题目内容
Going green seems to be a fad(时尚) for a lot of people these days.Whether that is good or bad,we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a life style.
On April 22,2011,we decided to be green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 diffenent things to do and this was no easy task.
With the idea of going green every single day a year,Our Greean Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.
Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic(有机的) stores. We consume less meat,choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don’t need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites.Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.
Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planets
- 1.
What might be the best title for the passage?
- A.Going green
- B.Protecting the planet
- C.Keeping Open-Minded
- D.Celebrating Our Green Year
- A.
- 2.
It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because_______
- A.they were expected to follow the green fad
- B.they didn’t know how to educate other people
- C.they were unwilling to reduce their energy
- D.they needed to perform unusual green tasks
- A.
- 3.
What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?
- A.They tried to get out of their ungreen habits
- B.They ignored others’ ungreen behaviour
- C.They chose better chemical cleaners
- D.they sold their home-made food
- A.
- 4.
What can we infer from the last paragraph?
- A.The government will give support to the green roject
- B.The couple may continue ther project in the future
- C.Some people disagree with the couple’s green ideas
- D.Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign
- A.
文章大意:作者通过自己改变自己的生活方式,过绿色生活经历,告诉人们如何通过自己的努力来改变我们周围的环境。
1.根据文章中作者叙述的自己our green year经历和文章的第一段和最后一段进行推断。
2.根据文章的第二段进行判断推理。
3.根据文章的第四段的第一句。
4.根据文章的最后一段,作者相信自己有能力帮助改变环境,保护地球,当然作者会继续自己的绿色行动。特别注意关键词grateful,believe等。
Today, innovations(创新) to make our lives more eco-friendly can be found everywhere. There are energy-efficient automobiles, eco-friendly light bulbs, and clothes made by fashion designers using sustainable(可持续的) environmental practices. Industries around the world have also begun to take a serious look at how their operations affect the local and global environment.
The university of Colorado has been named one of the top green colleges and universities in the United States. This university was one of the first to start a student-led recycling program in the 1970s and toda
y supplies students with reusable shopping bags to use both on and off campus. The entire University of Colorado also uses low flow wa
ter fixtures(设备) and has reduced water usage by 40 percent since 2002.
When it comes to going green, Warren Wilson College has been recognized in many places. The Sierra Club and The Princeton Review have named the college as one of America’s greenest colleges and universities, while the school has also received the Outstanding College Recycling Award from the Carolina Recycling Association, as well as awards from the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education(AASHE). For a small college, Warren Wilson has made enormous efforts to be an eco-friendly campus since its beginning, and today owns a campus farm, a seeding program, and an extensive recycling program. Warren Wilson was also the first College to have an LEED platinum certified(白金认证的) residence hall, and its building services department is also 100 percent GreenSeal certified. According to College Stats, Warren Wilson College is one of the first institutions in the United States to be almost completely self-sufficient(自给自足的) while also engaging students to incorporate sustainability into all academic programs.
Going green efforts at Oberlin College have not gone unnoticed. Oberlin College spends 22 percent of its food budget on buying food from local farmers, with most of the food raised or harvested with organic and sustainable practices. Oberlin has also stopped selling bottled water on campus and offers discounts to students who use their own storage containers when purchasing beverages and food items. Among Oberlin’s other eco-friendly accomplishments is a green graduation ceremony, which includes programs printed on 100 percent recycled paper.
【小题1】The author writes the first paragraph mainly to tell us that ____.
| A.we can find new ways to be eco-friendly |
| B.everyone is aware of being eco-friendly |
| C.industries are reducing their influence on the |
| D.American colleges and universities care much about environmental issues |
| A.Its recycling program is followed by other universities. |
| B.It produces reusable shopping bags by itself. |
| C.It uses special systems to save water. |
| D.It is the most eco-friendly university. |
| A.The Princeton Review praised it for its teaching methods. |
| B.Its residence hall’s building material is platinum. |
| C.It owns a campus garden and a seeding program. |
| D.It sustains itself almost without help from others. |
| A.grow their own food on campus |
| B.pay less with their own containers |
| C.help the college make its food budget |
| D.recycle paper at their graduation ceremony |
| A.Main idea – Comparison. |
| B.Opinion – Discussion – Description |
| C.Introduction – Supporting examples. |
| D.Introduction – Explanation – Conclusion. |