Question

When you are little, it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my enthusiasm when, at the age of 12, I addressed delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them .“Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environment answers, what a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to fight with others, to work things out, to respect others, to clean up our mess, not to hurt other creatures, to share, not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do ? You grown-ups say you love us, but I challenge you, please, to make your actions reflect your words.”

I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation. Some of the delegates even cried. I thought that maybe I had reached some of them, that my speech might actually spur(激勵) action. Now, a decade from Rio, after I’ve sat through many more conferences, I’m not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.

When I was little, the world was simple. But as a young adult, I’m learning that as we have to make choices — education, career, lifestyle — life gets more and more complicated. We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is in progress, but aren’t taught how to pursue a happy, healthy or sustainable(可持續(xù)的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and innocent.

Today I’m no longer a child, but I’m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in. I know change is possible, because I am changing, still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great, but if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices, we will rise to the challenges, and we will become part of the positive tide of change.

1.The purpose of what the writer said at the age of 12 was to _____.

A. end poverty and make school beautiful

B. find environmental answers and keep the words that they always told themselves

C. end poverty and solve the problems about environment

D. find a wonderful place and clean it up

2.What does the underlined word “ovation” in the second paragraph refer to _____.

A. a long period of laughing ?????????????

B. a warm welcome

C. an expression used for greeting ?????????????

D. a long period of clapping and applause

3.It becomes clear that the writer is possibly _____ now.

A. in his teens

B. in his twenties? ????????????? ?????????????

C. in his thirties ????????????? ?????????????

D. in his forties

4.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A. the writer thinks what he thought at the age of 12 is mature.

B. the writer’s children will certainly live in an ideal environment.

C. the writer’s confidence in the people in power has deeply shaken their voice.

D. the writer’s belief does not change when he grows up.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析：作者12歲時在里約地球峰會上發(fā)言，希望大人們能做到在學校教育孩子時的要求，解決貧困問題，找出治理環(huán)境的方法，建立一個和平、美麗的世界，他的發(fā)言受到各國代表熱烈贊揚。十年后作者成為一個青年，雖然面對更為復雜、壓力巨大的現實，他的初衷并未改變，從我做起一起改變這個世界。

1.細節(jié)題：根據第一段中“Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environment answers, what a wonderful place this would be.”我卻知道如果所有花在戰(zhàn)爭上的錢是花在消除貧困和環(huán)境找到答案,這將是多么美妙的地方，此句是作者12歲時發(fā)言的中心思想，即結束貧困，找出治理環(huán)境問題的方法，建立美好世界。故選C。

2.推理題：劃線部分句意是“我說了六分鐘,贏得了滿堂喝彩。”由此可知D項長時間掌聲和歡呼聲符合語境。故選D。

3.推理題：根據文章內容可知作者十年前12歲，那么現在他是22歲。故選B。

4.推理題：根據最后一段中“ because I am changing, still figuring out what I think”因為我正在改變，仍然清楚知道我在想什么，可知作者仍在堅持自己的信念,因此D項正確。故選D。

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