黑龙江省哈尔滨师范大学青冈实验中学校2023-2024学年高二下学期4月考试英语试题

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时间：120分钟 满分：150分
第一部分 听力(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。例:
Hw much is the shirt?
A.£19.15. B.£ 9.18. C.£ 9.15.
答案是C。
1.Wh is the wman?
A.Mr. Jhnsn's wife. B.Mr. Jhnsn's mther. 's daughter.
2.Where are the speakers?
A.In a restaurant. B.In a htel. C.At the man's huse.
3.When des the dg usually wake the man up?
A.7:00 a.m. B.6:00 a.m. C.5:00 a.m.
4.What is the man ding?
A.Reading a bk. B.Packing his things. C.Writing a reprt.
5.Why des the wman refuse the man's invitatin?
A.T see a dctr. B.T prepare a meal. C.T attend a family party.
第二节(共15 小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材，回答第6、7题。
6.What des the man like best abut traveling?
A.Trying new fds. B.Meeting different peple. C.Visiting places f interest.
7.Hw des the wman usually travel?
A.By car. B.By plane. C.By train.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What is the relatinship between the tw speakers?
A.Husband and wife. B.Brther and sister. C.Father and daughter.
9.What d we knw abut the man?
A.He wants t eat ut. B.He desn't like t ck. C.He likes a hme-cked meal.
10.Wh will call Mm?
A.Dad. B.The man. C.The wman.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.Wh wrte the nte?
A.Phillip. B.Susan. C.Claudia.
12.Where will the speakers have dinner?
A.At Givanni's. B.At MacDugal's. C.At Sullivan's.
13.Why will they take the subway?
A. The traffic there is terrible. B.It's near the wman's ffice. C. West Hustn Street is clsed.
听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。
14.What are the speakers talking abut?
A.Hw t save energy. B.Hw t lk after animals. C.Hw t prtect the envirnment.
15.Which means f transprt des the man mstly take?
A.A car. B.A bus. C.A bicycle.
16.Hw many miles des the man plan t drive this year?
A.Abut 8,000. B.Abut 9,000. C.Abut 10,000.
17.Why des the man seldm eat meat?
A.He desn't like meat. B.He prefers green fds. C.He wants t prtect animals.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
18.Hw many small islands make up the Gili Islands?
A.3. B.4. C.5.
19.When did turism begin there?
A.In the 1970s. B.In the 1980s. C.In the 2000s.
20.What were the Gili Islands like befre?
A.There was much waste. B.There was plenty f fresh water. C.There were a lt f wild animals.
第二部分 阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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Tuitin includes six units f discunted graduate cllege credits, which will include bks, field trip expenses and ne-n-ne tutring. Husing fees include six weeks at CCA's San Francisc Panramic Residence.
Cmpany-custmized Prgrams
CCA's Office f Special Prgrams can design custmized wrkshps t develp and strengthen emplyees' skills within yur cmpany. Custmized prgrams have included:
•An Ideatin Sketching class, fr the design team f a natinal clthing retailer, scheduled Friday afternns n San Francisc campus.
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21.Wh can apply fr Summer Prgram?
A.Undergraduate students. B.Internatinal students. C.High schl students. D.Cllege students.
22.What can students d if they take Summer Curses?
A.Get sme credits. B.Visit famus artists. C.Make sme friends. D.G n a field trip.
23.What is the purpse f custmized wrkshps?
A.T earn mre credits. B.T cmplete an internatinal paper.
C.T guide yur travel. D.T imprve emplyees' skills.
B
A librarian, whse name is Raden Rr Hendarti in Indnesia’s Java island, is lending bks t children in exchange fr trash they cllect in a special way t clean up the envirnment and get the kids t read mre.
Each weekday Raden Rr Hendarti fills up her three-wheeler with bks, and then she rides it t Muntang village. There she exchanges bks with the children fr plastic cups, bass and ther waste that she carries back. She tld Reuters（路透社）she is helping develp reading in the kids as well as make them aware f the envirnment. As sn as she shws up, little children, many accmpanied by their mthers, surrund her “Trash Library” and exchange fr the bks.
