10.保护海洋生物
一、阅读理解
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Scientists have recently discovered the world’s largest known field of sea grass. They did it
using videos shot by some extraordinary helpers. The work should help protect the sea grass, and
also shows off a powerful way to explore the ocean.
As a shelter for many sea creatures, sea grasses are flowering plants that normally grow in
shallow waters near coasts. They grow in thick fields, known as seagrass meadows (海草床),
which help clean the ocean water. More importantly, they are called “ocean lung”. They help in
the fight against the climate crisis. That’s because they store huge amounts of carbon — the major
source of global warming.
Considering the urgent need to protect seagrass meadows and the challenges to spot them,
scientists decided to have tiger sharks help the research.
Tiger sharks are inborn fast swimmers, and spend a lot of time in seagrass meadows.
Between 2016 and 2020, the researchers attached cameras and other trackers to the fins of seven
tiger sharks, and then let them go again. The cameras were designed to fall off after hours and
float to the surface. Tracking signals helped find the floating cameras and collect the videos the
sharks had taken while traveling for miles. Moreover, other tools were used, including satellite
images, as well as images taken by divers and boats.
Putting all this information together, the scientists learned that the waters around the
Bahamas are home to the largest seagrass meadow ever discovered. Different from previous
studies, the program discovers how useful large underwater animals can be in helping to learn
more about life under the sea. Oliver Shipley, a scientist from the team, says animals like tiger
sharks are going to take us to new places that we didn’t know existed.
1. Why do seagrass meadows urgently need protection?
A. Damaging them will worsen climate crisis.
B. They determine the cleanliness of ocean water.
C. Sea creatures can’t survive without their shelter.
D. Their existence balances the underwater ecosystem.
2. How did tiger sharks help the scientific research?A. By tracking signals scientists sent.
B. By bringing back cameras with videos.
C. By carrying the recording equipment around.
D. By spending a lot of time in seagrass meadows.
3. What is the highlight about the research according to the text?
A. Leading scientists. B. Unusual research assistants.
C. Multiple experimental tools. D. Advanced theories.
4. Which is the most suitable title for the text?
A. The Cooperation between Man and Animals
B. The key to protecting the Sea—Tiger Sharks
C. Sea Grass: An Undervalued Plant
D. Ocean Lung Monitored in a New Way
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The polar research vessel (船舰) RRS Sir David Attenborough, which will always be thought
of by some as Boaty McBoatface, is currently on an Antarctic task to find out how sea ice
influences the cycle of nutrients and carbon in the world’s oceans.
The 12 researchers on board are using autonomous underwater vehicles to explore huge areas
of free-floating sea ice. This will help us better understand how climate change is impacting
organisms from microscopic plankton (浮游生物) to penguins and orcas. .
Last week, the vessel collected samples from around the A23a mega iceberg (a scientific
term) . The largest iceberg in existence is almost 4, 000 sq km, equal to an area twice the size of
Greater London, weighing close to a trillion metric tonnes and towering up to 1, 312 feet above
the sea.
It originally broke away from a main ice shelf connected to Antarctica in 1986, but had
remained stuck against the seabed ever since. Until last month. Now, A23a is drifting into the
Southern Ocean.
Of course, one iceberg floating into warmer waters and melting is just the tip of the iceberg
when it comes to the climate crisis. At COP28, billions and billions were promised to fund global I
climate solutions, especially in developing nations. More than 130 countries agreed to deal with
emissions in agriculture, with 118 promising to triple renewables too.
But more needs to be done. Forget the A23a iceberg being a threat to shipping, it’s a sign wemay be all sunk.
5. What is the purpose of RRS Sir David Attenborough’s exploration?
A. To be thought highly of as Boaty McBoatface.
B. To study the impact of the sea ice in circulation.
C. To record the cycle of nutrients and carbon globally.
D. To stand out as one of the best research vessels in the world.
6. What was this exploration most concerned about?
A. The width of warm waters.
B. The shape of main ice shelf.
C. The size of remaining iceberg.
D. The weight of free-floating iceberg.
7. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5?
A. Joint efforts was made to fix the climate crisis.
B. COP 28 made a difference to the climate crisis.
C. The climate crisis will be solved in the near future.
D. The melting of iceberg is just the start of the climate crisis.
8. How can we describe the author’s attitude according to the text?
A. It never rains but it pours.
B. Facts speak louder than words.
C. Where there is global community, there is a way.
D. When the exploring stops, the destroying can too.
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Life at the bottom of the ocean is extreme. It’s dark; the temperature remains right above
freezing and the pressure is huge. Only around a couple of dozen people have actually been to the
deepest part of the ocean floor, a place known as Challenger Deep.
