Question

When you are little£¬it¡¯s not hard to believe you can change the world£®I remember my enthusiasm when£¬at the age of 12£¬I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit£®¡°I am only a child£¬¡± I told them£®¡°Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on ending poverty and finding environmental answers£¬what a wonderful place this world would be£®At school you teach us not to fight with others£¬to work things out£¬to respect others£¬to clean up our mess£¬not to hurt other creatures£¬to share£¬not to be greedy£®Then why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do£®You grown-ups say you love us£¬but I challenge you£¬please£¬to make our actions reflect your words£®¡±

    I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation£®Some of the people even cried£®I thought that maybe I had reached some of them£¬that my speech might actually spur£¨´Ì¼¤£© action£®Now£¬ten years from Rio£¬after I¡¯ve sat through many more conferences£¬I¡¯m not sure what has been achieved£®My confidence in the people in power and in he power of an individual¡¯s voice to reach them has been deeply shaken£®

When I was little£¬the world was simple£®But as a young adult£¬I¡¯m learning that as we have to make choices-education£¬career£¬lifestyle-life gets more and more complicated£¨¸´ÔÓ£©£®We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful£®We are taught that economic growth is progress£¬but we aren¡¯t taught how to seek a happy£¬healthy way of living£®And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12 was idealistic and naive£¨ÌìÕ棩£®

    Today I¡¯m no longer a child£¬but I¡¯m worried about what kind of environment my children will grow up in£®I know change is possible£¬because I am changing£¬still figuring out what I think£®I am still deciding how to live my life£®The challenges are great£¬but if we accept individual responsibility and make choices£¬we will rise to the challenges£¬and we will become part of the positive tide of the change£®I hope this goal will be met through our common efforts£®

    Thank you all£®

1£®The purpose of what the writer said at the age of 12 was to ________£®

A£®end poverty and make school beautiful

B£®find environmental answers and show off

C£®call on people to solve the problems about poverty and environment

D£®find a wonderful place and clean it up

2£®What does the underlined word ¡°ovation¡± in the second paragraph refer to?

A£®A long period of laughing£®

B£®A warm welcome£®

C£®An expression used for greeting£®

D£®People clapped their hands for a long time£®

3£®The writer is now probably _________.

A£®in his teens        B£®in his twenties     

C£®in his thirties      D£®in his forties

4£®Judging from the style of the passage£¬we can conclude that it may be taken from________.

A£®a novel      B£®a report     C£®a speech     D£®a composition

Answer 1

1£®C    2£®D    3£®B    4£®C