题目内容
Going green seems to be a fad(时尚) for a lot of people these days.Whether that is good or bad,we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a life style.
On April 22,2011,we decided to be green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 diffenent things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day a year,Our Greean Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat,choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites.Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planets.
1.What might be the best title for the passage?
A.Going green
B.Protecting the planet
C.Keeping Open-Minded
D.Celebrating Our Green Year
2.It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_______.
A.they were expected to follow the green fad
B.they didn’t know how to educate other people
C.they were unwilling to reduce their energy
D.they needed to perform unusual green tasks
3.What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
A.They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.
B.They ignored others’ ungreen behaviour.
C.They chose better chemical cleaners.
D.they sold their home-made food
4.What can we infer from the last paragraph?
A.The government will give support to the green roject.
B.The couple may continue ther project in the future.
C.Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas.
D.Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.
1.A
2.D
3.A
4.B
【解析】
【文章大意】作者通过自己改变自己的生活方式,过绿色生活经历,告诉人们如何通过自己的努力来改变我们周围的环境。
1.根据文章中作者叙述的自己our green year经历和文章的第一段和最后一段进行推断。
2.根据文章的第二段进行判断推理。
3.根据文章的第四段的第一句。
4.根据文章的最后一段,作者相信自己有能力帮助改变环境,保护地球,当然作者会继续自己的绿色行动。特别注意关键词grateful,believe等。
With eco-tourism on the rise, eco-hotels are fast becoming the darling of the travel industry. These days, however, staying at an eco-hotel doesn’t necessarily mean vacationing in a tree house in the Costa Rican jungle, although that is certainly a choice.
The majority of eco-hotels fall into one of several categories: hotels and resorts that conserve ecologically important habitats; “green” hotels that reduce, recycle, minimize waste, and protect water; sustainable hotels that harvest food from gardens on the hotel property or get part of all their power from renewable energy; hotels that encourage community involvement such as guests taking part in trail clearing; and hotels that offer some form of environmental education to their guests.
As such, eco-hotels are a various group. Stylish urban hotels like the Willard Inter-Continental Washington focus on energy conservation whereas the Rosario Resort&Spa on Orcas Island in Washington State offers a wildly popular “green” vacation package where guests can “take a hike, clear a trail”.
No matter what you call them, eco-hotel, eco-lodge, eco-resort, or green hotel, they’re part of the “greening” of the tourism industry.
Part of what drives this greening of the hotel industry is no doubt competition. Going green is yet another way to distinguish a hotel from the mass of other excellent hotels that consumers have to choose from. But for many hotels, it’s also part of their philosophy. With the concept of “going green” firmly rooted in consumers’ minds, eco-hotels have taken it to the next level, and whether or not money is the driving factor behind the greening of the hotel industry doesn’t matter so much as it’s good for the planet.
【小题1】The underlined part in the first paragraph means _______.
A.lovers like staying at an eco-hotel when traveling |
B.eco-hotels are very much loved by the travel industry |
C.people choose to stay in a tree house while vacationing |
D.romantic love stories often happen in eco-hotels |
A.It has wall of glass. |
B.It is comfortable and fashionable. |
C.It uses renewable energy. |
D.It’s home to endangered species. |
A.conserves ecologically important habitats. |
B.encourages its guests to participate in its greening activities. |
C.harvests food from its own garden on its property |
D.has courses on the environment for its guests. |
A.love to take a hike |
B.enjoy the green atmosphere |
C.have environmental awareness. |
D.want to live comfortably |