Question

There are some easy things you can do to protect 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 a beach, take away what you take there—keep rubbish in a bag until you can put it in a bin.

Turn off the lights and TV sets when you leave the room. This can save a lot of electricity.

Turn off the tap （水龙头）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 cold air out.

Give your old clothes to poor chirldren instead of throwing them away.

Use both sides of the paper.

Stop pouring dirty water into the rivers or lakes nearby.

Encourage all your friends to do the same things as 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.Does the writer think it is easy for us to do something to protect the environment?

2.Why does the writer advise us to turn off the lights when we leave a room?

3.How many pieces of advice are about saving paper?

4.How do you deal with your old clothes according to the passage?

5.What else can we do to protect our environment?

Answer

1.Yes, he/she does

2.Because it can save a lot of electricity.

3.Two/2.

4.I/We can give them to poor children instead of throwing them away.

5.与环保有关的都正确。

【解析】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。呼吁大家共同保护我们的家园---地球。如果大家都来保护环境，世界将变得更加美丽。

1.题意：作者认为对于我们做一些事情来保护环境很容易吗？ 考查细节理解。据第一句There are some easy things you can do to protect the environment and the earth.（你可以做一些简单的事情来保护环境和地球。）可知作者认为我们做一些事情来保护环境很容易。故答案是Yes, he/she does。

2.题意：为什么作者建议我们离开房间时要关灯？考查细节理解。根据建议第三点第二句This can save a lot of electricity.可知答案是Because it can save a lot of electricity.

3.题意：关于节约纸张有几点建议？考查细节理解。根据建议的第四点第三句Also, use a glass cup instead of a paper cup because this saves paper.（另外，用玻璃杯代替纸杯，因为这样可以节省纸张。）和第七点Use both sides of the paper.（使用纸的两面。）可知关于节约纸张有2建议；故答案是Two/2.

4.题意：根据这篇文章，你如何处理你的旧衣服？考查细节理解。根据建议的第六点Give your old clothes to poor chirldren instead of throwing them away.（把你的旧衣服给穷人的孩子而不是扔掉。）可知答案是I/We can give them to poor children instead of throwing them away.

5.题意：我们可以做些什么来保护我们的环境？考查细节理解。根据题意可知做一些与环保有关的。像上文提到的那些建议：Use both sides of the paper. I’ll turn off the tap when I brush your teeth.等等。