They are all carrying trash bags and Raden’s three-wheeler quickly fills up with them as the bks fly ut. She’s happy the kids are ging t spend less time n nline games as a result. “Let us build a culture f reading frm yung age t reduce the harm f the nline wrld,” Raden said.
She cllects abut 100 kg f waste each week, which is then srted ut by her clleagues and sent fr recycling r sld. She has 6,000 bks t lend and wants t take the mbile service t neighburing areas as well. She hpes that mre and mre peple can d smething t help prtect the envirnment.
24.Why is Raden lending bks t children in exchange fr trash they cllect?
A.T cllect trash and fight against climate change.
B.T teach children t save the earth by reading bks.
C.T prtect the envirnment and help children read mre.
D.T intrduce her bks n prtecting the earth t children.
25.Which f the fllwing wrd can best describe Raden?
A.Curius. B.Respnsible. C.Hard-wrking. D.Psitive.
26.Frm the text we can knw that ______.
A.the service is ppular nly amng adults.
B.Raden exchanges bks tw days a week.
C.Raden may take the service t neighburing areas.
D.the waste will be srted ut after recycling r sld.
27.What is the best title f this passage?
A.A Great Librarian. B.Trash fr Bks.
C.Prmtin fr Recycling. D.Mre Reading, Less Online Games.
C
Earthquakes are cmmn natural disasters. N matter where yu are, knwing hw t prtect yurself and yur family during an earthquake is necessary.
Sme experts prpse that when yu feel the grund is shaking, drp dwn , take cver under a desk and hld n. Mst earthquake injuries are the result f being hit by smething falling n yu.Yu shuld stay indrs until the shaking stps. If yu are utdrs, dn't stay near buildings, trees r pwer lines. Many peple think that in case f an earthquake, they shuld " get under smething"like a drway r a desk , in rder t avid being hurt by falling bjects.
Rescue experts nw say this is the wrng thing t d. Fr example, in the 1985 Mexic City earthquake, they fund hundreds f children in schls, crushed by their desks. Hwever, they culd have survived by lying in the passage next t their desks.
S find a nice piece f furniture, a chair, a sfa, and lie dwn, r curl up next t it. A falling rf may cmpact the furniture, but will still leave a space fr yu t survive next t it. This als hlds true if yu are in a htel rm, especially at night. Get ff the bed, and lie dwn next t it.
In San Francisc's 1989 earthquake, the upper freeway fell n the lwer ne. Peple wh drve alng were crushed in their cars. But they had time t get ut and lie dwn next t their cars. Yes, their cars were crushed, but there was space frm tp t bttm next t the vehicles fr peple t survive and await a rescue.
Drways and stairways are very unsafe. Stay away frm thse.
What can we d t keep urselves safe? Staying calm is the first and mst imprtant rule when facing accidents.
28.What shuld yu d first when accidents happen accrding t this passage?
A.Get under buildings. B.Stay near trees. C.Keep calm. D.Drp dwn.
29.What can we learn frm the text?
A." Get under smething" can avid being hurt. B.Right earthquake survival tips can save life.
C.Earthquakes cause great damage. D.Dn't drive n the upper freeway during an earthquake.
30.Which f the fllwing is the clsest meaning f the underlined wrd “crushed” in Paragraph 3?
A.hidden B.prtected C.killed D.supprted
31.Hw can we prbably get a narrw escape frm an earthquake?
A.Lie dwn next t a strng piece f furniture r a car. B.Lie dwn under a table r desk.
C.Run ut f the huse and stay under a big tree D.Shut ut ludly and ask fr help.
D
A grup f secnd-year cllege students have discvered hidden writing n a page frm a bk frm the 1500s , using a special camera system they built.
Surprisingly, finding hidden writing n very ld dcuments isn't all that unusual. In fact, there's even a special name fr dcuments like this: a palimpsest(再生羊皮纸卷).
Lng ag, writing was dne n parchment(羊皮纸)-thin, dried animal skins specially prepared fr writing. But parchment wasn't easy t make and wasn't cheap. S it became cmmn t erase the ld writing ff the parchment and then reuse it fr anther piece f writing. That's what creates a palimpsest.
