Question

  When you are little,it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my 1        when,at the age of 12,I 2        delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. “Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on 3        poverty and finding environmental answers,4________ a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to 5        others,to work things out,to respect others,to clean up our mess,not to hurt other creatures,to 6________,not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us,but I 7        you,please,to make your 8        reflect your words. ”

  I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation (长时间的喝彩) • Some of the delegates 9        cried. I thought that maybe I had 10        some of them,that my speech might actually spur (激励) action. Now,a decade from Rio,after I’ve sat through many more conferences,I'm not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.

  When I was little,the world was simple. But as a young adult,I’m learning that as we have to make 11________education,career,lifestyle—life gets more and more 12________. We are beginning to feel 13      to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is 14________,but aren’t taught how to 15________ a happy,healthy or sustainable (可持续的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and 16________.

Today I’m no longer a child,but I'm worried about what kind of 17________ my children will grow up in. I know change is 18________,because I am changing,still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great,19        if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices,we will rise to the challenges,and we will become part of the 20        tide of change.

(   ) 1. A. feeling   B. pleasure

   C. enthusiasm   D. disappointment

(   ) 2. A. addressed   B. argued

   C. instructed   D. informed

(   ) 3. A. helping   B. ending

   C. destroying   D. changing

(   ) 4. A. which   B. that

   C. what   D. how

(   ) 5. A. fight with   B. compete with

   C. compare with   D. argue with

(   ) 6. A. gain   B. share

   C. save   D. enjoy

(   ) 7. A. challenge   B. respond

   C. forgive   D. force

(   ) 8. A. emotion   B. actions

   C. inspiration   D. deeds

(   ) 9. A. even   B. ever

   C. still   D. already

(   ) 10. A. satisfied   B. reached

   C. emphasized   D. disturbed

(   ) 11. A. money   B. friends

   C. living   D. choices I

(   ) 12. A. necessary   B. comfortable

   C. interesting   D. complicated j

(   ) 13. A. happiness   B. promise

   C. pressure   D. depression

(   ) 14. A. in relief   B. in peace

   C. in progress   D. in danger

(   ) 15. A. lead   B. ignore

   C. find   D. pursue

(   ) 16. A. romantic   B. beautiful

   C. innocent   D. puzzling

(   ) 17. A. environment   B. house

   C. land   D. condition

(   ) 18. A. hard   B. possible

   C. flexible   D. fragile

(   ) 19. A. though   B. however

   C. and   D. but

(   ) 20. A. positive   B. passive

   C. important   D. independent

Answer 1

[文章大意]作者12岁时在里约地球峰会上发言，希望大人们能做到在学校教育孩子时的要求，解决贫困问题，找出治理环境的方法，建立一个和平、美丽的世界，他的发言受到各国代表的热烈赞扬。十年后作者成为一个青年，虽然面对更为复杂、压力巨大的现实，他仍呼吁我们积极行动起来，为保护环境做贡献。

1. C feeling感觉;pleasure喜悦;enthusiasm热情，激情;disap-pointment失望。当时"我"12岁，"我"还记得"我"在里约地球峰会上讲话的激情。故选C.

2. A address演讲;argue争论;instruct教导;inform通知。当时"我"12岁，"我"还记得"我"在里约地球峰会上讲话的激情。故选A.

3. B如果"我们"把花在战争上的钱花在消除贫穷上，那将是多么美好的世界啊！

4. C根据句子结构可知，这是个感叹句，因为后面是名词，所以用what₀

5. A fight with和....... 打架;compete with和..... 竞争;compare with和一…比较;argue with争论。在学校你们告诉"我们"不要打架。

6. B根据后面的not to be greedy可知，教"我们"要学会分享，不要贪婪。

7. A challenge挑战，对……提出质疑；respond回答;forgive原谅^ force强迫。根据前文的why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do可知，"我们"对你们的教导提出质疑，因为你们在学校说的和你们做的不一样。故选A.

8. B emotion情感;action行动;inspiration灵感;deed事迹。此处your actions reflect your words意为"你的言行一致”。

9. A"我"6分钟的演讲赢得了长时间的喝彩。有的代表甚至哭了。 

10. B也许"我"的演讲触动了一些代表。 

11. D根据文章后面的education,career,lifestyle可知，"我们"面临着许多选择。 

12. D necessary必要的;comfortable舒适的;interesting有趣的;complicated复杂的。因为面临许多选择，所以"我们"的生活变得很复杂。 

13. C happiness幸福？promise诺言;pressure压力depression郁闷。想成功和有所成就，"我们"就有了压力。故选c。 

14. C in relief如释重负;in peace和平;in progress前进;in danger处于危险中。有人教导"我们"经济在前进，没有人教导"我们"如何追寻幸福的、健康的和持续的生活方式。故选" 

15. D lead引领;ignore忽视;find发现;pursue追寻。有人教导"我们"经济在前进，没有人教导"我们"如何追寻幸福的、健康的和持续的生活方式。故选D.

16. C romantic浪漫的;beautiful美丽的;innocent天真的，幼稚的;puzzling令人迷惑不解的。12岁时对未来的希望是理想化的、天真的。故选 (：。

17. A environment环境;house房子;land土地;condition情况。"我"担心"我"的孩子会生活在一个什么样的环境中。故选A.

18. B hard艰难的;possible可能的;flexible灵活的;fragile脆弱的。"我"知道改变是可能的，因为"我"在变。故选   B.

19. D though但是;however然而;and并且;but但是。though 用于句尾，且有逗号；however后有逗号。故选D.

20. A positive积极的;passive消极的;important重要的;in?dependent独立的。"我们"将成为改变的积极浪潮的一部分。故选A.