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【题目】阅读短文，根据短文内容回答问题。

Maya Penn, 14 years old, set up her eco-fashion line, Maya’s Ideas, when she was eight years old. She has spent much of the past six years designing and hand-making clothing out of cotton, bamboo, silk and wool. “No matter how big my collection grows,” she says, “I will always use eco-friendly materials to make the products.”

She gives 10 to 20 percent of her company’s profits (利润) to some non-profit organizations (组织). In 2011, when she had too many ideas to have them in a clothing line, she founded her own non-profit organization, Maya’s Ideas for the Planet. Her sincere hope is to encourage others. Maya’s message is that you (yes, you!) can make a difference, no matter how small. We do not all have to design clothing lines and start non-profit organizations by the time we’re 14.

A few years ago, when she read about a local reuse-and-recycle event in the newspapers, she made flyers to put up around the city even though she was not the organizer. Now, she often visits schools to talk to students about environmental problems. Luckily for the planet, her creativity and interest for life is focused on environment protection. She has written two children’s books with environmental messages. These are printed on recycled paper.

In addition, Maya already finds something common that almost every environmentalist has in his or her life. She says that during her school visits, she has met a lot of young people who care but don’t know what to do. What’s going on in the environment seems like such a big matter that they feel they have to perform a big action, and they don’t know what that action should be.

This problem that whatever we do is too little to matter. “The reason it seems like there’s nothing happening,” she says, is because people are afraid to do anything they think won’t have results.

A small action leads to a big change, she says. “It has a ripple effect (连锁反应), whether that person knows it. You may be afraid to do anything but you don’t need to have a lot of confidence to do something.

【1】When did Maya set up her eco-fashion line?

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【2】What has Maya used to make clothing in the past six years?

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【3】How many books with environmental messages has Maya written?

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【4】What did Maya do when she read about a local reuse-and-recycle event?

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【5】What does Maya suggest people do to protect the environment according to the passage?

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Answer 1

【答案】

【1】When she was eight years old./At the age of eight.

【2】Cotton, bamboo, silk and wool.

【3】Two.

【4】She made flyers to put up around the city.

【5】People can begin with some small actions./People don’t need to have a lot of confidence to do something.

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了14岁的玛雅建立了生态时装热线，她花了6年的时间设计用棉花、竹子等环保材料制作衣服。

【1】细节理解题。根据第一段“Maya Penn… when she was eight years old.”可知，玛雅8岁时就建立了生态时装热线。故答案为When she was eight years old./At the age of eight.

【2】细节理解题。根据第一段“She has spent … cotton, bamboo, silk and wool.”可知在过去的六年中她用棉花、竹子、丝绸和木头等材料制作衣服。故答案为Cotton, bamboo, silk and wool.

【3】细节理解题。根据“She has written two children’s books with environmental messages.”可知，她写了两本儿童读物。故答案为Two.

【4】细节理解题。根据“A few years ago… she was not the organizer.”可知她制作了一些传单贴在城市周围。故答案为She made flyers to put up around the city.

【5】细节理解题。根据最后一段“A small action …to do something.”可知，她建议人们从小事做起，也许你们会害怕，但是你不需要有很大的信心来做一些事。故答案为People can begin with some small actions./People don’t need to have a lot of confidence to do something.