Question

My sister Alli and I have been trying to get people to stop dropping cigarette butts(烟蒂) for seven years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”. At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is Not Your Ashtray(烟灰缸)” written on them. We put the pictures around our hometown---in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the earth. But it does! All rubbish does. Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to give smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts. At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some companies want to do it.

Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America. And there are even groups in England, Australia and India! Many newspapers have written about my sister and I over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for our good work.

But we are not interested in prizes. We just want to make the earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people. One day it will be.

1.Why did they start the group?

A. Because they don’t like cigarette. 

B. Because they want to make money.

C. Because they want people to know them.

D. Because they want to protect the environment.

2.How many “No Butts About It” groups are there in America?

A. 7     B. 45     C. 46    D. 49.

3.The writer lives in_________

A. America.    B. England.    C. Australia.    D. India.

4.What did the writer do the following EXCEPT__________?

A. starting a group called “No Butts About It”

B. asking newspapers to write about her sister and her

C. writing to companies to ask them for help

D. managing to get some cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each cigarette pack

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.B

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲述了作者和她的姐姐一直设法让人们停止吸烟有七年的时间了，所以他们一起努力呼吁人们不要乱扔烟蒂，并且还给烟草公司,写信建议他们再给每包烟增加一个烟灰缸。

1.D细节理解题。根据短文中的句子“They made the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts.”可知，他们成立这个组织想呼吁人们不要乱扔烟蒂，保护环境，答案为D。

2.C推理判断题。根据前文句意：自从这个组织成立已经有不少人加入我们的团体。可知下文是今天在美国有45个其他“无烟蒂”的团体。故选C。

3.A推理判断题。根据“Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No Butts About It” groups in America.”可判断，作者生活在美国，答案为A。

4.B细节理解题。根据短文中的句子：We decided to start a group to make people stop dropping butts. We called it “No Butts About It”. Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes.可知，B答案并不是作者采取的措施，答案为B。

考点：环保类短文阅读。