Question

Since the first Earth Day in 1970,American have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment . “We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.

But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement .Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many ,many times,” says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from Wisconsin, who thought up the first. According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place .A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of practices .

Great improvement has been achieved .In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs ,today in 1995 there are about 6,600 .Advanced lights ,motors , and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution .

Twenty –five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment .Today , it’s hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program .” Until we do that , nothing else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson .

1.According to Anderson , before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___

A. the social movement

B. recycling techniques

C. environmental problems

D. the importance of Earth Day

2.Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?

A. The grass –roots level

B. The business circle

C. Government officials

D. University professors

3.What have \Americans achieved in environmental protection ?

A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest

B. They have settled their environmental problems

C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.

D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures .

4.What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph ?

A. Education B. Planning C. Green living D. CO reduction

 

Answer 1

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】作者在本文中把現(xiàn)在的美國環(huán)境問題和以前的環(huán)境問題進(jìn)行了比較，尤其是幾項數(shù)據(jù)的對比。說明人們現(xiàn)在的環(huán)境保護(hù)意識有了很大的提高。其中很重要的一項就是環(huán)境教育所起的作用。

1.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第一段第2句“We didn’t know at that time there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it,” says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.可知在1970年世界地球日開始的時候，人們甚至都不知道有“環(huán)境這個詞”，更不要說知道存在著環(huán)境問題了。故C正確。

2.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段2,3行Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement.中的especially millions of grass-roots Americans尤其是千百萬的一般民眾。可知環(huán)境保護(hù)的主要支持來自普通民眾。故A正確。

3.推理題。根據(jù)第二段4,5行According to US government reports , emissions (排放)from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons .The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .可知通過人們的共同努力，現(xiàn)在的污染排放的數(shù)字已經(jīng)大大地減少了。故D正確。A項中的to the lowest是錯誤的。B項說已經(jīng)解決了污染問題，這一說法是錯誤的。文章中只是說The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 .CO排放超標(biāo)的城市從40降低到9.而不是C項含義。

4.推理題。根據(jù)文章最后一段1,2行Twenty –five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment .Today , it’s hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program .可知現(xiàn)在幾乎每個學(xué)校都有環(huán)境保護(hù)方面的教育的內(nèi)容。說明教育在環(huán)境保護(hù)方面有很重要的作用。故A正確。