Question

C (2015 •广州) 完形填空。(30分)

  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 world’s 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,about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local 6   .

Since then ,“Clean Up Australia” 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 Program,he introduced “Clean Up the World”，an 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

1.C 

( save节省;collect收集;notice注意到;produce生产。根据句意可知是notice“注意到”。联系下文知，当Kierman回到澳大利亚时，他决定做一些事情解决海洋垃圾问题，所以在他参加比赛时，他注意到海上有很多垃圾，故选   C. )

2.B

(refuse拒绝;decide决定;pretend假装;stop停止。从下文 “他发起一个清理垃圾的社区活动”推知，这里说的是他决定去 做一些事情。故选   B. )

3.D 

(law法律;party聚会;company公司;event事件。从第三 段 Kierman made the cleanup a national event 知，Kierman 组织了一个社区活动，故选   D. )

4.A

 (dear清理;send发送;turn转向;give给。根据上文“他组织了一个叫作‘清理悉尼海湾’的活动”可知，这些人应该是来 “清理垃圾”的，clear away意为“清理垃圾”，故选A. )

5.B 

( problem 问题;success 成功;surprise 惊奇;failure 失败。 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。故选   B. )

6.D 

(culture 文化;project 项目;government 政府;environment环境。根据上文可知，许多人参加这个活动来清理垃圾，由此知，这里指的是改善环境，故选   D. )

7.C

 ( older更老的;smaller更小的;bigger更大的;faster更快 的。1990年大约300 000人参加这个活动，2002年有 800 000人参加，所以这个活动应该是“每年规模更大”，另外， 下文第五段提到 In 2003.he started an even bigger program。 故选   C. )

8.A

 (happy高兴的;anger生气的;disappointed令人失望的; concerned关心的。根据常识知，这个活动获得成功应该是“高 兴”的事。故选A. )

9.B

 (need 需要;help 帮助;hope 希望;action 动作。with the help of为固定搭配，意为“在……的帮助下”，故选   B. )

10.C 

(loudly 大声地;gently 温柔地;rapidly 很快地;busily 忙地。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。故选   C. )