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  On Sunday, April 22, people all over the world take time out to appreciate(珍惜) the earth that we all share. It’s Earth Day, a special day to learn about our planet（星球） and how to take care of it.

On Earth Day, some people listen to speeches about the environment. Others help clean up their offices or save water and electricity at home. Your parents may even decide to take a day off from driving their cars.

The idea for Earth Day came from a U.S. Senator (参议员), who was worried about the pollution and the health of plants and animals. And the idea quickly caught on. In 1970, the first Earth Day was celebrated. More than 20 million people in cities all over the U.S. took part in. Since then, Earth Day has been used to educate people about their role in taking care of our planet.

Now, Earth Day has become a global celebration. In 1990, 200 million people from 140 countries took part in clean-ups, tree planting and other environmental events on Earth Day.

1. When is Earth Day?

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2. Who came up with the idea for Earth Day?

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3. What does the underlined sentence mean in Chinese?

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4. A lot of people celebrated the first Earth Day in 1970, didn’t they?

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5. What is Earth Day?

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When I was in the third grade, I was chosen to be the princess in the school play. For “weeks my mother had helped me practise my lines. But once on the stage, every word    11  from my head. Then my teacher asked me to change my role to be a narrator (解说者) for the play.    12  I didn’t tell my mother what had happened that day, she noticed my    13  and asked if I wanted to take a walk in the garden.
It was a lovely spring day. We could see dandelions (蒲公英) popping (炸开)   14   the grass in bunches (束). I watched my mother bend down by one of the bunches. “I think I’ll dig up (挖光) all these weeds (野草),” she said. “From now on, we’ll   15  have roses in this garden.”
“But I like dandelions,” I protested(抗议). “All flowers are   16  —even dandelions !”
My mother looked at me seriously. “Yes, every flower gives pleasure in its own way, doesn’t it?” she asked thoughtfully. I nodded. “And that is   17  of people, too,” she added.
When I   18  that she had guessed my pain, I started to cry and told her the truth. “But you will be a wonderful narrator,” she said,    19  me of how much I loved to read stories’ aloud.
Thanks to my mother’s encouragement, I got to know everybody had his or her own    20  in the world. I felt proud of the role in the play.
【小题1】

A．developed

B．left

C．failed

D．disappeared

【小题2】

A．If

B．Because

C．Though

D．Since

【小题3】

A．difficulty

B．mistake

C．danger

D．unhappiness

【小题4】

A．through

B．past

C．beyond

D．behind

【小题5】

A．hardly

B．only

C．still

D．also

【小题6】

A．harmless

B．healthy

C．beautiful

D．fresh

【小题7】

A．true

B．kind

C．same

D．clever

【小题8】

A．remembered

B．realized

C．explained

D．promised

【小题9】

A．representing

B．complaining

C．recommending

D．reminding

【小题10】

A．honor

B．progress

C．value

D．interest

 

 all by herself     a big success       in need      prove    treat

Many believe that life has smiled on Yang Mi: at the age of 4, she got her first TV drama role; at 16, she became a model for a fashion magazine; at 18, she went to her dream college — Beijing Film Academy.

    Last year, the 24-year-old actress played a bad girl named Luo Qingchuan in the time-traveling TV drama, Palace. The drama became   1   and made Yang very famous. The number of her micro blog followers increased from several thousand to more than 3 million overnight.

Could she be any luckier?

    Yang doesn’t think luck had anything to do with her success. She paved (铺路) her way   2   . “Every chance is gained from the efforts I’ve made,” said Yang. People now think she’s very hard-working.

    She still recalls the time when people gave her the cold shoulder. Some   3her with little respect. They didn’t want to help her in her time of need. “I have to thank them because they made me do something to    4   myself,” she said.

That’s why she is eager to help others when they are    5    . In May, Yang became the ambassador (大使) for the Climate Group. She calls on people to plant trees on China’s dry land. Together we’ll fight the bad weather!

 

Biodiversity(生物多样性), or biological diversity, is a wide-ranging concept that covers all the different kinds of plant and animal species present on earth. Environmentalists believe that many millions of species exist. As all these living organisms are dependent on each other in some way, biodiversity is desirable. Any loss to the planet is actually a loss for mankind as well, and it is our responsibility to try and save Earth’s biodiversity.

