Barnard Environmental Studies Magnet School in New Haven, Conneticut is known as ”Green” school. which attracts 325 pre-school to sixth-students from all over the region(地区)who are interested in environmental studies.

Everything in the building is designed with the environment in mind. The lights 90oⅡwhen people leave the room. and special windows provide "passive light", cutting down on the need for electricity. When a window is open, the air-conditioning automatically(自动地)turns off.

Saving the energy is not all that students do to help the environment. While learning about the dying salmon population in the Connecticut rivers, students also do something to help out -they feed salmon in fish tanks(水箱)in the classrooms. then let the adult salmon go into Connecticut rivers.

Composting(堆肥)is another part of taking care of the environment at Barnard. Students throw the remaining food into a composting bin in a greenhouse. The fertile(肥沃的)soil is used to help grow plants.

At Barnard, almost everything has to do with the environment. Students sing songs about the environment; their artwork has to do the environment; even their math classes are focused(聚焦)on protecting the environment.

“When I grow up.1 want to be a scientist. Because I want to study all kinds of animals and see how they live.” said 10-year-old Crystal. Another student.Troi.11,has similar ambitions(抱负)."When I grow up I want to be a researcher, like a person who discovers different kinds of plants and animals, sort of like that,” he said.

Barnard offers opportunities students wouldn't get in a regular school. The school's goal is to teach kids to be good environmental role models. They also learn a different way to live. To attend the school. students have to express their interest in protecting the environment. "Students come here because they care about the environment.” said Drucker, a teacher at the school.

1.Do special windows provide "passive light" to save energy?

2.Where do they feed the dying salmon from the rivers?

3.Why does Crystal want to become a scientist when he grows up?

4.What is the goal of the teaching at Barnard?

5.What does the writer mainly tell us in the passage?

Hundreds of years ago, life was much harder than it is today. People didn’t have modern machines. There was no modern medicine, either.

Life today has brought new problems. One of the biggest is pollution. Water pollution has made our rivers and lakes dirty. It kills our fish and polluted our drinking water. Noise pollution makes us talk louder and become angry more easily. Air pollution is the most serious kind of pollution. It’s bad to all living things in the world.

Cars, planes and factories all pollute our air every day. Sometimes the polluted air is so thick that it is like a quilt over a city. This kind of quilt is called smog. Many countries are making rules to fight pollution. Factories must now clean their water before it is thrown away, they mustn’t blow dirty smoke into the air. We need to do many other things. We can put waste things in the dustbin and not throw it on the ground. We can go to work by bus or with our friends in the same car. If there are fewer people driving, there will be less pollution.

Rules are not enough. Every person must help to fight pollution.

1.Many years ago, life was much harder than it is today because ____.

A. there were not any modern machines

B. people didn’t have modern machines

C. both A and B

2.What is the biggest problem in today’s life?

A. Water pollution

B. Pollution

C. Noise

3.The most serious kind of pollution is ________.

A. noise pollution

B. air pollution

C. water pollution

4.Factories must clean their water ________.

A. when they are thrown away

B. after it is thrown away

C. before it is thrown away

5.From the passage we know that ________.

A. a few years ago, there was no smog at all

B. today people don’t have to talk to each other in a loud voice

C. we can drink water from the polluted rivers and lakes’

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