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【題目】 Earth Day is one of the world's largest environmental movements. Held every year on April 22, Earth Day turns 50 this year. It was created by US politician Gaylord Nelson, aiming to give a voice to people who wanted environmental protection. 【1】 Back then, it helped to bring clean air and water laws to the US. Now a global movement, it's facing even bigger environmental threats.

【2】 One of these is The Ocean Cleanup based in the Netherlands. It has successfully made a device that can gather and collect waste from our oceans and rivers, a majority of which is plastic. For us, plastic is an item we use and then throw away. But if you throw away a plastic bottle today, it is non-biodegradable (不可生物降解的).It will still be around for hundreds of years. Much of this plastic waste ends up in the sea, where it kills more than 100 million sea creatures every year. 【3】

It is not just our oceans that are under threat. Over time, deforestation (濫伐森林)，improper farming, and livestock grazing (放牧)can stop green areas from growing. 【4】 A Chinese non-governmental organizations (NGO) — The China Green Foundation — is working to change this by planting millions of trees. Another NGO that is making big changes is Welfare Togo. Togo is a developing country in Africa. It faces many environmental problems, including air and water pollution and desertification. To help, Welfare Togo opened 31 schools across the country that focus on teaching sustainable development. Its aim is using education to bring positive environmental changes to Togo.

【5】 However, through small everyday changes, such as recycling correctly, we can also bring about considerable changes to our natural world.

A.This is called desertification.

B.It aims to support environmental protection around the world.

C.His idea was so successful that more than 20 million people joined in Earth Day events.

D.However, because of high demand, we still make more than 300 tons of new plastic every year.

E.It challenges people to promote environmental education.

F.Not all of us can make such large contributions.

G.Fortunately, many NGOs are stepping up to promote positive changes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】G

【3】D

【4】A

【5】F

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章借由地球日的由來，講述了目前由于人類的需求，大量的塑料垃圾給海洋生物帶來了威脅。此外，過度放牧和濫砍濫伐導(dǎo)致了土地沙漠化。為了解決環(huán)境問題，很多非政府組織加入到環(huán)保的行列，而我們也可以從日常小事做起。

【1】上文It was created by US politician Gaylord Nelson, aiming to give a voice to people who wanted environmental protection.(它是由美國政治家蓋洛德.尼爾森創(chuàng)立的，旨在為想要保護(hù)環(huán)境的人們發(fā)聲)與C. His idea was so successful that more than 20 million people joined in Earth Day events.(他的想法如此成功，以至于超過2000萬人參加了地球日活動(dòng))承接自然，選項(xiàng)中的his idea就是上文提到的蓋洛德.尼爾森的地球日的想法，故選C項(xiàng)。

【2】下文One of these is The Ocean Cleanup based in the Netherlands.(其中之一就是基于荷蘭的“海洋清理”)與G. Fortunately, many NGOs are stepping up to promote positive changes.(幸運(yùn)的是，很多非政府組織都加入進(jìn)來，推動(dòng)積極的改變)承接自然，The Ocean Cleanup就是上文提到的非政府組織中的一個(gè)，故選G項(xiàng)。

【3】上文Much of this plastic waste ends up in the sea, where it kills more than 100 million sea creatures every year.(這些塑料廢物中的很多最終都到了海洋，在那兒它們每年造成超過1億海洋生物死亡)與D. However, because of high demand, we still make more than 300 tons of new plastic every year.(然而，由于需求量很大，我們每年仍要生產(chǎn)300多噸新塑料)承接自然，上下文是明顯的轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，plastic是關(guān)鍵詞，故選D項(xiàng)。

【4】上文Over time, deforestation (濫伐森林)，improper farming, and livestock grazing can stop green areas from growing.(隨著時(shí)間的推移，森林砍伐、不當(dāng)?shù)霓r(nóng)業(yè)和牲畜放牧阻止了綠色區(qū)域的增長)與A. This is called desertification.(這叫作沙漠化)承接自然，選項(xiàng)是對上文所述情況的總結(jié)，this就指代上文的內(nèi)容，故選A項(xiàng)。

【5】下文However, through small everyday changes, such as recycling correctly, we can also bring about considerable changes to our natural world.(然而，通過每天小的改變，例如正確回收利用，我們可以給我們的自然世界帶來相當(dāng)大的改變)與F. Not all of us can make such large contributions.(不是我們所有人都能做出這么大的貢獻(xiàn))承接自然，雖然不能做出大的貢獻(xiàn)，但我們可以從日常的小事做起，來保護(hù)環(huán)境，small和large是關(guān)鍵詞，故選F項(xiàng)。