阅读试题

Since the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot "greener" toward the environment. "We didn't know at that time that 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 10.3 million tons a year to 5.5 tons. The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 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 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs; today in 1995 there 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.

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25. According to Anderson, before 1970, Americans had little idea about ___

A. the social movement

B. recycling techniques

C. environmental problems

D. the importance of Earth Day

26 Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?

A. The grass –roots level

B. The business circle

C. Government officials

D. University professors

27 What have Americans achieved in environmental protection ?

A. They have cut car emissions to the lowest

B. They have settled their environmental problems

C. They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.

D. They have reduced pollution through effective measures.

28. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph?

A. Education　　

B. Planning　　

C. Green living　　

D. CO reduction

参考译文

自1970年第一个地球日以来，美国人就有很多环境“新手”的称号。美国地球日组织的主席布鲁斯•安德森说：“那时候我们并不知道还存在环境，更不用说环境问题了”

但是开始并不是什么重要的公共事务渐渐变成了一种社会活动。商人、政治领袖、大学教授，特别是还有数百万美国草根民众参与了这一活动。威斯康辛州的前州长盖洛德∙尼尔森在评论第一个地球日时说：“我们对地球日的理解不断增强。”

据美国政府报道，汽车和卡车的排放量从每年1030万吨降至55万吨。一氧化碳超标的城市数量也已经从40个减少到9个。尽管仍然存在严重的问题需要解决，但世界会变得更安全、更健康。而“绿色思维”已成为实践的一部分。

我们在环保方面已经取得重大进步。1998年，我们仅有600项回收项目，但在1995年我们约有6600多项。先进的灯光、汽车以及建筑设计帮助我们节省了许多能源，同时也有效减少了污染。

25年前几乎没有环境教育项目。而当下，你很难找到没有这类项目的公立学校、大学以及法律学院。布鲁斯•安德森说：“其他的一切都不会改变，直到我们做到这一点，设立环境教育项目。”

答案解析

25. C 细节理解题。信根据第一段的"We didn't know at that time there even was an environment, let alone thatthere was a problem with it"可知那个时候我们不知道环境的存在，更别提环境问题了，说明了当时美国人对于环境问题没有足够的认识。

26. A 细节理解题。根据第二段第二句可知这里强调了对于这个运动的支持者应该是那些普通的美国人，因此答案应该是A项。

27. D 细节理解题。第三段通过列举的数字证明美国人采取了有效措施治理了环境问题，因此选D项。

28. A 推理判断题。最后一段提到了25年以前，在美国几乎没有关于环境的教育项目，而如今，几乎美国公立学校、大学或者法学院等都有类似的项目了，再结合Bruce所说的没有教育就无法改变环境问题"等，据此我们可以推断出教育对于环境保护的重要性。