Question

【題目】 You may have seen foreigners climb the Great Wall,but have you ever seen foreigners pick up garbage in the Great Wall? And he has done this thing for more than 20 years! He’s an Englishman, William Lindesay. Since 1998,William has organized volunteers from all over the world to pick up garbage from the Great Wall every year.

Today,William has been in China for more than 30 years,during which he founded an organization to pick up garbage.He wanted to make people pay more attention to the environment of the Great Wall.

Why does William love the Great Wall so much?

When William was a student, he saw a map of China at one night. He was interested in a special wall in the north of China. "I fell in love with it immediately," he said in an interview with China Daily. "I thought it would be a great journey if one day I could travel along it."

During his travel, he noticed some parts of the wall were badly damaged and covered with garbage. Modernization and development were making the situation even worse. So William decided to protect the Great Wall. He said, "Every person can make a difference. China will be a green and beautiful country to live in."

William was the winner of the 1998 Friendship Award and 2008 Beijing Great Wall Friendship Award.He also received the Order of the British Empire from the Queen in 2006 for his contribution to cultural exchanges between China and Britain.

【1】Where does William Lindesay come from?

A.America.

B.Canada.

C.Britain.

D.Australia.

【2】Why did William found an organization about picking up garbage?

A.Because he wanted to earn money.

B.Because he wanted to become famous.

C.Because he needed volunteers from different countries.

D.Because he wanted people to care about the environment of the Great Wall.

【3】When did William Lindesay start to like the Great Wall of China?

A.When he worked in China.

B.When he was a student.

C.When he was a volunteer

D.When he founded an organization.

【4】Which paragraph shows us the reason why the environment of the Great Wall becomes worse?

A.Paragraph 3.

B.Paragraph 4.

C.Paragraph 5.

D.Paragraph 6.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】

文章主要講述的是一位在長城撿垃圾20多年的英國人的故事，并提到了他為什么喜歡長城以及為什么撿垃圾的原因。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中He’s an Englishman, William Lindesay. 他是英國人，威廉·林賽�？芍�他是英國人，故選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中during which he founded an organization to pick up garbage. He wanted to make people pay more attention to the environment of the Great Wall.可知，他成立撿垃圾的組織的原因是：他想讓人們更加關(guān)注長城的環(huán)境。故選D。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中When William was a student, he saw a map of China at one night. He was interested in a special wall in the north of China. “I fell in love with it immediately,” he said in an interview with China Daily. “I thought it would be a great journey if one day I could travel along it.” 威廉還是個學(xué)生的時(shí)候，他在一個晚上看到了一張中國地圖。他對中國北方的一堵特殊的墻感興趣。他在接受《中國日報(bào)》采訪時(shí)說：“我很快就愛上了它�！薄拔蚁耄�如果有一天我能沿著這條路走下去，那將是一次很棒的旅程。”可知，他在學(xué)生時(shí)代就開始喜歡長城，故選B。

【4】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中第五段During his travel, he noticed some parts of the wall were badly damaged and covered with garbage. Modernization and development were making the situation even worse. So William decided to protect the Great Wall. 在旅行中，他注意到墻的一些部分被嚴(yán)重?fù)p壞，并被垃圾覆蓋�，F(xiàn)代化和發(fā)展使情況更加惡化。所以威廉決定保護(hù)長城�？芍�是在第五段提到了長城環(huán)境惡化的原因，故選C。