1、Unit 13 Were trying to save the earth!达标测试卷时间: 120 分钟 满分: 120分第一部分 听力I. 听句子, 选出句子中所包含的信息(共5小题;每小题1分, 满分 5分)( ) 1. A. a candle B. a bottle C. a festival( ) 2. A. throw litter B. face danger C. play soccer( ) 3. A. a work of art B. a new park C. a busy block( ) 4. A. There is no air pollution.B. There
2、 is much water pollution.C. There is too much air pollution.( ) 5. A. We should recycle paper.B. We should ride bikes to school.C. We should ride bikes to work.II. 听句子, 选出该句的最佳答语(共5小题;每小题1分, 满分 5分)( ) 6. A. It used to be a river. B. It used to be clean.C. It looked like a river.( ) 7. A. I took part
3、 in it. B. About fifty.C. I dont like it.( ) 8. A. Thats all right. B. We should save water.C. Thats good for the environment.( ) 9. A. OK, I will. B. Its light. C. Yes, I do.( ) 10. A. Yes, I think so.B. Good luck.C. The only home.III. 听对话和问题, 选择正确答案(共8小题;每小题1分, 满分 8分)( ) 11. How does the man go to
4、 work?A. B. C. ( ) 12. What animals are they talking about?A. B. C. ( ) 13. Where does the boy go to collect rubbish?A. To the park. B. To the factory. C. To the zoo.( ) 14. How often do they collect rubbish?A. Once a day. B. Once a week.C. Three times a week.( ) 15. When will they meet to take part
5、 in the activity next Sunday?A. At 9: 15. B. At 9: 45. C. At 10: 15.*( ) 16. How long did it take the man to go to work this morning?A. About half an hour. B. About 1.5 hours.C. About 2 hours.( ) 17. What time does the woman advise the man to get up?A. At about 7: 00 a.m. B. At about 7: 20 a.m.C. At
6、 about 6: 40 a.m.( ) 18. What does the woman advise people to do?A. She advises people to use shared bikes.B. She advises people to drive private cars.C. She advises people to use public transportation.IV. 听短文和问题, 选择正确答案(共7小题；每小题1分, 满分 7分)( ) 19. What do blue whales live on?A. Some sea plants. B. So
7、me big fish.C. The smallest sea animals.( ) 20. Why do some people kill tigers?A. For their meat. B. For money.C. For fun.( ) 21. What does the speaker wish people to do?A. Protect animals. B. Protect plants.C. Protect the environment.*( ) 22. When is Spring Clean-up Day this year in Rockland?A. On
8、April 12th. B. On April 18th. C. On April 20th.( ) 23. What activity will be done in the afternoon?A. Cleaning the town. B. Planting trees.C. Walking.( ) 24. How many teams will the coming people be divided into?A. Six teams. B. Seven teams. C. Eight teams.( ) 25. What will they offer children for f
9、ree?A. Drinks, food and candies.B. Drinks and chocolate candies.C. Fruits and chocolate candies.V. 听短文填空(共 5小题；每小题1分, 满分5分)Information SheetWhat day: 26. _Transportation: 27. on _What we did: picked up the rubbish; cleaned up the 28. _; 29. _some treesFeeling: tired but 30. _第二部分 语言运用VI. 完形填空(共 15小题
10、；每小题1分, 满分15分)阅读下面短文, 从每小题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。Fashion comes and goes quickly. However, many goods people buy to 31 fashion end up in the dustbin. Now, the trend (趋势) of picking up unused things to reuse them is 32 in China. Young people are giving these things a second 33 . Called “stoopers”, they are ma
11、inly in big cities like Shanghai, Beijing and Guangzhou.Chen Jiaorong, 27, is one of them. She started stooping 34 June, 2022 when she found that many people in Shanghai were letting go of things 35 used. After that, she usually 36 treasures (珍宝) in her free time. Now, her small apartment 37 things
12、redesigned from the goods she collected, including tables, chairs and clothing.“Some say stooping 38 collecting rubbish,”Chen said. “But for me, it is about making full use of 39 things.” Thats 40 she wanted to introduce the trend to others. Sometimes Chen also sticks 41 notes on goods that she does
13、nt need and posts them on social media so that others will be interested in them.With a 42 of keeping things since childhood, Huang Xiaohe from Kunming No. 1 High School also loves stooping. 43 she has few chances to go stooping in her city, Huang still finds unused goods around her school, cleans a
14、nd redesigns them at home. The 44 from a found toy bear dresses a cloud lamp and bottles which become decorations.“I believe that stooping is a kind of 45 to fight over-buying,” said Huang. She also added that anything can be turned into treasures.( ) 31. A. put up with B. catch up withC. come up wi
15、th D. fill up with( ) 32. A. rising B. fallingC. disappearing D. changing( ) 33. A. way B. play C. order D. life( ) 34. A. on B. at C. in D. to( ) 35. A. quietly B. differentlyC. hardly D. quickly( ) 36. A. looked up B. looked afterC. looked for D. looked into( ) 37. A. throws B. holds C. refuses D.
