Unit 6 Nurturing nature Review 单元达标检测
I.阅读理解
A
A tiny Alaska village has experienced a boom in tourism in recent years as polar bears spend more time on land than on Arctic sea ice.
More than 2，000 people visited the northern Alaska village of Kaktovik in 2018 to see polar bears in the wild. The far north community lies in an area where increasingly higher temperature has sped up the movement of sea ice, the primary habitat of polar bears. As ice has gradually moved to deep water beyond the continental shelf, more bears are remaining on land to look for food.
Polar bears have always been a common sight on sea ice near Kaktovik, but villagers started noticing a change in the mid 1990s. More bears seemed to stay on land, and researchers began taking note of more female bears making homes in the snow on land instead of on the ice to raise their babies. U．S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists began hearing reports of the increasing number of polar bears in the area in the early 2000s. As more attention was given to the plight(困境) of polar bears about a decade ago, more tourists started heading to Kaktovik.
“The village had fewer than 50 visitors annually before 2011，” said Jennifer Reed, of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “Today we’re talking about hundreds and hundreds of visitors, many from around the world each year，” Reed said. Most tourists visit in the fall, when bears are forced toward land because sea ice is farthest away from the shore. Bruce Inglangasak, a local hunter who sometimes offers wildlife viewing tours, said he’s been offering polar bear tours since 2004. Most of his clients(客户) are from China and Europe, as well as from the lower 48 U．S. states. Many tourists stay several days in the village, which has two small hotels. The villagers have benefited a lot from that. In turn, they provide more effective protection for polar bears with financial support from tourism development.
1．What causes more polar bears to stay on land in Kaktovik
A．Food shortage.
B．Climate change.
C．Habitats’ movement to shore.
D．Their preference for land.
2．How did common people feel about more sight of bears on land
A．Excited.　　　　　　　 B．Puzzled.
C．Concerned. D．Shocked.
3．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．Hotels in Kaktovik are in demand in autumn.
B．Kaktovik has about 50 visitors annually.
C．Inglangasak makes a living as a tour guide.
D．Tourism affects the balance of nature.
B
Historians and archaeologists have defined periods of human history for centuries by the technologies or materials that made the greatest impact on society. This includes the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. But what age are we in now That question can be answered with one word for some researchers: Plastics.
“Plastic has redefined our material culture and the artifacts we leave behind. It will be found in stratified(分层的) layers in our trash deposits(沉积层)．” That’s according to John Marston, an archaeologist.
The wide variety of synthetic polymers(合成聚合物) would not exist if it weren’t for human action. About six billion tons of plastics have been made and spread around the planet. They have been spread from forests to oceans ever since the first plastic polymers were invented.
Plastics are one of the most significant changes that humans have made to the Earth’s makeup. Most plastics don’t easily degrade. This only adds to the problem. Recycling isn’t an adequate solution. Not all types of plastic are easily recyclable. And there are only a few recycling plants that can process all varieties of plastic.
According to Debra Winter, writer for The Atlantic, this means that many of the materials thrown into recycling bins can cross the planet several times before they are processed. They are made into rugs, sweaters, or they are used to make other bottles. Millions of tons of plastics are recycled every year, but millions more end up in landfills or the ocean. The problem has reached the point where it’s possible that in just a few decades there might be more plastic in the world’s oceans than fishes.
“Plastics have a supposed lifespan of over 500 years, so it’s safe to say that every plastic bottle you have used exists somewhere on this planet, in some form or another，” Winter writes.
The damage may already be done. It may be too late for human populations worldwide to change their plastic using ways. So the Plastic Age might soon take its place next to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in the history of human civilization.
4．Why do people call our age the Plastic Age
A．Because plastics are not naturally made.
B．Because humans create plastics.
C．Because plastics influence the world greatly.
D．Because historians and archaeologists think so.
5．According to the passage, how are most plastics dealt with currently
A．They are recycled.
B．They are degraded.
C．They are thrown away.
D．They are made into bottles.
6．What is the author’s attitude to the Plastic Age
A．Negative. B．Ambiguous.
C．Favorable. D．Unconcerned.
7．What is the main idea of this passage
A．Plastics have ruined our environment.
B．We must stop using plastics altogether.
C．Human beings are in the Plastic Age.
D．Plastics are significant to human development.
C
Encouraging life to bloom (兴旺) in the middle of a desert is no easy task. But one company in the United Arab Emirates has come up with a plan to provide drinking water for the state’s citizens. The company intends to drag icebergs from Antarctica to the gulf coast in order to harvest its fresh water.
The company plans to source the massive blocks of ice from Heard Island, around 600 miles off the coast of mainland Antarctica. It will then transport them around 5，500 miles to Fujairah, one part of the UAE. One iceberg could provide enough water for one million people over five years, according to the company.
The company’s director says they have already travelled the transportation route and checked the possibility of the scheme, according to reports in Gulf News. Speaking to the site about what he is calling the UAE Iceberg Project, Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi said, “We have made the technical and financial plan. We will start the project at the beginning of 2018. We want it mainly for the water. It could also be good for tourism and the weather.”
