第Ⅰ卷（选择题共42分）一、完形填空（共10小题，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从每小题A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入文章中相应空白处的最佳答案。

For thousands of years, people farmed the land. They grew fruits and vegetables. They hunted and fished for meat. They 1cloth, dyes(染料) and paper from plants. They used stone and metal for weapons and tools.People progressed to making machines powered 2water and steam(蒸汽), and even later, by coal, oil, and petrol. Large cities were built. Factories 3of machines created jobs in the cities for thousands of people. The Industrial Revolution(工业革命) changed the lives of many people because, for the first time, more people lived in cities than on 4.Companies built power plants(工厂) to make 5to run the machines, factories and cities.People did not realize these activities were 6the Earth. They didn’t realize how 7oil, gas, coal and minerals were being used up. 8cities grew bigger and spread across the land, plants and animals began to disappear. Their nature homes were destroyed(破坏) as people moved into new places.As time passed, people began to 9the need to protect the Earth and its natural resources(资源). They saw that plants and animals needed protection, so they wouldn’t disappear forever. People joined together to tell 10around the world to conserve(节约) our natural resources and care for the Earth. And so, Earth Day was born. Each year, more and more people take part in Earth Day. What can you do to help?1．A．separated B．washed C．made D．mixed2．A．as B．for C．with D．by 3．A．full B．proud C．sick D．short 4．A．mountains B．rivers C．grasslands D．farms 5．A．metal B．water C．electricity D．oil 6．A．helping B．harming C．wasting D．losing 7．A．clearly B．hardly C．quickly D．slowly 8．A．Before B．If C．As D．Though 9．A．forget B．see C．remember D．get 10．A．them B．other C．another D．others二、阅读理解（共16小题，满分32分）阅读短文A、B，并做每篇后面的题目，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能回答所提问题或完成所给句子的最佳答案。

ALike you, plants need good things like food, water, and minerals in order to grow. Usually they get these important nutrients(营养) from the rich soil(土壤) in which they’re planted. But there’s another way to grow plants that doesn’t use soil. It’s called hydroponic gardening.“Hydroponic” means “working with water.” In a hydroponic garden, plants grow with their roots in water, not in dirt. The water is filled with special food for the plants that gardeners have carefully measured and prepared.Hydroponic plants grow quickly. In ordinary gardens, plants need time and energy to grow long roots that search the soil for food and water. In a hydroponic garden, plants can use their energy to grow tall instead. And because there is no soil, there are no weeds and few insect pests (害虫). Gardeners don’t need to spray(喷洒) plants with dangerous chemicals. Both the plants and the environment stay healthy.Scientists hope that, one day, hydroponic gardens may be able to help hungry people all over the world grow enough food — even in countries that have bad soil, or weather that is too hot, too cold, or too dry. And astronauts hope to take hydroponic gardens with them on the spaceships they fly to Mars, so that they will always have fresh vegetables — and the fun of growing a garden without dirt.11．What’s the meaning of the underlined word “dirt” in the second paragraph?A．soil B．water C．insect D．food12．Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?A．Plants need water and other nutrients to grow.B．There are no weeds in hydroponic gardens.C．Hydroponic plants cannot grow in too hot weather.D．Astronauts hope to take hydroponic gardens to space.13．What’s the passage about?A．Plant growing. B．Space farming.C．Scientific watering. D．Hydroponic gardening.BCan you imagine walking in, sitting next to a stranger and asking for the latest news or putting a recent nov el down next to someone’s coffee and asking for their opinion before giving yours?But more than 300 years ago, this kind of behaviour was encouraged in thousands of coffeehouses all over London. In 1712, the Starbucks site(位置) today was occupied(占据) by Bu tton’s coffeehouse. Inside, poets, writers and members of the public gathered around long wooden tables drinking, thinking, writing and discussing literature into the night. On the wall, near where the Starbucks community notice board now stands, was the white marble(大理石) head of a lion with wide-open mouth. The public was invited to feed it with letters and stories. T he best of the lion’s digest(文摘) were published in a weekly edition of Joseph Addison’s Guardian newspaper, named ‘the roaring of the lion’.Today, few people know Button’s. It’s just one of London’s forgotten coffeehouses.London’s first coffeehouse was opened by a Greek named Pasque Roseé in 1652. While a servant for a British merchant in Turkey, Roseédeveloped a taste for the exotic(异国情调的) Turkish drink and decided to import(进口) it to London. People from all walks of life came to his business to meet, greet, drink, think, write, and joke.14．Where was the white marble lion head?A．In the backyard of the Starbucks. B．On the Button’s long wo oden tables.C．In Joseph Addison’s Guardian newspaper.D．On the wall of Button’s coffeehouse. 15．How often was “the roaring of the lion” published?A．Every day. B．Every week. C．Every month. D．Every year. 16．What kind of coffee did Pasque Roseé import to London?A．Turkish coffee. B．Black coffee. C．White coffee. D．Sweet coffee. 17．What can we infer(推断) from the passage?A．People could hardly found a coffeehouse in 1712 in London.B．Starbucks, Button’s and Roseé’s were famous coffeehouses of London in 1700s.C．Button’s was usually noisy and crowded at night 300 hundred years ago.D．Only businessmen enjoyed the exotic coffee at Pasque Roseé’s.阅读短文C，根据短文内容，从短文后面的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。