16、 moves( ) 38. A. plans B. shows C. starts D. means( ) 39. A. waste B. modern C. fancy D. local( ) 40. A. why B. whatC. where D. when( ) 41. A. medical B. interesting C. important D. ugly( ) 42. A. story B. job C. hobby D. time( ) 43. A. Although B. So C. But D. Or( ) 44. A. water B. meat C. wood D.
17、cotton( ) 45. A. secret B. law C. idea D. actionVII.短文填空(共10小题；每小题1分, 满分10分)阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入一个适当的单词(有提示词的, 填入所给单词的正确形式)。Each year, billions of pounds of litter end up in the oceans. Sometimes people throw away water 46. _ (bottle) or other plastics. People may not know that wind 47. _ rain can move li
18、tter from land to sea. It can remain in the oceans for 48. _ (hundred) of years. Plastic pieces are very 49. _ (danger) to sea animals.One group, Washed Ashore, 50. _ (come)up with a new idea to tell people about the problems in the oceans. First, they take the litter from 51._ beach. Then, they cle
19、an and sort it. 52. _ (final), they work with the plastic pieces to make huge works of art. The artwork is mostly of sea creatures (生物).Washed Ashore has 53. _ (create) more than seventy of these works of art. Some of 54. _ (they) are now traveling in a show all over the world.In one show, people le
20、arn how plastic fools fish and other sea animals. They think the plastic is food, eat it, and get very sick or even die. This wouldnt happen if people used 55. _ (little)plastic and did not litter, and the plastic wouldnt end up in the ocean.第三部分 阅读VIII.阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分, 满分30分)阅读A、B、C、D四篇材料, 从每小题所给
21、的四个选项中选出最佳选项。AUPCYCLE COMPETITIONFrom your old shirt to a bag, an old glass to a pencil holder Let your creativity run wild!Who can enter the competition?Ages 9-15You should create a team (4 members in a team)How can you enter the competition?Emailing your name, age, group information and your creat
22、ion to hi earthhelper. co.By 25 July 2024(More requirements are on www. earthhelper. co/upcycle.Make sure you check them before sending your email.)What prize can you get?1st Prize: $6002nd Prize: $4003rd Prize: $200(Photos of winners creations will be put on www. earthhelper. co/upcycle.)Know Your
23、Earth-saving Facts!Why is it important that we recycle or upcycle?When we recycle or upcycle, we put waste, unwanted materials into useful products. In doing so, we avoid filling up our lands with more waste. Also, recycling and upcycling save power and make less pollution from making new things. It
24、 also helps to stop bad air that makes the Earth too hot. In short, recycling and upcycling are super important for keeping our planet safe for the future.( ) 56. Who can join the Upcycle Competition?A. A boy who is eight years old.B. A group which has five teenagers.C. A family of parents and two k
25、ids.D. A team that has three 12-year-olds.( ) 57. Which of the following pictures should be put in the ?A. B. C. D. ( ) 58. How are recycling and upcycling good for the environment?A. New products are created out of old ones.B. People will make more useful products.C. More space on the earth will be
26、 freed.D. There will be less harmful greenhouse gas emission.B 2024武汉中考改编The silence of the pond (池塘) was broken by the first cry: “Found something!” A swimmer ducked (扎入) into the water with a lifeline connected to a boat. Soon, she appeared, holding a bright blue glass bottle. It was passed to ano
27、ther, then into the boat.On a fine Sunday morning in May, a team of 10 women over 65 years old, known as the Old Women Against Underwater Rubbish (OWAUR), looked for rubbish across Nova Pond in Scotia.When the team returned, they joked about the trip. “We didnt even know what it was,” one swimmer sa
28、id with a laugh, showing an electronic lighter they had found. “We had to ask a young person.”Part protection organization, part social club, OWAUR only accepted old women as its members. To improve the conditions of the ponds, the group made it its mission(使命)to take rubbish away from them. The ide
29、a of this group was from a moment of Sandy, a retired(退休的)reporter. As a lifelong nature lover, she liked swimming in ponds. However, the world of the pond, which was a little polluted, made her anxious. Then she came up with a slogan (标语): “OVER 65, IF YOURE HEALTHY ENOUGH, IS THE AGE OF ACTION.”So
30、on many people joined her. They found a sense of wonder at the pond clean-up moments. And their team could do a lot more than people might think.When many people thanked OWAUR for what they had done, some questioned why they called themselves “old women”. “You should call yourselves the Mermaids (美人
31、鱼) Against Underwater Rubbish,” they said.( ) 59. What does the underlined word “another” in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. A pond. B. A swimmer.C. A glass bottle. D. A boat.( ) 60. Why were the old women regarded as Mermaids?A. They must be good at swimming.B. They could be trusted by some people.C. They