The writing erased frm the parchment can't be seen directly, but scientists have learned ways t use special lighting t reveal the riginal writing. But it's unusual fr yung cllege students t discver palimpsests.
Last year, first-year students at the Rchester Institute f Technlgy tk part in a class that brught tgether many students t take n a prject as a grup. The prject was t build a special camera system that culd take pictures using different kinds f light.
Over the summer, the students wrking n the imaging camera managed t finish it. When they were dne, they brrwed several ld parchments frm the cllectin at the schl's Cary Graphic Arts Cllectin. When they put ne f the pages under their camera system with UV light, the hidden writing suddenly appeared. Under the UV light, handwriting in French culd easily be seen behind the fancy writing and decratins nrmally visible n the page.
Ze, a student invlved in the prject, said, "This was amazing because this dcument has been in the Cary Graphic Arts Cllectin fr almst 10 years and n ne nticed it." The students are even mre excited because even thugh the parchment is n lnger part f a bk , they knw where 29 ther pages frm the same bk are. The students, wh are nw wrking with thers t lcate the ther parchments, hpe these, t, will have hidden writing and that they can figure ut what it means.
32.What was parchment designed fr in ancient times?
A.Writing. B.Decrating. C.Imaging. D.Cllecting.
33.What des the underlined wrd “reveal” in paragraph 4 mean?
A.Heat up. B.Bring ut. C.Adjust t. D.Clear away.
34.What are the students expecting t d accrding t the last paragraph?
A.Make a handwriting-recgnizing camera.
B.Identify what the parchment is made f.
C.Track the rigin f the palimpsests in the Cary Graphic Arts Cllectin.
D.Discver hidden writing and its meaning n mre parchments.
35.What's the purpse f this text?
A.T tell abut a new discvery. B.T recmmend a special bk.
C.T explain a cultural phenmenn. D.T intrduce an ld dcument.
第二节(共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Hw many times have yu cmplained, “There aren't enugh hurs in the day!" ?
Hlly Gabrielle White, a vlgger wh graduated frm the University f Cambridge, prbably disagrees. After she began schl in August 2016, White started a channel n the vide-sharing website YuTube. 36 . Nw she has mre than 270,000 subscribers t her channel.
In her vides, the 22-year-ld gets up at 6:30 am and ges t bed at 10:30 pm every day. In between, she balances studying, cking, huse cleaning and exercising. 37 .
A similar case happened t cllege students in China. Mnths ag, the fficial Tsinghua University micrblg accunt shwed pictures f students’ plans, study ntes and daily schedules. In ne f them, an undergraduate tightly arranges his daily life. He usually ges t bed at 1 :00 am and gets up at 6:00 am. Althugh he nly takes 10 classes a week , the rest f his day will be fully bked. He starts his day by pre-reading his textbks at 6: 40 am, and ends with a summary f his studies. 38 , he writes encuragements t himself, like, “Yu're the best", and “G fr it".
Bth students' hard wrk has certainly paid ff. White was at the tp f her 152 ther classmates and the Chinese undergraduate wn a first-class schlarship fur years in a rw.
39 . They have regular schedules and get up early t study. They squeeze as much int the schedule as they can. Mre imprtantly, they learn a way f managing time well and efficiently.
Sme may wnder hw they can avid exhaustin, stress and burnut. White's vide Time Management &Organizatin Tips All Students Shuld Knw may prvide an answer. She advises hw t write ur tasks in a set rder n a t-d list. 40 , because,"Mental health is as imprtant as ur physical health." T White, dancing is smething she takes as a reward after cmpleting everything n the list. Then get enugh sleep t rest her bdy and get ready t d a gd jb the next day.
Indeed, things must be carefully planned befre we act, and then " twice as much can be accmplished with half the effrt", as the ld Chinese saying ges.
