Question

Cloze 3(2015广东广州）

   Ian Kierman was born in Sydney,Australia,and grew up near the sea.For more than 40 years,he raced in international sailing competitions.

   In 1987,Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to 1        the huge amount of rubbish in the worlds oceans.When he returned to Australia,he 2       to do something about it.

   He organized a community 3        called Clean Up Sydney Harbour”.On Sunday,January 8,1989,more than 40,000 volunteers came out to 4        away rubbish.The next year,Kierman made the cleanup a national event. It was a huge 5       . Across Australia,a- bout 300,000 people spent the day improving their local 6      . 

   Since then,uClean Up AustraliaM has got 7        every year. In 2002,for example,800,000 people cleaned up almost 15,000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches,parks and streets.

   Kierman was 8        with the success of his project. In 2003,he started an even bigger program. With the 9        of the United Nations Environment Programme introduced “ Clean Up the Worldan international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown 10        and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

1. A. save   B. collect   C. notice   D. produce

2. A. refused   B. decided   C. pretended   D. stopped

3. A. law   B. party   C. company   D. event

4. A. clear   B. send   C. turn   D. give

5. A. problem   B. success   C. surprise   D. failure

6. A. culture   B. project   C. government   D. environment

7. A. older   B. smaller   C. bigger   D. faster

8. A. happy   B. angry   C. disappointed   D. concerned

9. A. need   B. help   C. hope   D. action

10. A. loudly   B. gently   C. rapidly   D. busily

Answer 1

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C

Cloze 3

[语篇解读]本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了澳大利亚的Ian Kierman为保护环境从清理海洋垃圾到号召大家清理地球垃圾的过程。内容充满正能量，值得学习和传播。

1. C save节约，搔救;collect收集;notice注意到;produce生产。根据 上下文可知他注意到海上有许多垃圾，因此决定做一些事解决海洋 垃圾的问题。故答案为C项。

2. B refuse to do sth.拒绝做某事；decide to do sth.决定做某事；pretend to do sth.假装做某事;stop to do sth.停下来去做另一件事。从下文内容可知答案为B项。

3. D 根据本段中 “ Kierman made the cleanup a national event” 可知答案为D项。

4. A clear away 清理;send away 函购;turn away 把 拒之门外；give away捐赠。根据上文“他组织了一个叫做‘清理悉尼海湾’的社区活 动”可知这些人应该是出来“清理垃圾”，故答案为A项。

5. B文中讲到许多人参加这个活动清理垃圾，应该是获得巨大成功，故答案为B项。

6. D由上文可知，许多人参加这个活动清理垃圾，应该是“改善当地 环境”，故答案为D项。

7. C由本文第三段和第四段对每年参加该活动人数的描述可知，这 个活动应该是“每年规模更大”。因此答案为C项。

8. A happy 高兴的;angry 生气的;disappointed 沮丧的;concerned 担心 的。根据常识，活动获得成功应该是“高兴”，故答案为A项。

9. B with the help of在……的帮助下，故答案为B项。

10. C loudly大声地;gently温柔地;rapidly迅速地;busily忙碌地。上 文讲到每年参加清洁活动的人越来越多，下文讲到他的想法现在 已经从一个城市发展到全世界，表明这个活动发展迅速，故答案为C项。