Question

Look carefully at the back of a California state quarter．A man with a walking stick is pictured there．A bird called a California condor(大禿鷲)is flying overhead. Who is this man，and why is he so important that he is featured(處于顯著地位)on the back of a coin?

The man on this quarter is John Muir．Even as a child, Muir loved watching nature. As a young man，he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness．He walked more than a thousand miles across the country，through fields and woods．John Muir liked writing about the places he visited，describing their beauty.

Muir also wrote about problems．In order to create more farmland for sheep and cattle, rnany trees were being cut down．This made Muir unhappy and worried，because he knew that trees were important to forests and to the animals that lived in them．Muir believed that nature should be conserved(保護)instead of being changed by human beings．He wrote articles in magazines and newspapers to spread the word about conserving forests．Soon，others began to listen．

Muir wrote letters to important people，such as President Theodore Roosevelt．The president admired Muir’s love for nature．When Roosevelt came to visit Muir in California.Muir convinced(說服)the president to go camping with him for three nights under the trees so they could talk about conservation．Later，President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks．National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there. One of these parks is Yosemite National Park，the area that is featured on the back of the California quarter．

Though it has been almost one hundred years since John Muir died，people continue his work today．His work as a conservationist helped us to see the beauty of our natural world．John Muir made us understand the importance of protecting our earth and our resources---then，now，and for the future．

1.What did John Muir spend much of his life doing when he was a young man?

A．Watching natural views．

B．Writing about the places he visited．

C．Exploring the beauty of the wilderness．

D．Creating farmland for sheep and cattle．

2.Why did President Theodore Roosevelt visit John Muir?

A．Because Roosevelt loved watching nature．

B．Because Roosevelt received letters from John Muir．

C．Because Roosevelt admired John Muir’s love for nature.

D．Because Roosevelt was sad about the problems with farmland．

3.What happened after President Roosevelt went camping with John Muir?

A．Many trees were cut down．

B．Five national parks were established．

C．More homes and businesses were built.

D．More farmland was used for sheep and cattle.

4.Why is John Muir featured on the back of a California state quarter?

A．Because he walked over a thousand miles across the country．

B．Because he helped people understand the importance of protecting the natural world.

C．Because he wrote articles to spread the word about conserving forests．

D．Because he once wrote several letters to President Theodore Roosevelt．

5.What is the writer’s purpose of writing this article?

A．To advise readers to become active conservationists.

B．To make us interested in the story about a great man．

C．To tell us something about an important person in history．

D．To give information about how to conserve the environment．

Answer 1

1.C

2.C

3.B

4.B

5.C

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文主要在講述約翰·繆爾的故事，講述他的形象為什么能夠被刻印在加拿大硬幣上。約翰·繆爾從小就喜歡大自然，當他年輕的時候，他花費了大部分時間去感受大自然的美好。他走遍了全國的每一寸土地去領(lǐng)略大自然的山山水水的美好，然后將其所見和感受記錄下來。不僅如此，他還記錄下來有關(guān)生態(tài)破壞的問題，給報社寫信寫文章反映相關(guān)問題，久而久之，便引起了人們的注意。還寫信給重要的人物，例如總統(tǒng)羅斯福。羅斯福為其對大自然的這份關(guān)愛所欽佩，于是親自來拜訪他。在兩人的交流過后，羅斯福規(guī)劃出了148公頃的土地用于擴展國家森林并且建立了5個國家森林公園。盡管約翰·繆爾已經(jīng)離世100年了，但是人們?nèi)匀粓猿炙�的環(huán)保工作。他作為一名自然保護主義者幫助人們看到大自然的美麗，使我們認識到保護我們地球和資源的重要性。

1.小題1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段第三句話，“As a young man，he spent much of his life exploring the beauty of the wilderness．（作為一個年輕人，他花費了大部分時間來探索大自然的美好）”。由此選C。

2.小題2】細節(jié)理解題。本題是在詢問羅斯�？偨y(tǒng)為什么來拜訪約翰·繆爾。根據(jù)短文第四段，約翰·繆爾曾經(jīng)給許多重要的人物寫過信，羅斯�？偨y(tǒng)因為約翰·繆爾的這份對大自然的熱愛之心所感動和欽佩，所以才來拜訪他。由此選C。

3.小題3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第四段“Later，President Roosevelt set aside 148 million acres of land for national forests and established(建立)five national parks．National parks are large areas of land that are protected from development. This means that people cannot build homes or businesses there.（談話過后，羅斯�？偨y(tǒng)規(guī)劃出了148公頃的土地用于擴展國家森林并且建立了5個國家森林公園。國家公園是用來禁止開發(fā)的土地，因此人們不能在那里定居或者做生意。）”，根據(jù)句意，選B。

4.小題4】推理判斷題。本題是在詢問為什么形象會被刻在加拿大紀念硬幣上。根據(jù)短文最后一段得知，盡管已經(jīng)距今去世100年了，人們?nèi)匀粓猿炙�的環(huán)保工作。他作為一名自然保護主義者幫助人們看到大自然的美麗，使我們認識到保護我們地球和資源的重要性。由此選B。

5.小題5】推理判斷題。根據(jù)本文的第一段話以及全文閱讀可知，這篇文章是圍繞著為什么約翰·繆爾會被印刻在加拿大紀念幣上，為什么這個人這么重要而展開的。由此，選C。

考點：人物傳記/故事類閱讀閱讀。