While nature lovers across the world wish all humans to realize the significance of their natural surroundings ,many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.
Julie Astonis ,an Australian housewife in Brisbane is one such example, Even though autumn is approaching Australia’s Brisbane in April, one can still watch colorful blooming （盛開的）flowers in Julie’s little garden, as she tells that in her community, “Each of us has a beautiful yard, The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care of their own garden.”
“Gardening is the most popular club in our community,”she says, “A lot of retired people don’t just regularly organize gardening lectures, but also personally visit families in the community to provide gardening training , So you can see that flowers continue to bols-som in our gardens throughout the year.”
Talking about her people’s sense of care for the environment, Julie says when people in the community take along their dog, they always carry a garbage bag to deal with the dog’s waste, “In our community ,you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass,”says Julie with a smile,“Taking care of the dog’s waste can also help to develop children’s sense of responsibility!”
As to protecting water resources , the Australian government has made strict rules for families, Julie says, “We certainly would not use tap water to water the flowers!”She ways almost every family in her community has a huge tank used to store rainwater, which is later used as the resource of all outdoor water use, connect the water tank with their toilets.
小題1:From the first three paragraphs we learn that      .
A．gardening is popular in most part of Australia
B．April is a great time for people to enjoy flowers
C．it’s not easy to keep a garden without proper training
D．Julie’s community has a deep sense of caring for nature
小題2:Which of the following about Julie is true?
A．She takes pride in her community.
B．She once stepped on a dog’s waste.
C．She is quite in favor of raising a dog.
D．She finds it embarrassing to walk on the grass.
小題3:From what Julie says in the last paragraph, we know _________.
A．rainwater is not the best resource
B．her community owns a public tank
C．her community makes full use of resources
D．it is not necessary to water flowers very often
小題4:How many examples are given to show the caring for the environment in Australia?
A．TwoB．ThreeC．FourD．Five
小題5:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．Love nature, the Australian wayB．How Australians save resources
C．How Australians lead their life D．Protect nature, a must of life

小題1:D
小題2:A
小題3:C
小題4:B
小題5:A

試題分析：文章介紹澳大利亞人把保護(hù)自然融入到自己的生活中，從美化周圍的環(huán)境，到人們遛狗的時(shí)候，會(huì)帶上袋子處理狗的糞便，還介紹了人們是怎么節(jié)約用水的。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：The whole community, from children to elderly people, takes care of the environment as if they are taking care of their own garden.” 可知Julie所在的社區(qū)有強(qiáng)烈的意識(shí)要保護(hù)自然。選D
小題2:推理題：從第四段的句子：“In our community ,you will never experience the embarrassment of stepping on the dirty waste while you are walking on the grass,”says Julie with a smile,“Taking care of the dog’s waste can also help to develop children’s sense of responsibility!”可知Julie對(duì)自己的社區(qū)很自豪的，選A
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題：從最后一段的句子：As to protecting water resources , the Australian government has made strict rules for families, 可知在Julie的社區(qū)每個(gè)人都充分利用資源，選C
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：文章第二段講這個(gè)社區(qū)的人喜歡園藝，打理周圍的環(huán)境，第三段提到人們遛狗的時(shí)候，會(huì)帶上袋子處理狗的糞便，最后一段介紹了人們是怎么節(jié)約用水的，選B
小題5:主旨題：從第一段的句子：While nature lovers across the world wish all humans to realize the significance of their natural surroundings ,many Australians are turning caring for the environment into a way of life.可知澳大利亞人把保護(hù)自然融入到自己的生活中了。選A
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