A.If he failed t fllw the schedule
B.It recrds her daily life n campus
C.They all set gd examples t us
D.The tw have smething in cmmn
E.When he feels like it is hard t stick t his schedule
F.We shuld als knw hw t avid and release stress
G.Smetimes she finds time t meet up with friends and speak t her family nline
第三部分 语言运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A cuple in Ohi accidentally drpped ff a bag cntaining almst $ 100,000 at an Ohi charity shp.Thanks t
41 emplyees, they gt mney back,
The emplyees were ging thrugh 42 last week when they came acrss a 43 . Inside was $97,004." It was s much cash, " emplyee Kelsey Cry said. “I lked in the bag and we 44_ it right there n the desk. And it was $97,004. "Thankfully , the wner 45 a receipt fr tax purpses when they dnated 46 that mrning.The emplyees 47 called the cuple but there was n 48 .
Nt wanting t 49 that amunt f cash in the stre, they called the Zanesville Plice Department. 50 repeated calls, fficers finally gt a hld f the cuple.The cuple hadn't realized the mney was 51 . They tld the plice they withdrew all their mney t anther bank. On the way, they 52 at the charity shp t dnate a bag f clthes. That's 53 the mney ended up there. “ When we finally 54 them,they just asked if they culd get it smetime tmrrw , ” the fficer said.
The cuple has since made cntact with the riginal 55 wh fund the mney t thank them."I'm just glad that I meet with a bunch f hnest and lyal peple,"Cry said,
B.generus C.brave D.clever
B.dnatins C.fd D.mney
B.bx C.bag D.wallet
B.cunted C.hid D.cleared
fr B.asked abut C.gave up D.gave ut
B.fruits C.bills D.clthes
B.hesitatingly C.eventually D.immediately
B.infrmatin C.reply D.letter
B.leave C.waste D.spend
B.During C.Befre D.In
B.missing C.stlen D.earned
52. A.stpped B.sighed C.quarreled D.wandered
53.A. what B.wh C.where D.hw
fr B.gt rid f C.gt thrugh t D.drpped in n
55. A.plice B.fficers C.custmers D.emplyees
第二节(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
As is knwn t all , a psitive parent-child relatinship is 56 ( benefit) t the physical and mental 57 (grw) f children, but keeping a healthy parent-child bnd 58 ( need ) the effrts f bth parties.
Parents shuld take the respnsibility 59 (imprve)their relatinship with the children. What matters is spending quality time with their children, 60 tight their schedule is. Fr instance, they can eat 61 ( meal ) tgether, g t sprting events tgether r watch their children's favrite TV shws tgether, 62 can cntribute greatly t making their children feel safe and 63 (lve). Children, n the ther hand, shuld let their parents knw they appreciate what their parents 64 ( d) fr them. If pssible, they can give their parents a gift n a special day r help with husewrk 65 a regular basis.
N healthy parent-child relatinship is withut cnflict. But as lng as parents and children make a jint effrt, they can settle the cnflict and enjy their time tgether.
第四部分 写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(满分15分)
假定你是李华，你的英国好友Peter喜欢旅游，他经常和你分享旅游经历，他来信请你分享你的旅游经历。请你给他回信，内容包括：
旅游地点；
旅游所见、所做、所感；
希望他来中国旅游。
注意：
词数 80左右；
可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Peter,


Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节(满分25分)
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段,使之构成一篇完整的短文。
The summer vacatin had just begun, and Alex and Maria were ready t spend all day utside. They decided t walk t the neighbrhd park, where there was a river that they liked t swim in when it was particularly ht.
When they gt t the river, they saw that it was t deep t swim in. Alex and Maria were disappinted. On the ther side f the river, abut fifty yards away, there was a funtain frm which the water is flwing ut. "We shuld g t play in the funtain," Maria said. "Hw will we get there?" asked Alex.
Maria lked arund the grassy riverbank and nticed a few lgs and branches lying clse t the water. "We culd build a bridge!" she said. She ran ver t a thick lg that lked lng enugh t be placed acrss the river. Tgether, she and Alex lifted the lg nt their shulders and walked t the water. Here, they stpped. Hw wuld they get the lg acrss?
