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选择性必修第一册 Unit 6 Nurturing nature
Ⅰ.阅读理解
A(★)
Tom Brown’s orchard(果园)，known as Heritage Apples，is home to 700 varieties of
apples.They are among the 1,200 endangered varieties that Brown has recovered from six southern
states.Many of these have not been sold for a century or so.In fact，he cloned some of the apples
from the last remaining trees of their kinds.
Before Brown discovered lost apples，he was a chemical engineer who，along with his
wife，Merrikay Brown，enjoyed visiting farmers’ markets.It was at one，in 1999，that he
became fascinated by baskets full of heritage apples with unfamiliar names such as Kane ，
Lawver，Rusty Coat，and Rambo.These apples had shapes，colors，and tastes like no apples
Brown had ever seen before.The seller Maurice Marshall told him other lost apples might still be
found in the area.Interested，Brown went in search of them.
Brown advertised in area newspapers seeking information about old apple trees.The response
was exciting，but few brought concrete information.Actually，most of the leads about the
whereabouts of these old trees come from people in their 70s,80s，and 90s，many of whom he
met at local businesses and at festivals where he exhibited heritage apples.When Brown finds a
tree，he cuts a branch off and returns during fruiting season to identify them.He compares leaves
and apples to historical seed catalogs，and uses photos to correspond with experts for further
confirmation.
In 1905，there were more than 7,000 apple varieties in the United States.Then people moved
to urban areas and grew less of their own food while large agribusinesses preferred selling fewer
varieties，ones that were familiar and shipped easily.Saving the long-forgotten fruits is a race
against time.Now，the 79-year-old has to drive over 30,000 miles a year and devotes around three
days a week to apple-hunting.He hopes to recover another 100 varieties or more in his lifetime.
1．What do we learn about the apples in Brown’s orchard?
A．They are rare species. B．They are mostly clones.
C．They sell well in the market. D．They adapt to different climates.
2．What did Brown decide to do after talking with Marshall?
A．Help him promote fruits.
B．Recover the lost apples.
C．Learn to plant fruit trees from him.
D．Taste the apples mentioned by him.
3．How did Brown locate most of the lost varieties?A．By referring to documents. B．By putting advertisements.
C．By consulting the elderly. D．By communicating with experts.
4．What does the author intend to tell us about Brown?
A．His colorful retirement life.
B．His work in protecting fruit trees.
C．His love for popularizing gardening.
D．His contributions to saving lost apple species.
B(★)
Here’s a recipe for a good animal rescue story：Take one residential creek(小溪)，add one
lone dolphin and then bring in 28 determined biologists.Mix well and enjoy the happy ending.
A young dolphin wandered off its usual path and ended up in a creek in Clearwater ，
Florida.Biologists with Clearwater Marine Aquarium had been monitoring it since Jan.1.It appeared
reluctant to return to open waters via a small opening under a bridge.“Since monitoring began，
the dolphin had not left the creek，” the aquarium said last week.“This posed potential long-
term problems.Dolphins are naturally sociable creatures ，so if they are isolated from other
dolphins，they may turn their attention to human interaction.” This can be dangerous，both for
dolphins and humans.Humans who get too close to dolphins can find themselves with injuries such
as broken bones.
Clearwater Marine Aquarium partnered with NOAA Fisheries and the Florida Fish & Wildlife
Conservation Commission to guard the dolphin to safety.A team of 28 biologists got into the water
to form a human chain，creating a visual and sound barrier to aim the dolphin out of the
creek.It’s not easy to pull off a human chain in a creek.The biologists had to stay shoulder to
shoulder and navigate trees and docks without giving the dolphin an opportunity to slip by.The
human encouragement worked，though there was a moment of uncertainty as the team members
neared the bridge and weren’t sure if the dolphin went through.
The biologists celebrated the dolphin’s arrival on the other side.“It was very exciting after
almost 20 plus days for him to finally be out of the canal，” said senior rescue biologist Brittany
Baldrica.
The wandering dolphin stands a good chance back out in the wild.“We noted that the animal
was in good body condition with normal breathing rates and was displaying normal behavior during
observations” the aquarium said.
