Question

【題目】

Every year on April 22, People all over the world celebrate Earth Day. It is a time to work to keep our earth clean. People plan projects to clean up the land, air and water.

U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962 when he saw polluted rivers and cities with smoke. He needed to get support from Americans to clean up the earth. Finally, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day! Now many countries around the world celebrate it, and you can, too.

How can you celebrate Earth Day? Here are a few ideas:

Join a clean-up project-Clean up your street or a favorite beach.

Save energy-Turn off the lights when you leave a room, and use public transportation.

Use less water.

Reduce(減少)/ Reuse/ Recycle ― Practice the three Rs: First, reduce how much you use. Then reuse or recycle what you can.

You can make a difference on Earth Day and every day!

【1】People celebrate World Earth Day every year to _____

A. have great funB. keep our earth cleanC. get to know each otherD. get support

【2】How do people around the world celebrate Earth Day?

A. By using more cars.B. By helping clean up the land, air and water.

C. By polluting rivers and cities.D. By taking fewer buses.

【3】Which of the following sentences is NOT true?

A. Americans celebrated the first Earth Day.

B. Three Rs mean reduce, reuse and recycle.

C. Now about 20 million people celebrate the Earth Day.

D. People celebrate Earth Day by helping to do some public cleaning.

【4】The best title of this passage is _____.

A. Three RsB. A Clean-up ProjectC. World Earth DayD. Save Energy

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】C

【4】C

【解析】

每年的4月22日是世界地球日，是為了喚醒人們保護地球、保護我們的環(huán)境的意識而設立的。短文中介紹了地球日的由來，以及我們該如何慶祝地球日。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文開頭Every year on April 22, People all over the world celebrate Earth Day. It is a time to work to keep our earth clean.可知，慶祝地球日是為了保持我們的地球干凈。由此可知應選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段最后一句話People plan projects to clean up the land, air and water.可知，在地球日，人們計劃一些項目來凈化土地、空氣和水。故應選B。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第二段Finally, on April 22, 1970, 20 million Americans celebrated the first Earth Day! Now many countries around the world celebrate it, and you can, too.可知，在第一個地球日的時候，有二千萬美國人慶祝，而現(xiàn)在全世界很多國家的人都來慶祝，故C選項是錯誤的。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)文意Every year on April 22, People all over the world celebrate Earth Day、U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962、How can you celebrate Earth Day?可知，短文介紹了世界地球日的由來以及我們?nèi)绾螒c祝它，因此全文都是圍繞“地球日”進行敘述的，故C選項最能體現(xiàn)文章主題。

這是一篇說明文，給我們介紹了世界地球日的由來以及如何慶祝地球日。短文主題明確，層次清晰，文章內(nèi)容貼近學生們的日常生活，比較容易理解。做題時，應先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)題目所問，鎖定文章相關段落或語句，詳細閱讀，并仔細辨別選項，選出最佳答案。題型有細節(jié)理解、推理判斷和主旨大意題。主旨題考查學生們準確概括文章大意的能力，如讓我們?yōu)槎涛倪x擇一個最好的題目best title，最好的題目即最符合文意、最能點明文章主旨的。如第4小題，根據(jù)文中Every year on April 22, People all over the world celebrate Earth Day、U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson first thought of the idea for Earth Day in 1962、How can you celebrate Earth Day?可知，全文都是圍繞“地球日”進行敘述的，故C選項最能體現(xiàn)文章主題。