A(2024·四川眉山)
“Look! Here is a black - faced spoonbill(琵鹭) at the Futian Mangrove(红树林) Ecological (生态的) Park,” said Yan Zihan, a 15 - year - old student from Shenzhen, Guangdong. 1
Some experts said, “Spoonbills can live happily in Shenzhen because mangroves provide them with food and home. Generally, the special plants grow in warm places by the sea.”
2 So its mangrove area has increased from 22,000 hectares(公顷) in 2001 to 27,000 hectares today, making China one of the few countries in the world with an increase in mangrove areas.
Recently, the world's first international mangrove centre has been set up in Shenzhen. 3 Local government has tried hard to protect mangroves. For example, back in the 1990s when the city was building a road along the coast, instead of just cutting down the mangroves, they decided to move the road 260 metres to the north. 4
The protection of mangroves is also good for the people living in Shenzhen. The park hosts fun events like the spoonbill festival and the otter(水獭) festival. 5 Students can learn about nature through programmes like researching on mangroves or designing the park. From 2019 on, over 3,000 students and teachers have taken part in educational activities about wetlands at the park.

A. China works hard to protect mangroves.
B. The transportation became more convenient than before.
C. People can join in games and create picture books about the animals.
D. This decision helped to save the important mangrove ecosystem(生态系统) in the city.
E. He felt very excited to see this kind of endangered birds.
F. The city is home to 296. 18 hectares of mangroves according to People's Daily.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________

1.E 2.A 3.F 4.D 5.C

B
Daily Newspapers in Britain and the United States
Newspapers in Britain can be divided into the quality newspapers (more serious newspapers) and the popular newspapers. Quality newspapers are for readers who want full information on public things. 1 They also carry sports, cultural events, travel news and book reviews.
2 People who want funny news prefer reading them. They have large headlines(标题), a lot of big photos, and news about famous people.
The Times is the most famous of the quality newspapers. It began in 1785. 3 The Sun, founded in 1964, is the most successful of the popular newspapers. It sells more than any other daily newspaper. 4
In the United States, you can find the quality newspapers like The New York Times and The Washington Post. 5 You can buy the bigger ones all over the country. The US also has a lot of tabloids, such as The New York Daily News, which are similar to British tabloids.

A. Around four million people read it every day.
B. Popular newspapers are also known as tabloids(小报).
C. In Britain, there are also several daily and weekly newspapers.
D. They usually have the name of the city where they are produced.
E. They have home and international news, and financial(金融的) reports.
F. It is read by important people such as officers, lawyers and businessmen.
1. ____________ 2. ____________ 3. ____________ 4. ____________ 5. ____________

1.E 2.B 3.F 4.A 5.D