The UAE is one of the driest countries in the world, due to its extremely arid climate, which receives less than four inches of rainfall per year. Despite that, it consumes more water than double the global national average, putting the country at severe risk of droughts over the next 25 years.
An average iceberg contains more than 20 billion gallons of water, according to the company. The iceberg takes a long time to melt as 80 percent of it is under the water, while the white ice above reflects sunlight and deflects(使转向) its heat. Blocks of ice will be placed in giant tanks, before being processed. “This is the purest water in the world，” Mr. Al Shehi added.
8．What can we learn about the UAE project
A．It will help the UAE harvest fresh water.
B．It will encourage life to boom in Antarctica.
C．It will put the UAE at severe risk of droughts.
D．It will completely change the climate in the UAE.
9．Where could the block of ice come from
A．The Atlantic Ocean.　　 B．Fujairah.
C．The Gulf. D．Heard Island.
10．Which of the following may NOT benefit from the project
A．The local people. B．Antarctica.
C．The weather. D．Tourism.
11．The author mentions the nature of ice in the last paragraph to show ．
A．the process of the project
B．the possibility of the plan
C．the purpose of the company
D．the comments on the scheme
D
Coca Cola, which reportedly produced more than 3 million tons of plastic packaging in 2017, announced that it wanted to“help fix the world’s plastic waste problem one community at a time”．
The soda giant is doing so by providing $5.4 million for recycling programs in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Denver and Houston. In these cities, partners, like The Green Blue Institute and The Recycling Partnership, which receive the money, will work together to improve recycling rates.
“We focus on areas where we have the ability to make the biggest influence on communities through the funding and expert skills of Coca Cola employees，”Carlos Pagoaga, Coca Cola’s group director of community partnerships, said in a statement.“In each city, local partners will work together to identify barriers to recycling on a local level and test a range of solutions，”he added. “We hope the learning from these‘model markets’ can offer solutions to other cities facing similar challenges.”
As part of the effort, The Recycling Partnership and the city of Atlanta, where the Coca Cola company’s headquarters are based, will send street teams out to open recycling carts and leave citizens cards informing them what they can and can’t recycle, and let them know how their efforts work.
“Two of the most urgent problems with recycling in the U.S. today are lack of access and the pollution in recycling，”Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership, said in a statement. “We know from the success of Atlanta in 2017 that the citizens want to recycle, and that communicating with them in the street works.”
Last year, Coca Cola announced its task to collect and reuse a bottle or can for each one it sells, and increase the amount of its products out of recycled materials to 50% by 2030. It also aims to make all its packaging fully recyclable by 2025.
12．What does Coca Cola company intend to do in the program
A．Produce less packaging.
B．Help deal with plastic waste.
C．Pick up waste in communities.
D．Build a plant to recycle plastic waste.
13．What’s paragraph 2 mainly about
A．How Coca Cola conducts its program.
B．What organizations participate in the program.
C．How Coca Cola chooses cities for the program.
D．What the local people do in Coca Cola’s program.
14．What do street teams do to help
A．Sort out all kinds of waste in the city.
B．Look into the cause of pollution.
C．Instruct local people what to recycle.
D．Hand cards to the locals in person.
15．What does Keefe Harrison think of the program
A．Promising.　　　　　　　 B．Difficult.
C．Pioneering. D．Costly.
II.阅读七选五
When high temperatures are around the country, some things also go up.Here are four things expected to rise along with our desire to stay indoors and beat the heat.
1．Sales of goods that keep you cool
Malls are high on the list of places where people often go for free air conditioning outside home in summer. 1 Goods related to keeping cool，like air conditioners，fans or sun care items，are very popular.
2. 2
Pests like stink bugs(椿象)grow fast during summer heat waves，and many agriculture experts are expecting a repeat of last year's outbreak that harmed fruit and crops，particularly on the East Coast.
3．Energy bills
3 With all those air conditioners and fans working，it makes sense that energy bills will
be higher than average. 4 “Not only are people going to have extremely high energy bills for July，it will also put increased stress on power plants，and we're going to see more air pollution because of it,” says Angela Fritz.
4．Violence
Heat waves may cause violence, right “Not necessarily,” says Richard Larrick, a researcher.
He took a unique look at the relationship between violence and heat through baseball.Larrick and his research team examined 57,294 Major League Baseball games taking place between 1962 and 2017 and found that while heat may increase violence,there always has to be a motive.“ 5 Instead, heat affects a specific form of violence,” he said.
A．Air pollution
B．Pest population
C．Rising heat is the expected response in any summer.
D．Heat does not directly lead to more violence in general.
E．More and more people are worried about their expenses.
F．As more energy is used，air quality problems may occur.
G．So it's not a surprise that some sales jump during heat waves.
III.完形填空
One evening, Catherine was at home as usual. As her __1__ swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly __2__ by an urgent call from her sister.“Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you...” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine __3__ herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and __4__awareness about zero waste and climate change.
With a deep __5__ of the environment and a desire to make a __6__， Catherine, Davey, and a group of self __7__“environmental pick up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick up. As they walked, sometimes only __8__ 0.9 miles in an entire day, they __9__ and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201，678 pounds of trash.
