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【题目】An old gentleman who lives a few doors away from me can always be seen with a bag. He goes out by himself and picks up plastic bottles, plastic bags and pieces of paper everywhere. He does it all carefully and never complains.

The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter（废弃物）. “There will come a time when they know better ,” he said . “ It’s just not yet . So, I’ll do it for them.”

Well, this morning I was out walking my neighbor’s dog when I saw another neighbor, a much younger man , out doing the same thing ! He had his two little sons with him and they were having good fun trying to pick up the litter.

When I commented（评论）on what a good job he was doing, he said , “ Well , an older fellow in our street does this . And my friend and I thought it wasn’t fair that he had to do it all the time , so now we take turns .”

Not only was he taking a turn , not only did he have a friend join in as well , but he was passing on the lesson to the next generation（代）！

By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children’ s friends had joined in !

This man was teaching a whole group of young children to keep their own street sanitary. An older man had set an example for him and now he was passing it on — the next generation is doing what he did and the generation to come after that !

【1】The old gentleman picks up the litter _______.

A. to make money.

B. to keep the environment clean.

C. to set an example to children.

D. to help the cleaners.

【2】The underlined word “ sanitary ” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “_______”

A. polluted B. crowded

C. straight D. clean

【3】What can we learn from the text ?

A. Two heads are better than one.

B. Like father , like son .

C. The power of example is endless.

D. No pains , no gains .

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【解析】

试题分析: 一位老人在学校附近捡拾垃圾毫不抱怨,这给年轻人树立了好榜样,后来一个年轻人和他的朋友们也都加入了。榜样的力量是无穷的。

【1】B 细节理解题。根据第二段The children in the nearby school are probably responsible for some of that litter（废弃物）. “There will come a time when they know better ,” he said . “ It’s just not yet . So, I’ll do it for them.”可知，老人捡拾垃圾是为了保持环境干净。故选B。

【2】D 词义推测题。根据文章的内容可知，老人主动捡拾垃圾，给年轻人树立了好榜样，让环境变得干净。故选D。

【3】 C 推理判断题。A. Two heads are better than one . .两个臭皮匠，胜过一个诸葛亮。 B. Like father , like son .有其父必有其子；C. The power of example is endless .榜样的力量是无穷的；D. No pains , no gains . 没有付出就没有收获。根据By the time I had returned the dog to my neighbor I looked again and his children’ s friends had joined in !可知，老人给周围的人树立了好榜样，故选C。