Question

Years ago there was a group of kids who would hang around at some local ponds（池塘） in the woods near their houses in Warwick, Rhode Island. In summer they caught frogs and fish. When winter arrived they couldn’t wait to go skating. Time passed, and the ponds became the only open space for the kids to enjoy themselves in that neighborhood.

One day a thirteen-year-old boy from this group of kids read in the local newspaper that a developer wanted to fill in the ponds and build over a hundred small houses called apartments. So the boy went door to door and gathered more than two hundred signatures to stop the development. A group of citizens met and decided to support him.

At the meeting of the town planning organization，the boy was quite nervous at first and spoke very softly. But when he saw the faces of his friends and neighbors in the crowd and thought about what was happening to their favorite ponds，his voice grew louder. He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens. He also insisted that they should leave enough space for children. A few days later，the developer stopped his plan.

Nine years later, when that teen was a senior in college, he was informed that the developer was back with his proposal to build apartments. Now twenty-two years old, he was studying wetlands ecology. He again appeared before the town planning organization. This time as an expert, he used environmental protection laws to explain restrictions on development in and around wetlands and the knowledge of wetlands ecology to help to improve the development. Finally some apartments were built, but less than half the number the developer wanted. The ponds where those kids used to hang around were protected by a piece of natural land, and are still there today.

1.The kids liked to ___________ at the local ponds in winter.

A. make a snowman                B. throw snowballs

C. go skating                    D. go skiing

2.The boy thought that the town officials should be ___________ for the citizens.

A. responsible      B. modest       C. anxious         D. thankful

3.Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The apartments were built as the developer had planned.

B. The grown-up boy helped to protect the wetlands as an expert.

C. The developer stopped the boy’s plan at the meeting years ago.

D. The ponds were filled in and some apartments were built on them.

4.The underlined word “restrictions” in the last paragraph probably means________.

A. rules           B. plans

C. advantages      D. limitations

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

【解析】

试题分析：本文以时间为顺序，讲述了一个大学生从少年时期就为保护童年时玩耍的池塘而斗争的故事。

1. 细节理解题。A堆雪人；B扔雪球；C去滑雪；D去溜冰。根据文章的第一段的倒数第二句“When winter arrived they couldn’t wait to go skating”可知孩子们冬天喜欢滑雪。C项表述符合文意，故选C。

2.A 推理判断题。A负责的；B谦虚的；C焦急的；D感激的。根据第三段的“He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens.”可知男孩认为政府官员应该为市民负责。responsible符合文意，故选A。

3.B 推理判断题。根据第三段的最后一句“A few days later，the developer stopped his plan.”可知A项和C项表述不正确；根据第四段的第三句和第四句“knowledge of wetlands ecology to help to improve the development.He again appeared before the town planning organization. This time as an expert, he used environmental protection laws ...”可知B项表述正确；根据最后一段的最后一句“he ponds where those kids used to hang around were protected by a piece of natural land, and are still there today.”可知D项表述不正确，故选B。

4.D 猜测词义题。A规则，法规；B计划；C优点，长处；D限制，局限。根据下文的“Finally some apartments were built, but less than half the number the developer wanted.”可知他利用环境保护法来解释为什么要限制湿地及其周边的建设。划线的词和limitations意义相近，故选D。

考点：考查科普环保类短文阅读