Question

To protect the environment, we are on the way. Here are a few things we can do.

Unwanted gifts? Give them away!

Have you ever received a gift that you didn’t like? Did you throw it away? If so, you can have another choice now. Two British companies hope people will give away their unwanted gifts to them. And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor. In this way, the gifts can be reused and have a future life. And people can make a difference to the world.

Wear the trousers that reduce pollution!

A chemistry scientist and a fashion designer have created a new kind of trousers. The trousers are made of a new material which can help reduce air pollution around us. Scientists have tested the material. The result shows that it isn’t harmful to human. This new kind of trousers may appear at the market in two years. Professor Ryan said, “If thousands of people wear the trousers, the air quality will be better.”

Plant trees with Felix

Felix Finkbeiner, a 14-year-old German boy, is not famous as a child actor but an environment hero. At the age of 9, Felix got the idea that children could do something to protect the environment. So he started a club. Felix soon got support from children all over the world. Some of them have become his good friends. The club has an aim of planting 212 million trees. They have planted over 3.5 million trees all around the world. Felix said, “The answer to controlling global (全球的) warming is trees — lots of trees!”

1. The underlined word “resell” means _______ in English.

A. buy something for the first time

B. sell something for the first time

C. buy something for the second time

D. sell something again after having bought it

2. Why do the companies resell the unwanted gifts? Because they wanted to _______

A. save money from it

B. make the unwanted gifts useful

C. make money for themselves

D. help people learn to think carefully

3.The trousers mentioned in the passage _______.

A. will be popular in two years

B. is created by a physics scientist and a fashion designer

C. can help make air pollution less

D. will do harm to people

4.Felix started a club _______.

A. to become famous

B. to make friends with the children around the world

C. to become a child actor

D. to protect the environment with other children

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要讲述了关于环保，我们能做些什么。对于不想要的礼物，可以捐赠出去得到二次使用；穿那些由环保材料制成的裤子，可以减少污染；Felix成立了一个环保俱乐部，和来自全球各地的小朋友种植了很多的树。

1.D词义猜测题。根据文中原句And they will resell the gifts to raise money for the poor.（他们会把这些礼物在卖出去为穷人筹钱。）可知resell是把东西买了后在卖出去，故选D。

2.B细节理解题。根据文中内容In this way, the gifts can be refused and have a future life.通过这种方式，礼物可以重新使用并有了将来；故此题选B。

3.C细节理解题。根据文中内容The trousers are made of a new material which can help reduce air pollution around us.这些裤子是由一种可以减少污染的新材料制成的；故选C，可以帮助减少污染。

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考点：环保类短文阅读。