said Richard Olson, director of disaster risk reduction at Florida International University.

Climate scientists say Earth's climate also is changing thanks to man-made global warning, bringing extreme weather, such as heat waves and flooding.

The excessive (过多的) amount of extreme weather of 2010 is a clear sign of man-made global warning that climate scientists have long warned about. They calculate that the killer Russian heat wave ---setting a national record of 111 degrees --- would happen once every 100000 years without global warning.

Preliminary (之前的) data show that 18 counties broke their records for the hottest day ever.

White House science adviser John Holdren said we should get used to climate disasters or do something about global warning. "The science is clear that we can expect more and more of these kinds of damaging events unless and until society's emissions of heat-trapping (吸热的)gases and particles are sharply reduce."

1. What does the second paragraph mainly tell us?

A．How the Earth struck back in 2010. B. Why the Earth struck back.

C．How terrorism attacks struck. D. What natural disaster mean to us.

2.What does the underlined word "it" refer to in the third paragraph?

A． Earthquake. B. The Earth. C. 2010 D. Natural disaster.

3.What do the fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs mainly tell us?

A. The reason why there were so mainly disasters in 2010.

B. The way that natural disasters happened.

C. The way that man built buildings.

D. The way that people lived.

4.What is the way to cut back on the number of natural disasters?

A. To build stronger houses.

B．To develop less.

C. To reduce the emissions of heat-trapping gases and particles greatly.

D. To forecast the happening of natural disasters correctly.

5.Why did the writer give the example of the earthquake that happened in Haiti?

A. To show more people's living in vulnerable building can cause more people to die in an earthquake.

B. To show Haiti is a poor country.

C．To show Port-au-Prince is too crowded.

D．To show man's forecast ability of an earthquake reduced.

Dick was born in a poor family. His father had a small boat and went fishing in the morning and sold the fish in the market in the afternoon. Then he bought some food for his family. When winter came, they were often hungry. One morning the hungry man fell into the river and wasn’t found. Dick’s mother left her three-year-old son without saying good-bye. His aunt had to look after him.

Twenty years passed. Dick became a tall, strong man. He found work on a farm. He worked hard and wanted to get more money. He often went to see his aunt with some nice presents. The woman was very happy but one day she died in a traffic accident. The young man was very sad. After he buried her, he decided to buy a beautiful tombstone(墓碑)for her. He went to town and came in a shop, but all the tombstones were too expensive. He asked, “Do you sell an old tombstone, sir?” “Yes, we do, sir, ” answered the shopkeeper. “Is it as expensive as the new one?”

“No, it’s much cheaper,” said the man. “But another name was engraved (刻) on it.” “It doesn’t matter, ” said Dick. “My aunt couldn’t read.”

1. If , the family members were hungry.

A．Dick’s father could catch no fish in winter

B．Dick’s father had a boat in winter

C．Dick’s father had to look after him in winter

D．no food was sold in winter

2.Dick wanted to get more money to .

A．marry a wife	B．give his aunt nice presents
C．buy a farm	D．build a house

3.Dick often went to see his aunt because .

A．she felt lonely	B．she was often ill
C．she had no children	D．with her help he grew up

4.Dick wanted to buy an old tombstone because .

A．he didn’t had enough money to buy a new one

B．his aunt couldn’t read whose name was engraved

C．his aunt wasn’t going to mind it

D．nobody knew what his aunt’s name was

One night I went to Himeji, a city not far from Kobe. As I walked with my family along the river I saw a __20__. It was a young man who looked just like me. He was wearing a cap and smiling. Around his neck was a leather strap （皮带）and in his hands was a saxophone. He was __21___ the saxophone to his __22__ and just about to play. My family walked on up the river towards the castle __23__ I stayed there by the statue, __24__ of playing a saxophone on TV.

Two weeks later it was my birthday. Imagine my __25___ when I opened my present from my parents and found that it was a __26__! I put it to my lips to play, but it wouldn’t make a sound. Then Dad told me to read the __27___ book to find out what to do. After about 15 minutes the saxophone was ready to play. I __28__hard but I couldn’t get the saxophone to play. I was almost __29___ when suddenly the saxophone made the most beautiful sound – loud and clear like I __30__ the music of the man by the river in Kobe.

1.	A. car	B. bus	C. train	D. motorcycle
2.	A. bank	B. castle	C. mountain	D. river
3.	A. closed	B. open	C. broken	D. clear
4.	A. low	B. lonely	C. loud	D. deep
5.	A. man	B. statue	C. photo	D. picture
6.	A. playing	B. picking	C. lifting	D. rising
7.	A. hands	B. ears	C. eyes	D. lips
8.	A. though	B. but	C. so	D. or
9.	A. dreaming	B. pretending	C. admiring	D. observing
10.	A. anger	B. regret	C. sickness	D. joy
11.	A. guitar	B. drum	C. saxophone	D. violin
12.	A. music	B. exercise	C. instruction	D. note
13.	A. blew	B. flew	C. shook	D. beat
14.	A. reading	B. crying	C. talking	D. asking
15.	A. made	B. heard	C. played	D. imagined

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