[2026 广东江门期中] Jack started collecting bottles and cans at weekends when he was 11. He was playing baseball in his hometown.
____1____, the team faced ____2____ financial (财政的) problem, and it stopped them preparing for the match. Jack came up with a plan ____3____ the problem. Cans and bottles could ____4____ there. Then Jack could exchange them for money. As a result, Jack started to collect bottles on the road with the help of ____5____ father. To their ____6____, they raised $7,500 within a short time.Since then, Jack’s recycling effort \_\_\_\_\_\_7\_\_\_\_\_\_ $350,000. Now it helps at least 50 youth groups ____8____ collecting more than 2 million bottles and cans.
Later, Jack was given a Prize for Young Heroes. It honours the kids and teens ____9____ protect the earth. After receiving the award, he believed that more and more kids would take part in this activity to make the world much ____10____.
( )1. A. However B. And C. So
( )2. A. an B. the C. a
( )3. A. to solve B. solve C. solving
( )4. A. were collected B. collected C. be collected
( )5. A. he B. his C. him
( )6. A. surprise B. surprised C. surprising
( )7. A. will raise B. has raised C. raised
( )8. A. by B. with C. for
( )9. A. what B. who C. which
( )10. A. well B. better C. best

1. A 根据"He was playing baseball in his hometown... the team faced ... financial problem"可知,设空前后是转折关系,故选A项。
2. C 此处表示泛指,且financial的发音以辅音音素开头,应用a,故选C项。
3. A a plan to do sth 意为"做某事的计划"。故选A项。
4. C 此处表示被动关系,应用被动语态;由could可知be动词用原形。故选C项。
5. B 句意为:因此,在他爸爸的帮助下,杰克开始在路上收集瓶子。father为名词,应用形容词性物主代词his修饰,故选B项。
6. A 根据"To their... they raised 7,500 within a short time."可知,to one's surprise(令某人惊讶的是)符合语境。故选A项。
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switch off 意为"关掉;关上(电灯等)"。
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raise money 意为"筹钱"。
7. B 根据Since then可知,句子用现在完成时。故选B项。
8. A 根据collecting more than 2 million bottles and cans可知,这里表示帮助青年团体的方式,用介词by。故选A项。
9. B 根据"It honours the kids and teens ... protect the earth."可知,此处引导定语从句,先行词为the kids and teens指人,且此处在从句中作主语,关系代词应用who,故选B项。
10. B 根据much可知,此处应用比较级better,故选B项。

[2026 辽宁营口期末] On 26th December, 2020, China passed a new law to protect the Yangtze River. It is the Yangtze River Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China. It took effect on 1st March, 2021. It’s the first law to protect a waterway in China.
The Yangtze River is the longest river in Asia. It covers an area of about 1.8 million square kilometres, about one fifth of the area of China. The Yangtze River provides one third of the country’s freshwater resources, but it has met lots of environmental problems in recent years, such as heavy pollution and overfishing. Especially, the river’s Chinese paddlefish（白鲟）are in great danger. So the river is in great need of protection. To solve these problems, China put a 10-year fishing ban to protect fish resources.
According to a report of the government, the fishermen said they would give up fishing along the Yangtze River to protect it. Chinese officials also said that more support should be given to the fishermen to help them find new jobs and places to live.
The Yangtze River Protection Law of the People’s Republic of China includes resource protection and green development. The government said the purpose of the new law is to strengthen environmental protection, use resources well and make the development sustainable.
11. What is the first law to protect a waterway in China?

12. Why does the Yangtze River need protection?

13. What does the new law include?

14. What can you do to protect the river in your city? Write about 30 words.

11. The Yangtze River Protection Law of the People's Republic of China. 根据第一段内容可知答案。
12. Because it has met lots of environmental problems in recent years. 根据第二段内容可知答案。
13. It includes resource protection and green development. 根据"The Yangtze River Protection Law of the People's Republic of China includes resource protection and green development."可知答案。
14. I can avoid throwing rubbish into the river, tell my friends to save water, plant trees along the banks and take part in regular river-cleaning activities with my family and classmates. 开放性试题,言之有理且无语法错误即可。