Frogs are an environmental warning system. They have skin which takes in whatever is in the environment. This means if the environment is 39. ________, a frog's skin takes in the pollution and the frog dies. For this reason, if there's something wrong in the environment, frogs are the first to die. If there are 40. ________ frogs, it's a good sign that the environment is healthy.

39. polluted 40. plenty of

Frog numbers around the world have been dropping at a faster 41. ________ in recent years than ever before. Up to 200 kinds of frogs have died out 42. ________ 1980. This is a disaster. Frogs are needed in the food chain as food for animals like snakes, birds and fish. Frogs are also needed in the food chain to eat insects 43. ________ grasshoppers. The world needs frogs.

41. speed 42. since 43. such as

五、（传统文化）短文填空。（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
请认真阅读下面短文，填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Lu Yu had 44. ________ unusual life. He lived in the Tang dynasty. As a 45. ________（home）child, he lived in Longgai Temple and studied there, 46. ________（include）boiling tea. Jingling Prefect Li Qiwu liked the smart boy when Lu Yu was very young. He not only gave Lu Yu books as gifts but also introduced him to a famous teacher. Lu Yu learned from his teacher until he was nineteen. He also 47. ________（make）good friends with some famous people. They often travelled, tasted tea and talked about poems together.

Lu Yu studied on different kinds of tea. He left Jingling and travelled around the country to search for famous tea. To study tea picking and tea making skills 48. ________（good）, Lu Yu lived a long life of reclusion(隐居）in Tiaoxi. After that, he lived in Miaoxi Temple, collecting, checking, studying and reading documents(文献）about tea. Over years, he 49. ________（final）wrote the first book on the study of tea. That was the book Tea Classic(《茶经》), 50. ________ was also the first book in the world on tea study. This book covers over seven thousand Chinese characters, including the production place, the morphology(形态）and the 51. ________（grow）environment of tea trees, tea picking, tea drinking as well as the tools and methods of tea 52. ________（produce）.

Tea Classic has a great influence 53. ________ Chinese tea culture. Lu Yu is still called the "Sage of Tea" today.

44. an 45. homeless 46. including 47. made 48. well 49. finally 50. which 51. growth 52. production 53. on

六、阅读表达。（共3小题；54题2分，55题2分，56题3分，满分7分）
请认真阅读下面短文，用英语回答短文后的问题。

Last spring I was walking in a park. In front of me there was a mum and her 3 - year - old daughter. The little girl was holding on to a string, which had a balloon at the other end.

All of a sudden, a sharp gust(一阵狂风）of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I thought she would scream and cry.

But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon rise to the sky, she cheerfully shouted out, "Wow!"

I didn't realize it at that moment. But that little girl taught me something.

Later that day, I received a phone call from a person with news of a sudden problem. I almost replied with "Oh no! What should we do?" But remembering that little girl, I found myself saying, "Wow, that is interesting! How can I help you?"

One thing is for sure—life is always going to put us off balance with things we don't expect. But how we act to them is our choice. We can choose to be discouraged or interested.

No matter what the situation is, a "Wow!" will always beat "Oh no!"

So next time you meet one of life's unexpected gusts, remember that little girl and make it a "Wow!" experience. It always works.