Question

Passage 1

What can we do to help protect the environment? It seems useless to just pick up a piece of trash (垃圾), but what will happen if you keep doing it every day? Tommy Kleyn, an ordinary man from the Netherlands, may give you the answer.

Tommy Kleyn walked past a polluted river on his way to work every day. It used to be a beautiful view, but the trash on the bank made it dirty and smelly. So Tommy decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work. “It took me about 30 minutes to fill one garbage(垃圾) bag with trash, but one garbage bag didn't seem helpful in a place as polluted as this. I decided to fill one bag of trash each day as I passed by," Tommy said. Every day, Tommy took pictures of the river and shared them on his Facebook page. To his surprise, in just six days, he had made great progress with his cleanup effort. He felt happy and kept doing it. Gradually, more and more people knew about Tommy's story. Other people in the community began following in his footsteps and cleaning up trash on their way home, too.

“The idea is to encourage people to fill one garbage bag with litter each day. It only takes 30 minutes, but it really makes a difference and you will be amazed at how good you feel afterwards," he said.

People from all over the world have been moved and inspired(激发) by Tommy's story. No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day. Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now.

1.Did Tommy Kleyn walk past a polluted river on his way to work every day?

2.What did Tommy decide to do after work?

3.Where did Tommy share the pictures of the river that he took?

4.Who began following in Tommy’s footsteps and cleaning up trash?

5.What can you learn from the story?

Answer

1.Yes / Yes, he did.

2.He decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work.

3.On his Facebook page.

4.Other people in the community.

5.No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day./ Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now./ We should protect the environment from the side of the small things./ Everyone can change the world.

【解析】

本文讲述了环保先锋Tommy Kleyn每天沿着河岸捡垃圾的故事，这件事影响了其他人，有更多的人参与其中。

1.

题意：汤米·克莱恩每天上班的路上经过一条被污染的河流吗？

根据第二段的第一句“Tommy Kleyn walked past a polluted river on his way to work every day”可知是“汤米·克莱恩每天上班的路上经过一条被污染的河流”。故答案为：Yes. / Yes, he did.

2.

题意：汤米下班后决定做什么？

根据第二段中“Tommy decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work”可知“汤米下班后决定把沿河的垃圾一点一点地捡起来。”故答案为：He decided to pick up the trash along the river a little bit at a time after work.

3.

题意：汤米在哪里分享他拍的那条河的照片？

根据第二段中“Tommy took pictures of the river and shared them on his Facebook page”可知“汤米在他的Facebook页面上分享他拍的那条河的照片”。故答案为：On his Facebook page.

4.

题意：谁开始追随汤米的脚步清理垃圾？

根据第二段中“Other people in the community began following in his footsteps and cleaning up trash on their way home, too”可知“社区里的其他人开始追随汤米的脚步清理垃圾”，故答案为：Other people in the community.

5.

题意：你能从这个故事中学到什么？

通读全文，可知Tommy Kleyn的举措影响力很大，因此只要能回答出他的事迹对环保事业起到一定的影响的话，都是正确答案。故答案为：No effort is useless if we keep doing it every day./ Ordinary people like you and me can also make a difference to the world we live in if we take actions right now./ We should protect the environment from the side of the small things./ Everyone can change the world.