Question

 While nature lovers across the world wish all humans to realize the significance of their natural surroundings,many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.

 Julie Astonis,an Australian housewife in Brisbane is one such example. Even though autumn is approaching Australia's Brisbane in April,one can still watch colourful blooming (盛開的) flowers in Julie's little garden,as she tells that in her community, "Each of us has a beautiful yard. The whole communi?ty,from children to elderly people,takes care of the environment as if they are tak?ing care of their own garden."

  "Gardening is the most popular club in our community," she says. "A lot of retired people don't just regularly organize gardening lectures,but also personally visit families in the community to provide gardening training,so you can see that flowers continue to blossom in our gardens throughout the year."

  Talking about her people's sense of care for the environment,Julie says when people in the community take along their dog,they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog's waste. "In our community,you will never experience the em?barrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass," says Julie with a smile. "Taking care of the dog's waste can also help to develop children's sense of responsibility!"

  As to protecting water resources,the Australian government has made strict rules for families. Julie says, "We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers！" She says almost every family in her community has a huge tank used to store rainwater,which is later used as the resource of all outdoor water use.

1. From the first three paragraphs we learn that       .

   A. gardening is popular in most parts of Australia

   B. April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers

   C. it's not easy to keep a garden without proper training

   D. Julie's community has a deep sense of caring for nature

2. Which of the following about Julie is TRUE?

   A. She takes pride in her community.

   B. She once stepped on a dog's waste.

   C. She is quite in favour of raising a dog.

   D. She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass.

3. From what Julie says in the last paragraph,we know         .

   A. rainwater is not the best resource

   B. her community owns a public tank

   C. her community makes full use of water resources

   D. it is not necessary to water flowers very often

4. Which would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Love nature,the Australian way

   B. How Australians save resources

   C. How Australians lead their life

   D. Protect nature,a must of life

Answer 1

[文章大意]澳大利亞人把保護自然的理念融人自己的生活中。 平時人們喜歡美化周圍的環境；人們遛狗的時候，會帶上袋子處理狗的糞便；人們也很注意節約用水。  1. D   細節理解題。從第二段的句子"The whole community, from children to elderly people,takes care of the environment ： as if they are taking care of their own garden."可知Julie所在的社區有強烈的保護環境的意識。故選D.

2. A 推理判斷題。從第四段的句子"'In our community,you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass”―”可知她對自己的社區感到很自豪，故選A.

3. C細節理解題。由最后一段的內容可知在Julie的社區，每個人都充分利用水資源。

4. A主旨大意題。由全文內容可知答案選A。