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【題目】閱讀短文，根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

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 (利潤) to some non-profit organizations (組織). 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 (連鎖反應(yīng)), 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】

本文是一篇記敘文。文章講述了14歲的瑪雅建立了生態(tài)時裝熱線，她花了6年的時間設(shè)計用棉花、竹子等環(huán)保材料制作衣服。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“Maya Penn… when she was eight years old.”可知，瑪雅8歲時就建立了生態(tài)時裝熱線。故答案為When she was eight years old./At the age of eight.

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第一段“She has spent … cotton, bamboo, silk and wool.”可知在過去的六年中她用棉花、竹子、絲綢和木頭等材料制作衣服。故答案為Cotton, bamboo, silk and wool.

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“She has written two children’s books with environmental messages.”可知，她寫了兩本兒童讀物。故答案為Two.

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“A few years ago… she was not the organizer.”可知她制作了一些傳單貼在城市周圍。故答案為She made flyers to put up around the city.

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“A small action …to do something.”可知，她建議人們從小事做起，也許你們會害怕，但是你不需要有很大的信心來做一些事。故答案為People can begin with some small actions./People don’t need to have a lot of confidence to do something.