While nature lovers across the world wish all humans to realize the significance of their natural surroundings, many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.
Julie Astonis, an Australian housewife in Brisbane is one such example. Even though autumn is approaching Australia’s Brisbane in April, one can still watch colorful blooming(盛開(kāi)的)flowers in Julie’s little garden, as she tells that in her community,“Each of us has a beautiful yard. The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care of their own garden.
“Gardening is the most popular club in our community,”she says.“A lot of retired people don’t just regularly organize gardening lectures, but also personally visit families in the community to provide gardening training. So you can see that flowers continue to blossom in our gardens throughout the year.”
Talking about her people’s sense of care for the environment, Julie says when people in the community take along their dog, they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog’s waste.“In our community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass,” says Julie with a smile.“Taking care of the dog’s waste can a1so help to develop children’s sense of responsibility!”
As to protecting water resources, the Australian government has rnade strict rules for families. Julie says,“We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers!”She says almost every family in her community has a huge tank used to store rainwater, which is later used as the resource of all outdoor water use, connect the water tank with their toilets.
【小題1】From the first three paragraphs we learn that .
| A．gardening is popular in most part of Australia |
| B．April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers |
| C．it’s not easy to keep a garden without proper training |
| D．Julie’s community has a deep sense of caring for nature |
| A．She takes pride in her community. |
| B．She once stepped on a dog’s waste. |
| C．She is quite in favor of raising a dog. |
| D．She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass. |
| A．rainwater is not the best resource |
| B．her community owns a public tank |
| C．her community makes full use of resources |
| D．it is not necessary to water flowers very often |
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
| A．Love nature, the Australian way |
| B．How Australians save resources |
| C．How Australians lead their life |
| D．Protect nature, a must of life |
【小題1】D
【小題2】A
【小題3】C
【小題4】B
【小題5】A
解析試題分析：
【小題1】根據(jù)第一段和第二段的“turning caring for the environment into a way of life和one such example”可知，人們應(yīng)該把保護(hù)環(huán)境變成一種生活方式，而Julie就是這樣的一個(gè)例子。故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)第四段“In our community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass”可知，Julie為自己的社區(qū)感到自豪，人們出行都帶著垃圾袋來(lái)處理狗狗的糞便，人們不用擔(dān)心散步會(huì)踩到狗狗的糞便。故選A。
【小題3】根據(jù)“...a huge tank used to store rainwater”可知，人們儲(chǔ)存雨水來(lái)澆花，沖廁所等，說(shuō)明人們充分利用資源。故選C。
【小題4】文章列舉了園藝，處理狗狗糞便，儲(chǔ)存雨水三個(gè)例子，故選B。
【小題5】文章第一段“many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life”點(diǎn)題，要把愛(ài)護(hù)環(huán)境變成一種生活的方式，文章主要講的是一些澳大利亞人的做法，并非所有澳大利亞人都是這樣做的。故選A。
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| A．the women spend more money on education instead of farming |
| B．more and more African people should live in and around cities |
| C．researchers find creative ideas to feed the people suffering hunger |
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| A．Farmers in developing world often lose some of their harvest |
| B．Small farmers in developing countries often suffer poverty. |
| C．Farmers should pay more attention to protecting their harvest |
| D．Attention should be paid to saving food instead of producing food |
| A．A New Report About African Farmers Fighting Hunger |
| B．Creative Ideas to Feed Those Who Have No Enough Food |
| C．Looking to Africa for Ideas About How to Fight Hunger |
| D．Animals That Can Survive Heat and Drought Conditions |
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| A．They tend to hate "light" beer and low-calorie bread. |
| B．They usually ignore the effect of exercise on losing weight. |
| C．Most of them were combining exercise with their diet. |
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| B．partially believe diet plays a supporting role in weight reduction |
| C．a(chǎn)re not fully convinced that dieting can help maintain one's new weight |
| D．a(chǎn)re not sufficiently informed of the positive role of exercise in losing weight |
| A．Controlling one's calorie intake is more important than doing exercise. |
| B．Even occasional exercise can help reduce weight. |
| C．Weight reduction is impossible without exercise. |
| D．One could lose ten pounds in a year's time if there's no increase in food intake. |
| A．To stress the importance of maintaining proper weight. |
| B．To support the statement made by York Onnen. |
| C．To show the most effective way to lose weight. |
| D．To introduce the study of the Boston University Medical Center. |
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| A．Most players moved out of poverty. |
| B．Homeless players became professional footballers. |
| C．93% of the players were independent of drugs and alcohol. |
| D．The Homeless World Cup helped homeless people change their lives. |
| A．To End Homelessness. |
| B．Football For Everyone. |
| C．Hope For The Homeless. |
| D．Beating Homelessness Through Football. |
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| D．Seat belts should be worn to protect against turbulence. |
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A serious problem for today's society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem.
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One further solution is that the government or social organizations establish some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent.
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| A．The problems faced by the old in society. |
| B．Why we should take responsibility for the old. |
| C．How we can improve the lives of the old. |
| D．Where the old can go to get their pensions. |
| A．impossible | B．practical | C．useful | D．important |
| A．To point out the need for government support for old people. |
| B．To make general readers aware of the problems of retired people. |
| C．To discuss some possible solutions to an important social problem. |
| D．To instruct retired people on how they can have a happier life. |
| A．social science | B．historical events |
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