Section A: Banked Cloze

Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.

Earth Day is an annual celebration that honors the achievements of the environmental movement and raises awareness of the need to protect Earth’s natural resources for future generations. Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 in the United States and on either April 22 or the day the spring equinox occurs throughout the (26) ______ of the world.

Environmental activism during the 1960s (27) ______ Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson to create a (28) ______ celebration uniting the environmental movement. With the help of Denis Hayes, a graduate student at Harvard University, Nelson organized the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, educating participants in the (29) ______ of environmental protection. Attended by 20 million people across the United States, the event (30) ______ support for legislation such as the Clean Air Act and the Endangered Species Act.

In 1990, Hayes organized a global Earth Day, with more than 200 million participants in 140 countries. Earth Day now brings (31) ______ citizens and activists from around the world to raise awareness and take action regarding such environmental (32) ______ as global warming and renewable energy.

Today, the Earth Day Network, which rallies more than 20,000 (33) ______ and organizations in 190 countries, supports the Earth Day mission year-round. This mission is founded on the proposition that all people, regardless of race, gender, income, or (34) ______, have a moral right to a healthy, sustainable environment. The Earth Day Network (35) ______ this mission through education, public policy, and activism campaigns.

Word Bank

A) concerns

B) expansion

C) forth

D) geography

E) importance

F) imposed

G) inspired

H) national

I) partners

J) potential

K) pursues

L) rescues

M) rest

N) strengthened

O) together

Answers & Explanations

26. M (rest)。解析：位于冠词 the 和介词 of 之间，需要填入名词。固定搭配 the rest of the world 意为“世界其余/其他地区”。

27. G (inspired)。解析：句子主语是 Environmental activism，缺少谓语动词，且叙述过去发生的事件，需要填入动词过去式。固定用法 inspire sb. to do sth.。意为环保活动“启发/鼓舞了 (inspired)”参议员去创立一个庆典。

28. H (national)。解析：位于不定冠词 a 和名词 celebration 之间，需要填入形容词作定语。第一届地球日主要在全美范围，因此是创立一个“国家的/全国性的 (national)”庆典。

29. E (importance)。解析：位于定冠词 the 和介词 of 之间，需要填入名词。意为教育参与者了解环境保护的“重要性 (importance)”。

30. N (strengthened)。解析：主语是 the event，宾语是 support，缺少谓语动词，且在讲述过去的影响，需要填入动词过去式。该事件“加强了 (strengthened)”对清洁空气等立法的支持。

31. O (together)。解析：位于谓语动词 brings 之后，宾语 citizens and activists 之前。固定搭配 bring sb. together 意为“召集，使...团结在一起”。这里使用 together 构成词组。

32. A (concerns)。解析：位于形容词 environmental 之后，需要填入名词，且后接 such as 举例（全球变暖、可再生能源）。这些都是环境“关心的问题/忧虑 (concerns)”。

33. I (partners)。解析：位于 20,000 之后，与 organizations 并列，需要填入可数名词复数。指该网络召集了2万多个“合作伙伴 (partners)”和组织。

34. D (geography)。解析：与 race, gender, income 并列作 regardless of 的宾语，需要填入名词。指所有人，不论种族、性别、收入或“地域/地理位置 (geography)”。

35. K (pursues)。解析：主语 The Earth Day Network 是单数机构名词，缺少谓语动词，且句子时态为一般现在时，需要填入单三形式动词。意为该机构通过教育等活动“追求/执行 (pursues)”这一使命。

核心搭配与高分句型

【核心搭配与高频短语】

• the rest of：...的剩余部分（the rest of the world）
• inspire sb. to do sth.：激励/启发某人做某事（inspired Wisconsin Senator... to create）
• take action regarding：采取关于...的行动（take action regarding such environmental concerns）
• bring together：使...团结起来，召集（brings together citizens and activists）
• be founded on：建立在...基础之上（This mission is founded on the proposition）
• regardless of：不管，不顾（regardless of race, gender, income）
• have a right to sth.：有权拥有...（have a moral right to a healthy environment）

【亮点句型解析】

• 现在分词作伴随状语：
  "...organized the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970, educating participants in the importance of environmental protection."
  （...在1970年4月22日组织了第一个地球日，教育参与者了解环境保护的重要性。）`educating` 引导现在分词短语作伴随状语，补充说明了组织该活动时所做的事情，是四六级翻译和写作中使句子结构紧凑的常用高级语法。
• 过去分词短语作状语：
  "Attended by 20 million people across the United States, the event strengthened support for legislation such as the Clean Air Act..."
  （有2000万全美民众参加的该活动，加强了对《清洁空气法》等立法的支持。）`Attended by...` 过去分词短语位于句首作原因或背景状语，其逻辑主语是主句的主语 `the event`。这种句型结构非常正式，常用于学术或新闻报道中突出事件的规模和影响。