二、七选五(每个 2 分,共 10 分)
The climate we live in affects many areas of our lives.___1___A warmer world would be a sicker world.
Climate researchers predict that the world climate will become warmer. High temperatures in summer is becoming more frequent and very cold winters more rare. With winters becoming warmer, there are likely to be up to 20, 000 fewer cold-related deaths. However, there is a danger that bacteria would no longer die off seasonally during the cold period. ___2___
More heat waves may increase the number of hot-weather related deaths by up to 2, 800. They could cause an extra 5, 000 deaths a year from skin cancer and may cause an increase of up to 2, 000 cases of eye diseases. ___3___
Higher average global temperatures mean that diseases, or their carriers, may be able to move to areas that were too cold for them to survive at an earlier time. It's possible that a warm type of malaria ( 疟疾 ) will appear in some parts of the world and be a seasonal danger for up to four months each year. ___4___They will cause damage to our homes, food, and water supplies and then affect our health.
___5___Those living in poor and developing countries are going to be less able to adapt to changes. Health effects are not likely to be limited to the human population, and wildlife would also be seriously affected.
A. It means that diseases may spread more widely.
B. Therefore, climate changes for the same period.
C. It's no secret that human activity is changing the climate.
D. Climate change is likely to have different effects on the world population.
E. Globally, there are likely to be more floods, more droughts, and more storms.
F. Warmer summers may cause up to 10, 000 extra cases of food poisoning ( 中毒 ) each year.
G. The food we eat, the water we drink, and our homes are all dependent upon our climate and weather.
三、完形填空(每个 1 分,共 15 分)
In Botswana, farmers let their cattle feed on the grasslands surrounding the banks of the Okavango River. This area is full of 1 , including hungry lions and other big cats which often rely on surprise to approach quietly and 2 their prey ( 猎物 ) .
Farm animal 3 can be economically disastrous for these often poor farmers, and their fight-back killings in response is a major 4 of population decline in large cats.
But what if there were a 5 thing farmers could do to 6 their losses? The idea came about of painting eyes on the backsides of cows to 7 lions into thinking they've been seen by their would-be prey. And once seen, these cats often 8 the hunt.
This visionary solution was 9 by nature. A number of animal species have 10 eyespot markings that prevent their 11 enemies from hunting them—some frog backsides have eyespots, as do the back ends of some fish.
Probably the most famous 12 is on butterflies. They have eyespots in their wings, and these discourage hunters such as birds from attacking them.
Even humans are 13 by eyespots: one study found that people are less likely to steal bikes when an image of 14 eyes is displayed nearby.
Over the four-year-long trial, researchers found that not one of the hundreds of cows with eyespots on their backsides was 15 by an animal hunter.
四、语法填空(每个 1 分,共 10 分)
Tibetan antelopes are very graceful animals,___1___live on the plains of Tibet, Xinjiang, and Qinghai. They are in danger because many of them are being__2____(illegal) hunted for their valuable fur. Their population___3___(drop) by more than 50 percent between___4___1980s and 1990s. In order to save this species from___5__ (die) out, the Chinese government placed it under___6___ (nation) protection and some effective___7___ (measure) have been carried out. As a result, the antelope population has recovered and in June 2015, the Tibetan antelope___8___ (remove) from the endangered species list. However, the government will continue the___9___ (protect) programmes because the threats to the Tibetan antelope have not yet disappeared. In fact, only when we learn to exist___10___harmony with nature can we stop being a threat to wildlife and to our planet!
五、改错(每个 1 分,共 10 分)
High school is considered the most important stage. As senior three student, it will not be long before I graduated. Now I have many things to share in my fellows. First of all, I'd like to express my thank to those who lent me a hand when I was disappointing. It was their kindness which helped me regain my self-confidence when I lost my heart. Besides, I anxious want to clear up some misunderstanding with my friends in order to keep our friendships forever. With the National College Entrance Examination approached, I strongly recommend that we could value time and redouble efforts to study so that we can get into a key university.
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