1、Unit 8 Green livingLesson 4 Review完形填空、阅读、写作综合训练一 完型填空（共20小题） Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modern age. There are species(物种) that are 1 every day. The white-naped crane is a typical example. So scientists are trying their best to 2 the species from going out of existence.Chris and Tim
2、 work at a zoo, helping endangered cranes with their 3 . Emma, a female crane, has been in their 4 since she arrived in 2004.Born at an international crane foundation, Emma was 5 by human caretakers. This led to an unexpected 6 , though she had a wonderful time there. Emma had 7 taken herself as a c
3、rane and become deeply attached to humans. She 8 to live with male cranes, and even had a 9 for killing some of them, which made it 10 for her to become a mother. 11 , the two zookeepers didnt want to see the extinction(灭绝) of this precious species. With their patience and efforts, they successfully
4、 developed a 12 of artificial breeding(人工繁殖) and natural reproduction. This 13 Emma to give birth to five baby cranes.The two keepers are proud of their productive work. But before they can be 14 , more efforts must be made, because the population of the crane in the wild is on the 15 , and many oth
5、er species appear headed toward extinction. 16 , not everyone has realized that wildlife has thoughts, feelings, and most importantly, equal rights to survive.How can we 17 the ever-widening gap that separates us from other animals? Chris and Tim offered us the 18 : human beings took it for granted
6、that their 19 held all the solutions, but maybe their hearts can be a better 20 .1AgrowingBmigratingCcompetingDdisappearing2AbanBsaveCsplitDremove3AabortionBrecreationCreproductionDadministration4AcareBeyeCmindDstory5AfoundBchosenCraisedDseized6AbonusBconsequenceCvictoryDsacrifice7AneverBalwaysCunlu
7、ckilyDcheerfully8AlikedBrefusedCdecidedDHesitated9AgiftBskillCconcernDreputation10AillegalBinspiringCimportantDimpossible11AThereforeBMoreoverCHoweverDInstead12AcombinationBcollectionCstrategyDsystem13AforcedBforbadeCtaughtDenabled14AdefeatedBgratefulCassuredDtolerant15AlistBriseCagendaDdecline16AIn
8、 contrastBAfter allCBy the wayDOn the contrary17AleaveBbridgeCopenDidentify18AcourseBexcuseCanswerDreward19AbrainsBbehaviorsCservicesDprojects20AguideBtreatCexampleDcompanion【答案与解析】1-5 DBCAC 6-10 BABBD 11-15 CADCD 16-20 BBCAA1考查动词辨析。A. growing生长；B. migrating迁移；C. competing竞争；D. disappearing消失。根据第一句“
9、Wildlife has been greatly threatened in the modern age”和最后一句提到的“the species from going out of existence”可以推知，野生动物正在遭受巨大威胁，每天都有一些物种灭绝，即：“消失”。D选项正确。2考查动词辨析。A. ban禁止；B. save挽救，保护；C. split分裂；D. remove移除。前文提到每天都有物种消失，那么该句应指科学家们正在竭尽全力保护这些物种，使它们免于灭绝。故B选项正确。3考查名词辨析。A. abortion堕胎；B. recreation娱乐；C. reproduct
10、ion繁殖；D. administration管理。上文最后一句提到科学家们竭尽全力保护濒临灭绝的物种，由此推知，该处应指Chris和Tim帮助濒危物种繁殖，增加它们的数量，这样它们才不至于灭绝。故该空应指“繁殖”，C选项正确。4考查名词辨析。A. care照顾；B. eye眼睛；C. mind思想；D. story故事。自从2004年，Emma一直由Chris和Tim照顾。该空和下一句中的“human caretaker”呼应。故选A。5考查动词辨析。A. found发现；B. chosen选择；C. raised抚养；D. seized抓住。根据空后的“human caretakers”可
11、知，caretaker当然是照看Emma的。故该句应指：出生在一个国际鹤基地，Emma由人类抚养照看。故选C。6考查名词辨析。A. bonus奖金；B. consequence结果；C. victory胜利；D. sacrifice牺牲。根据空后的though（尽管）可知，though前后的两个句子之间是转折关系。后面提到，她过得很开心。根据转折关系，那么前文应该表示“但是这导致了出乎意料的结果”。B选项正确。7考查副词辨析。A. never从未；B. always总是；C. unluckily不幸运地；D. cheerfully愉快地。根据下文中的“become deeply attache
12、d to humans.even .killing some of them”等内容可知，因为Emma一直由人类照看，所以它没有将自己看作是一只鹤，而是深深的依恋上了人类。故选A。8考查动词辨析。A. liked喜欢；B. refused拒绝；C. decided拒绝；D. hesitated犹豫。根据上文，Emma不把自己当作鹤，所以它“拒绝”和雄鹤生活在一起。B选项正确。9考查名词辨析。A. gift礼物；B. skill技巧；C. concern涉及；D. reputation名声。根据even（甚至）这个递进关系可知，Emma不仅拒绝和雄鹤生活在一起，而且因为弄死了几只雄鹤而“臭名昭著
