Question

Not too long ago, our teacher, being a “tree-hugger”(as the kids call her), had us write an essay on an environmental issue. I was eager to start, but something made me stop.

    “What is an environmental issue?” one kid asked. “What if we don’t care about the environment?” another complained. “It’s not like it affects me.”

    These comments astounded me. I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way.

    In no time, I finished my essay. In my essay I wrote about logging(伐木), which is an important industry, but if we continue to cut down trees without replacing, it will damage the environment.

    There are so many things that we can do to save our world. Recycling, of course, is always a good thing, but not everyone has a recycling plant nearby (I don’t). There are other ways to help the environment. Plant a tree. Don’t waste water.

    I can’t stand it when a person’s excuse for not caring is “Nothing is going to happen in my lifetime, so why should I care?” Sure, the chances of something terrible happening are slim, but I want people to realize that if we don’t deal with it, someone will have to eventually. Do you want that to be your children? Or your children’s children?

    When my teacher told me to read my essay to my class, I was a little embarrassed because I didn’t want everyone to call me “tree-hugger”. I realize now that if being a tree-hugger means you care about the environment, I’m a tree-hugger 100 percent. I just wish more people were.

1.Why do the students call their teacher “tree-hugger”?

A. She likes hugging trees.

B. She knows a lot about trees.

C. She grew up in the countryside.

D. She cares a lot about the environment.

2.At the beginning, the author stopped writing _____ .

A. to ask some questions

B. because of other kids’ comments

C. to listen to the teacher’s instructions

D. because he had no idea about the topic

3.The underlined word “astounded” in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by “_____” .

A. helped   B. changed   C. shocked   D. interested

4.Paragraph 5 is mainly about _____ .

A. what we can recycle

B. how we can save the earth

C. why we should protect the earth

D. what damage we are doing to the earth

5.We can infer from the passage that _____ .

A. the students don’t like the teacher

B. the teacher liked the author’s essay

C. the author is ashamed of being a tree-hugger

D. the author should have written a better essay

Answer

1.D

2.B

3.C

4.B

5.B

【解析】

试题分析：老师个环保主义者，让我们写一篇关于环境的作文，很多学生在抱怨而我一起很关心环境，我不能容忍别人说环保与我无关，我与老师是一样的，老师让我在全班面前念我写的作文，我才意识，我也是环保主义都，我也希望更多的人会和我一样。

1.I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way我关心环保问题，假定别人也是这样的，从老师脸上吃惊的表情看，我能辨别她也有同感，所以推断出老师是个环保主义者，故选D项。

2.I was eager to start, but something made me stop. “What is an environmental issue?” one kid asked. “What if we don’t care about the environment?” another complained. “It’s not like it affects me.”我想开始写，但有点东西阻止了我，然后有孩子说，环保是什么，一个孩子问，另外一个小孩子抱怨到，即使我不关心环保又如何呢？，是孩子们的评论影响了我，所以选B项。

3.I have always cared about the environment and assumed that others did too. From the surprised look on my teacher’s face, I could tell she felt the same way我关心环保问题，假定别人也是这样的，从老师脸上吃惊的表情看，我能辨别她也有同感，同样我也是很吃惊，故选 C 项。

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