In July 2022, Marine geographer Dawn Wright and pilot and ocean explorer Victor Vescovo
went down in a small underwater vehicle. Once the pair went down about 800 meters, they lost
sunlight. “Worms, jellyfish, anglerfish are able to create their own light,” Wright says. “They use
the light to find mates, hunt, and—apparently—attempt to communicate with our underwater
vehicle. Victor noticed flashes of light as we reached that zone in the ocean. And then he startedflashing the lights of the underwater vehicle at them. And we saw them flash back.”
Most tsunamis are a result of earthquakes on the seafloor. Wright explains that “when you
have that disruption on the ocean floor, the water above the ocean floor gets severely disrupted as
well,” which can generate large waves that can turn into tsunamis. By mapping the seafloor,
scientists can identify and monitor underwater areas where earthquakes may take place. That
could give coastal areas more warning time in the event of a tsunami.
The basic principle of mapping is a ship or instrument sends pulses of sound from the ocean
surface down toward the seafloor and waits for it to come back up. Based on the amount of time it
takes for the sound to return and factors like temperature and salt content, scientists can get a
specific depth. Scanning a whole area of the seafloor, then, will give you a depth—or bathymetry
—map.
If the entire ocean floor has not been mapped by 2030, Wright says the work will continue.
But, she adds, “The longer it takes us to get too close to 100 percent, for all the reasons that we’ve
talked about, the more it looks like we are playing with fire, so to speak.”
9. Why did Victor flash the lights?
A. To offer light to the ocean floor. B. To guide the underwater vehicle.
C. To communicate with deep-sea species. D. To frighten the sea animals away.
10. What is the purpose of mapping the seafloor?
A. To explore the cause of earthquakes. B. To monitor and predict tsunamis.
C. To identify various ocean creatures. D. To avoid the disruption of the seafloor.
11. What does a bathymetry map show about the ocean?
A. Rising temperature. B. Depth changes. C. Current directions.
D. Salt contents.
12. What does Wright stress about mapping the seafloor in the last paragraph?
A. It is greatly urgent. B. It is very dangerous. C. It is time-
consuming. D. It will be done soon.
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In 2014, an art student from university went to Beijing Zoo. Little did he know that a chance
encounter with corals (珊瑚) there would start a lifelong passion. Until today, Xu Yitang, a Beijing
native, has settled in Hainan province, where he serves as a coral conservationist. For Xu, who hadbeen studying Peking Opera since childhood, becoming a coral conservationist was an unexpected
turn of events.
After he first saw corals at the zoo, he began to frequent the local market to learn about coral
farming from sellers of coral products. He also learned diving and underwater photography to get
a closer look at corals for research purposes. Each day, he spends several hours diving deep under
the waves to observe and document the growth and development of the creatures and shares
photos and videos of corals on social media platforms. His goal was to raise awareness and
knowledge about corals, so that people can learn how to protect them effectively.
As he studied deeper into the creature, he learned that corals are known as “underwater
gardens” of the ocean, providing a home for a quarter of all ocean life. Unfortunately, with the
strengthening of the greenhouse effect, rising sea temperatures have led to coral bleaching (白化).
Xu felt an increasing sense of urgency and responsibility to protect them.
While pursuing his passion to protect corals, he met his life partner, Liu Xiwen, through their
shared hobby of diving in Hainan. “Unlike many young people who care about their dress and
appearance, he is simply focused on protecting corals,” says Liu about Xu.“Despite his skin injury
from spending long hours in the seawater, his attitude is different from what I’ve seen in most
young people in Beijing, and it’s attractive to me.”
13. What can we learn about Xu Yitang from the first paragraph?
A. He majored in coral protection.
B. He was born in Hainan province.
C. He worked in Beijing as a coral expert.
D. He found his love for corals by chance.
14. Why does Xu Yitang share photos and videos of corals on social media?
A. To record his exploring process.
B. To spread knowledge about corals.
C. To introduce his diving experience.
D. To show off his photography ability.
15. What contributed to the coral bleaching?
A. The pollution of ocean environment.
B. The development of ocean farming.
C. The damage to underwater gardens.D. The increase in ocean temperatures.
16. Which of the following best describes Xu Yitang?
A. Emotional. B. Devoted.
C. Public-spirited. D. Curiosity-driven.
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At first glance the sea turtles look as if they were dead because they hardly move. But if you
look closely enough, they show a slow glimpse of life. These turtles are all washed up in
Massachusetts every December, on the windy beaches of Cape Cod Bay.
