一、完形填空
Scientists are trying to make the deserts into good land again. They want to bring water to the deserts so that people can live and 1 crops there. They are working hard to change the deserts. But more and more of the land is still becoming deserts all the time. Scientists may not be able to change the deserts 2 fields in time.
3 is more and more land becoming deserts? Scientists think that people are making deserts. People are doing 4 things to the earth. These actions 5 the soil’s ability (能力) to keep water in place.
Some places on the earth don’t get much rain, 6 they still don’t become deserts. This is because some 7 are growing there. The tall ones work like nature’s air conditioners (空调), cooling the ground. Some small green ones are also very helpful. They don’t let the hot sun make the earth even 8 . No matter (不论) big or small, tall or small, plants are helpful in many ways. Their fallen leaves become food for the soil. Also, they 9 the wind blowing the dirt (泥土) away. When a little bit of rain falls, the plants 10 the water. Without plants, the land can become deserts much more easily.
() 1. A. grow
B. make
C. cook
D. eat
() 2. A. on
B. for
C. into
D. in
() 3. A. What
B. How
C. Why
D. When
() 4. A. useful
B. harmful
C. careful
D. helpful
() 5. A. attack
B. cause
C. destroy
D. offer
() 6. A. and
B. but
C. or
D. so
() 7. A. plants
B. flowers
C. vegetables
D. animals
() 8. A. hotter
B. wetter
C. colder
D. drier
() 9. A. keep
B. stop
C. make
D. help
()10. A. store
B. provide
C. produce
D. cover

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二、阅读理解
More than 1 000 different kinds of pieces of plastic, including one hundred and fifteen cups, twenty-five bags, four bottles and two pairs of shoes, have been found inside a dead whale in Indonesia, according to the local officials.
“When the whale was found on the island, it was already decomposing when animal doctors arrived. So they were not sure if the plastic caused its death,” said Lukas, the leader of the World Wildlife Fund in Indonesia. “The plastic weighed about 6 kilograms, or 13 pounds,” he said.
But pictures of the dead whale caused a warm discussion (讨论). The people in the country have started to realize that it is because of using too much plastic. The government has also realized this. Indonesia, a nation of about 260 million people, was the world’s second-biggest producer of plastic waste in 2018, right after America.
“If the whales eat too much plastic, they will have a wrong feeling. They think that they are full. And that will lead them to eat less food that provides all the good things they need,”
said Nicholas who is the leader of the Ocean Conservancy. “Moreover, eating too much plastic can make them lose their weight, their energy and slow down their swimming. As a result, whales are easier to be hurt by the sharks and many other dangerous animals in the sea.”
More than 800 kinds of animals in the sea are affected (影响) by about 8.8 million tons of plastic which is thrown away freely in the ocean each year. Plastic can also stop the animals moving freely and sometimes it will cause them to die. Some plastic can make a small hole in their stomachs after they eat it.
() 1. What does the underlined word “decomposing” in Paragraph 2 mean in Chinese?
A. 腐烂
B. 吸收
C. 凝固
D. 飘散
() 2. According to the passage, which country produced most plastic waste in 2018?
A. India.
B. Indonesia.
C. Japan.
D. America.
() 3. What happens to the whales after eating too much plastic?
A. They will feel hungry.
B. They will die at once.
C. They will eat less healthy food.
D. They will attack sharks actively.
() 4. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Pictures of the dead whale caught few people’s attention.
B. People kill whales because they are dangerous animals.
C. Plastic can stop sea animals moving freely, even cause them to die.
D. Indonesia government took action to stop the sea pollution.

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