1、阅读能力提升练Unit 3 The environment牛津沪教版九年级下 答案呈现678CA910B111213CA14BCDC123BA45BCB提示：点击进入习题15B答案呈现161718FE19C20AB212223pollutionsee2425to reststarsgood262728howtowards2930smallstopup一、完形填空。【2020岳阳】Many people are playing a role in saving the earth on Earth Day.Earth Day is on April 22nd.Lots of people all
2、 over the world try to do something 1 _ on this day.1.A.harmful B.green C.badBIn China,people are expected to keep lights off for one hour at night.People dont use 2 _ in Italy.2.A.recycled books B.reusable bagsC.plastic bagsCPeople dress up like 3 _ and animals to dance in Times Square,New York(纽约时
3、代广场).3.A.plants B.emperors C.trucksAOn that day,people can see many posters about protecting 4 _ animals in Canada and Norway(挪威).4.A.delicious B.wild C.magicBAfter reading them,people are supposed to avoid 5 _ things made of animals,such as ivory(象牙)and shark fins.5.A.building B.buying C.improvingB
4、The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)has made a list of 6 _ things that each person can do to save the environment.6.A.three B.four C.five【点拨】根据下文可知是5条建议。故选C。C 7 _ the lights when you leave a room.Dont leave the tap running.Not turning on your computer every night.7.A.Turn on B.Turn off C.Turn upB【点拨
5、】turn on打开；turn off关闭；turn up调高。很明显，“当你离开房间时要关上灯。”，这是保护环境的一种行为。故选B。Wash your clothes in warm or 8 _ water,not hot water.Use as little water as you can when you do the dishes.8.A.cold B.dirty C.dangerousA【点拨】cold冷的；dirty脏的；dangerous危险的。根据句中的warm及hot可推知，此空选A。Some environmental protection groups believ
6、e that humans will 9 _ the true spirit of Earth Day and try 10 _best to protect the earth.Small actions can make a difference and lead to a better future.9.A.change B.finish C.understand10.A.its B.their C.his【点拨】change改变；finish完成；understand明白，理解。前文大量提到了人们为保护环境所付出的行动，所以此句应表示“人们将会明白地球日的真正精神，并尽自己最大努力去保
7、护地球。”故选C。C【点拨】根据句子的主语humans可知，与其对应的形容词性物主代词是their。故选B。B二、阅读理解。【2020青岛】11.Which of the following best explains“boosting”in Paragraph 1?A.Building.B.Spreading.C.Helping.D.Creating.请同学们看点拨训练第34页原文。C【点拨】由文章第三段“Some scientists from the University of Exeter already said the beavers helped the wildlife in
8、the area.”可知河狸是对野生动物和环境有帮助的。因此boosting 的含义接近于helping的含义。故选C。12.The government wanted a trial first because they wanted to_.A.grow more plants along the riverB.build dams for the beavers in the wildC.introduce the beavers to the wildD.see if the beavers could be reintroduced to the wild【点拨】由文章第三段“In
9、2015,the government allowed the beavers to stay there as part of a trial(试验).They wanted to see if these animals could be reintroduced to the wild.”可知政府想要看是否这些动物能够重回大自然。故选D。D13.What are the good things about wild beavers living on the river Otter?A.They help plants grow and make flooding less.B.They
10、 bring heavy rain and floods.C.They gnaw on trees and harm them.D.Their dams create floods on peoples land.A【点拨】由文章第四段可知它们能够使植物生长，水灾减少。故选A。14.How many kinds of animals are mentioned in the news story which have been reintroduced to the wild?A.One.B.Two.C.Three.D.Four.【点拨】由文章第六段，可知共是三种动物，分别是beavers,r
11、ed squirrels和the Madagascar pochard。故选C。C15.How do you think animal lovers feel about the news?A.Embarrassed.B.Pleased.C.Tired.D.Sad.【点拨】根据原文句子Wild beavers（河狸）are back!Experts say that the wild beaver families are doing well.The beavers are even boosting wildlife and the environment!可知答案。B三、阅读还原。根据短
12、文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。Global warming is a big problem that we have to stop.One of the best things we do is to plant more trees.Trees can take in CO2 in the air and stop global warming.16_FA.More than 55 million trees have been planted in this way.B.The Chinese public has also joined i