Shaver, chief of the Division of Sea Turtle Science and Recovery at Padre Island National
Seashore in Texas, said, “If we don’t help save this species, we will lose a piece that enriches us.
There’s a whole variety of things that can harm them: oil spills, boat strikes, red tides, and so on.”
That is why all the urgent care they’re getting back up North is more important than ever.
Saving could never happen unless hundreds of pilots were willing to volunteer their time,
their planes, and their fuel to rush the rescued turtles to willing rehab facilities (康复中心) all
around the country.
On this particular mission, Andrews, vice president of a unique nonprofit called Turtles Fly
Too, with his dad as a co-pilot, will fly more than 2,000 miles, from Boston, to Atlanta, then on to
Gulfport and finally Dallas, dropping off 44 sick sea turtles along the way, in hopes that one day
they’ll be well enough to be released. It is worth mentioning that the pilots that are flying these
missions are pulling $1 million out of their pocket to fly these missions every year.
With good care and the help of volunteers, these turtles were finally ready to go home again.
According to Andrews, “90% of the turtles that we’ve moved to the rehab facilities have ended up
back in the ocean.”
“We humans have not always been kind to the sea and those that live in it. But on this day, it
was humans-not me, but the hundreds of veterinarians, biologists, volunteers, and pilots—who all
came together to give these critically-endangered sea turtles a second chance that they rarely got,
”Andrews added.
17. What happens to the turtles on the beaches of Cape Cod Bay?
A. They are dying out. B. They are in danger.
C. They adapt to living onshore. D. They are caught by humans.18. How did Shaver sound when speaking of the turtle rescue?
A. Thrilled. B. Annoyed. C. Concerned. D. Moved.
19. What contributes most to the turtles’ returning home?
A. The pilots’ generous devotion.
B. The division’s urgent care.
C. The rehab facilities’ willingness to help.
D. The improvement of the turtles’ habitats.
20. What can we say about the rescuing result?
A. It is unsatisfactory. B. It costs too much.
C. It is controversial. D. It quite pays off.
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Humans have sailed the oceans’ surfaces for thousands of years, but their depths remain
effectively uncharted. Only about a quarter of the seafloor has been mapped at high resolution (清
晰度). Maps of most regions display only estimated depths and often miss entire underwater
mountains or canyons (峡谷). So a group of researchers have turned to some deep-diving experts:
Elephant Seals and Weddell Seals. Scientists have been placing trackers on these blubber y marine
mammals around Antarctica for years, gathering data on ocean temperature and salinity (盐度).
For a new study, the researchers compared these dives’ location and depth data with some of
the less detailed seafloor maps. They spotted places where the seals dove deeper than should have
been possible according to the maps.
In eastern Antarctica’s Vincennes Bay, the diving seals helped the scientists find a large,
hidden underwater canyon suddenly descending (下降) to depths of more than a mile. “The seals
discovered the canyon, and the ship confirmed it,” says Clive McMahon, a researcher at the
Integrated Marine Observing System in Australia and a co-author of the new study.
But seals can’t map the entire ocean floor. The trackers used in the study could pinpoint
(为……准确定位) a seal’s geographical location only within about 1.5 miles, which allows for
useful but not exactly high-resolution data. Plus, because the seals don’t always dive to the bottom
of the ocean, they can reveal only where the bottom is deeper than in existing maps — not
shallower. McMahon notes that scientists could improve on these data by using more precise GPS
trackers and analyzing the seals’ diving patterns to determine whether they have reached theseafloor or simply stopped descending.
The current seal-dive data can still be valuable for an important task, says Anna Wåhlin, an
oceanographer at the University of Gothenburg in Sweden. The deep ocean around Antarctica is
warmer than the extremely cold waters at the surface, and seafloor canyons can allow that warmer
water to flow to the ice along the continent’s coast, Wåhlin explains. To predict how Antarctica’s
ice will melt, scientists will need to know where those canyons are and how deep they go.
