02 环保天地(初中英语中考时文阅读+完型填空+任务型阅读)

A shop only selling second-hand clothes

一家只卖二手衣服的商店

体裁 说明文 难度 ★★  词数201

There is a clothes shop called Green Ladies. What makes it special is that there are only second-hand clothes in it.

Wendy is the manager of Green Ladies. Hong Kong is a great place for shopping and the new clothes are not very expensive. Many women like buying clothes and they wear different clothes every day of a week. Some of them often throw away some clothes because they don't like them any more. Some of the clothes are even new. I think its a waste to do that, she says. How about sending these clothes to Green Ladies? Others can buy these. second-hand clothes and you can get some money.”

When people take their clothes to Green Ladies, the shop workers will check the clothes to make sure they're right for sale first. After someone buys the clothes, the shop will give the owner 30 per cent of the money.

People can see reminders(提示语)like“Try before you buy” and“Do you have the same clothes at home? in Green Ladies. When customers see them, they will think carefully before they buy the clothes. By doing so, Green Ladies hopes to change people's habits of shopping too much.

1.From Wendy we know that some women throw away some clothes because_________.

A. these clothes are old

B. these clothes are very cheap

C. these clothe are no longer liked by them

D. these clothes are not right for them

2.What does the underlined word “customers” in the last paragraph mean in Chinese?

3.How much can Ms Li get when someone buys her dress for 10 yuan in Green Ladies?

4.Which of the following may be a reminder in Green Ladies?

A. Take them home right now.

B. Buy it when you really need it.

C. All the clothes look so good on you.

D. You can always get something good here.

5.Green Ladies hopes people don't________.

The small owl

小猫头鹰

体裁 记叙文 难度 ★★ 词数213

Last year, some workers came to a forest in America and cut down a very big tree. They took the tree to a place called Rockefeller Centre in New York. They set up a big Christmas tree there every year. Hundreds of thousands of people come to see it.

But the workers had no idea that an owl was having a break in this tree. They found it when they were ready to set up the tree. The owl was very little and they thought it was a baby who needed help, so they took it to an animal rescue centre.

The workers at the rescue centre found out that the owl was not a baby but a kind of small owl. They named the owl Rocky because people found it at Rockefeller Centre. Rocky didn't look well. The workers gave it food and water and took care of it.

After a few days, Rocky got well and strong. It was able to fly again. The workers at the rescue centre took it to a safe forest._______ Everyone was happy to see that and said goodbye to it.

This year, Rockefeller Centre will have a new Christmas tree. It will be still very big, but it may not have an owl this time!

1.Those workers cut down the big tree to________.

2. After those workers found the owl in the tree, they first________.

3. We can learn_______ from the passage.

4.Which of the following cay we put in the blank in Paragraph 4?

Finding a second life for cardboard

为硬纸板寻找第二次生命

体裁 说明文 难度 ★★★  词数227

What can you make out of twenty pieces of used cardboard? This question may leave you scratching(挠)your head. Monami Ohno, however, has come up with many ideas: A toy gun? A model car? Or perhaps a sculpture of Batman?

Ohno, from Japan, is an artist. For the past ten years, she has turned used cardboard into one wonderful model after another.

Ohno was in college when she first toyed with this idea. She wanted to make a bike-like thing for a class project. She did this by folding the cardboard and gluing all the different pieces together. The people around her found her work amazing. Their compliments made Ohno. very happy. The girl decided to continue making cardboard models. Her artworks have enjoyed much popularity in Japan. Some of them have even appeared(出现)at public showings.

Ohno bases(以······为基础)many of her artworks on cartoon characters. However, the artist says she has no exact plan when she makes her art. She draws her ideas on the cardboard first. Then, she cuts it and slowly shapes her model.

Ohno's models sell for $900 to$13,000 each. With the artist's creative mind, useless cardboard is being made valuable. Just think about what you have recently thrown away, a plastic bottle, or some old socks. Perhaps you can give some of these items of waste a second life,too!

1.How long has Ohno made models with used cardboard?

2. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Ohno began her artwork first for a class project.

B. Ohno's artworks are popular all over the world.

C. Ohno sold her models at a high price at a public show.

D. Ohno's artworks are based on the characters in the novels.

3.How does Ohno make models with used cardboard?

A. She first has a plan and then begins to make the model.

B. She first watches TV and then makes a model like a character.

C. She cuts it and slowly shapes her model after she draws her ideas on the cardboard

D. She makes models together with her classmates.

4.If Sam buys a model from Ohno, he may pay________.

