3.Since the first Earth Day in 1970,Americans have gotten a lot"greener"toward the environment."We didn't know at that time there even was an environment,let alone that there was a problem with it,"says Bruce Anderson,president of Earth Day USA.
But what began as nothing important in public affairs has grown into a social movement.Business people,political leaders,university professors,and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement"The understanding has increased many,many times,"says Gaylord Nelson,the former governor from Wisconsin,who thought up the first Earth Day.
According to US government reports,emissions (排放) from cars and trucks have dropped from 10.3million tons a year to 5.5tons.The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40to 9.Although serious problems still remain and need to be dealt with,the world is a safer and healthier place.A kind of"Green thinking"has become part of practices.
Great improvement has been achieved.In 1988there were only 600recycling programs; today in 1995there are about 6,600.Advanced lights,motors,and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.
Twenty-five years ago,there were hardly any education programs for environment.Today,it's hard to find a public school,university,or law school that does not have such a kind of program."Until we do that,nothing else will change!"say Bruce Anderson.
29.According to Anderson,before 1970,Americans had little idea aboutD
A.the social movement
B.recycling techniques
C.the importance of Earth Day
D.environmental problems
30.Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?C
A.Government officials
B.The business circle
C.The grass-roots level
D.University professors
31.What have Americans achieved in environmental protection?B
A.They have cut car emissions to the lowest
B.They have reduced pollution through effective measures.
C.They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.
D.They have settled their environmental problems
32.What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?C
A.Green living
B.Planning
C.Education
D.CO reduction.
分析 本文屬于記敘文題材.在文章中作者介紹了自從1970年第一個地球日成立以來,美國的環(huán)境問題有了很大的改善.以前在公共事物中無足輕重的環(huán)境問題現(xiàn)在成了一項社會關(guān)注的問題,從科學(xué)家到大學(xué)教授到貧民百姓都有了環(huán)保意識.此外作者還指出教育在這種變化方面也起著非常重要的作用.
解答 29.D.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章首段Anderson說的話"We didn't know at that time there even was an environment,let alone that there was a problem with it,可知當(dāng)時人們不知道環(huán)境這個概念,更別說環(huán)境問題了,由此可知答案選D.
30.C.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章第二段.Business people,political leaders,university professors,and especially millions of grass-roots可知商人,政界領(lǐng)導(dǎo),大學(xué)教授,尤其是平民百姓們都參與到了保護(hù)環(huán)境的運動中來,由此判斷保護(hù)環(huán)境的支持主要來自草根階層,故答案選C.
31.B.細(xì)節(jié)理解題.根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段內(nèi)容In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs …and building designs have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution.可知回收工作的改進(jìn),先進(jìn)產(chǎn)品和住房設(shè)計的研制開發(fā)等措施都有效地減少了污染,改善了環(huán)境,故答案選B.
32.C.推理判斷題.四個選項內(nèi)容對于保護(hù)環(huán)境都是重要的,但是作者在文章末段提到目前幾乎每所學(xué)校都有關(guān)于環(huán)境保護(hù)的課程,而且通過最后Bruce Anderson說的話"Until we do that,nothing else will change!"可知教育在改變?nèi)藗儽Wo(hù)環(huán)境意識,改善環(huán)境問題方面至關(guān)重要,故答案選C.
點評 考察學(xué)生的細(xì)節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細(xì)節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進(jìn)行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進(jìn)行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.