21. What’s the initial function of the device carried by the seals?
A. Collecting data about seawater.
B. Filming the images of the seafloor.
C. Recording the seals’ travelling routes.
D. Leading researchers to some remote areas.
22. What does the new study’s discovery prove?
A. It is impossible to fully uncover the secrets of the sea.
B. The existing depth estimates for the sea are inaccurate.
C. Seals’ ability to dive is worth further scientific studies.
D. It is urgent for scientists to map detailed seafloor maps.
23. What does paragraph 4 mainly talk about?
A. The creative methods adopted in the study.
B. Major technical challenges faced by scientists.
C. New research directions inspired by the study.
D. The shortcomings of the approaches to the study.
24. Which of the following will Anna Wåhlin most probably agree with?
A. The new study is potentially beneficial to other scientific fields.
B. The deep waters of Antarctica are colder than the surface waters.
C. Seafloor canyons slow down the speed of ice melting in Antarctica.
D. The seal-dive practice is valuable for mapping the entire ocean floor.
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Facial recognition technology is mostly associated with uses such as the authentication of
human faces, but scientists believe they’ve found a new use for it—saving seals.
Researchers have developed SealNet. The system is a database of seal faces created by takingpictures of many harbor seals in Maine’s Casco Bay. The research team found the tool’s accuracy
in identifying the mammals was close to 100 percent.
The researchers are working on increasing the size of their database to make it available to
other scientists. Increasing the database to include rare species could help efforts to save them.
The Mediterranean monk seal is thought to be the world’s most at-risk seal with only a few
hundred animals remaining.
Creating a list of seal faces and using machine learning to identify them can also help
scientists know where in the ocean seals are. Marine mammals move around a lot and are hard to
photograph in the water. Scıentists need to be able to identify individuals.
SealNet is designed to identify the face in a picture. It recognizes the seal’s face based on
information related to the eyes and nose shape, as it would a human. A similar tool called PrimNet,
which is for use on primates, had been used on seals earlier, but SealNet performed better.
Seals and other ocean mammals have long been studied using satellite technology. Using
artificial intelligence to study them is a way to bring conservation into the 21st century. Facial
recognition technology could provide valuable data.
“Once the system is perfected I can picture lots of interesting environmental uses for it,” said
Michelle Berger, a scientist. “If they could recognize seals, and recognize them from year to year,
that would give us lots of information about movement, how much they move from site to site.”
He added that harbor seals give important information about the environment around them.
25. What can we learn about SealNet from the passage?
A. It increases the size of the database.
B. It identifies the mammals accurately.
C. It performs more poorly than PrimNet.
D. It includes rare species movement.
26. In what aspect does SealNet help us protect seals?
A. It identines which seal is at risk in the ocean.
B. It recognizes the shape of a seal in a picture.
C. It helps scientists know the location of the seals.
D. It gives information about the animals around seals.
27. According to Michelle Berger, what can the system do when it is perfected?
A. It can provide information of the surroundings.B. It can recognize the seals for a year.
C. It can increase the number of seals.
D. It can provide information about migration.
28. What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To present a high-tech method to protect seals
B. To introduce the species of seals
C. To explain why seals are in danger
D. To propose new methods to recognize seals
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Geologists have long been fascinated by a missing piece of Earth’s history — a lost continent
called Argoland. Around 155 million years ago, the 5,000-kilometer continent broke off from
Western Australia and began drifting(漂移), leaving behind a basin deep below the ocean known
as the Argo Abyssal Plain. But where did Argoland actually go?
The seabed structure suggests that the continent drifted northwestward and ended up
Southeast Asia. But surprisingly, there is no large continent hidden beneath those islands, only
small continental fragments(碎片) surrounded by ancient oceanic basins. Using this theory,
geologists at Utrecht University discovered that Argoland hadn’t really disappeared but survived
as a “very extended and fragmented collection” under the islands to the east of Indonesia.
Unlike other continents like Africa and South America, which broke neatly into two pieces,
Argoland split into many smaller fragments that were dispersed, which made it difficult for
scientists to locate and study the continent’s geological features. However, with advanced
technology and the discovery, scientists can now piece them together.
Tracing the continents is vital for understanding processes like the evolution of biodiversity.
It could help explain something known as the mysterious Wallace line, which is an imaginary
boundary that separates mammals, birds, and even early human species in Southeast Asian islands.
The boundary has puzzled scientists because of how clearly it separates the island’s wildlife. To
the west of the line are placental mammals like apes and elephants. But these are almost
completely absent to the east, where you can find marsupials and cockatoos — animals typically
associated with Australia. Researchers have theorized that this may be because Argoland carried
its own wildlife away from Australia before it crashed into Southeast Asia, which helps explainwhy different species are found in different nations.
