Question

【題目】

Some of the greatest problems we face today are the destruction (破壞) of our environment. Brown clouds, polluted water, endangered wild animals.., these problems seem so huge.

So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don't have to drive...

But does it do any good? When I am the only one in line at the market with cloth bags, am I doing any good? Does my walking to stores make any real difference to the world?

I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鳥) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time comes for migration (遷徙), a few of them first takeoff from the lake. But none of the others seem to notice, so the small group returns. However, the next day they try again. This time few more fly along with them, but most of them still pay no attention, so they return again. They try for several times. Every time a few more birds join in but, since the thousands of others still take no notice, the great migration plan is once more stopped.

Then one day something changes. The same small group of birds once again starts flying and a small number more join in just as before, then more. Finally, they all take flight and the migration really begins. What a spectacular sight it must be—thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once!

A few can make a difference. Even if you're the one to take the first step, and continue trying, others will someday take notice and together we will solve even our greatest problems.

【1】Where would you most probably read this passage?

A. A guidebook. B. A movie poster.

C. A personal blog(博客). D. A geology(地質(zhì)) magazine.

【2】Why does the writer use cloth bags in stores?

A. Because he wants to do some good to the environment.

B. Because he thinks plastic bags are more expensive.

C. Because there are only cloth bags in stores.

D. Because all the people use cloth bags in stores.

【3】What does the underlined word "spectacular" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?

A. Frustrating. B. Surprising. C. Terrible. D. Fantastic.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Even if we can walk there, we still drive over.

B. Flamingos like to get together in groups of a thousand or more.

C. Brown clouds and polluted water are the only problems we face today.

D. When a few of the flamingos first take off from the lake, all the others follow at once.

【5】What's the writer's purpose of writing this article?

A. To show that the writer loves to see the migration of flamingos.

B. To tell readers to continue trying and it can make a difference.

C. To introduce a special kind of flamingo to readers.

D. To show that there're many problems in the world.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】B

【5】B

【解析】

本文作者介紹了環(huán)境問題很嚴(yán)重，我們可以做些力所能力的事來幫助改善環(huán)境。他在文中講述了一開始幾只火烈鳥飛向空中沒有人注意到，但是成千上萬的火烈鳥立刻飛向空中，這是壯觀的景象。因此我們一些人做些事也是有影響的，我們應(yīng)堅(jiān)持努力，其他人注意到了，也會(huì)和我們一起努力來解決大問題。

【1】C

推理判斷題。根據(jù)I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鳥) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more.可知本文是作者在敘述自己了解的東西，因此這篇文章應(yīng)是在個(gè)人的博客上，故選C。

【2】A

推理判斷題。根據(jù)Some of the greatest problems we face today are the destruction (破壞) of our environment.和So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags.可知作者在商店里使用布袋是對(duì)環(huán)境有好處，故選A。

【3】D

詞義猜測(cè)題。根據(jù)thousands of flamingos taking off into the sky at once!可知成千上萬的火烈鳥立刻飛向空中，這應(yīng)是壯觀的，神奇的景象，故選D。

【4】B

細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鳥) which like to get together in groups of a thousand or more.可知火烈鳥喜歡一千只或更多只的聚在一起，故選B。

【5】B

推理判斷題。根據(jù)A few can make a difference. Even if you're the one to take the first step, and continue trying, others will someday take notice and together we will solve even our greatest problems.可知少數(shù)人也可以有所作為，只要你繼續(xù)努力，別人會(huì)注意到的，然后會(huì)和你一起努力來解決大問題，故作者的目的是告訴讀者要繼續(xù)努力，這會(huì)有很大的影響。故選B。