32、should be responsible for their group.D. They might be thought young and beautiful.( ) 61. What would be the best title for the passage?A. A Swimming Club B. A Worrying PondC. A Ducking Moment D. A Warning SloganCWe produce a lot of rubbish every day. Where does all this rubbish go? Scientists have
33、made a pyramid (金字塔) of the different ways of dealing with rubbish. The worst ways are at the bottom and the best ways are at the top.The bottom of the pyramid is waste disposal (丢弃). This means simply putting rubbish in places like open waste-yards. Waste-yards produce awful smells. They are harmfu
34、l to the environment and our health.A landfill(垃圾填埋场)is a huge hollow(洞)that can hold rubbish. In some landfills, waste is treated to make it less harmful before it is buried. Once a landfill is full, it is safely covered with earth. A park or playground can then be built on top of it.Another way to
35、 deal with rubbish is to burn it. This produces energy but can give out harmful smells into the air. In some places, people clean the harmful smells before putting them into the air.In the middle of the pyramid is recycling. This means using rubbish to make new products. Used glass bottles, for exam
36、ple, can be changed to make new glass products. Waste paper can be broken up and mixed with water to make new paper.Reusing is another good way to deal with rubbish. This means using “waste” in another way. Buying and selling second-hand things online is a good example.Waste prevention is at the top
37、 of the pyramid. It means not producing rubbish in the first place. For example, you can say no to single-use plastic cups. Choose glasses instead!( ) 62. How does the writer explain “recycling”?A. By giving some examples.B. By listing some numbers.C. By making some surveys.D. By asking some questio
38、ns.( ) 63. Which is the correct order of the missing part about the pyramid of dealing with rubbish?a. Landfills b. Recycling c. Waste prevention d. ReusingA. 1b, 2c, 3d, 4aB. 1b, 2d, 3c, 4bC. 1c, 2b, 3a, 4dD. 1c, 2b, 3d, 4a( ) 64. What can we learn from the text?A. The best way to deal with the rub
39、bish is to burn it.B. Burying the rubbish without treatment does harm to us.C. A landfill is an open waste-yard where you can throw rubbish everywhere.D. Used glass bottles can be broken up and mixed with water to make a new one.( ) 65. In which unit of a textbook can the text be found?A. Unit 9 Fam
40、ily and Rules.B. Unit 5 Sports and Health.C. Unit 13 Environment and Protection.D. Unit 7 Education and Culture.DCrested ibises (朱鹮) are one of the oldest bird species (物种) on Earth. It is believed that they have been around for 60 million years. They were once common in Asia. But in the 1960s, they
41、 began to disappear because of pollution and other human activities. In 1981, Chinese scientists found seven of them in the wild in Yangxian, Shaanxi Province. They were believed to be the last ones in the world. But now, they have been saved from extinction.Researchers say its population has risen
42、to more than 10,000 around the world. There are more than 7,000 crested ibises in Shaanxi Province alone. The birds survival (幸存) is because of Chinas early protection efforts, according to Zhang Yueming, an expert who helps protect the birds in Yangxian.On the fourth day after finding the ibises, t
43、he local government put up a lot of notices to protect the birds. Then, it stopped people from cutting down trees. Later, it set up the Qinling No.1 protection station and sent four people to look after the birds day and night. During the daytime, they watched and recorded the birds habits and condi
44、tions. At night, their job was to keep them safe.To help the ibises have more babies, a rescue and breeding center (救助和繁育中心) was set up in 1990. At the center, crested ibises are fed by people and can receive timely help when they are sick or hurt. Chinas protection of crested ibises is an example i
45、n the worlds history of protecting endangered wildlife.( ) 66. What do you know about crested ibises?A. They only live in China.B. They can live to be 60 million years old.C. They were endangered in the early 1980s.D. They are the oldest species on Earth.( ) 67. What does the underlined word “extinc
46、tion” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Living on. B. Dying out.C. Getting hurt. D. Being sick.( ) 68. Whats the number of crested ibises in Shaanxi Province now?A. About 3,000.B. More than 7,000.C. About 4,000. D. More than 10,000.( ) 69. Which is the right order of the following facts?The local government put up a lot of notices. The local government set up a rescue and breeding center. The local government set up the Qinling No.1 protection station. The local government stopped people from cutting down trees.A. B. C.
