理工類考試：概括大意Earth Angels
1.Joying Brescia was 8 years old when she noticed that cigarette butts(煙頭)were littering her hometown beach in Isle of Palms，South Carolina.When she learned that it takes five years for the remains of a cigarette to disintegrate，she decided to take action.Joying launched a“No Butts on the Beach” campaign.She raised money and awareness about the need to keep the beaches dean.With the help of others.Joying also bought or received donations of gallon-size plastic ice.cream buckets.The buckets were filled with sand.and placed at a11 public-access areas of the beach.The buckets allowed people to dispose of their cigarettes before hitting the beach.Two years later.Joying says the buckets are fun and the beach is nearly free of cigarette debris(殘片).
2.People who 1ive in or visit Steamboat Springs，Colorado.have Carter Dunham to thank for a new state wildlife refuge that preserves 20 acres of marshland and many species of wildlife.Carter and other students wrote a management plan for the area around the Yampa River.The plan was part of a class project when Carter was a freshman at Steamboat Springs High Schoo1.Working with the Colorado Division of Wildlife.Carter and his classmates mapped the area and species of animals living there.They also made decisions about.among other things.Where fences and parking areas should be built.
3. Barbara Brown and her friends collect oil.It started as a project for their 4H Club after one of the girls noticed her father using motor oil to kill weeds on their farm in Victoria.Texas.They did some research and discovered that oil can contaminate ground water--a real danger in rural areas.where people live off the water on their 1and.The girls researched ways to recycle oil and worked with a local oil-recycling company on the issue.Now.the“Don’t Be Crude”program runs oil.collection sites--tanks that hold up to 460 gallons--where people in the community can dispose of their oil.
4.Five years ago.11-year-old Ryan Hreljac was a little boy with a big dream：for all the people in Africa to have clean drinking water.His dream began in the first grade when he 1earned that people were dying because they didn’t have clean water，and that as 1ittle as$70 could build a well.“We really take water for granted，”says Ryan，of Kemptville，Ontario，in Canada.“In other countries.you have to plan for it.”Ryan earned the first$70 by doing extra chores(零工)，but with the help of others，he has since raised hundreds of thousands of dollars.
His efforts led to the start of the Ryan’s Well Foundation，which raises money for clean waterand health.related services for people in African countries and developing countries.
23 Paragraph 1__________ .
24 Paragraph 2__________ .
25 Paragraph 3 __________ .
26 Paragraph 4 __________ .
A Provide Clean Water
B Dig 0il Wells
C Save Clean Water
D Don’t Litter
E Don’t Be Crude
F Protect Wildlife
27 Joying placed the buckets at all public-access areas to __________ .
28 People are grateful to Carter Dunham for his efforts to_____________ .
29 Disposed oil and many other items can be reused to _____________ .
30 Ryan，with the help of others，is fulfilling his dream of help African people to_____________ .
A make new materials
B preserve wetland and animals
C have clean air
D have clean water
E collect cigarette butte
F collect despoiled oil
答案解析
23 答案為D.本文的標題是“地球的天使”，主題是環保，介紹的是幾個孩子如何以自弓的行動來從事環保事業。第一段主要介紹Joying Brescia這個8歲的孩子是怎樣從妻環仔工作的。細節內容是，她發現很多人在海灘上丟煙頭，便籌集錢買來很多塑料桶，放在海灘上，提醒人們把煙頭扔進桶里。選項D(Don’t Litter)的意思是不要亂扔垃圾，概括了這段的意思，作為第一段的小標題最合適，故選D.
24 答寨為F.第二段主要講一名叫Carter Dunham的孩子和他的伙伴如何保護一片濕地孕其里面的珍奇動物的事情。選項F的意思是“保護野生動物”，正好概括了這段的意思，所以選F.
25 答案為E.第三段主要講一個名叫Barbara Brow的女孩和她的朋友發現廢棄的油污對土地污染嚴重，提醒人們不要隨便丟棄油污。原文中的“Don”t Be Crude“就是這個意思，與選項E相同，故選E.
26 答案為A.第四段主要介紹一名叫Ryan Hreljac的孩子通過打零工掙來的錢以及通過其他方式籌來的錢，成立的“水井基金”(Well Foundation)，幫助非洲人喝上干凈的水。選項A(Provide Clean Water)的意思是“提供清潔的水”，與本段主題一致，故選A.
27 答案為E.此旬問的是Joying把一些桶放在公共場所的目的是什么?結合第一段的意思，我們知道這些桶是用來收集煙蒂的，故選E.
28 答案為B.此句問的是人們感謝Carter Dunham所做的什么努力?第二段談到的是他為保護濕地和野生動物作出了自己的貢獻，故選B.
29 答案為A.本句問的是廢棄的油回收后可以用來干什么?第三段給出了答案：制作新的東西。因此選A.
30 答案為D.本句問的是Ryan和他的朋友一起幫助非洲人們實現什么夢想?第四段的主題是談讓他們喝上干凈的水，故D為答案。