13、n these activities recently.C.And China was responsible for 25%of that gain,according to the study.D.However,people there can produce vegetables without any difficulty now.E.But now,China has turned the area into the countrys largest man-made forest.F.According to a news report,China is doing a grea
14、t job of“greening”the world.G.Some people cut down many trees for money.A team of scientists at Boston University has been working with NASA to study Earths green vegetation(植被).They used a special NASA camera and found that the global leaf area had increased by 5 percent since the early 2000s.17 _T
15、hats about one-quarter of the size of the entire Amazon rainforest.CA.More than 55 million trees have been planted in this way.B.The Chinese public has also joined in these activities recently.C.And China was responsible for 25%of that gain,according to the study.D.However,people there can produce v
16、egetables without any difficulty now.E.But now,China has turned the area into the countrys largest man-made forest.F.According to a news report,China is doing a great job of“greening”the world.G.Some people cut down many trees for money.“The growth mainly came from Chinas forest protection programs,
17、”NASA said.For example,since 1962,China has been planting trees in Saihanba,Hebei Province.It was once a desert.18 _EA.More than 55 million trees have been planted in this way.B.The Chinese public has also joined in these activities recently.C.And China was responsible for 25%of that gain,according
18、to the study.D.However,people there can produce vegetables without any difficulty now.E.But now,China has turned the area into the countrys largest man-made forest.F.According to a news report,China is doing a great job of“greening”the world.G.Some people cut down many trees for money.19 _ Ant Fores
19、t,a feature in the Alipay app,gives users points for doing eco-friendly things such as walking and going paperless in the office.Users can then use these points to water and grow their own virtual(虚拟的)trees.When the virtual trees are big enough,Ant Forest will plant real trees somewhere in the world
20、.20 _BAA.More than 55 million trees have been planted in this way.B.The Chinese public has also joined in these activities recently.C.And China was responsible for 25%of that gain,according to the study.D.However,people there can produce vegetables without any difficulty now.E.But now,China has turn
21、ed the area into the countrys largest man-made forest.F.According to a news report,China is doing a great job of“greening”the world.G.Some people cut down many trees for money.四、短文填空。【2020江西改编】阅读短文，从方框中选出适当的单词填入文中空白处。Look up at the sky at night.What can you see?Before electric lights,people could of
22、ten see about 2,500 different stars.Now,light fills the skies over our cities.star,good,rest,up,how,pollution,stop,small,see,towardsThis is called light 21 _.Because of it,people in cities can often only see about ten 22 _!star,good,rest,up,how,pollution,stop,small,see,towardspollutionstarsMost of t
23、he time,light helps us.We can 23 _ because of it.It gives plants energy.But light isnt always 24 _.We need times of dark 25 _.One hundred years ago,we had those times of dark.star,good,rest,up,how,pollution,stop,small,see,towardsseegoodto restNow the night is like day.Some scientists are worried abo
24、ut 26 _ this light affects(影响)our health.These scientists are studying the affects of light pollution.star,good,rest,up,how,pollution,stop,small,see,towardshowOther scientists are finding ways to 27 _ light pollution and make our lives better.For example,many street lights now have covers.The covers
25、 focus the light 28 _ the ground.star,good,rest,up,how,pollution,stop,small,see,towardsstoptowardsThey stop the light from going 29 _ into the sky.They also save energy.The covers are a 30 _ change,but they can still have a positive(正面的)effect.star,good,rest,up,how,pollution,stop,small,see,towardsupsmall