13、”。故D选项正确。10考查形容词辨析。A. illegal非法的；B. inspiring鼓舞人心的；C. important重要的；D. impossible不可能的。Emma拒绝和雄鹤生活，这当然使得她“不可能”生育小鹤，成为妈妈。D选项正确。11考查连接副词。A. Therefore因此；B. Moreover而且；C. However然而；D. Instead反而。上文提到Emma拒绝和雄鹤生活，使得她不可能生育小鹤。下文提到两位动物园管理员不想看到这一物种的灭绝。由此推知，上下文之间是转折关系。C选项正确。12考查名词辨析。A. combination结合；B. collection
14、收集；C. strategy策略；D. system体系。经过努力，Chris和Tim成功的将“人工繁殖”和“自然繁殖”结合在一起。A选项正确。13考查动词辨析。A. forced强迫；B. forbade禁止；C. taught教；D. enabled使能够。Chris和Tim成功的将“人工繁殖”和“自然繁殖”结合在一起，这使得Emma诞育了五只幼鹤。enable sb. to do sth.意为“使能够做某事”，D选项正确。14考查形容词辨析。A. defeated被打败的；B. grateful感激的；C. assured使确信；D. tolerant忍耐的。根据后文的more effo
15、rts must be made可以推知，尽管两个人为自己的成就感到骄傲，但是他们还需要付出更多努力，因为野生鹤的数量在减少。所以他们还不能完全放心（白鹤不会灭绝）。故选C。15考查名词辨析。A. list清单；B. rise上升；C. agenda议程；D. decline下降。前后句之间是因果关系，根据more efforts must be made可以推知，野生白鹤数量在减少，所以，还要付出更多的努力（来挽救白鹤灭绝）。故D选项正确。16考查介词短语。A. In contrast相反；B. After all毕竟；C. By the way顺便问一下；D. On the contrar
16、y相反地。前文提到野生白鹤数量正在减少，很多其他物种似乎也在逐渐灭绝。该句提到，并不是所有的人都意识到野生动物有思想，感情，以及平等生存的权利。很明显，该句是对前文出现野生动物濒临灭绝原因的一种解释。故B选项正确。17考查动词辨析。A. leave离开；B. bridge搭桥，弥合；C. open开；D. identify确认。针对上文提到的很多物种灭绝这种现象，作者提出一个问题：我们如何来弥合将人类和动物隔开的不断扩大的鸿沟呢？B选项正确。18考查名词辨析。A. course课程；B. excuse借口；C. answer答案；D. reward回报。前文提出一个问题：我们如何来弥合将人类和
17、动物隔开的不断扩大的鸿沟呢？Chris和Tim的做法给我们提供了一个答案。C选项正确。19考查名词辨析。A. brains大脑；B. behaviors行为；C. services服务；D. projects工程。根据下文中的“hold all the solutions”可以推断出，人类认为自己的“大脑”掌握着所有的解决办法。即：人类认为自己的大脑可以想出所有的解决办法。A选项正确。20考查名词辨析。A. guide指导，指引；B. treat对待；C. example例子；D. companion同伴。根据转折词but可以推知，人类想当然的认为自己的“大脑”掌握着所有的解决办法。但或许他们
18、的新是更好的指引。故A选项正确。二 阅读理解（共8小题）A Water is a necessity of life. Rain, especially, helps plants grow and stay green. But too much rain, especially in cities, can lead to flooding. That can cause waste water systems to overflow and send pollutants into rivers and other waterways. To fight the problem, sev
19、eral cities in the United States are starting programs like rooftop gardens.A team at the University of the District of Columbia in the nations capital has created a garden on the top of one school building. The garden holds many kinds of plants to help absorb rainwater and grow food at the same tim
20、e. Architect David Bell has designed five green roofs for the university. He says he is excited about the project because it meant doing something more than just dealing with storm water management. It took advantage of a resource above the city and these flat roofs that arent doing anything really
21、became something that was about urban agriculture. Rainwater is collected in large containers and sent through a system that waters the rooftop garden. The roof is filled with green life that appeals to insects.In cities, “you dont have that many spaces to choose from and so rooftops are just (unuse
22、d) space, says Caitlin Arlotta. She is a student in the schools Urban Agriculture program. The project is part of a research program to see which plants do well on rooftops. The researchers are looking at plants including strawberries, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. The university also has other green
23、 spaces. We also have our own farm experiments, Arlotta said. “ Within each of those growing systems, we want to be able to tell people which sorts of these crops grow the best. Sandy Farber Bandier helps run UDCs Master Gardener program. It seeks to improve cities and make them beautiful by trainin
