Question

  When you are little,it’s not hard to believe you can change the world. I remember my 1        when,at the age of 12,I 2        delegates at the Rio Earth Summit. “I am only a child,” I told them. “Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on 3        poverty and finding environmental answers,4________ a wonderful place this would be. In school you teach us not to 5        others,to work things out,to respect others,to clean up our mess,not to hurt other creatures,to 6________,not to be greedy. Then why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do? You grown-ups say you love us,but I 7        you,please,to make your 8        reflect your words. ”

  I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation (長時(shí)間的喝彩) • Some of the delegates 9        cried. I thought that maybe I had 10        some of them,that my speech might actually spur (激勵(lì)) action. Now,a decade from Rio,after I’ve sat through many more conferences,I'm not sure what has been accomplished. My confidence in the people in power and in the power of an individual’s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.

  When I was little,the world was simple. But as a young adult,I’m learning that as we have to make 11________education,career,lifestyle—life gets more and more 12________. We are beginning to feel 13      to produce and be successful. We are taught that economic growth is 14________,but aren’t taught how to 15________ a happy,healthy or sustainable (可持續(xù)的) way of living. And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was ideal and 16________.

Today I’m no longer a child,but I'm worried about what kind of 17________ my children will grow up in. I know change is 18________,because I am changing,still figuring out what I think. I am still deciding how to live my life. The challenges are great,19        if we accept individual responsibility and make sustainable choices,we will rise to the challenges,and we will become part of the 20        tide of change.

(   ) 1. A. feeling   B. pleasure

   C. enthusiasm   D. disappointment

(   ) 2. A. addressed   B. argued

   C. instructed   D. informed

(   ) 3. A. helping   B. ending

   C. destroying   D. changing

(   ) 4. A. which   B. that

   C. what   D. how

(   ) 5. A. fight with   B. compete with

   C. compare with   D. argue with

(   ) 6. A. gain   B. share

   C. save   D. enjoy

(   ) 7. A. challenge   B. respond

   C. forgive   D. force

(   ) 8. A. emotion   B. actions

   C. inspiration   D. deeds

(   ) 9. A. even   B. ever

   C. still   D. already

(   ) 10. A. satisfied   B. reached

   C. emphasized   D. disturbed

(   ) 11. A. money   B. friends

   C. living   D. choices I

(   ) 12. A. necessary   B. comfortable

   C. interesting   D. complicated j

(   ) 13. A. happiness   B. promise

   C. pressure   D. depression

(   ) 14. A. in relief   B. in peace

   C. in progress   D. in danger

(   ) 15. A. lead   B. ignore

   C. find   D. pursue

(   ) 16. A. romantic   B. beautiful

   C. innocent   D. puzzling

(   ) 17. A. environment   B. house

   C. land   D. condition

(   ) 18. A. hard   B. possible

   C. flexible   D. fragile

(   ) 19. A. though   B. however

   C. and   D. but

(   ) 20. A. positive   B. passive

   C. important   D. independent

Answer 1

[文章大意]作者12歲時(shí)在里約地球峰會上發(fā)言，希望大人們能做到在學(xué)校教育孩子時(shí)的要求，解決貧困問題，找出治理環(huán)境的方法，建立一個(gè)和平、美麗的世界，他的發(fā)言受到各國代表的熱烈贊揚(yáng)。十年后作者成為一個(gè)青年，雖然面對更為復(fù)雜、壓力巨大的現(xiàn)實(shí)，他仍呼吁我們積極行動起來，為保護(hù)環(huán)境做貢獻(xiàn)。

1. C feeling感覺;pleasure喜悅;enthusiasm熱情，激情;disap-pointment失望。當(dāng)時(shí)"我"12歲，"我"還記得"我"在里約地球峰會上講話的激情。故選C.

2. A address演講;argue爭論;instruct教導(dǎo);inform通知。當(dāng)時(shí)"我"12歲，"我"還記得"我"在里約地球峰會上講話的激情。故選A.

3. B如果"我們"把花在戰(zhàn)爭上的錢花在消除貧窮上，那將是多么美好的世界�。�

4. C根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，這是個(gè)感嘆句，因?yàn)楹竺媸敲�詞，所以用what₀

5. A fight with和....... 打架;compete with和..... 競爭;compare with和一…比較;argue with爭論。在學(xué)校你們告訴"我們"不要打架。

6. B根據(jù)后面的not to be greedy可知，教"我們"要學(xué)會分享，不要貪婪。

7. A challenge挑戰(zhàn)，對……提出質(zhì)疑；respond回答;forgive原諒^ force強(qiáng)迫。根據(jù)前文的why do you go out and do the thing you tell us not to do可知，"我們"對你們的教導(dǎo)提出質(zhì)疑，因?yàn)槟銈冊趯W(xué)校說的和你們做的不一樣。故選A.

8. B emotion情感;action行動;inspiration靈感;deed事跡。此處your actions reflect your words意為"你的言行一致”。

9. A"我"6分鐘的演講贏得了長時(shí)間的喝彩。有的代表甚至哭了。 

10. B也許"我"的演講觸動了一些代表。 

11. D根據(jù)文章后面的education,career,lifestyle可知，"我們"面臨著許多選擇。 

12. D necessary必要的;comfortable舒適的;interesting有趣的;complicated復(fù)雜的。因?yàn)槊媾R許多選擇，所以"我們"的生活變得很復(fù)雜。 

13. C happiness幸福？promise諾言;pressure壓力depression郁悶。想成功和有所成就，"我們"就有了壓力。故選c。 

14. C in relief如釋重負(fù);in peace和平;in progress前進(jìn);in danger處于危險(xiǎn)中。有人教導(dǎo)"我們"經(jīng)濟(jì)在前進(jìn)，沒有人教導(dǎo)"我們"如何追尋幸福的、健康的和持續(xù)的生活方式。故選" 

15. D lead引領(lǐng);ignore忽視;find發(fā)現(xiàn);pursue追尋。有人教導(dǎo)"我們"經(jīng)濟(jì)在前進(jìn)，沒有人教導(dǎo)"我們"如何追尋幸福的、健康的和持續(xù)的生活方式。故選D.

16. C romantic浪漫的;beautiful美麗的;innocent天真的，幼稚的;puzzling令人迷惑不解的。12歲時(shí)對未來的希望是理想化的、天真的。故選 (：。

17. A environment環(huán)境;house房子;land土地;condition情況。"我"擔(dān)心"我"的孩子會生活在一個(gè)什么樣的環(huán)境中。故選A.

18. B hard艱難的;possible可能的;flexible靈活的;fragile脆弱的。"我"知道改變是可能的，因?yàn)?我"在變。故選   B.

19. D though但是;however然而;and并且;but但是。though 用于句尾，且有逗號；however后有逗號。故選D.

20. A positive積極的;passive消極的;important重要的;in?dependent獨(dú)立的。"我們"將成為改變的積極浪潮的一部分。故選A.