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If you have to choose a “Person of the Year” for 2005 , who will you pick ？For many of us ,the choice might not be a person at all . It would be Mother Nature（大自然母亲）.
While the world was still getting over the Indian tsunami（海啸）of December 2004 . Mother Nature went on showing her power throughout 2005 .
From July to October, about seven typhoons（台风）hit China’s coastal（沿海的）area.In August , the whole New Orleans city in the US was hit with its worst 一ever natural disaster , Hurricane Katrina . In early October , an earthquake in Pakistan killed more than 70,000 people .
Mother Nature was trying to give us a message:humans need to take responsibility（duty ) for the earth . She was just fighting back .
It is we humans who burn coal and oi1 to make electricity and power cars . This makes huge amount of greenhouse gases , which cause global warming .
It is we humans who cut forests and fill lakes to make space for buildings.This leaves fewer trees and lakes to keep floods（洪水）from rushing to towns and cities .
We need to work hard to ease（缓解）Mother Nature’s anger , or we’11 see more years of disasters.For example , we can start to use less electricity . Turn off lights , TVs and computers when we’re not using them . We can plant trees . One new tree a year from each of us can make a forest. Forests not only hold floods , they also take in greenhouse gases.
1 . The second paragraph mainly shows that_____________.
A . the Indian tsuami brought the people serious disasters
B . people in the world haven’t forgotten the Indian tsuami yet
C . people in Indian areas are still overcoming difficulties and rebuilding
D . “Person of the Year” for 2005 is Mother Nature
2 . Why may Hurricane Katrina be the worst 一ever natural disaster in American recent history ?
A . Because the whole New Orleans City in America was destroyed badly .
B . Because a few meters high water waves crashed the walls .
C . Because it has never happened in the United States .
D . Because the people in New orleans were both out of water and food.
3 . What can cause such a serious disaster according to the passage ?
A . People burn coal and oi1 . B . People cut down a lot of trees .
C . People change the lakes into fields . D . All the answers above .
4 . The underlined phrase“take in” means “_____________” in Chinese .
A .放出 B .挥发 C .吸收 D .制造
5 . The passage mainly tells us _____________.
A . to use less electricity and plant more trees
B . why the globe is getting warmer and warmer
C . that people should protect and love the earth
D . how to improve the environment around us
查看习题详情和答案>>called a California condor (大秃鹫) is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is
featured (处于显著地位) on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he
spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across
the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their
beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems.In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, rnany trees were
being cut down.This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests
and to the animals that lived in them.
Muir believed that nature should be conserved (保护) instead of being changed by human beings.He wrote
articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests.Soon, others began to
listen. Muir wrote letters to important people,such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired
Muir's love for nature.When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced (说服) the president to
go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later,President
Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established (建立) five national parks.
National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build
homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park,the area that is featured on the back
of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died,people continue his work today. His
work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world.John Muir made us understand the
importance of protecting our earth and our resources—then,now,and for the future.
A. Watching natural views.
B. Writing about the places he visited.
C. Exploring the beauty of the wilderness.
D. Creating farmland for sheep and cattle.
A. Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.
B. Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.
C. Because Roosevelt admired John Muir's love for nature.
D. Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.
A. Many trees were cut down.
B. Five national parks were established.
C. More homes and businesses were built.
D. More farmland was used for sheep and cattle.
A. Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.
B. Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.
C. Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.
D. Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.
A. To advise readers to become active conservationists.
B. To make us interested in the story about a great man.
C. To tell us something about an important person in history.
D. To give information about how to conserve the environment.