Catherine and Davey __10__ with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their __11__ to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently __12__ how she would have enough __13__ to fly home for their two week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope __14__ with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus __15__ outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got __16__ and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where __17__ from all over the state came together with a __18__ of cleaning up trash all over the park.
Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they __19__ was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply __20__ themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.
A. hands　　　　　　　　 B．balance
C．thoughts D．position
2． A. blamed B．interrupted
C．moved D．frightened
3． A. dropped B．cheered
C．found D．taught
4． A. abandoning B．shaking
C．raising D．hiding
5． A. pride B．trust
C．fear D．love
6． A. difference B．promise
C．mistake D．plan
7． A. corrected B．described
C．repeated D．discovered
8． A. driving B．fixing
C．riding D．covering
9． A. slowly B．secretly
C．helplessly D．frequently
10．A. heard B．shared
C．wrote D．read
11．A. efforts B．costs
C．problems D．choices
12．A. worrying about B．replying to
C．depending on D．meeting with
13．A. time B．food
C．money D．room
14．A. equipped B．supplied
C．decorated D．filled
15．A. set off B．broke down
C．headed for D．held on
16．A. rest B．practice
C．understanding D．help
17．A. members B．volunteers
C．tourists D．reporters
18．A. purpose B．question
C．decision D．lesson
19．A. introduced B．expected
C．experienced D．examined
20．A. turn B．limit
C．compare D．devote
IV.短文语法填空
As the effects of global warming, rising seas and natural disasters become more serious 1.____________ before, some local communities are taking action. Among them is one community in Florida 2.____________ local people and government officials are proving successful in protecting 3.____________(coast) cities from the dangers of rising sea levels.
The community has studied how much sea levels will rise and has suggested 4.____________(way) to address the problem. It has persuaded the state government 5.____________(ban) new developments on land near the coastline and recommended building sand dunes(沙丘) along beaches. Kristin Jacobs, one of the group’s founders, decided to take action in 2008 after it became 6.____________(gradual) clear that her state’s water authorities couldn’t agree on joint(联合的) action.
While some Florida government officials doubt whether the climate will become hotter or 7.____________(cold), the people 8.____________(live) in these locations are certain of the need to protect their communities.
At present, coming up with ways to fight against the effects of climate change under a limited budget 9.____________(be) a pressing concern. Only time will tell whether these coastal communities will succeed in 10.____________ end.
V. 概要写作 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time "thinking" about their vacation than they do thinking about what's important in their life.
While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life, it's not what we were created to do. After all, the Master Creator took his R&R(Rest and Recreation)on the seventh day, only after six days of"definitely directed thought".
Wallace D.Wattles wrote, "There is no labor from which most people shrink(退缩）as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world." And yet it is the first and primary labor of achievement.
My friend Mike Litman wrote an outstanding article this week. It's called The Millionaire Composite and it analyzes one of the big differences between successful people and everyone else. He wrote," I recently visited a real estate multimillionaire Mogul. What did I see next to his desk I saw his vision statement, along with a list of what he values in life."
＂A few months ago, I interviewed an individual who has sold products worth over a billion dollars on television. He told me that he read his life and business vision and goals daily, and that he took time to visualize exactly what he wanted to create each night before falling asleep."
What is your life's purpose or your personal mission statement Is it written down Do you review it and think about it often Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose
Without life's purpose and goals, you are like a ship without a rudder(舵). There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, and it is the fuel that propels (驱使）you toward the life you envision.
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Unit 6 Nurturing nature Review 单元达标检测答案解析
I.阅读理解
A
A tiny Alaska village has experienced a boom in tourism in recent years as polar bears spend more time on land than on Arctic sea ice.
More than 2，000 people visited the northern Alaska village of Kaktovik in 2018 to see polar bears in the wild. The far north community lies in an area where increasingly higher temperature has sped up the movement of sea ice, the primary habitat of polar bears. As ice has gradually moved to deep water beyond the continental shelf, more bears are remaining on land to look for food.
Polar bears have always been a common sight on sea ice near Kaktovik, but villagers started noticing a change in the mid 1990s. More bears seemed to stay on land, and researchers began taking note of more female bears making homes in the snow on land instead of on the ice to raise their babies. U．S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists began hearing reports of the increasing number of polar bears in the area in the early 2000s. As more attention was given to the plight(困境) of polar bears about a decade ago, more tourists started heading to Kaktovik.
“The village had fewer than 50 visitors annually before 2011，” said Jennifer Reed, of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. “Today we’re talking about hundreds and hundreds of visitors, many from around the world each year，” Reed said. Most tourists visit in the fall, when bears are forced toward land because sea ice is farthest away from the shore. Bruce Inglangasak, a local hunter who sometimes offers wildlife viewing tours, said he’s been offering polar bear tours since 2004. Most of his clients(客户) are from China and Europe, as well as from the lower 48 U．S. states. Many tourists stay several days in the village, which has two small hotels. The villagers have benefited a lot from that. In turn, they provide more effective protection for polar bears with financial support from tourism development.
1．What causes more polar bears to stay on land in Kaktovik
A．Food shortage.
B．Climate change.
C．Habitats’ movement to shore.