Happy ending achieved.
5．What attracted the biologists to monitor a young dolphin?
A．Its unusual wandering path. B．A small opening under a bridge.
C．Its interactions with human. D．A creek with potential problems.
6．Why did the biologists stay shoulder to shoulder?
A．To experience dolphins’ swim in the creek.B．To avoid heavy injuries from the sociable dolphin.
C．To create a barrier guiding the dolphin out of the creek.
D．To give encouragement to each other while working in the wild.
7．Which can best describe the author’s writing style?
A．Humorous. B．Flowery. C．Informal. D．Rough.
8．What can be a suitable title for the text?
A．A Good Way to Rescue Wild Animals
B．A Human Chain to Save a Dolphin’s Life
C．A Heart-stopping Survival Game in Florida
D．A Celebration of Biologists Studying Dolphins
Ⅱ.完形填空
Days earlier ， Sarah Bellamy had received a mysterious email saying that a wealth
management company was interested in discussing the financial crisis of Penumbra.Now，when
she was 1 to unload her groceries onto the conveyor belt(传送带)，her phone rang.“They
told me that MacKenzie Scott was 2 in investing Penumbra，” Bellamy remembers.
It was a familiar 3 for hundreds of other nonprofit leaders—all 4 the woman who
has become one of the most 5 and surprising philanthropists(慈善家) in the world.Her name
is MacKenzie Scott—the writer，first Amazon employee，and former wife of company founder
Jeff Bezos.However， 6 Scott divorced，she had 7 more than $12 billion of her fortune
to help others.As this story went to press，Scott had just 8 her latest money bomb，revealing
in late March that she’d given away $3.9 billion.
Scott’s only 9 of her recipients is that they help maintain her privacy.It’s impossible
to 10 a Scott grant(拨款)，to send her a thank-you note，or to contact her directly；she and
her closest advisers almost never 11 to requests for interviews.Even Bellamy has been 12
not to identify the person who informed them 13 her donations.
Rey Saldana，CEO of a network of nonprofits，says，“Scott is a person who 14 a
significant amount of power by the value of her wealth and understands how to actually 15
power.”
1．A.preparing B．thinking C．enjoying D．picking
2．A.absorbed B．devoted C．interested D．frustrated
3．A.doubt B．experience C．scenery D．pattern
4．A.apart from B．thanks to C．but for D．regardless of
5．A.pleased B．troubling C．happy D．generous
6．A.because B．if C．as D．although
7．A.given away B．given off C．given out D．given in
8．A.agreed B．donated C．passed D．worked9．A.demand B．click C．pressure D．application
10．A.adapt to B．apply for C．focus on D．fix on
11．A.devote B．write C．respond D．link
12．A.allowed B．permitted C．asked D．wanted
13．A.in B．on C．under D．of
14．A.holds B．comments C．judges D．identifies
15．A.preserve B．serve C．handle D．share
Ⅲ.语法填空
China added a laboratory to its permanent orbiting space station on July 25,2022 as it moved
toward completing the structure in coming 1. (month)．
The Wentian lab module was launched from the Wenchang space base on the tropical island
province of Hainan with 2. large crowd of amateur photographers and space lovers
watching.After 13 hours of flight，it 3. (successful) docked(对接) with the Tiangong
station’s main Tianhe living module at 3：13 a．m.,4. had been launched before
the Wentian lab module.
The Wentian was designed 5. science and biology experiments，and its feature
is that the 23-ton lab module was 6. (heavy) than any other single-module spacecraft
currently in space.It was followed by a second lab module，the Mengtian，sent on October
31,2022.Three astronauts 7. (be) then living in the core module(核心舱) on a six-
month mission and oversaw the Wentian’s 8. (arrive) and docking.
A Long March 5B－Y3 rocket，China’s most 9. (power)，carried the module
in the third such launch since the Chinese space station entered its construction stage.It took place
after the Tianzhou-class cargo(货物) spacecraft and the Shenzhou-14 crewed spacecraft.
China’s space program launched its first astronaut into orbit in 2003,10.
(make) it only the third country to do so on its own.
