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【题目】阅读下面短文并根据题目要求回答问题。答语要意思清楚，结构正确，书写工整。

You don’t have to spend money or even leave your desk to protect the environment. Here’s how to do your bit.

● Buy nothing

“Stop shopping—start living’’ is the slogan (口号) of the Buy Nothing Day ( BND) movement. Every 24th or 25th November, activists take a 24-hour retail (零售) break and… stop shopping!

BND was founded in 1992 by Canadian artist Ted Dave and it has been a great success ever since. People stop shopping on the day, expressing their concern about the environmental problem. So if you are used to shopping every day, BND gives you a chance to have a break! You might change your habit not just for one day, but for life!

● Stop eating prawns

You’ve probably got prawns ready for a quick and easy meal. But how are they produced? Well, most prawns come from Asia and Latin America, where they are fished or farmed.

Unfortunately, prawn fishing causes harm to marine (海洋的) life because huge nets are pulled along the sea bottom. 10 kilos of dead fish are thrown away for every kilo of prawns caught. Prawn farming is no better—a lot of forests are destroyed to make room for the farms. So think again about the prawns on your plate!

● Save the rainforest

Now only 2 million square miles of rainforests are left, and another 1% is being destroyed every year. The trees are being cut down for their wood, and the remaining rainforests could have been used by 2050. Over half of the world’s plant and animal species are found in rainforests. It is believed that extinctions (灭绝) take place every day due to cutting down trees.

Why not go to www. worldlandtrust. org? Donate the price of a cinema ticket for a piece of rainforest. It will be saved with your simple click of the mouse. If we don’t act，in 30 years from now the rainforests will have been destroyed.

【1】What do people do on BND? (不多于四个单词)

【2】Why is prawn farming bad for the environment? (不多于十个单词)

【3】How long will the remaining rainforests be used? (不多于三个单词)

【4】What does the passage mainly talk about? (不多于八个单词)

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】People stop shopping.

【2】Because it will destroy forests to makes room for farms.

【3】About 30 years.

【4】Ways of protecting our environment

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章作者介绍了几种尽你多能保护环境的方法。

【1】

细节理解题。根据文章People stop shopping on the day, expressing their concern about the environmental problem（人们在这一天停止购物，表达他们对环境问题的关注）可知，在BND这一天人们会停止购物。故填Stop shopping。

【2】

细节理解题。根据文章倒数第三段Prawn farming is no better—a lot of forests are destroyed to make room for the farms（对虾养殖也好不到哪里去——为了给养殖场腾出地方，许多森林被破坏了）可知，因为要给养殖场腾出地方，许多森林被破坏。故填Because it will destroy forests to makes room for prawn.

【3】

细节理解题。根据文章最后一段If we don’t act，in 30 years from now the rainforests will have been destroyed.（如果我们不采取行动，30年后雨林将被摧毁）可知，30年后剩下的雨林将被毁掉。故填About 30 years。

【4】

主旨大意题。根据文章第一段You don’t have to spend money or even leave your desk to protect the environment. Here’s how to do your bit（保护环境，你不需要花钱，甚至不需要离开办公桌。以下是你应该做的）和后面提及的包括Buy nothing，Stop eating prawns，Save the rainforest等方法可知，这边文章主要在讲保护环境的方法。故填Ways of protecting our environment。