Going green is something that affects every single one of us. Whether by recycling those plastic water bottles, or by cutting down on electricity in your home, the importance of going green on a personal level is extremely important. But, when you’re a millionaire NBA basketball star, how do you help out the environment?
Yao Ming is a basketball player that plays for the Houston Rockets and has spoken out against hunting of sharks for fins, a delicious food in his native China. He is also the United Nations’ Environmental champion. His goal is to raise awareness of climate change and energy-saving. “I will work with young people across the world and try to inspire them to plant trees, harvest rainwater and to become environmental champions in their own communities.”
The Philadelphia Eagles, a professional American football team, are really doing their part to give back to the community. The Eagles Go Green page has a “Green Energy Calculator” and according to the web site fans have saved $ 73,674.90 a year and saved 666,320 pounds of CO2 per year. Also, the Eagles have set up a “Stop global warming virtual march（虛擬游行）on Washington”, a march across America for one year, through the Internet with a goal to bring fans together and to urge leaders to deal with the serious problem of global warming now.
Bob Burnquist, a Brazilian skateboarder, is a member of Action Sports Environmental Coalition and founder of a program that gets organic foods and farming into schools for healthy lunch programs. Bob also has a huge homegrown organic farm where he hosted a gathering in celebration of Earth Day.
Kelly Slater is a surfer and eight-time champion, but he also supports saving the coral reefs world wide. He has founded the Kelly Slater Invitational Competition which raises funds and awareness for Reef Check, which is able to get its message out to a large group of guests including professional surfers, film and music stars, and other famous people.
小題1:According to the passage, Yao Ming wants to ________.
A．help the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship
B．a(chǎn)sk the United Nations to protect sharks in China
C．encourage young people to care about the environment
D．train more young people to become players of NBA
小題2:What have the Philadelphia Eagles done to help out the environment?
A．They have called on fans to do things to reduce global warming.
B．They have marched on Washington to bring fans together.
C．They have saved $ 73,674.90 for solving global warming.
D．They have reduced CO2 emission by 666,320 pounds per year.
小題3:Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last two paragraphs?
A．Bob Burnquist created Earth Day.
B．Bob Burnquist eats only organic foods.
C．Kelly Slater donated a lot of money.
D．Kelly Slater held a competition.
小題4:The best title for the passage would probably be _________.
A．Highly Competitive Athletes
B．Environment-friendly Athletes
C．World-famous Athletes
D．Millionaire Athletes
小題5:What can we learn from the passage?
A．Only famous people need to care about environmental problems.
B．America is the country that takes best care of environment.
C．Environmental problems have a common effect on everyone of us.
D．Yao Ming’s goals to raise people’s awareness of environment are mainly about climate change and air pollution.

小題1:C
小題2:A
小題3:D
小題4:B
小題5:C

試題分析：不管方式是什么，環(huán)保問題對(duì)我們每個(gè)人都有相同的影響，文章例舉了一些運(yùn)動(dòng)員環(huán)保的事跡。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第二段的句子：“I will work with young people across the world and try to inspire them to plant trees, harvest rainwater and to become environmental champions in their own communities.”可知姚明想要鼓勵(lì)年輕人關(guān)心環(huán)境。選C。
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從文章第三段的句子：Also, the Eagles have set up a “Stop global warming virtual march（虛擬游行）on Washington”, a march across America for one year, through the Internet with a goal to bring fans together and to urge leaders to deal with the serious problem of global warming now.
可知the Philadelphia Eagles號(hào)召粉絲做些事情減少全球氣溫變暖，選A。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：He has founded the Kelly Slater Invitational Competition which raises funds and awareness for Reef Check, 可知Kelly Slater 舉行了一場比賽，選D。
小題4:標(biāo)題確定題：從全文和第一段的句子：But, when you’re a millionaire NBA basketball star, how do you help out the environment?可知這篇文章講的是一些致力于環(huán)保事業(yè)的運(yùn)動(dòng)員，選B。
小題5:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：Going green is something that affects every single one of us. Whether by recycling those plastic water bottles, or by cutting down on electricity in your home, the importance of going green on a personal level is extremely important.可知環(huán)保問題對(duì)我們每個(gè)人都有相同的影響，選C。
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