D．Their preference for land.
2．How did common people feel about more sight of bears on land
A．Excited.　　　　　　　 B．Puzzled.
C．Concerned. D．Shocked.
3．What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A．Hotels in Kaktovik are in demand in autumn.
B．Kaktovik has about 50 visitors annually.
C．Inglangasak makes a living as a tour guide.
D．Tourism affects the balance of nature.
【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。气候变暖导致海冰融化，北极熊登陆，为阿拉斯加的一个小村庄带来了巨大的人气，促进了当地旅游业发展，当地人又用旅游业的收入为北极熊提供积极的保护。
1．B　解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的“The far north community lies in an area where increasingly higher temperature has sped up the movement of sea ice, the primary habitat(栖息地) of polar bears. As ice has gradually moved to deep water beyond the continental shelf, more bears are remaining on land to look for food.”可知，全球变暖加速了海冰融化，破坏了北极熊原本的栖息地，越来越多的北极熊待在陆地上以寻找食物。故选B。
2．C　解析：观点态度题。根据第三段的内容可知，随着越来越多的北极熊出现在陆地上，研究人员、生物学家等也越来越多地关注北极熊所处的这一困境，随后，更多游客前往Kaktovik。由此可推知，大众对更多北极熊登陆现象表示关注。故选C。
3．A　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中的“Most tourists visit in the fall”及“Many tourists stay several days in the village, which has two small hotels.”可知，大多数游客会选择在秋季去Kaktovik游览，而且很多游客会在这个小村庄待上几天，而这个小村庄只有两个小旅馆，故可推知在秋季，Kaktovik的旅馆很抢手。故选A。
B
Historians and archaeologists have defined periods of human history for centuries by the technologies or materials that made the greatest impact on society. This includes the Stone Age, the Bronze Age, and the Iron Age. But what age are we in now That question can be answered with one word for some researchers: Plastics.
“Plastic has redefined our material culture and the artifacts we leave behind. It will be found in stratified(分层的) layers in our trash deposits(沉积层)．” That’s according to John Marston, an archaeologist.
The wide variety of synthetic polymers(合成聚合物) would not exist if it weren’t for human action. About six billion tons of plastics have been made and spread around the planet. They have been spread from forests to oceans ever since the first plastic polymers were invented.
Plastics are one of the most significant changes that humans have made to the Earth’s makeup. Most plastics don’t easily degrade. This only adds to the problem. Recycling isn’t an adequate solution. Not all types of plastic are easily recyclable. And there are only a few recycling plants that can process all varieties of plastic.
According to Debra Winter, writer for The Atlantic, this means that many of the materials thrown into recycling bins can cross the planet several times before they are processed. They are made into rugs, sweaters, or they are used to make other bottles. Millions of tons of plastics are recycled every year, but millions more end up in landfills or the ocean. The problem has reached the point where it’s possible that in just a few decades there might be more plastic in the world’s oceans than fishes.
“Plastics have a supposed lifespan of over 500 years, so it’s safe to say that every plastic bottle you have used exists somewhere on this planet, in some form or another，” Winter writes.
The damage may already be done. It may be too late for human populations worldwide to change their plastic using ways. So the Plastic Age might soon take its place next to the Bronze Age and the Iron Age in the history of human civilization.
4．Why do people call our age the Plastic Age
A．Because plastics are not naturally made.
B．Because humans create plastics.
C．Because plastics influence the world greatly.
D．Because historians and archaeologists think so.
5．According to the passage, how are most plastics dealt with currently
A．They are recycled.
B．They are degraded.
C．They are thrown away.
D．They are made into bottles.
6．What is the author’s attitude to the Plastic Age
A．Negative. B．Ambiguous.
C．Favorable. D．Unconcerned.
7．What is the main idea of this passage
A．Plastics have ruined our environment.
B．We must stop using plastics altogether.
C．Human beings are in the Plastic Age.
D．Plastics are significant to human development.
【解题导语】在我们所处的时代，塑料给我们的生活带来了很大便利，但是也给环境造成了巨大损害。
4．C　解析：推理判断题。根据第一段第一句可知，历史学家和考古学家是通过对社会造成最大影响的技术或材料来界定人类历史时期的，由此可推知，我们称现在这个时代为塑料时代的原因是塑料极大地影响了世界，故C项正确。
5．C　解析：细节理解题。根据第五段中的“Millions of tons of plastics are recycled every year, but millions more end up in landfills or the ocean.”可知，每年数百万吨的塑料垃圾被回收，但是更多的塑料垃圾最终被扔到垃圾场或海洋中了，故C项正确。
6．A　解析：观点态度题。根据全文内容可知，作者在文章中描述了塑料垃圾对社会的巨大的负面影响，尤其在最后一段中作者提到，塑料垃圾对社会可能已经造成了损害，世界各地的人们改变使用塑料的方式可能太晚了。由此可推知，作者对塑料时代持消极态度。故A项正确。
7．C　解析：主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述的是我们人类现在处于塑料时代并解释了我们这个时代被称为塑料时代的原因，由此可推知，C项最符合文意。
C
Encouraging life to bloom (兴旺) in the middle of a desert is no easy task. But one company in the United Arab Emirates has come up with a plan to provide drinking water for the state’s citizens. The company intends to drag icebergs from Antarctica to the gulf coast in order to harvest its fresh water.
