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Ian Kierman was born in Sydney, Australia, and grew up near the sea. For more than 40 years, he raced in international sailing competitions.
In 1987, Kierman was competing in an aroundtheworld race when he began to __1__ the huge amount of rubbish in the world's oceans. When he returned to Australia, he __2__ to do something about it.
He organized a community __3__ called “Clean Up Sydney Harbour”. On Sunday, January 8, 1989, more than 40,000 volunteers came out to __4__ away rubbish. The next year, Kierman made the cleanup a national event. It was a huge __5__. Across Australia, about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local __6__.
Since then, “Clean Up Australia” has got __7__ every year. In 2002, for example, 800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia's beaches, parks and streets.
Kierman was __8__ with the success of his project. In 2003, he started an even bigger program. With the __9__ of the United Nations Environment Program, he introduced “Clean Up the World”, an international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown __10__ and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.
1. A. save B. collect C. notice D. produce 2. A. refused B. decided C. pretended D. stopped 3. A. law B. party C. company D. event
4. A. clear B. send C. turn D. give 5. A. problem B. success C. surprise D. failure 6. A. culture B. project C. government D. environment 7. A. older B. smaller C. bigger D. faster 8. A. happy B. angry C. disappointed D. concerned
9. A. need B. help C. hope D. action 10. A. loudly B. gently C. rapidly D. busily 【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了澳大利亚人Ian Kierman为保护环境组织了一个叫作“清理悉尼港湾”的社区活动,与志愿者们一起义务清理垃圾。这项事业后来从国内做到国际,发展成了国际性项目——“清洁世界”,吸引了更多的志愿者参与到保护环境的行动中来。 1. C 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意:1987年,Kierman在参加国际帆船比赛时,开始________世界上的海洋里的大量垃圾。save节约,拯救;collect收集;notice注意;produce生产。根据语境可知,他应该是在比赛中注意到了垃圾。其它选项表示的动作,不符合语境。故选C。 2. B 【解析】考查动词词义辨析。句意:当他返回到澳大利亚,他________去为此做一些事情。refused拒绝;decided决定;pretended假装;stopped 停止。从下句“He organized a community...”可知,他当时已经下定决心做点事情。因此decided符合语境。故选B。 3.D 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意:他组建了一个叫作“清理悉尼港口”的社区________。law法律;party聚会;company公司;event活动,事件。从第三段第三句“The next year, Kierman made the cleanup a national event.”可知,“Clean up Sydney
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Harbour”应该是一个社区活动,event符合语境。故选D。
4. A 【解析】考查动词短语辨析。句意:1989年1月8日,星期天,有四万多名志愿者来________垃圾。clear (away)清理;send (away)发送、遣散;turn (away)避开,解雇;give away捐赠。根据上句“他组织了一个叫做‘清理悉尼港湾’的活动”可知,这些人应该是来“清理垃圾”,因此clear符合语境。故选A。 5. B 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意:这是一个巨大的______。problem问题;success成功;surprise惊奇;failure失败。有许多人参加这个活动来清理垃圾,应该是获得了巨大成功,因此success符合语境。故选B。
6. D 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意:全澳大利亚30多万人花费一天的时间来改善他们当地的________。culture文化;project项目,计划;government政府;environment环境。根据上文可知,许多人参加这个活动来清理垃圾,应该是为了“改善当地环境”,因此,environment符合语境。故选D。
7. C 【解析】考查形容词比较级及词义辨析。句意:此后,每年“清理澳大利亚”变得________。older更老的,更旧的;smaller更小的;bigger更大的;faster更快的。根据短文可知,1990年大约30万人参加这个活动,2002年有80万人参加,所以这个活动应该是“每年规模逐渐增大”。也可从最后一段第二句“In 2003, he started an even bigger program.”可知,在2003年,他发起了一个更大的项目,由此推知,这个活动的规模变得越来越大。故选C。 8. A 【解析】考查形容词词义辨析。句意:Kierman对他的项目的成功感到________。happy高兴的;angry生气的;disappointed沮丧的;concerned担心的。根据常识可知,活动获得成功时应该是“高兴的”,因此happy符合语境。故选A。 9. B 【解析】考查名词词义辨析。句意:在联合国环境署的________下,他引进了“清理世界”—— 一项支持全世界社区进行清理活动、保护环境的国际项目。need需要;help帮助;hope希望;action行为。 “with the help of”是固定搭配,意为“在……的帮助下”。故选B。
10. C 【解析】考查副词词义辨析。句意:“清理世界”已经______发展,并且他绝妙的想法已经从一座城市传播到了整个世界。loudly大声地;gently温柔地;rapidly迅速地;busily忙碌地。上文讲到每年参加清洁活动的人越来越多,下文讲到他的想法现在已经从一个城市传播到全世界,表明这个活动的发展迅速,因此rapidly符合语境。故选C。
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