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 colorful 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 community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking 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 embarrassment 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 a1so 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, connect the water tank with their toilets.

1.From the first three paragraphs we learn that .

A. gardening is popular in most part 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.What do we know about Julie from this passage?

A. She takes pride in her community.

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

C. She is quite in favor 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 resources

D. it is not necessary to water flowers very often

4.What 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

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.A

【解析】

試題分析：全世界愛護自然的人都希望人們能夠認識到周圍環境對他們的重要性。許多澳大利亞人正在把愛護環境變成一種生活方式。生活在布里斯班的Julie就是其中之一。

1.1】推理判斷題。根據第一段“many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life”和第二段“The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care of their own garden.”與第三段“regularly organize gardening lectures...provide gardening training”可知，Julie所在的社區非常注重環保，從孩子到老人都非常愛護環境，故選D。

2.小題2】推理判斷題。根據第四段“In our community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass”可知，在Julie所在的社區，人們走在草地上不會踩到小狗的糞便，排除B、D；Julie這樣說是為了向大家證明人們的環保意識很強，并沒有贊成養狗之意，排除C，故選A。

3.題3】推理判斷題。根據“almost every family in her community has a huge tank”排除B；根據“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”可知，Julie社區幾乎每家都有一個蓄水池，他們所有的戶外用水都來自雨水，說明他們充分利用資源，故選C。

4.4】選擇最佳標題。根據第一段“many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life”可知，許多澳大利亞人正把保護環境變成一種生活方式，下面四段講的是Julie社區是怎樣愛護環境的，A項的“the Australian way”與文章大意相符，故選A。

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