24、g people to become Master Gardeners. She says shes been surprised by the gardens output. ”My biggest surprise was that we produced 4, 250 pounds of produce the first year and was able to spread that to people in need. She also likes being able to show people who live in DCand others beyond the natio
25、ns capital what and how food can be grown on a rooftop. “This is the future for food. You grow it here, you prepare it in a commercial kitchen, you distribute through farmers markets,food trucks, and then you recycle. 1What do we know about the rooftop gardens?ARooftop gardens are very common in ave
26、rage neighborhoods.BThere are many sorts of plants there which help take in rainwater.CTheyre playing an important role in the citys food supply.DRooftop gardens are no more than containers to collect rainwater.2What can we infer from Paragraph 3?ARooftops can offer enough space to plant crops.BMany
27、 plants like strawberries can grow well on rooftops.CSome univercity students are participating in the Urban Agriculture program.DThe plants in rooftop gardens are attractive to many insects.3How does Sandy Farber Bandier feel about the future of rooftop gardens?AConfident.BDoubtful.CWorried.DAmbigu
28、ous.4What is the best title for the text?ARainwater Necessity for Plant LifeBGreen Roofs-The Future of Urban AgricultureCThe United States Agriculture ProgramDRooftop Gardens-Food Paradise【答案与解析】1-4 BCAB1细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The garden holds many kinds of plants to help absorb rainwater and grow food at th
29、e same time.”可知，花园里有多种植物，可以帮助吸收雨水。由此可知B项符合题意，故选B。2推理判断题。根据第三段中的.Caitlin Arlotta. She is a student in the schools Urban Agriculture program. “The researchers are looking at plants including strawberries, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. The university also has other green spaces. We also have our own far
30、m experiments,。可知，凯特琳阿洛塔是该校都市农业计划的学生。“研究人员正在研究包括草莓、西红柿和甘薯在内的植物。这所大学还有其他绿地。”，“我们也有自己的农场实验”，由此可推断出有许多大学生正在参与这项城市农业计划。分析选项可知C项符合题意，故选C。3推理判断题。根据最后一段She also likes being able to show people who live in D. C. and others beyond the nations capital what and how food can be grown on a rooftop. “This is the
31、future for food. You grow it here, you prepare it in a commercial kitchen, you distribute through farmers markets. food trucks, and then you recycle. Sandy Farber Bandier 喜欢向住在华盛顿特区和首都以外地区的人们展示在屋顶上可以种植什么以及如何种植食物。她认为“这是食品的未来。你在这里种植，在商业厨房里准备，通过农贸市场分发。食品卡车，然后回收利用。” 由此可推断出她对于屋顶花园的未来很自信。分析选项可知A项符合题意，故选A。
32、4主旨大意题。第一段说美国由于雨水过多，为了避免浪费，美国的几个城市正在启动屋顶花园等项目。接着下文进行了详细介绍了在大学校舍的顶部建造花园，种植多种植物吸收雨水，利用城市上空的一种资源，成为了城市农业的一部分，有人认为这是未来的食物。由此可知，本文主要叙述了绿色屋顶城市农业的未来。综观全文可知，文中green roofs（绿色屋顶）贯穿全文，第一段最后一句green roofs（绿色屋顶）是建在城市的农业（Urban Agriculture），分析选项可知B项符合题意，故选B。B Steven Stein likes to follow garbage trucks. His strange
33、 habit makes sense when you consider that hes an environmental scientist who studies how to reduce litter, including things that fall off garbage trucks as they drive down the road. What is even more interesting is that one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.Ame
34、ricans use more than 100 billion thin film plastic bags every year. So many end up in tree branches or along highways that a growing number of cities do not allow them at checkouts(收银台). The bags are prohibited in some 90 cities in California, including Los Angeles. Eyeing these headwinds, plastic-b