Biodiversity has a vital role to play in the evolution（演变）of species. Species become extinct, but new species evolve, and this is how a balance is maintained. This may sound pretty simple, but it takes millions of years for changes to take place.

Biodiversity is also very important to the stability of food webs. Damage to them can mean disaster for an entire ecosystem. The extinction of a single animal species can put huge pressure on the numerous other species dependent on it.

Biodiversity also has an important role to play in human society. Apart from being the most intelligent species on earth, human beings are also the most dependent. We depend on nature to meet our basic needs. When we change the balance of nature to create our cities and bring about our technical advances, we knowing or unknowing cause great damage to the ecosystem. This must be understood, and the damages must be reversed（颠倒）in any way they can to ensure that the balance of the ecosystem is maintained.

1.We learn from the first paragraph that_________.

A biodiversity can be seen

B all living species are found on earth.

C people everywhere are aware of the importance of biodiversity

D the loss of any species can affect humans

2.Why can change in food webs lead to disaster?

A Because it can make people suffer from disease

B Because it can put huge pressure on some species

C Because it takes a long time for such changes to take place

D Because it will damage ninety-nine percent of species

3.What does the underlined word probably mean?

A Immovability  B Peace  C Strength  D Variety

4.We learn from the last paragraph that __________.

A humans are as independent as they are intelligent

B the balance of the ecosystem is easily maintained

C nature has given us a lot

D nature is taking revenge on us

5.Which of the following may be the best title for this passage?

A Food Webs are Closely Related to Biodiversity.

B Biodiversity Plays a Very Important Role in Evolution

C How Biodiversity Affects Human Society.

D Understanding Biodiversity and Its Importance.

 

阅读《藤野先生》选段，回答下列问题：（14分）
过了一星期，大约是星期六，他使助手来叫我了。到得研究室，见他坐在人骨和许多单独的头骨中间，——他其时正在研究着头骨，后来有一篇论文在本校的杂志上发表出来。
“我的讲义，你能抄下来么？”他问。
“可以抄一点。”
“拿来我看。”
我交出所抄的讲义去，他收下了，第二三天便还我，并且说，此后每星期要送他看一回。我拿下来打开看时，很吃一惊，同时感到一种不安和感激。原来我的讲义已经从头到末，都用红笔添改过了，不但增加了许多脱漏的地方，连文法的错误，也都一一订正。这样一直继续到教完了他所担任的功课；骨学，血管学，神经学。
可惜我那时太不用功，有时也很任性。还记得有一回藤野先生将我叫到他的研究室里去，翻出我那讲义上的一个图来，是下臂的血管，指着，向我和蔼的说道：
“你看，你将这条血管移了一点位置了。——自然，这样一移，的确比较的好看些，然而解剖图不是美术，实物是那么样的，我们没法改换它。现在我给你改好了，以后你要全照着黑板上那样的画。”
但是我不服气，口头答应着，心里却想道：“图还是我画的不错；至于实在的情形，我心里自然记得的。”
学年实验完毕之后，我便到东京玩了一夏天，秋初再回学校，成绩早已发表了，同学100余人之中，我在中间，不过是没有落第。这回藤野先生所担任的功课，是解剖实习和局部解剖学。
解剖实习了大概一星期，他又叫我去了，很高兴地，仍用了极有抑扬的声调对我说道:“我因为听说中国人是很敬重鬼的，所以很担心，怕你不肯解剖尸体。现在总算放心了，没有这回事。”
但他也偶有使我很为难的时候。他听说中国的女人是裹脚的，但不知道详细，所以要问我怎么裹法，足骨变成怎样的畸形，还叹息道，“总要看一看才知道。究竟是怎么一回事？”
【小题1】用简洁的语言概括本文段“我”和藤野先生相处的四件事。（4分）
【小题2】“我拿下来打开看时，很吃一惊，同时感到一种不安和感激”，“我”因何“吃了一惊？“我”又因何“感到一种不安” ？（4分）
【小题3】本文段主要采用哪两种描写方法来表现出藤野先生的形象？(2分)
【小题4】文中说：“他的性格，在我的眼里和心里是伟大的，虽然他的姓名并不为许多人所知道。”作者为什么说藤野先生“伟大”？请结合课文谈谈你的看法。（4分）