Question

    Let’s say you are taking a walk along the road and you happen to see one or two waste bottes lying on the grass beside the road. What would you do?

You may have different choices. Firstly, you can leave the bottles there as they are. It was not you who threw them away. Why should you do something about it? This is quite OK. Secondly, you can pick them up and throw them into a dustbin (垃圾箱). By doing this, you have walked a step further to help make our home clean. This action is a better choice. Thirdly, you might want to pick them up and give them to an old man or woman who collects waste for a living. If this is your choice, you have walked even further. You’re not only thinking about doing something for the environment, you’re also developing yourself to be a person who would think of others and help them.

As for young kids, they may always have such a question: “When do I grow up?" Yes! When does a child grow up? And how can a kid know he or she has grown up? These are interesting questions. As for us, fifteen-year-olds, who are finishing middle school, we’re no longer younger children. We should know whether or not we have grown up. When we start to have a sense of offering a helping hand for a cleaner city and greener world, and when we have a loving heart to think more of others than of ourselves and are ready to help them, we can say that we have grown up.

Remember: If we help others, others will help us. If we do our best for nature, nature will offer its best to us in return!

1.How did the writer start the passage?

The writer did it by giving a(n) ________of daily life.

2.How many choices are there in the second paragraph?

There are ________ choices.

3.What does it mean when you pick up the waste bottles and give them to someone else?

It is a sign that you’re a  ________ person that has grown up.

4.What does the underlined word “home" refer to in the second paragraph?

It refers to the“________”we live in.

5.How did the writer support the main idea in the passage?

The writer used ________ as an example to support the idea.

Answer

1.example

2.three/3

3.helpful / kind / caring/...

4.neighborhood/ country/city/…

5.what to do with waste bottles / the ways of dealing with waste bottles/…

【解析】

这篇短文作者以生活中常见的一个场景为例，告诉我们什么才是真正的长大。如果我们帮助别人，别人也会帮助我们。如果我们为自然做最好的事情，自然也会给我们最好的回报。

1.

根据短文开头“Let’s say you are taking a walk along the road and you happen to see one or two waste bottes lying on the grass beside the road.”可知，作者从我们日常生活中常见的一个场景出发，引出他想谈论的话题。所以他是通过举例来开始这篇文章的。example例子，是一个名词，故答案为example。

2.

根据第二段“Firstly, you can leave the bottles there as they are. …Secondly, you can pick them up and throw them into a dustbin (垃圾箱). …Thirdly, you might want to pick them up and give them to an old man or woman who collects waste for a living.”可知，短文中列出了三种选择。故答案为three/3。

3.

根据第二段“You’re not only thinking about doing something for the environment, you’re also developing yourself to be a person who would think of others and help them.”可知，如果你把瓶子给了收废品的人，那么你就不仅考虑为环境做些什么，而且想为他人考虑并帮助他们的人。因此这里的答案可以用helpful“有帮助的”；或者kind“善良的”；caring“关心他人的”等等，符合文意即可。故答案为helpful/kind/caring….。

4.

根据语境“By doing this, you have walked a step further to help make our home clean.”可知，这里的home指的是我们所居住的地方，如neighborhood“街区”；city“城市”或者country“国家”。故答案为neighborhood/ country/city…。

5.

根据短文开头“Let’s say you are taking a walk along the road and you happen to see one or two waste bottes lying on the grass beside the road.”可知，作者从我们如何对待废瓶子为例，因此他想谈论的话题。故答案为what to do with waste bottles / the ways of dealing with waste bottles/…。