Maria suggested thrwing it dwn int the water and seeing if it reached the ther side. That seemed imprper t Alex---what if the lg did nt reach the ther side f the river, and gt stuck r swept away by the water? Then they wuld be unable t walk all the way acrss the river.
Maria wndered if they culd measure the distance frm the riverbank they std n t the ther shre. They put the lg carefully dwn and decided t test the distance with lighter, thinner branches. They fund a few branches and they tied the branches tgether using hair bands.
At their first attempt, they tied tw branches tgether and went back t the river t test the length. The branches nly reached the center f the water. After tying tw mre branches tgether t the initial branches, Alex and Maria were able t get the thin mdel bridge t tuch the far bank, “Hray!" Maria said. "Nw we knw hw lng the lg needs t be."
注意：续写词数应为150左右。
They set the tied branches n the grund next t the lg.

Alex and Maria managed t get t the ther side f the river.


参考答案
一、听力：1-5 ABACB 6-10 BCBCB 11-15 CAACC 16-20 BCABC
二、阅读：21-23 CAD 24-27 CBCB 28-31 CBCA 32-35 ABDA 36-40 BGEDF
三、完形：41-45 ABCBA 46-50 DDCBA 51-55 BADCD
四、语法填空：56.beneficial 57. grwth 58.needs 59.t imprve 60.hwever
61.meals 62.which 63.lved 64.have dne 65.n
五、写作
第一节
写作提示
类型：应用文
话题：分享旅游经历
内容：1. 旅游地点；2. 旅游所见、所做、所感；3. 希望他来中国旅游。
仔细审题，明确写作要点、人称、时态、文体；
列出要点，按照游览顺序，写出所到地点、所见、所做和所感；
构建框架，写出连接要点的过渡句；
写好开头，连句成文；
认真阅读，连贯文章，修改用词和句式，使表述更清晰、简洁；
整洁誊写，注意标点。
参考范文
Dear Peter,
Last week, I went t the Great Wall, which, with a lng histry , is cnsidered as ne f the greatest wnders in the wrld. It's abut six t seven meters high and fur t five meters wide, crssing muntains and ging thrugh valleys, grand and magnificent. I tried my best t climb t the tp. Standing n it and enjying the beautiful view, I felt s prud. I hpe ne day yu can cme t see it yurself.
Yurs,
Li Hua
第二节
思路分析
审要求: 读后续写，本文语篇类型属于记叙文。
审人称、时态: 以第三人称、一般过去时为主。
审要点: Alex 和 Maria到附近公园的河里游泳一由于河水太深，不能游泳，他们把目标转向了对岸的喷泉---他们想办法利用原木架桥过河。
续写时需要注意原文中以下线索：
1 )Hw did they plan t crss the river?
2)Why did they measure the river?
3)Hw did they make sure the lg was lng enugh fr them t get acrss the river?
4.审所给首句:
Para. 1 :They set the tied branches n the grund next t the lg. 他们把绑在一起的树枝跟原木作比较，那么原木是否足够长来用作过河的桥梁呢? 他们又是如何顺利通过原木过河的呢? 结合所给的第二段第一句话可知，这一段主要叙述他们如何利用原木过河。
Para.2:Alex and Maria managed t get t the ther side f the river. Alex和 Maria利用原木这一桥梁顺利过河。过桥后他们的反应如何? 这一段可以主要叙述他们过桥后的反应以及他们在喷泉里玩得是否快乐。
参考范文
They set the tied branches n the grund next t the lg. The lg was luckily the exact length f the tied branches. Seeing that, Alex and Maria were mre than delighted and they placed the lg acrss the river with great care. They made it! Then they fixed their side f the lg with branches and rcks befre they walked acrss it t reach the ther side f the river. Being sure f the lg’s firmness, they started t jurney their way t the ther side f the river as slwly as pssible.
Alex and Maria managed t get t the ther side f the river. When they gt there, they secured the ther side f the lg with branches and rcks, t, and lked back at their handiwrk. It had been a gd day's wrk, and they were indeed prud f that. It really felt gd that they finally succeeded in slving the prblem by using their intelligence. Nw they were free t enjy the cl water in the funtain. Despite being wet t the skin, they were as happy as Larry.
