Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter. A man with a walking stick is pictured there. A bird called a California condor(大禿鷲)is flying overhead. Who is this man, and why is he so important that he is featured(處于顯著地位)on the back of a coin?
The man on this quarter is John Muir. Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man, he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness. He walked more than a thousand miles across the country, through fields and woods. John Muir liked writing about the places he visited, describing their beauty.
Muir also wrote about problems. In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, many trees were being cut down. This made Muir unhappy and worried, because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them.Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保護(hù))instead of being changed by human beings. He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests. Soon, others began to listen.
Muir wrote letters to important people, such as President Theodore Roosevelt. The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California. Muir convinced(說(shuō)服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation. Later, President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks. National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park, the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter.
Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died, people continue his work today. His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world. John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.
小題1:Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?
A.Because Roosevelt loved watching nature.
B.Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir.
C.Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.
D.Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland.
小題2:Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?
A.Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country.
B.Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.
C.Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests.
D.Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt.
小題3:What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?
A.To advise readers to become active conservationists.
B.To make us interested in the story about a great man.
C.To tell us something about an important person in history.
D.To give information about how to conserve the environment.

小題1:C
小題2:B
小題3:C

試題分析:這篇文章給我們講述了加利福尼亞一個(gè)重要的人——繆爾的歷史故事。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章The president admired Muir’s love for nature. When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California.可知,羅佛斯總統(tǒng)去拜訪(fǎng)繆爾,是因?yàn)樗麣J佩繆爾對(duì)自然的熱愛(ài)。故選C
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then, now, and for the future.可知,繆爾的圖像出現(xiàn)在加利福尼亞硬幣的后面,是因?yàn)樗谷藗兝斫饬吮Wo(hù)地球和資源的重要性。故選B
小題3:主旨題。這篇文章給我們講述了加利福尼亞一個(gè)重要的人——繆爾的歷史故事。故選C
點(diǎn)評(píng):每一篇人物傳記類(lèi)都講了一個(gè)人物的生活歷程。對(duì)于初三的閱讀重在理解句意和上下文銜接的邏輯關(guān)系。需要將文章的每句話(huà)都要認(rèn)真的理解,在理解的基礎(chǔ)再去做題,把握細(xì)節(jié)部分即可答出。
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