16.Years ago there was a group of kids who would hang around at some local ponds(池塘) in the woods near their houses in Warwick,Rhode Island.In summer they caught frogs and fish.When winter arrived they couldn't wait to go skating.Time passed,and the ponds became the only open space for the kids to enjoy themselves in that neighborhood.
One day a thirteen-year-old boy from this group of kids read in the local newspaper that a developer wanted to fill in the ponds and build over a hundred small houses called apartments.So the boy went door to door and gathered more than two hundred signatures to stop the development.A group of citizens met and decided to support him.
At the meeting of the town planning organization,the boy was quite nervous at first and spoke very softly.But when he saw the faces of his friends and neighbors in the crowd and thought about what was happening to their favorite ponds,his voice grew louder.He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens.He also insisted that they should leave enough space for children.A few days later,the developer stopped his plan.
Nine years later,when that teen was a senior in college,he was informed that the developer was back with his proposal to build apartments.Now twenty-two years old,he was studying wetlands ecology.He again appeared before the town planning organization.This time as an expert,he used environmental protection laws to explain restrictions on development in and around wetlands and the knowledge of wetlands ecology to help to improve the development.Finally some apartments were built,but less than half the number the developer wanted.The ponds where those kids used to hang around were protected by a piece of natural land,and are still there today.
1.The kids liked toC at the local ponds in winter.
A.make a snowman B.throw snowballs
C.go skating D.go skiing
2.The boy thought that the town officials should beA for the citizens.
A.responsible B.modest C.a(chǎn)nxious D.thankful
3.Which statement is true according to the passage?B
A.The apartments were built as the developer had planned.
B.The grown-up boy helped to protect the wetlands as an expert.
C.The developer stopped the boy's plan at the meeting years ago.
D.The ponds were filled in and some apartments were built on them.
4.The underlined word"restrictions"in the last paragraph probably meansD.
A.rules B.plans C.a(chǎn)dvantages D.limitations.
分析 本文以時間為順序,講述了一個大學生從少年時期就為保護童年時玩耍的池塘而斗爭的故事.
解答 1.C 細節(jié)理解題.A堆雪人;B扔雪球;C去滑雪;D去溜冰.根據(jù)文章的第一段的倒數(shù)第二句"When winter arrived they couldn't wait to go skating"可知孩子們冬天喜歡滑雪.C項表述符合文意,故選C.
2.A 推理判斷題.A負責的;B謙虛的;C焦急的;D感激的.根據(jù)第三段的"He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens."可知男孩認為政府官員應(yīng)該為市民負責.responsible符合文意,故選A.
3.B 推理判斷題.根據(jù)第三段的最后一句"A few days later,the developer stopped his plan."可知A項和C項表述不正確;根據(jù)第四段的第三句和第四句"knowledge of wetlands ecology to help to improve the development.He again appeared before the town planning organization.This time as an expert,he used environmental protection laws…"可知B項表述正確;根據(jù)最后一段的最后一句"he ponds where those kids used to hang around were protected by a piece of natural land,and are still there today."可知D項表述不正確,故選B.
4.D 猜測詞義題.A規(guī)則,法規(guī);B計劃;C優(yōu)點,長處;D限制,局限.根據(jù)下文的"Finally some apartments were built,but less than half the number the developer wanted."可知他利用環(huán)境保護法來解釋為什么要限制濕地及其周邊的建設(shè).劃線的詞和limitations意義相近,故選D.
點評 本文是健康環(huán)保類閱讀理解.做這類題材閱讀理解時要求考生對文章通讀一遍,做題時結(jié)合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關(guān)語句進行仔細分析,結(jié)合選項選出正確答案.推理判斷題也是要在抓住關(guān)鍵句子的基礎(chǔ)上合理的分析才能得出正確答案,切忌胡亂猜測,一定要做到有理有據(jù).