Question

While nature lovers across the world wish all humans to realize the significance of their natural surroundings, many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.

Julie Astonis, an Australian housewife in Brisbane is one such example. Even though autumn is approaching Australia’s Brisbane in April, one can still watch colorful blooming(盛开的)flowers in Julie’s little garden, as she tells that in her community,“Each of us has a beautiful yard. The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care of their own garden.

“Gardening is the most popular club in our community,”she says.“A lot of retired people don’t just regularly organize gardening lectures, but also personally visit families in the community to provide gardening training. So you can see that flowers continue to blossom in our gardens throughout the year.”

Talking about her people’s sense of care for the environment, Julie says when people in the community take along their dog, they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog’s waste.“In our community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass,” says Julie with a smile.“Taking care of the dog’s waste can a1so help to develop children’s sense of responsibility!”

As to protecting water resources, the Australian government has rnade strict rules for families. Julie says,“We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers!”She says almost every family in her community has a huge tank used to store rainwater, which is later used as the resource of all outdoor water use, connect the water tank with their toilets.

1.From the first three paragraphs we learn that      .

A. gardening is popular in most part of Australia

B. April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers

C. it’s not easy to keep a garden without proper training

D. Julie’s community has a deep sense of caring for nature

2.What do we know about Julie from this passage?

A. She takes pride in her community.

B. She once stepped on a dog’s waste.

C. She is quite in favor of raising a dog.

D. She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass.

3.From what Julie says in the last paragraph, we know      .

A. rainwater is not the best resource

B. her community owns a public tank

C. her community makes full use of resources

D. it is not necessary to water flowers very often

4.How many examples are given to show the caring for the environment in Australia?

A. Two              B. Three              C. Four              D. Five

5.What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Love nature, the Australian way

B. How Australians save resources

C. How Australians lead their life

D. Protect nature, a must of life

Answer

1.D

2.A

3.C

4.B

5.A

【解析】

试题分析：

1.根据第一段和第二段的“turning caring for the environment into a way of life和one such example”可知，人们应该把保护环境变成一种生活方式，而Julie就是这样的一个例子。故选D。

2.根据第四段“In our community, you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass”可知，Julie为自己的社区感到自豪，人们出行都带着垃圾袋来处理狗狗的粪便，人们不用担心散步会踩到狗狗的粪便。故选A。

3.根据“...a huge tank used to store rainwater”可知，人们储存雨水来浇花，冲厕所等，说明人们充分利用资源。故选C。

4.文章列举了园艺，处理狗狗粪便，储存雨水三个例子，故选B。

5.文章第一段“many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life”点题，要把爱护环境变成一种生活的方式，文章主要讲的是一些澳大利亚人的做法，并非所有澳大利亚人都是这样做的。故选A。

考点：生活类短文阅读