【題目】Martha Gruber, a Tampa Bay Watch environmental scientist, has been honored with a Disney Conservation Hero Award from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund( DWCF)

The award recognizes local citizens for their tireless efforts to save wildlife, protect habitats and educate communities. Recipients were nominated(提名) by nonprofit environmental organizations, and each honoree receives an award of $l,50o from DWCF.

“Working with students in Tampa Bay is rewarding because I get to see firsthand the impact that our hard work has on the local habitat,” Gruber said. “I’m proud to say that Tampa Bay Watch’s Bay Grasses in Classes(BGIC) program has given me the opportunity to assist in restoring close to 300 acres with over 19,000 students. Being a Disney Conservation Hero is truly an honor and I am proud to share this achievement with the other Tampa Bay Watch staff members that have contributed to these efforts.”

Gruber has worked with Tampa Bay Watch since 2003, overseeing the Community Salt Marsh program and the BGIC program. She also has been in charge of many large-scale(大規(guī)模的)community plantings in her term. In her more than 11 years, Gruber has worked with more than 4,400 community volunteers to restore approximately 148 acres of marsh(濕地) habitat.

The BGIC program works with local middle and high schools to grow salt marsh grasses on their campuses and then involves them in the planting of their nursery raised grasses at a restoration site.

In her time, Gruber has led the BGIC program to contribute salt marsh grasses to help restore 91 acres of habitat around Tampa Bay. In addition to Martha’s impressive restoration impact, she also has a deep impact on everyone with whom she works. She approaches each project with a passion and work ethic(職業(yè)道德) that is inspiring.

Since 2004, Disney has honored more than 100 leaders around the world for their extraordinary conservation efforts.

【1】DWCF gives its awards to people who .

A. devote themselves to education

B. have a good impact on students

C. promote the knowledge of nature

D. achieve greatly in wildlife protection

【2】Why does Gruber think her work worthwhile?

A. Her work connects students with nature.

B. Working with children makes her happy.

C. Her colleagues support her work heartily.

D. She can see their efforts make a difference.

【3】What does the underlined word “approaches” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A. Assists.

B. Provides.

C. Deals with.

D. Comes up with.

【4】How are the students involved in the BGIC program?

A. By attending classes.

B. By planting salt marsh grasses.

C. By contributing salt marsh grasses.

D. By calling on the public to take action.

【答案】

【1】D

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【解析】本文是一篇記敘文。Martha Gruber是一位坦帕灣觀察環(huán)境科學家，她被迪斯尼世界保護基金（DWCF）授予了迪斯尼保護英雄獎。DWCF把它的獎項授予那些在野生動物保護方面取得巨大成就的人。文章講述了Martha Gruber對野生動物保護所做出的貢獻。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段第一句The award recognizes local citizens for their tireless efforts to save wildlife, protect habitats and educate communities.可知，DWCF把它的獎項授予那些在野生動物保護方面取得巨大成就的人。故D項正確。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“I’m proud to say that Tampa Bay Watch’s Bay Grasses in Classes(BGIC) program has given me the opportunity to assist in restoring close to 300 acres with over 19,000 students. Being a Disney Conservation Hero is truly an honor and I am proud to share this achievement with the other Tampa Bay Watch staff members that have contributed to these efforts.”可知，Gruber認為她的工作是值得的，因為她可以看到他們的努力所產(chǎn)生的意義。故D項正確。

【3】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段中In addition to Martha’s impressive restoration impact, she also has a deep impact on everyone with whom she works. She approaches each project with a passion and work ethic(職業(yè)道德) that is inspiring. 除了瑪莎令人印象深刻的修復影響之外，她還對與她工作的每個人產(chǎn)生了深遠的影響。她以一種鼓舞人心的激情和職業(yè)道德來對待每一個項目。由此可知劃線詞的意思是“處理，應(yīng)對”，故C項正確。

【4】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段The BGIC program works with local middle and high schools to grow salt marsh grasses on their campuses and then involves them in the planting of their nursery raised grasses at a restoration site.可知，通過種植鹽沼草，學生們參與了BGIC項目。故B項正確。

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