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When he was 9 years old, Felix Finkbeiner was asked to give a speech in class on climate(气候)change.The young German spoke about deforestation(砍伐森林)and its influences on the planet. At the end of his talk, he called on the people of his country to help by planting one million trees.
Before he was 20, however, Finkbeiner's hard work had resulted in the planting of more than 14,000,000,000 trees around the world.
Finkbeiner and his classmates began the project-named“Plant-for-the-Planet”-- by planting the first tree outside their school. Other schools followed the example, and news of the one-million project began to spread. As a result, Finkbeiner was even given an invitation to speak at the European Parliament. Other invitations soon followed, and when he was just 13, he spoke at a United Nations conference in New York“We don't think that adults(成年人)alone will save our future,”he said in the speech.“We have to take our future in our own hands.”
Finkbeiner is now in his twenties, and Plant-for-the-Planet has grown to be an organization with around 70,000 members. It works to teach people about climate change and to challenge them to plant more trees.Germany's one millionth tree was planted long ago. The goal now is to plant 1000,000,000,000 trees-about 150 for every person on Earth. Finkbeiner continues to give talks on climate change to world leaders.“I don't think we can give up on this generation(一代人) of adults,”he says, “and wait 20 or 30 years for our generation to come to power.We don't have that time.All we can do is push present world leaders in the right direction.”
1.Which of the following can best fill in the blank in the first paragraph?
A.All his teachers thought highly of his speech.
B.His classmates were surprised at the climate change.
C.Many people agreed and started to take part in this activity.
D. Nobody thought much would come of a 9-year-old's school project.
2.The underlined word“challenge”in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to A.support B.encourage
C.warn D.promise
3.This passage is mainly about
A.the problems that deforestation causes for our planet
B.the push from the younger generation to world leaders C.how planting trees can help the environment on the earth
D.how a young person has made a difference to the environment
4.What is the best title for the passage?
A.Planting for the Planet
B.Trees are Important for the Planet
C.School Education Influences Kids in the Future
D.Preparing the Younger Generation to be World Leaders
1.D【解析】推理判断题，根据观察短文第一段空格处的前后文可知一个九岁的小男孩为了治理气候变化而提出种一百万棵树的想法，但是出乎大家意料的是经过小男孩的努力，最后完成了远远超出一百万棵树的种植，且根据Before he was 20,however,Finkbeiner's hard work had resulted in the planting of more than 14,000,000,000 trees around the world.可知空格处应该选入的是与后文的意思表示转折关系的选项，因此可以推断出空格处的意思应该为最初没有人相信小男孩提出的有关种树的项目，选项中只有D 项最符合，故选D。
2.B【解析】词义猜测题，根据第三段的It works to teach people about climate change and to challenge them to plant more trees.可知Finkbeiner创办的种树项目的主要目的是让更多的人了解气候变化并且呼吁大家种更多的树来治理气候变化问题，所以这里的challenge的意思应该为“鼓励，提倡”的意思，故选B。
3.D 【解析】主旨大意题，联系整篇短文可知，短文主要讲述了一个年轻男孩为了治理气候变化而提出来种一百万棵树的想法，后来他提出的种树项目不断发展成了规模宏大的组织，最后让更多的人意识到了保护气候的重要性，在环境保护方面产生了重大的影响，故选D。
4.A 【解析】最佳标题，根据观察全文可知，短文的前三段都主要讲述了年轻的男孩为了保护气候，保护我们生存的星球而呼吁大家种树，并且为了保护我们的星球而创办了相关种树的项目和组织，所以短文的题目应该是为了保护我们的星 球而植树，故选A。
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