Question

  Ian Kierman was bom 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 21 the huge amount of rubbish in the world’s oceans. When he returned toAustralia,he 22 to do something about it.

   He organized a community 23 called “ Clean Up Sydney Harbour”. On Sunday,January 8,1989,more than 40,0 volunteers came out to 24 away rubbish. The next year,Kierman made the cleanup a national event. It was a huge 25 . AcrossAustralia,about 300,000 people spent the day improving their local 26 .

   Since then ,“ Clean Up Australia” has got 27 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 28 with the success of his project. In 2003,he started an even bigger program. With the 29 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 30 and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Answer 1