The company plans to source the massive blocks of ice from Heard Island, around 600 miles off the coast of mainland Antarctica. It will then transport them around 5，500 miles to Fujairah, one part of the UAE. One iceberg could provide enough water for one million people over five years, according to the company.
The company’s director says they have already travelled the transportation route and checked the possibility of the scheme, according to reports in Gulf News. Speaking to the site about what he is calling the UAE Iceberg Project, Abdullah Mohammad Sulaiman Al Shehi said, “We have made the technical and financial plan. We will start the project at the beginning of 2018. We want it mainly for the water. It could also be good for tourism and the weather.”
The UAE is one of the driest countries in the world, due to its extremely arid climate, which receives less than four inches of rainfall per year. Despite that, it consumes more water than double the global national average, putting the country at severe risk of droughts over the next 25 years.
An average iceberg contains more than 20 billion gallons of water, according to the company. The iceberg takes a long time to melt as 80 percent of it is under the water, while the white ice above reflects sunlight and deflects(使转向) its heat. Blocks of ice will be placed in giant tanks, before being processed. “This is the purest water in the world，” Mr. Al Shehi added.
8．What can we learn about the UAE project
A．It will help the UAE harvest fresh water.
B．It will encourage life to boom in Antarctica.
C．It will put the UAE at severe risk of droughts.
D．It will completely change the climate in the UAE.
9．Where could the block of ice come from
A．The Atlantic Ocean.　　 B．Fujairah.
C．The Gulf. D．Heard Island.
10．Which of the following may NOT benefit from the project
A．The local people. B．Antarctica.
C．The weather. D．Tourism.
11．The author mentions the nature of ice in the last paragraph to show ．
A．the process of the project
B．the possibility of the plan
C．the purpose of the company
D．the comments on the scheme
【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，文中介绍了阿联酋有一家公司计划把南极洲的冰山运到附近的海湾，以解决国内的缺水问题。
8．A　解析：细节理解题。根据文章第一段中的“The company intends to drag icebergs from Antarctica to the gulf coast in order to harvest its fresh water.”可知，这个项目会给阿联酋带来淡水。故选A项。
9. D　解析：细节理解题。根据文章第二段中的“The company plans to source the massive blocks of ice from Heard Island, around 600 miles off the coast of mainland Antarctica.”可知，这个公司计划从Heard Island上获取冰山。source在本句中表示 “从……获得”。
10．B　解析：细节理解题。根据文中第二段中的“One iceberg could provide enough water for one million people over five years”和第三段中的“It could also be good for tourism and the weather.”可知，冰山可以为人们带来淡水，这个项目对旅游业和气候也有利，结合题目要求可知选B项。
11．B　解析：推理判断题。根据最后一段中提到的冰山含有大量的水且融化需要很长时间，再结合 “Blocks of ice will be placed in giant tanks, before being processed.”可以推知，作者在该段提及冰的特性意在表明该计划的可实施性，故选B项。
D
Coca Cola, which reportedly produced more than 3 million tons of plastic packaging in 2017, announced that it wanted to“help fix the world’s plastic waste problem one community at a time”．
The soda giant is doing so by providing $5.4 million for recycling programs in cities like Atlanta, Boston, Denver and Houston. In these cities, partners, like The Green Blue Institute and The Recycling Partnership, which receive the money, will work together to improve recycling rates.
“We focus on areas where we have the ability to make the biggest influence on communities through the funding and expert skills of Coca Cola employees，”Carlos Pagoaga, Coca Cola’s group director of community partnerships, said in a statement.“In each city, local partners will work together to identify barriers to recycling on a local level and test a range of solutions，”he added. “We hope the learning from these‘model markets’ can offer solutions to other cities facing similar challenges.”
As part of the effort, The Recycling Partnership and the city of Atlanta, where the Coca Cola company’s headquarters are based, will send street teams out to open recycling carts and leave citizens cards informing them what they can and can’t recycle, and let them know how their efforts work.
“Two of the most urgent problems with recycling in the U.S. today are lack of access and the pollution in recycling，”Keefe Harrison, CEO of The Recycling Partnership, said in a statement. “We know from the success of Atlanta in 2017 that the citizens want to recycle, and that communicating with them in the street works.”
Last year, Coca Cola announced its task to collect and reuse a bottle or can for each one it sells, and increase the amount of its products out of recycled materials to 50% by 2030. It also aims to make all its packaging fully recyclable by 2025.
12．What does Coca Cola company intend to do in the program
A．Produce less packaging.
B．Help deal with plastic waste.
C．Pick up waste in communities.
D．Build a plant to recycle plastic waste.
13．What’s paragraph 2 mainly about
A．How Coca Cola conducts its program.
B．What organizations participate in the program.
C．How Coca Cola chooses cities for the program.
D．What the local people do in Coca Cola’s program.
14．What do street teams do to help
A．Sort out all kinds of waste in the city.
B．Look into the cause of pollution.
C．Instruct local people what to recycle.
