Question

There are some easy things you can do to protect(保护) the environment and the earth. Choose ideas from the list or come up with a few of your own.

● Plant flowers, grass or trees.

●Whenever you visit a park or beach, take away what you bring there----keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin (垃圾箱).

●Turn off the lights, TV sets when you leave the room. This saves (节约)a lot of electricity.

●Turn off the tap (水笼头)when you brush your teeth. You can save some water by not letting it run. Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.

●Keep the doors and windows closed in winter to keep warm air in.

●Give your old books and magazines to a library instead of throwing them away.

●Give your old clothes to poor children you know instead of throwing them away.

●Use both sides of paper.

●Stop pouring (倒)dirty water into the rivers or the lakes nearby (附近).

●Encourage all your friends to do the same things you do to help protect the earth.

You don’t have to wait until Earth Day to do these things. Make every day Earth Day.

If everyone makes a contribution (贡献)to protecting the environment, the world will become much more beautiful.

1.From the above, we know that this is ____________.

A．a sign            B．a notice           C．an advertisement   D．a proposal (提议)

2.The writer tells us _____________.

A．to throw rubbish into a dustbin

B．to pour dirty water into the river

C．to save water by letting it run while we are brushing our teeth

D．that we can’t do all these things until Earth Day

3.We can ___________to save paper.

A．use a paper cup                        B．use both sides of paper

C．give old books to a library                 D．pick up waste paper at school

4.Which of the following is WRONG according to the writer?

A．Turn off the lights when you leave the room.   B．Close the doors in winter.

C．Use a paper cup when you brush your teeth.  D．Give your old clothes to the poor children.

5.The main idea of this passage is how to _________.

A．save money                           B．save water and electricity

C．make better use of old things              D．protect the earth

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.B

4.C

5.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要针对如何保护地球和环境提出了几条具体的建议。

1.这篇短文主要介绍了几条如何保护地球和环境的建议，故选D，一条建议。

2.根据-keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a dustbin (垃圾箱).描述，可知选A。

3.根据●Use both sides of paper.描述，可知选B。

4.根据when you brush your teeth.……Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.描述，可知选C。

5.根据第一段There are some easy things you can do to protect(保护) the environment and the earth.及下文描述，可知本文主要是讲述如何保护环境和地球。故选D。

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