Question

8．Directions：Read the following passage．Answer the questions according to the
information given in the passage．
Kids and Ponds
Years ago there was a group of kids who would hang around at some local ponds in the woods near their houses in Warwick，Rhode Island．In summer they caught frogs and fish．When winter arrived they couldn't wait to go skating．Time passed，and the ponds became the only open space for the kids to enjoy themselves in that neighborhood．
One day．a thirteen-year-old boy from this group of kids read in the local newspaper that a developer wanted to fill in the ponds and build over a hundred small houses called condominiums．So the boy went door to door and gathered more than two hundred signatures （签名）to stop the development A group of citizens met and decided to support him．
At the meeting of the town planning board （委员会），the boy was quite nervous at first and spoke very softly．But when he saw the faces of his friends and neighbors in the crowd and thought about what was happening to their favorite ponds，his voice grew louder．He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens．He also insisted that they should leave enough space for children．A few days later，the developer stopped his plan．
Nine years later，when that teen was a senior in college，he was informed that the developer was back with his proposal to build condominiums．Now twenty-two years old，he was studying wetlands ecology．He again appeared before the town planning board．This time as an expert witness，he used environmental protection laws to explain restrictions on development in and around wetlands and the knowledge of wetlands ecology to help improve the development．Finally some condominiums were built，but less than half the number the developer wanted．The ponds where those kids used to hang around were protected by a strip of natural land，and are still there today．

81．What did the kids like to do at the local ponds in winterThey liked to go skating？
（No more than 6words）（2marks）

82．How did the boy win the citizens'supportHe went door to door and gathered their signatures？
（No more than 10words）	（2marks）
83．What did the boy tell the town officialsHe told them they should speak for the citizens and leave enough space for children．？
（No more than 16words）	（3marks）
84．What helped the boy to protect the ponds successfully nine years laterEnvironmental protection laws and the knowledge of wetlands ecology helped him．？
（No more than 12words）	（3marks）

Answer 1

分析 本文是一篇记叙文．讲述了一位男孩在小的时候以及上大学的时候为保护湿地和孩子们的游乐空间，采用不同的方法及所做出的努力．

解答 81．They liked to skating． 细节理解题．根据第一段的"In summer they caught frogs and fish．When winter arrived they couldn't wait to go skating．"可知：在夏天，他们抓鱼和青蛙，在冬天他们就在结冰的池塘上滑冰．82．He went door to door and gathered their signatures． 细节理解题．根据第二段的"So the boy went door to door and gathered more than two hundred signatures （签名）to stop the development A group of citizens met and decided to support him．"可知：他得知开发商要填平那个池塘的时候，他挨家挨户地求得别人的签名来阻止开发商这样做．
83．He told them they should speak for the citizens and leave enough space for children．细节理解题．根据第三段的"He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens．He also insisted that they should leave enough space for children．"可知：他告诉他们，他们应该为市民说话和为儿童留出足够的空间．
84．Environmental protection laws and the knowledge of wetlands ecology helped him． 细节理解题．根据文章最后一段的"he used environmental protection laws to explain restrictions on development in and around wetlands and the knowledge of wetlands ecology to help improve the development．"可知：他使用的是环境保护法以及湿地生态系统的知识来保护了池塘．

点评 健康环保类文章常是介绍科学知识、生活常识和环境保护方面的短文．体裁有记叙文、说明文、议论文和各种应用文．阅读此类短文要以现象或事物为中心进行思考，理解现象产生的原因、条件和客观规律等．同时要抓住事物的特征、用途和相互关系等．