Question

All over the world, animals and plants are in trouble. People are trying to find ways to help them. 1..

Adopt an animal.

Many zoos and wildlife organizations have programs that let kids donate money to help a specific endangered animal. 2..

Don’t release fish or pets onto the wild.

3.. Your pet is not native to where you live. Set loose, it might become an invasive species, or it might spread parasites (寄生虫). So keep your fish in their tank, or find them a new home but not the pond.

4..

Chemicals used to kill garden weeds and bugs are a big problem for animals. Maybe if you offered to pull up the weeds instead, you could help people to use fewer poisons.

Speak up!

Share what you know and speak up for the animals. Write letters! Powerful people need to know that you care and that you’re keeping an eye on them to make sure they do their jobs right and protect the planet.

Make less trash.

Pollution and plastic trash are bad for animals and nature. How can you help?

5..

Take your lunch in a lunchbox or reusable bag.

Bring cloth bags to the store and remind grow-ups of they forget.

A.It might seem kind to set pets free---but it isn’t.

B.But what can you do in daily life?

C.Pull weeds.

D.Pulling weeds is a chore---but you said you want to help!

E.People are finding lots of ways to help the endangered species.

F.For your next birthday, why not ask your friends and family to help you adopt.

G.Bring drinks from home in a refillable bottle.

Answer

1.B

2.F

3.A

4.C

5.G

【解析】

这是一篇议论文。文章指出了全世界的动物和植物处于困境中这个问题，并且人们正在试图找到帮助它们的方法。作者列出了一些可行的办法。

1.上文All over the world, animals and plants are in trouble. People are trying to find ways to help them.指出了全世界的动物和植物处于困境中这个问题，并且人们正在试图找到帮助它们的方法。承接上文，B选项“但是你在日常生活中能做些什么呢?”切题，答案是B。

2.上文Many zoos and wildlife organizations have programs that let kids donate money to help a specific endangered animal.指出了许多动物园和野生动物组织有让孩子们捐钱帮助一个特定的濒危的动物的计划。承接上文，F选项“对于你的下一个生日，为什么不让你的朋友和家人来帮助你收养呢？”切题，而且F选项中的adopt与这一段的标题Adopt an animal.相呼应，答案是F。

3.这一段落的标题是Don’t release fish or pets onto the wild. 不要把鱼或是宠物放生到野外，与之相呼应，A选项“把宠物放生似乎是很友好的，但事实上它不是。”切题，答案是A。

4.Chemicals used to kill garden weeds and bugs are a big problem for animals. Maybe if you offered to pull up the weeds instead, you could help people to use fewer poisons. 这一段落的意思是为了除去菜园的野草和害虫而使用化学药品，这对于动物来说是一个巨大的问题。如果你能帮忙拔去野草，你可能会帮助人们减少使用有毒物品。这一段的标题是拔去野草，答案是C。

5.上文Pollution and plastic trash are bad for animals and nature. How can you help? 污染和塑料垃圾对动物和自然有害，你该怎么帮忙？下文给出了三条具体的建议，而G选项“用一个可再次盛水的瓶子从家里带水”正是其中的一条建议，故选G。