Plastic straws movement

塑料吸管运动

体裁 说明文 难度★★★★  词数 210

In the United States, people throw away 500 million plastic straws(吸管) every day. These are enough to circle the earth...twice! Worldwide, plastic straws are the sixth most common type of rubbish. They are almost never recycled--probably because they are too small

Now, plastic straws are the target(目标)of a growing environmental movement(环保运动).Among them is Be Straw Free. Milo Cress,16,started the movement in 2011.“I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would come with a straw,” says the American teenager.“This seemed like a huge waste.”

According to Cress, plastic straws are made of oil.“Oil is a precious resource,” Cress adds.“So, is making single-use straws really what we want to do with this resource?”

Cress started by asking restaurants in his home city to stop giving straws if people don't ask for one. Many agreed. Over the years, restaurants around the United States joined the movement. They now use fewer plastic straws than they used to.

In other countries, there are similar movements. In the United Kingdom, many restaurants now use paper straws. The British government(政府)is planning to ban(禁止)all plastic waste by 2042.

1.When was Milo Cress born?

2.How did Milo Cress start the movement?

A. He told people not to ask for straws.

B. He asked restaurants not to volunteer straws to people.

C. He told the government what to do with straws.

D. He started similar movements in other countries

3.What does the underlined movement“Be Straw Free mean in the passage?

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Only American people throw away plastic straws every day.

B. The restaurants in the United States recycled plastic straws

C. People in China don't use plastic straws.

D. The British government plans to ban all plastic waste in about 20 years.

From hunters to rangers

猎人变身护林员

体裁 记叙文 难度★★★★ 词数199

In the 1980s,the Xinyi village in Sichuan Province was known as a hunters' village. Life was  1  in this mountain village. The land on the hillside was difficult to farm. Many villagers had to hunt wild animals to make a living. They also  2  trees for sale and for heating(取暖).As the villagers hunted further into the  3  and cut down more trees, they were seeing less and less wildlife.

In 1992,a flood  4  the village and caused(造成)great loses to many families. It came as a wake-up call for the locals. The villagers realized that they had to  5  their old way of life. They started to  6  bees and other animals to make money. And they now use electric heaters(电暖器). They don't use firewood  7  heating.

The villagers have also formed a group of fourteen forest rangers. Twelve of them were  8  in the past. They have set up cameras in the forest to monitor(监测)the wild animals in order to  9  them. The forest areas are being restored(恢复)to their natural beauty.

“We shot wild animals with guns(枪)in the past, but now we only shoot(拍摄)them with  10  ,” said one ranger.“We can only live well when we live in harmony(和谐)with nature.

“Spiderman” on a cliff

悬崖上的“蜘蛛侠”

体裁 说明文 难度★★★  词数 153

Since eight years ago, Guo Youshun has been picking up rubbish from a cliff. The cliff is on Yuntai Mountain in Henan Province.

It's 30 metres high. Guo has collected more than 100 tons(吨)of rubbish over the years. People call him “Spiderman”.

Guo's tools are a piece of strong rope and an orange helmet(头盔).A rubbish bag and the rope are tied around his waist. Two workers pull the rope to keep him safe.

One day, when Guo had just landed at the bottom of the cliff, a rock fell from above. It crashed (碰撞)into pieces just two metres away from him. Flying pieces from the rock struck(撞击)Guo's back and helmet hard.

Guo said,“ I thought about giving up at that moment. But it wouldn't be easy to find a new cleaner. So I just felt like I had to keep doing my job, and I had to do it well.”

1.How many years has Guo Youshun been collecting rubbish on a cliff?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

2.How high is the cliff Guo Youshun works on?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

3. What tools does Guo Youshun use when he is doing his job?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Why didn't Guo Youshun give up his job after the accident?

____________________________________________________________________________________________

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The beauty of“ scars”

“伤疤”之美

When we get badly injured, we are often left with sears on our bodies. This happens to trees as well. One type of “scar" on trees is a tree hole. In order to protect trees, people usually fill tree holes with cement and other materials. However, many people think that the look of grey cement on trees is ugly. It does not fit into the urban environment.

This winter, some artists were invited to decorate the trees on the streets of Hongkou district, Shanghai. They painted many cute animals, such as birds, cats and squirrels, in the tree holes. These little animals look as if they were living or hiding there. The paintings don't hurt the trees. Instead, they cover the holes and prevent the trees from losing water.

Thanks to the efforts of these artists, the natural “scars” of the trees have been turned into colourful works of art. These tree-hole paintings don't just beautify the streets. They also help raise people's awareness of environmental protection. They're the warm decoration in the cold season.

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