D．Hand cards to the locals in person.
15．What does Keefe Harrison think of the program
A．Promising.　　　　　　　 B．Difficult.
C．Pioneering. D．Costly.
【解题导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。可口可乐公司宣布将帮助解决世界上的塑料垃圾问题,该公司将联合其他组织一起实施塑料垃圾回收利用计划。
12．B　解析：细节理解题。根据第一段“Coca Cola, which reportedly produced more than 3 million tons of plastic packaging in 2017, announced that it wanted to ‘help fix the world’s plastic waste problem one community(社区) at a time.’可知，可口可乐公司计划帮助解决塑料垃圾问题，故B项正确。
13．A　解析：段落大意题。通读第二段内容可知，该段主要介绍了可口可乐公司实施该计划的过程：给各大城市的回收利用项目提供资金，这些城市的合作伙伴收到资金后将一起合作来提高回收利用率，故A项正确。
14．C　解析：细节理解题。根据第四段中的“will send street teams out to open recycling carts and leave citizens cards informing them what they can and can’t recycle, and let them know how their efforts work”可知，将派出街道队伍去打开回收利用车，给市民留下卡片，告诉他们什么能回收利用，什么不能回收利用，并让他们知道他们的努力是如何起作用的；据此可知，街道队伍帮助指导当地市民要回收利用什么样的垃圾，故C项正确。
15．A　解析：推理判断题。根据第五段尾句“We know from the success of Atlanta in 2017 that the citizens want to recycle, and that communicating with them in the street works.”可知，他认为从2017年亚特兰大的成功案例可知，公民想回收利用塑料垃圾并且在街道上与他们进行沟通是有作用的；据此可推知，他认为该项目是有希望的；A项意为“有前途的，有希望的”，故A项正确。
II.阅读七选五
When high temperatures are around the country, some things also go up.Here are four things expected to rise along with our desire to stay indoors and beat the heat.
1．Sales of goods that keep you cool
Malls are high on the list of places where people often go for free air conditioning outside home in summer. 1 Goods related to keeping cool，like air conditioners，fans or sun care items，are very popular.
2. 2
Pests like stink bugs(椿象)grow fast during summer heat waves，and many agriculture experts are expecting a repeat of last year's outbreak that harmed fruit and crops，particularly on the East Coast.
3．Energy bills
3 With all those air conditioners and fans working，it makes sense that energy bills will
be higher than average. 4 “Not only are people going to have extremely high energy bills for July，it will also put increased stress on power plants，and we're going to see more air pollution because of it,” says Angela Fritz.
4．Violence
Heat waves may cause violence, right “Not necessarily,” says Richard Larrick, a researcher.
He took a unique look at the relationship between violence and heat through baseball.Larrick and his research team examined 57,294 Major League Baseball games taking place between 1962 and 2017 and found that while heat may increase violence,there always has to be a motive.“ 5 Instead, heat affects a specific form of violence,” he said.
A．Air pollution
B．Pest population
C．Rising heat is the expected response in any summer.
D．Heat does not directly lead to more violence in general.
E．More and more people are worried about their expenses.
F．As more energy is used，air quality problems may occur.
G．So it's not a surprise that some sales jump during heat waves.
【语篇解读】本文介绍了伴随高温天气会发生的一些事件。
1．G　解析：空前一句提到购物中心是夏天人们外出经常去的地方之一，空后一句提到与制冷有关的商品，如空调、风扇等都很受欢迎，结合本段小标题可知，G项“因此一些(制冷商品的)销售量在酷暑期猛增就不足为奇了”与此处匹配。
2．B　解析：根据空处所在位置可知，空处为本段小标题。根据空后的“Pests like stink bugs(椿象)grow fast during summer heat waves”可知，本段主要是说害虫的数量在酷暑期也会快速增长，故B项与此处匹配。
3．E　解析：根据段落小标题Energy bills可知，本段和费用有关，空后又提到(电)风扇和空调的运行会使能源费用高于平均水平，故空处应讲人们对高温天气下使用这些电器的花费的担忧，所以E项符合语境。
4．F　解析：上文提到能源费用增加，下文提到由此会造成更多的空气污染。由此可推知，F项“随着更多的能源被消耗，空气质量问题可能会出现”与此处匹配。
5．D　解析：根据空后一句可知，高温影响一种特定形式的暴力，且由“Instead”可知，空处与下文呈转折关系，再结合上文的“Not necessarily”可知，D项“总的来说，高温不会直接导致更多的暴力”与此处匹配。
III.完形填空
One evening, Catherine was at home as usual. As her __1__ swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly __2__ by an urgent call from her sister.“Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you...” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine __3__ herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and __4__awareness about zero waste and climate change.
With a deep __5__ of the environment and a desire to make a __6__， Catherine, Davey, and a group of self __7__“environmental pick up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick up. As they walked, sometimes only __8__ 0.9 miles in an entire day, they __9__ and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201，678 pounds of trash.
Catherine and Davey __10__ with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their __11__ to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently __12__ how she would have enough __13__ to fly home for their two week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope __14__ with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus __15__ outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got __16__ and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where __17__ from all over the state came together with a __18__ of cleaning up trash all over the park.
Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they __19__ was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply __20__ themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.
A. hands　　　　　　　　 B．balance
C．thoughts D．position
2． A. blamed B．interrupted
C．moved D．frightened
3． A. dropped B．cheered
C．found D．taught
4． A. abandoning B．shaking
C．raising D．hiding
5． A. pride B．trust
C．fear D．love
6． A. difference B．promise
C．mistake D．plan
7． A. corrected B．described
C．repeated D．discovered
8． A. driving B．fixing
C．riding D．covering
9． A. slowly B．secretly
C．helplessly D．frequently
10．A. heard B．shared
C．wrote D．read
11．A. efforts B．costs
C．problems D．choices
12．A. worrying about B．replying to
C．depending on D．meeting with
13．A. time B．food
C．money D．room
14．A. equipped B．supplied
C．decorated D．filled
15．A. set off B．broke down
C．headed for D．held on
16．A. rest B．practice
C．understanding D．help
17．A. members B．volunteers
C．tourists D．reporters
18．A. purpose B．question
C．decision D．lesson
19．A. introduced B．expected
C．experienced D．examined
20．A. turn B．limit
C．compare D．devote
【解题导语】　本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Catherine和她的团队通过致力于沿海岸边拾荒活动来提高人们对零浪费和气候变化的认识。
1．C　解析：根据下文中的“swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening”可知，Catherine的思绪在如何处理她的生活和晚餐计划之间摇摆。C项意为“想法”，符合语境。故选C。
2．B　解析：根据下文中的“by an urgent call from her sister”可知，她的思绪被她姐姐的紧急电话打断了。B项意为“打断”，符合语境。故选B。
3．C　解析：根据下文中的“herself on a bus with 8 strangers”可知，Catherine发现自己和8名陌生人在一辆公共汽车上。C项意为“发现”，符合语境。故选C。
4．C　解析：根据下文语境可知，此处指提高零浪费和气候变化的意识。C项意为“提高”，符合语境。故选C。
5．D　解析：根据下文中的“‘environmental pick up artists’went on a coast to coast road side trash pick up”可知，她们的举动是因为对环境的热爱。D项意为“爱”，符合语境。故选D。
6．A　解析：根据下文中的“‘environmental pick up artists’ went on a coast to coast road side trash pick up”可知，带着对环境的热爱和想要有所作为的愿望，Catherine、Davey和一群自称是“环保拾荒艺术家”的人一起参加了一次沿海岸边拾荒的活动。故选A。
7．B　解析：根据下文中的“environmental pick up artists”可知，他们自称是“环保拾荒艺术家”。故选B。
8．D　解析：根据语境可知，当他们步行时，有的一整天只走了0.9英里路，D项意为“走过，覆盖”，符合语境。故选D。
9．A　解析：根据上文中的“0.9 miles in an entire day”可知，当他们步行时，一整天只走了0.9英里路，速度缓慢。A项意为“缓慢地”，符合语境。故选A。
10．B　解析：根据下文中的“wonderful stories of hope”可知，他们跟“我们”分享了关于希望和灵感的精彩故事。B项意为“分享”，符合语境。故选B。
11．A　解析：根据语境可知，Catherine和Davey跟“我们”分享了关于希望和灵感的精彩故事，它们激励他们努力继续他们的旅程。A项意为“努力”，符合语境。故选A。
12．A　解析：根据下文语境可知，Catherine担心怎样才能有足够的钱回家。A项意为“担心”，符合语境。故选A。
13．C　解析：根据下文中的“with $850 cash in the desert”可知，此处指如何有足够的钱回家。C项意为“钱”，符合语境。故选C。
14．D　解析：根据语境可知，Catherine在沙漠中发现了一个空白的、未署名的信封，里面装着850美元现金。故选D。
15．B　解析：根据下文中的“ they unexpectedly got ______ and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later”可推知，他们的汽车出了故障。B项意为“出故障”，符合语境。故选B。
16．D　解析：根据上下文语境可知，汽车出了故障，他们意想不到地得到了帮助，三个星期后到达了Yosemite国家公园。D项意为“帮助”，符合语境。故选D。
17．B　解析：根据下文中的“cleaning up trash all over the park”可知，此处指来自全国的志愿者聚集到一起。B项意为“志愿者”，符合语境。故选B。
18．A　解析：根据语境可知，来自全国的志愿者带着清理垃圾的目的聚集到一起。A项意为“目的”，符合语境。故选A。
19．C　解析：根据语境可知，他们意识到他们所经历的事情都不仅仅是巧合。C项意为“经历”，符合语境。故选C。
20．D　解析：根据语境可知，他们团队学会了致力于他们的任务中。D项意为“致力于”，符合语境。故选D。
IV.短文语法填空
As the effects of global warming, rising seas and natural disasters become more serious 1.____________ before, some local communities are taking action. Among them is one community in Florida 2.____________ local people and government officials are proving successful in protecting 3.____________(coast) cities from the dangers of rising sea levels.
