题目内容
Going green is something that affects every single one of us. Whether by recycling those plastic water bottles, or by cutting down on electricity in your home, the importance of going green on a personal level is extremely important. But, when you’re a millionaire NBA basketball star, how do you help out the environment?
Yao Ming is a basketball player that plays for the Houston Rockets and has spoken out against hunting of sharks for fins, a delicious food in his native China. He is also the United Nations’ Environmental champion. His goal is to raise awareness of climate change and energy-saving. “I will work with young people across the world and try to inspire them to plant trees, harvest rainwater and to become environmental champions in their own communities.”
The Philadelphia Eagles, a professional American football team, are really doing their part to give back to the community. The Eagles Go Green page has a “Green Energy Calculator” and according to the web site fans have saved $ 73,674.90 a year and saved 666,320 pounds of CO2 per year. Also, the Eagles have set up a “Stop global warming virtual march(虚拟游行)on Washington”, a march across America for one year, through the Internet with a goal to bring fans together and to urge leaders to deal with the serious problem of global warming now.
Bob Burnquist, a Brazilian skateboarder, is a member of Action Sports Environmental Coalition and founder of a program that gets organic foods and farming into schools for healthy lunch programs. Bob also has a huge homegrown organic farm where he hosted a gathering in celebration of Earth Day.
Kelly Slater is a surfer and eight-time champion, but he also supports saving the coral reefs world wide. He has founded the Kelly Slater Invitational Competition which raises funds and awareness for Reef Check, which is able to get its message out to a large group of guests including professional surfers, film and music stars, and other famous people.
1.According to the passage, Yao Ming wants to ________.
A. help the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship
B. ask the United Nations to protect sharks in China
C. encourage young people to care about the environment
D. train more young people to become players of NBA
2.What have the Philadelphia Eagles done to help out the environment?
A. They have called on fans to do things to reduce global warming.
B. They have marched on Washington to bring fans together.
C. They have saved $ 73,674.90 for solving global warming.
D. They have reduced CO2 emission by 666,320 pounds per year.
3.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last two paragraphs?
A. Bob Burnquist created Earth Day.
B. Bob Burnquist eats only organic foods.
C. Kelly Slater donated a lot of money.
D. Kelly Slater held a competition.
4.The best title for the passage would probably be _________.
A. Highly Competitive Athletes
B. Environment-friendly Athletes
C. World-famous Athletes
D. Millionaire Athletes
5.What can we learn from the passage?
A. Only famous people need to care about environmental problems.
B. America is the country that takes best care of environment.
C. Environmental problems have a common effect on everyone of us.
D. Yao Ming’s goals to raise people’s awareness of environment are mainly about climate change and air pollution.
1.C
2.A
3.D
4.B
5.C
【解析】
试题分析:不管方式是什么,环保问题对我们每个人都有相同的影响,文章例举了一些运动员环保的事迹。
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可知the Philadelphia Eagles号召粉丝做些事情减少全球气温变暖,选A。
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考点:考查环保类短文
最近中国多个地区出现雾霾天气,某中学高三(3)班就此话题组织了一次班会活动,假设你是该班的通讯员,请根据以下信息写一篇英文报道给学校刊物。
时间:2014.1.5下午第三节 | 地点:学校会议室 | 主持人:班长王涛 |
参与者:高三(3)班师生 | 主题:还我蓝天白云 | |
活动目的 | 认识日益严峻的空气污染问题,增强环保意识。 | |
活动流程 | 1. 利用PPT展示图片及调查结果:空气污染致我国每年约25万人过早死亡,数万儿童健康受危害; 2. 小组讨论:如何应对雾霾天气; 3. 班主任点评。 | |
活动小结 | …… | |
【写作要求】
只能用5个句子表达全部内容。文章开头已给出,不计入总句数。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确,信息内容完整,篇章连贯。
As the atmospheric pollution worsens and the air quality declines, smog has occurred in many parts of China.
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