35、ag makers are hiring scientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.Among the bag makers argument: many cities with bans still allow shoppers to purchase paper bags, which are easily recycled but require more energy to produce and trans
36、port. And while plastic bags may be ugly to look at, they represent a small percentage of all garbage on the ground today.The industry has also taken aim at the product that has appeared as its replacement: reusable shopping bags. The stronger a reusable bag is, the longer its life and the more plas
37、tic-bag use it cancels out. However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make. One study found that a cotton bag must be used at least 131 times to be better for the planet than plastic.Environmentalists dont dispute(质疑) these points. They hope paper bags will be banned someday
38、 too and want shoppers to use the same reusable bags for years.5What has Steven Stein been hired to do?AHelp increase grocery sales.BRecycle the waste material.CStop things falling off trucks.DArgue for the use of plastic bags.6What does the word “headwinds” in paragraph 2 refer to?ABans on plastic
39、bags.BEffects of city development.CHeadaches caused by garbage.DPlastic bags hung in trees.7What is a disadvantage of reusable bags according to plastic-bag makers?AThey are quite expensive.BReplacing them can be difficult.CThey are less strong than plastic bags.DProducing them requires more energy.
40、8What is the best title for the text?APlastic, Paper or NeitherBIndustry, Pollution and EnvironmentCRecycle or Throw AwayDGarbage Collection and Waste Control【答案与解析】5-8 DADA5细节理解题。根据第一段中one of Steins jobs is defending an industry behind the plastic shopping bags.和第二段中plastic-bag makers are hiring sc
41、ientists like Stein to make the case that their products are not as bad for the planet as most people assume.可知，塑料袋生产商雇用Steven Stein是为了证明他们的产品并不像大多数人想象的那样对地球有害，为使用塑料袋进行辩护。故选D。6词义猜测题。上文介绍在许多美国大城市塑料袋被禁用，看到这种现状，塑料袋生产商雇用Steven Stein等科学家是为了证明他们的产品并不像大多数人想象的那样对地球有害。headwinds意为“逆风”，此处指塑料袋被禁用的现状，即Bans on pl
42、astic bags，故选A。7细节理解题。根据第四段中However, longer-lasting reusable bags often require more energy to make.可知，生产耐用且能重复使用的袋子需要更多的能源，故选D。8主旨大意题。文章讲述了使用塑料袋会造成环境问题，纸袋容易回收，但生产和运输需要更多的能源，环保主义者希望消费者使用耐用可重复使用的袋子。对这三种方式进行了对比，Plastic, Paper or Neither既能概括全文，又能吸引读者，最适合作为标题。故选A。三 应用文写作（共1小题）假设你是中学生李华，你的美国笔友 Chris得知你校正
43、在积极开展“绿色校园行”活动他非常感兴趣，便写信给你，希望你介绍相关情况。请根据以下提示给他写一封回信。1. 简单介绍开展“绿色校园行”活动的目的；2. 介绍你校开展“绿色校园行”活动的主要做法(如减少资源浪费、鼓励废旧物回收利用、垃圾分类等)；3. 表达希望了解美国学校如何开展类似活动，并征求建议注意：(1)词数100左右；(2)可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；(3)开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Chris，_YoursLi Hua【参考范文】one versionIm glad to receive your last letter asking about the Gr
44、een Campus Campaign in our school. Now let me tell you something about the meaningful event.Aiming to create a green campus which is beneficial to us physically and mentally， our school carried out the Green Campus Campaign， which encourages the recycling of waste materials， reduction of the waste o
45、f resources and waste classification. Since the campaign was carried out， all the students have shown great all agree that the concept of “green campus” does not only mean a green environment but also refers to an environmental sense in peoples mind， so we decide to start from small things around us，start from ourselves， and make an effort to help create a green campus.If your school also holds such activities， please tell me about them. I will appreciate it if you offer some suggestions.Im looking forward to your reply.Yours,Li Hua
