The environmentalist said: “Making money is blameless, but I can't ________ to unnecessary killing of wild animals for that purpose.”

The environmentalist said: “Making money is blameless, but I can't ________ to unnecessary killing of wild animals for that purpose.”

The environmentalist said: “Making money is blameless, but I can't ________ to unnecessary killing of wild animals for that purpose.”

1. A.
   subscribe
2. B.
   tend
3. C.
   oppose
4. D.
   suggest

If the environmental movement has a high holiday, Earth Day is it. The annual effort to raise public awareness about the environment and inspire actions to clean it up marks its 41^st anniversary on Friday, coinciding with the Christian Good Friday and Judaism’s celebration of Passover.

In an effort dubbed “A Billion Acts of Green, ” organizers are encouraging people to observe Earth Day 2011 by promising online at http://act.earthday.org/ to do something small but sustainable in their own lives to improve the planet’s health—from switching to compact fluorescent light bulbs to reducing the use of pesticides and other toxic chemicals.

“Millions of people doing small, individual acts can add up to real change,” said Chad Chitwood, a spokesman for the umbrella group coordinating efforts. There will be hundreds of gatherings, workshops and other events around the United States, where Earth Day was born, and hundreds more overseas, where it is now celebrated in 192 countries.

In the US, the activities range from the premiere of the new film from the director of Who Killed the Electric Car? (it’s called a Revenge of the Electric Car) at the Tribeca Film Festival in New York to a discussion about creating a green economy in 12 cities along the Gulf Coast, where this time last year residents were reeling from the efforts of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.

In the years since the first Earth Day was celebrated in 1970 the environmentalist movement made great strides with passage of the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, the Endangered Species Act and other groundbreaking laws. But the bipartisanship (两党合作) that marked the birth of Earth Day – it was sponsored in Congress by a Wisconsin Democrat named Gaylord Nelson and a California Republican named Pete McCloskey—is often missing in discussions about environmental policy today.

Efforts to fight climate change by regulating greenhouse gases, for instance, face fierce resistance from many Republicans and members of the business community, who dispute the science supporting global warming and warn new rules to regulate emissions will kill jobs and raise energy costs.

67. What could be the possible meaning of the underlined word “high” in the first paragraph?

A. yearly.　　　　　　　 B. exclusive.

C. important.　　　　　　 D. wonderful.

68. This year, the following three out of four holidays fall on the same day EXCEPT ___.

A. Earth Day. B. Easter.

C. Good Friday.　　　　　　 D. Passover.

69. What effort is NOT mentioned to protect the environment?

A. Small things to improve the planet’s health.

B. Rallies, workshops and other events around the US.

C. A discussion about creating a green economy in 12 cities.

D. New rules to raise energy cost and job opportunities.

70. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. We can make Mother Earth a better place for us to live.

B. To pass laws to protect the earth is the only way out.

C. The public’s awareness can be raised to make a cleaner earth.

D. Many republicans and businessmen doubt the science supporting global warming.

Los Angeles June 14, 2006 – Hollywood actress Daryl Hannah was arrested yesterday after spending two weeks sitting in a walnut tree on an urban farm a few kilometers from downtown Los Angeles. She was one of 40 people, including celebrities from the music and movie world, who were protesting at the proposed destruction of the 14 – acre farm. Police officers cut away branches from the tree and used a fire engine to reach Ms Hannah and her co – protester, environmentalist John Quigley. The two of them raised their fists in defiance（反抗）as they were removed.

Protesters, some of whom had chained themselves to concrete –filled barrels（桶），said that it was essential to keep the farm operating, as it provided food for hundreds of poor families in the area. About 350 people grow produce and flowers on the farm, which has been there for more than a decade and is situated in an inner –city area surrounded by warehouses and railroad tracks. However, the local authority recently approved plans for the area to be cleared and redeveloped for the construction of a huge new warehouse.

Ms Hannah, 45, star of films such as Splash and Kill Bill was not thrilled about being arrested. “But I felt it was important to show my support for the people,” she said. “This farm should be a model for sustainable (可持续的) urban agriculture. It needs to be replicated, not eradicated.”

The record length for a tree protest is held by a woman called Julia Hill, who remained on top of a 30-metre-high redwood tree in Northern California for 738 days from December 1997 to December 1999. She was successful in saving the tree and those around it from destruction. Ms Hill was also at the Los Angeles urban farm project this week, but her presence failed to stop the inevitable (不可避免的). No sooner had the protesters been removed than earth-moving machines moved in and began to clear the land.

1．Daryl Hannah was involved in a protest to           .

       A．save an agricultural city farm from destruction

       B．save a farm outside Los Angeles that provided jobs for the poor

       C．complain to the local council about all their development plans

       D．stop the police and fire department from cutting down trees

2．What did the protesters do?

       A．40 of them chained themselves to trees.

       B．They climbed trees with celebrities and refused to come down.

       C．They all chained themselves to large pieces of concrete.

       D．They fought with the police.

3．What did Daryl Hannah mean when she said “It needs to be replicated, not eradicated” in the third paragraph?

       A．The new warehouse much provide jobs for the poor.

       B．More farms should grow food for the cites not fewer.

       C．The city farm was a model to be copied not destroyed.

       D．The plans must be reconsidered and changed.

4．What happened after the protesters were removed?

       A．They built the warehouse immediately.

       B．They had hardly left when construction of the new building started.   

       C．As soon as they were gone, heavy machines cut down the trees.

       D．The farm was saved.