山东济南2025年八年级英语下学期期末模拟卷（二）-（解析版） (1).docxVIP

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2024-2025学年八年级英语下学期期末模拟卷（二）

（人教版，山东济南专用）

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

第一部分听力

共四节，满分30分

（略）

第二部分阅读

共两节，满分50分

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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TheUNhasmadetwobigdecisions.Itsaid2025wouldbetheYearofGlacier(冰川)Preservation.Also,March21,2025,wassetasthefirstWorldDayforGlaciers.Why?BecauseglaciersaresuperimportantforlifeonEarth,andtheUNwantseveryonetohelpprotectthem.

Glaciersaremadeoficeandsnow.Theymoveslowlyacrosstheland.Asyearsgoby,layerafterlayer(层)ofsnowpilesupandbecomesglacierice.Glaciershavechangedtheshapeofmountainsandvalleysoveralongtime.They’restilldoingthistoday.Whenglaciersmelt,theygivenutrientstolakes,rivers,andoceans.Thesenutrientsarelikethebuildingblocksofthefoodchaininwater.Theyalsocreatehomesforlotsofplantsandanimalsnearstreams.What’smore,glaciersareareallyimportantwatersource.Around10%oftheworld’slandhasglaciers,andtheystoreabout70%ofEarth’sfreshwater.

Butglaciersareinbigtroublenow.Climatechangeismakingthemdisappear.InColombia,forexample,90%ofitsglaciershavebeenlostsincethemid-19thcentury.Ifthetemperaturekeepsgoingup,glacierswillloseevenmoremassby2100.Thiswillmeanlesswaterforpeopletodrinkanduseforfarming.Itwillalsoputmorepressureonlocalecosystems(生态系统)andmakefloodsmoredangerous.So,it’sreallyimportantthatweallworktogethertoprotectglaciers.

1．WhydidtheUNsettheYearofGlacierPreservationandWorldDayforGlaciers?

A．Toencouragepeopletoprotectglaciersforthefuture.

B．Toattractmorepeopletovisitglacierareas.

C．Tostudythestructureofglaciersbetter.

D．ToshowthepowerofglaciersinshapingtheEarth.

2．Theunderlinedword“mass”inthepassageprobablymeans______.

A．color B．shape C．height D．