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A few years ago，I read about an eightyearold girl who studied elephant poaching(偷猎) in school and made a poster for her local grocery store.The slogan read, “Save the elephants.Don’t buy Ivory Soap，or they will die out.” What the girl had done taught me a lesson.Since then，I have looked at eightyearolds in a different way.As an environmental educator，I ud to teach eightyearolds about the harm of elephant poaching, rainforest de
struction，and global warming.I had a degree in natural science—but not in child development.What did I think I was accomplishing by putting my environmental concerns on the shoulders of kids who still believe in fairy tales(童话故事)?
Kids develop the fear of nature when their primary contact with the natural world is hearing bad news about the environment.If I wanted to inspire conrvation action, I needed to change my ways，but how？I came across some rearch by psychologist Loui Chawla.She wanted to know what had gone on in the childhoods of adults who are good environmental citizens.She found two things most common.They had free time to explore the rivers or woods down the street，and they had an adult in their lives who was enthusiastic about the natural world.I understand now that what turned me into a good person today was a childhood spent playing in the field and having a dad who knew that finding a lobster(龙虾) under a rock was better than finding treasure.
So that’s what I was doing when I was eight years old—looking under rocks，climbing trees，and picking wild flowers.I didn’t know a thing about the Clean Air Act that was bein
g debated in congress at that time.I didn’t hear a lot of environmental problems.But I built a relationship with nature and I grew up to care.Now I treat my own kids like the child I was.My kids turn off the water when they brush their teeth and turn off the lights when they leave a room.
【解题导语】 人类赖以生存的大自然正在被严重破坏，保护环境应该从孩子抓起，帮助孩子从小建立与自然的关系。
1．What can be inferred from the first two paragraphs?
A．The author felt very proud of herlf.
腰椎酸痛鲍汁杏鲍菇B．The author took action to save the elephants.
C．The author thought her teaching was a failure.
D．The author doubted the natural science.
C 解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的What did believe in fairy tales(童话故事)？
以及第二段中的I needed to change my ways可知，作者认为自己的教育方法是不可取的。
梵高代表作2．How do children react when learning about environmental problems?
A．They tend to ignore the problems.
B．They become scared of nature.
C．They hate to learn natural science.
D．They want to help solve the problems.
B 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的Kids develop bad news about the environment.可知，让孩子们了解了环境问题会导致他们对大自然产生恐惧。
3．The author mentions the rearch in order to show________．
A．how to have a happy childhood
B．what the best way to get clo to nature is
C．how to change children’s bad behavior
D．what makes children care about the environment
D 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段中的She wanted to vironmental citizens.可知，该研究主要解释了是什么影响了孩子，让他们长大后为保护环境出一份力。
4．What is mainly discusd in the passage?
A．The harm of hunting animals.
B．The caus of environmental problems.
C．The importance of encouraging kids to protect nature.
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D．The right methods of developing children’s idea of nature.
D 解析：主旨大意题。本文主要阐述了教育和环境保护之间的关系，作者通过实例论述了一个道理：让孩子拥有环保思想的正确教育方式不是让他们感到害怕，而是让他们心中充满对大自然的爱。
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Death Valley is one of the most famous derts in the United States，covering a wide area with its alkali(碱) sand.Almost 20 percent of this area is well below a level，and Badwater，a salt water pool，is about 280 feet below a level and the lowest point in the United States.
Long ago the Panamint Indians called this place “Tomesha”—the land of fire.Death Valley’s prent name dates back to 1849，when a group of miners coming across from
Nevada became lost in its unpleasantness and hugeness and their adventure turned out to be a sad story.Today Death Valley has been declared a National Monument(纪念碑) and is crosd by veral wellmarked roads where good rvices can be found easily.Luckily the change created by human ttlement has hardly ruined the special beauty of this place.
Here nature created a lot of surprising scenes，almost like the sights on the moon，everchanging as the frequent wind moves the sand about，酸白菜showing the most unusual colors.One of the most astonishing and variable parts of Death Valley is the Devil’s Golf Cour，where it ems hard for one to tell reality from terrible dreams.Sand sculptures(沙雕) stand on a frightening ground，as evening shadows move and lengthen.
5个人评语．________is the lowest place in the dert.
描写景点的诗句A．Tomesha B．Death Valley
C．Nevada D．Badwater
D 解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的“...and Badwater，a salt water pool，is about 280 feet below a level and the lowest point in the United States.”可推知此题答案为D。
6．From the passage we can learn that________．
A．no one had ever known the dert before the miners
B．it’s still not easy to travel across the dert
C．people can find gas stations，cafes and hotels in the dert
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