The story of Argoland is not one of complete disappearance but of transformation. As the
world continues to evolve, this lost continent serves as a powerful symbol of the fragility of life on
this planet, and a reminder of the importance of respecting and protecting the world that we live
in.
29. What do we know about Argoland?
A. It split into two pieces many years ago.
B. It broke away from the continent of Africa.
C. It sank to the bottom of the Argo Abyssal Plain.
D. It exists as fragments under the eastern islands of Indonesia.
30. What does the underlined word “dispersed” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Crashed. B. Connected. C. Distributed. D. Disappeared.
31. Why does the author mention the “Wallace line” in paragraph 4?
A. To introduce the early history of Argoland.
B. To stress the significance of tracing Argoland.
C. To prove the biodiversity of Southeast Asian islands.
D. To explain the evolutionary process of Australian species.
32. Which of the following is the best title for the text?
A. The Discovery of a Lost Continent B. The Boundaries of Wildlife Habitats
C. The Geological Features of Argoland D. The Formation of the Argo Abyssal Plain
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Called ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC), the idea is to use surface water warmed by
the sun to heat a fluid such as ammonia or water, which then runs a heat engine to produce energy,
just like a power plant driven by steam. Cold water from deeper layers of the ocean would then be
piped up to cool the fluid and repeat the cycle. Theoretically, oceans could provide vast amounts
of electricity like this. Researchers have estimated that there is enough ocean heat to supply 7,000
gigawatt s a year without affecting ocean circulation, enough to supply the world’s electricity
demand— if we can access it.
The idea was first put forward in 1881, but went largely unexplored until the 1970s oil. crisis
drove a search for new sources of energy. In the years since, demonstration projects have beenbuilt, but progress has been “disappointing”, says AI Binger at SIDS DOCK, an organisation that
promotes clean energy development in small island countries. In recent years, a fresh urgency to
transition away from fossil fuels has brought a suggestion of an OTEC return. “It’s the most
promising it’s been in many decades,” says Andrea Copping at the Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory in Washington state.
Tropical (热带的) islands are good candidates for OTEC because of their high energy costs
— diesel (柴油) generators are common there—and the presence of deep cold water not far from
shore, says James Van Zwieten at Florida Atlantic University. Islands also have less space for
other types of renewables. A barrier for past projects was the cost of fixing kilometres of large
pipes to reach deep water. Global OTEC aims to avoid that by extending a shorter pipe from a
platform floating in deep water 10 kilometres offshore, then transmitting electricity back via a
cable (电缆), and making use of advances made in offshore wind technology.
“OTEC will be part of providing a reasonable energy transition so these places aren’t
depending on diesel imports from the richest petrol states in the world,” says Dan Grech, Global
OTEC’s CEO.
33. What can we learn about OTEC technology from paragraph 1?
A. It mainly uses offshore wind to generate electricity.
B. It has been widely applied to the oceans all over the world.
C. It can clean the water in the deeper layers of the ocean.
D. It depends strongly on the temperature difference in the ocean.
34. What does paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A. The advantages of OTEC. B. The development of OTEC.
C. Successful projects of OTEC. D. Different opinions on OTEC.
35. What difficulty did the past projects have with OTEC on islands?
A. Lacking technology for generating electricity.
B. Being far away from the shore.
C. Enormous investment in the pipe equipment.
D. Great demand for the space.
36. What is Dan Grech’s attitude towards OTEC?
A. Opposed. B. Supportive. C. Doubtful. D. Uncaring.10
How do oceans affect you? If you live far from the coast, you might think they don’t. But life
on this planet depends on the ocean. It covers almost three-quarters of the planet and holds 97% of
Earth’s water. The phytoplankton (浮游植物) that live on the oceans’ surface produce half of the
oxygen in the atmosphere. Oceans are a vital source of food and other resources and an economic
engine for many communities.
For all the ocean provides us, we haven’t always been so responsible in our stewardship (管
理). “The ocean was considered as a dumping ground for so long,” says Caitlyn Toropova of the
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “There was a sense that there was no way
we could harm it because it is so vast.”
But human activities are having a negative impact on many of the world’s oceans,
jeopardizing marine life, habitats, and ecosystems. These threats include overfishing or destructive
fishing, coastal development, pollution and water runoff, and the introduction of non-native
species. Climate change is also having a big effect by causing warming seas and ocean
acidification.
Realizing that something needs to be done to stem or reverse the damage has led to the
creation of marine protected areas (MPAs). There are approximately 5,000 designated (指定)
MPAs around the world but many more that are not officially recognized. That may sound like a
lot, but less than 1% of the world’s oceans is protected. “Countries around the world have
committed to protecting 10%. But even though there’s been an increase in the past ten years, at the
current rate, it would take 100 years to reach that goal,” Toropova says.
