英语高中高一下册七选五质量培优试卷测试卷（答案）
U.N. Report Warns Nature Crisis
A new U.N. report focus on the negative effects of human activity on nature. It says one million plant and animal species on land, in the as and in the sky are now in danger of extinction.
The 1, 800-page report took three years to finish. ___1___ The Earth has always suffered from human activity, it says. However, the scratches (划伤) have become deep scars (伤疤) over the past 50 years. Species are going to extinct veral hundred times faster than the average rate during the past ten million years. It’s something that has never happened before in human history.
___2___ Since 1970, the human population has doubled. The global economy has grown by four times. To feed, clothe and give energy to this fast-changing world, lots of forests have been cut down. ___3___ Furthermore, hunting, overfishing and pollution have also been killing species in great numbers.
The problem can be fixed, the report says. ___4___ The amount of land and a that is under protection needs to increa rapidly. The report suggests governments move away from using GDP as a key measure of development. Long-term effects must be considered, too.
Professor Eduardo Brondizio of Indiana University is an author of the report. He says, “We all know what needs to be done. The knowledge is there. ___5___ “
A．However, this requires many changes.
B．Over 120 wildlife species are facing extinction.
C．Only experts know how to address the problem.
D．The report listed veral caus for the situation.
E．There just needs to be a greater will to take action.
F．It draws on the work of 450 scientists from dozens of countries.
G．Between 1980 and 2000, one million square kilometers of tropical (热带的) forest were lost.
More Than Just Food
There are a few ways in which Chine restaurants are different from Western restaurants. Consider how Westerners go about eating at restaurants. Everyone always gets their own menu and orders their own food. ____6____ , it is quite difficult to talk to — or even e — more than a few people during the meal.
____7____ . Usually, everyone sits at large and round tables where it is easy to e and talk with each other, even if it is a rather large group. One person orders the food for everyone , after considering the likes and dislikes of the other people in the group. ____8____ . Everyone then rves themlves by taking a small bit of food and putting it on their own plates.
Just as in the West, people can choo what they want to eat. However, while in the Wes
t, importance is placed on the individual and having one’s own preferences, in China importance is placed on sharing and community. Instead of eing themlves as individuals first, and part of the group cond, Chine people generally e themlves as part of the group first and individuals cond. ____9____ .
Finally, since people are ated at a round table, everyone is treated equally. ____10____ . However, respect is still shown to older people or people of higher status, as they always sit at the far end of the room facing the door.
A．China has many different styles of food
B．And, since the tables are usually small
C．No one is given greater importance over another
D．You should make an effort to enjoy Chine food
E．Everyone still gets what they want, but it is a shared experience
F．Then, when the food comes, all of it is put in the middle of the table
G．However, the traditional Chine restaurant experience is quite different
Why do people travel? There are many reasons one can think of when asked questions like this.
To travel far enough to meet yourlf
Sometimes you find yourlf in the middle of nowhere. ___11___ You find out your abilities. When you are offered a different lifestyle, you can find out what you are made of. The farther you go from your home, the nearer you come to your true lf.
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If you look back at all the amazing memories of your life, you will realize that most of them were out of your comfort zone. Travelling is dangerous, full of life threatening possibilities and will not always be comfortable, but at the same time, it gives irreplaceable memories.
To slow down and relax
A wi man once said that never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life. Money is worth nothing if you cannot spend it on a little adventure. While we are deeply involved in making money, we forget that time is going through our fingers. ___13___ The feeling of being away from your workplace is pure happiness. The feeling of not having to worry about the never ending piles of files is pure joy. ___14___
To celebrate life
Life is short and the world is wide. One day you might wake up and realize that you don’t have time to do everything that you have always wanted to do, anymore. Once in a while, make time to appreciate the fact that you are alive, young, free and healthy. ___15___