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第一节
Text 1
M:Hi, can I speak with Mr. Jhnsn,please?
W:He's ut with ur sn. He'll be back later n tnight. Can I take a message?
Text 2
M:By the way, may I have my breakfast in my rm? I'm nt an early riser.
W:Of curse, sir. Just ask fr rm service, and they'll see t it that yu wake up t enjy yur rder at any time.
Text 3
W:Hi, Jimmy. Yu're here early. Yu seldm cme t wrk befre 8:00.
M:My dg wke me up at 6:00 tday. He usually waits until 7:00, but I guess he wanted his breakfast early tday.
Text 4
W:May I have a wrd with yu?
M:Yu've caught me at a bad time. I am writing a reprt and have t finish it within an hur.
W: Yu really like leaving things t the last minute,
Text 5
W:Jim, I can't g t the theatre with yu tnight.
M:Why nt, Mary?
W: I have t make dinner fr my family, because my mther is sick.
第二节
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W: Well, I really lve t travel. Uh, every year I g smewhere new. I never g t the same cuntry twice. I think my favrite part is prbably trying new fds.
M: Yeah, but the best thing abut traveling, I find, is the peple that yu meet.
W:Oh, that's true. I've met sme great peple. Um, well, see, I try t travel by train rather than by car r by plane. And that way yu always meet lts f new and interesting peple.
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W:We're ging t d smething different fr Thanksgiving this year. Instead f ging t Mm's huse, we've decided t all g ut t dinner.
M:Oh, kay. I like having a hme-cked meal, thugh, and we g t Mm's every year. Why did yu bth decide t g t a restaurant?
W:Mm says that she's tired f cking everything.
M:Well, we can g ver and help her ut. Or we can just have it at my huse instead. My kids wuld lve t help ck fr their grandma.
W:Yu can talk t her yurself, then. She seems t have made up her mind t g t a restaurant this year.
M:Okay, I'll give her a call. Have yu talked t Dad, yet?
W:N, but I think he wants t g ut, t.
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W:Hi! We're back! Anybdy hme? Phillip? Susan?
M:Hey, what's that?
W:Oh, it's a nte frm Claudia. It says “ Hi! There's a cl new restaurant near my ffice. Let's have dinner there tgether---my treat! The name is Givanni’s, and it's n West Hustn Street between MacDugal's and Sullivan's. Yu can't miss it! The traffic is terrible dwn there. Yu'd better nt drive. Take the subway!"
M:Oh, it sunds like fun. Let's g!
Text 9
W:Jhn, I knw that yu're interested in all things t d with the envirnment. Can yu tell us smething abut it?
M:Oh, yes, I culd think f ne r tw things that I've tried t d ver the last cuple f years. I think it's been a cuple f years since I gt my bicycle ut f the garage, and nw I use it as much as pssible. I use my car less. Last year I drve 10,000 miles , and this year I'm ging t d abut 10 % fewer miles.
W:OK. Nw we're ging t talk abut fd. I knw yu seldm eat meat. Is this part f being “green”, r smething ttally different?
M: Erm... Yes and n. Lking after animals, I think, is as imprtant as lking after the envirnment. I mean, they're part f it. S I prefer nt t kill animals t eat them.
W: Mm. I think it's true that peple all ver the wrld are becming mre aware f the need t lk after the planet. Thank yu very much.
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W: The Gili Islands are three small islands ff the nrthwest cast f Lmbk, Indnesia. The islands are ppular with turists. Cars and mtrbikes are nt allwed, and peple get arund n ft r by bicycle. There is beautiful cean life arund the islands. Peple nly began t live n the islands in the1970s. Befre that, there wasn't much fresh water, and the islands were full f wild animals. Sme travelers discvered the islands in the 1980s and turism began t develp. In 2000, an rganizatin called the Gili Ec Trust was set up t help prtect the areas arund the islands. Frm then n , many ther rganizatins have been set up t educate peple abut prblems n the islands, such as waste and verfishing. The islands cannt be reached by plane, s peple have t take bats directly frm Lmbk t get there.