高考英语阅读考前复习题 环境保护
13.A.dropped out B.showed up
C.looked around D.called back
答案 B [根据前后语境尤其是下一段所描述的众多志愿者加入此项清扫活动后的效果，可以推断出此处强调的是超过300人“到来/露面”。drop out脱离，辍学;show up出现，露面;look around环顾四周;call back喊回，叫回。B项符合题意。]
14.A.demand B.receiveC.accomplish D.overcome
答案 C [根据上文描述的清扫活动的效果“we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash”，可以判断出“我们所完成的任务令我们自己都感到惊讶”。demand要求;receive收到;accomplish完成;overcome克服。C项符合题意。]
15.A.plan B.visit C.contact D.difference
答案 D [上文描述了作者和众多志愿者参加清扫活动所取得的成绩，之前很多人乱扔垃圾导致很脏乱与现在清扫之后的清洁干净形成鲜明对比，据此可以判断出作者对“产生的变化/影响”深感惊讶和欣慰。故用make a /the difference构成固定结构表达此意。plan计划;visit游览;contact联系;difference变化，差别。D项符合题意。]
16.A.crossed B.measured C.covered D.designed
答案 C [根据上文提到的“In 2007 alone...”，以及生活常识可以判断出在2007年一年的时间里，作者和2 945名志愿者共行程132英里，捡了42 330磅垃圾。cross横穿过;measure测量;cover行走(路程);design设计。C项符合题意。]
17.A.talk B.complain C.argue D.quarrel
答案 B [根据下文18空后面的“rather than complaining”，可以判断出此处强调作者经常听到有人只是一味地“抱怨”周围环境糟糕。talk谈话;complain抱怨;argue争论;quarrel争吵。B项符合题意。]
18.A.doing B.thinking C.questioning D.watching
答案 A [根据上文所描述的作者亲身所做的事情以及20空后“you start with yourself”，可以判断出作者赞成的做法是“从自身做起而不是一味地抱怨”。do做;think思考;question质问;watch注视。A项符合题意。]
19.A.method B.explanation C.example D.research
答案 C [根据上下文所描述的作者赞成的“拿出行动而不要一味地抱怨”这一态度，可以推断出作者推崇的方法是teach by example“以身作则/亲身示范”。method方法;explanation解释;example例子，榜样;research调查。C项符合题意。]
20.A.although B.if C.when D.unless
答案 D [根据本段所描述的作者赞成的做法和态度，可以判断出作者最终要强调的是“不要去责备别人除非是先从(责备)你自己开始”，即从自我行动开始改变是最重要的，而不是只把注意力集中在别人的错误上。although尽管;if如果;when当……时候;unless除非。D项符合题意。]
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Prince Charles yesterday promised to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule.The prince will replace carbonheavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.
The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental impact of their activities.He said，“Few accountants and business decisionmakers ask，‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year?By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded，how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities?’ These are not comfortable questions，but，by God，they need to be asked.”
He added，“At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone's books.Yet they are real，they are incurred now and in a relatively short time，the damage being caused may be beyond remedy.” He said the world was “running up the_biggest_global_credit_card_debt in history，but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”.
Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James' Palace，the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.
Duchy Originals，the Prince's food company，is taking steps to quantify how much carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas is emitted in growing，processing and distributing its products.
The changes to the Prince's travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences: Clarence House in London，Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmoral estate，as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 fulltime staff.
Measures include a review of electricity use，commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions.The review will report in June，when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emissions.
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