It’s you and I who are to blame for the state of the earth. No question about it. It’s our life-style that is threatening life on Earth, so we must make the changes. The good news is that many of those changes are really quite simple, even enjoyable, but for every careful step we take as individuals , we must press government and industry to take a big step on our benefit . And we must start now. Tomorrow’s too late.
My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train, and leave their cars behind too. My gardens have been pesticide(殺蟲劑)–free zones for years and I enjoy seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I’ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too, by using environment-friendly, phosphate(磷)–free washing powder , and by no longer thinking of the toilet as a suitable waste-disposal(處理) point .
I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly thrown away. She disappeared into a shop, and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she was doubly embarrassed--she worked there, and the boss gave her a ticking–off too. I’ve started asking fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren’t using unleaded (無鉛的) petrol . These are small things, but we have to start somewhere, and every little does help .
小題1:To help the environment, the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT        .
A．taking the train instead of a car
B．throwing away the old cars
C．a(chǎn)voiding the use of pesticides
D．running after those who throw articles carelessly
小題2:The author ran after a woman through town because he wanted         .
A．to find out where she worked
B．to give her back the piece of paper she had lost
C．to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelessly
D．to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper.
小題3:The word “ticking-off ” in the last paragraph probably means         .
A．blaming B．a(chǎn) piece of paperC．prizeD．ticket
小題4:The purpose of this passage is to         .
A．persuade his friends to take the train
B．inform us of the good news
C．make clear who is responsible for the environment
D．try to advise us all to protect our environment

小題1:B
小題1:C
小題1:A
小題1:D

小題1:根據(jù)短文描述，可知作者嘗試做的事情不包括扔掉舊的汽車，故選B。
小題1:根據(jù)短文最后一段描述，可知選C，告訴她不要隨意的亂扔廢紙。
小題1:聯(lián)系前文，可知此處指的是老板也給了她批評，故選A。
小題1:這篇短文主要是通過作者自己的一些行動來說服我們保護(hù)環(huán)境，故選D。
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