37. What does paragraph 1 intend to show us?
A. The human impact on ocean species.
B. The importance of oceans to humans.
C. The urgency of protecting our oceans.
D. The great success in ocean exploration.
38. What was the common view about the ocean according to Toropova?
A. It was too vast to be fully explored.
B. Ocean pollution was not very serious.
C. Human activities had little effect on it.
D. It provided us with abundant resources.39. What does the underlined word “jeopardizing” in paragraph 3 probably mean?
A. Rescuing.
B. Classifying.
C. Discovering.
D. Endangering.
40. What can be inferred from Toropova’s words in the last paragraph?
A. More efforts are needed to protect oceans.
B. MPAs contribute little to ocean protection.
C. People’s goals are too unrealistic to be achieved.
D. Every country has the duty to save marine wildlife.
二、完形填空
On 20 December, in Newdale, a series of huge waves caused by an undersea earthquake
raced across the ocean near Goldshore. Worse still, it 41 thousands dead. Goldshore
Beach was the only local beach to 42 the disaster without any loss of life. A 10-year-old
girl, Sabrina Andron, helped around 100 people escape 43 with her knowledge of
tsunamis.
The day began like any other on Goldshore Beach. People were walking, running or simply
sitting on the sandy beach, 44 the warm sea air and enjoying the soft 45 that
brushed their hair. Sabrina was one of the happy tourists until she noticed something 46 .
“The water was like the bubbles (气泡) on the top of a beer,” she later explained. “It wasn’t 47
and it wasn’t going in and then out. It was just coming in and in and in.” It struck her that these
were the 48 of an upcoming tsunami, which Sabrina had just learnt about in a
Geography lesson.
Sabrina was 49 , but she soon kept her head. She 50 her parents of the
danger though at first they just thought she was joking. However, Sabrina was certain that a
terrible 51 was on its way and kept asking her parents to talk to a safety 52 . To
her great relief, the officer 53 realized the coming danger. The beach was rapidly 54
of people, just before the huge waves 55 into the coast.
41. A. left B. brought C. affected D. led42. A. recognize B. survive C. challenge D. quit
43. A. stress B. reality C. danger D. failure
44. A. making up B. taking in C. focusing on D. checking out
45. A. wave B. sunshine C. whistle D. wind
46. A. unique B. powerful C. strange D. attractive
47. A. narrow B. adventurous C. distant D. calm
48. A. signs B. damages C. effects D. results
49. A. embarrassed B. confused C. annoyed D. frightened
50. A. warned B. cheated C. helped D. debated
51. A. disease B. disaster C. accident D. drought
52. A. officer B. designer C. partner D. inventor
53. A. actually B. anxiously C. immediately D. curiously
54. A. informed B. robbed C. reminded D. cleared
55. A. slid B. crashed C. divided D. tapped
三、语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案填写
在答题卡的相应位置。
World Ocean Day is an international day that takes place annually on 8 June. It is observed as
a 56 (remind) every year of the destruction 57 (cause) by human activities
like garbage and waste water treatment and oil leaks. This year the main purpose of the Day is to
inform a 58 (wide) public of the impact of human actions 59 the ocean,
expecting more people 60 (care) about the worsening situation.
The Day is now celebrated in over 100 countries with hundreds of special events broadcast
across the globe. It 61 (mark) in a variety of ways, including launching new campaigns
and holding special events, to advance ocean conservation and education.
Young people are an important part. The Day provides them with a platform 62
they can express their concerns and share their ideas. Each year, the Day has a theme for the
campaigns and events. For example, in 2016 and 2017 the themes were “Healthy oceans, healthy
planet” and “Our oceans, our future”, 63 (respective). “Collective Action for the Ocean”is the theme in 2022, 64 (throw) light on the communities, ideas, and solutions that are
working together to protect 65 recover the ocean.
四、书信写作
66. 假定你是高三学生李华，一名海洋爱好者。学校英语读书社邀请你作一个主题为“Be
An Ocean Lover”的演讲。请你写一份英文演讲稿，内容包括：
1. 海洋的重要性；
2. 保护海洋的倡议。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为100左右；
2. 短文的题目已为你写好。
Be An Ocean Lover
Hello, everyone! I’m Li Hua, an enthusiastic ocean lover.
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That’s all. Thank you