The community has studied how much sea levels will rise and has suggested 4.____________(way) to address the problem. It has persuaded the state government 5.____________(ban) new developments on land near the coastline and recommended building sand dunes(沙丘) along beaches. Kristin Jacobs, one of the group’s founders, decided to take action in 2008 after it became 6.____________(gradual) clear that her state’s water authorities couldn’t agree on joint(联合的) action.
While some Florida government officials doubt whether the climate will become hotter or 7.____________(cold), the people 8.____________(live) in these locations are certain of the need to protect their communities.
At present, coming up with ways to fight against the effects of climate change under a limited budget 9.____________(be) a pressing concern. Only time will tell whether these coastal communities will succeed in 10.____________ end.
【语篇解读】　随着气候变暖的影响，海平面上升及自然灾害均会给人类带来毁灭性打击。为此，位于佛罗里达州的一个社区的人们积极采取行动来保护自己赖以生存的家园。
1.than　解析：考查连词。句意：由于全球变暖的影响，海平面上升和自然灾害变得比以前更加严重，当地的一些社区正在采取行动。根据设空处前的more serious及设空处后的before可知，此处表示比较意义。故填than。
2.where　解析：考查定语从句。句意：其中一个是佛罗里达州的一个社区，在保护沿海城市免受海平面上升的威胁方面，当地的人们和政府官员(的做法)证明是成功的。分析句子结构可知，设空处在句中引导定语从句，先行词为Florida，表示地点，设空处在从句中充当地点状语，故应用where引导该从句。故填where。
3.coastal　解析：考查词性转换。句意见上一题解析。设空处在句中修饰名词cities，应用形容词。故填coastal。
4.ways　解析：考查名词单复数。句意：社区研究了海平面上升的程度，并提议解决问题的方法。此处way意为“方法”，是可数名词，根据句意及语境可知，此处指不止一种方法，故应用复数形式。故填ways。
5.to ban　解析：考查非谓语动词。句意：社区劝说州政府禁止在海岸线附近开发新的土地并建议沿着海滩建起沙丘。persuade...to do...为固定搭配，意为“劝说……做……”，故此处应用不定式to ban作persuade的宾语补足语。故填to ban。
6.gradually　解析：考查词性转换。句意：克里斯汀·雅各布斯是这个组织的创建者之一，在逐渐了解到州内各水利局就联合行动不能达成统一的意见之后，她于2008年决定采取行动。设空处修饰形容词clear，应用副词，故填gradually。
7.colder　解析：考查形容词的比较等级。句意：尽管佛罗里达州有些政府官员怀疑气候是否会变得更热或更冷，但住在这些地区的人们确定需要保护他们的社区。根据并列连词or及之前的hotter可知，此处表示比较意义，应用形容词的比较级。故填colder。
8.living　解析：考查非谓语动词。句意见上一题解析。分析句子成分可知，设空处修饰主语the people，且与the people之间是逻辑上的主动关系，故用现在分词作定语。故填living。
9.is　解析：考查动词的时态和主谓一致。句意：如今，在财力受限的情况下，提出对抗气候变化影响的方法是迫切的问题。句中“coming up with ways...”是动名词短语，为本句主语，其谓语动词应用单数形式，且根据本句时间状语At present可知，此处应用一般现在时。故填is。
10.the　解析：考查冠词。句意：只有时间会说明这些沿海社区(的举措)最终是否会成功。in the end是固定搭配，意为“最终，最后”。故填the。
V. 概要写作 阅读下面短文，根据其内容写一篇60词左右的内容概要。
How many times have you heard the expression that most people spend more time planning their vacation than they do planning their lives I would expand that expression by adding that most people spend more time "thinking" about their vacation than they do thinking about what's important in their life.
While rest and relaxation are a must in living a balanced life, it's not what we were created to do. After all, the Master Creator took his R&R(Rest and Recreation)on the seventh day, only after six days of"definitely directed thought".
Wallace D.Wattles wrote, "There is no labor from which most people shrink(退缩）as they do from that of sustained and consecutive thought; it is the hardest work in the world." And yet it is the first and primary labor of achievement.
My friend Mike Litman wrote an outstanding article this week. It's called The Millionaire Composite and it analyzes one of the big differences between successful people and everyone else. He wrote," I recently visited a real estate multimillionaire Mogul. What did I see next to his desk I saw his vision statement, along with a list of what he values in life."
＂A few months ago, I interviewed an individual who has sold products worth over a billion dollars on television. He told me that he read his life and business vision and goals daily, and that he took time to visualize exactly what he wanted to create each night before falling asleep."
What is your life's purpose or your personal mission statement Is it written down Do you review it and think about it often Is your life organized around your purpose and a set of goals that support that purpose
Without life's purpose and goals, you are like a ship without a rudder(舵). There is power in your purpose and in your goals. It is the power that takes you over obstacles, and it is the fuel that propels (驱使）you toward the life you envision.
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One possible version:
The article tells us that we should not only know we are in need of rest and relaxation in order to live a balanced life, but also should consider the purpose and meaning of our life.（要点 1)Although it is a difficult task to insist on the permanent and continuous idea, it will provide power so that we can achieve success. (要点2)We have reason to believe that goals are necessary,no matter what we do. (要点3)People always say that a life without a goal is a ship without a rudder.(要点4)

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