1、Hello. Im Jan from Mrs.Lakes class. My class wants to work together to help the public. We think we have found a great way to do this. Last month we did a class project on the highways near our town. We learned about the Adopt-a-Highway Program. This program brings people together to pick up litter
2、along the roads. We think it would be a great idea for all students in our school to join the program and adopt a highway. Adopting a highway is not like adopting a pet. When a highway is adopted,only part of the highway is cared for by a group of people. The group agrees to work every week to keep
3、its part of the highway clean.Each group gets its own sign that has the name of the group printed on it. The sign is put up at the side of the road. This sign lets drivers know who is keeping that area of the road clean. The Adopt - a-Highway Program is a great way for people to help their environme
4、nt look nicer. Also,the governwent does not have to send out as many road workers. This saves money. Finally, people may try harder to keep roads clean if they see people,especially teenagers like us, cleaning them up. We will need helpers to care for our adopted highway. If you want to feel great a
5、nd keep our roads clean,please e with your parents to the meeting next week. We will meet in Mrs. Lake room on Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. At the meeting, we will talk about which roads are the dirtiest as a result of peoples unkind acts. Then we Il try to pick an area to adopt and clean ap. I look forwa
6、rd to seeing you at the meeting. Remember to keep our roads clean!1.What is the Adopt-a-Highway Program about? A. Giving names to the highways. B. Drawing pictures of highways. C. Picking up litter along the roads. D. Putting up signs near the roads.2. What should the students do first if they want
7、to join the program? A. Pick a spot to care for. B. Call Mrs.Lake next week. C. Write a letter to their parents. D. Go to a meeting on Wednesday.3.What is the purpose of this speech? A. To encourage students to join the program. B. To introduce the traffic system. C. To show drivers how to drive saf
8、ely. D. To tell a story about adopting a pet.4.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. Adopt a-Pet B. Adopt-a-Highway C. Ways to Protect the Environment D. Volunteers on Roads【参考答案】14、CDAB 阅读理解练习阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。An idea that started in Seattles public
9、library has spread throughout America and beyondThe concept is simple: help to build a sense of munity in a city by getting everyone to read the same book at the same timeIn addition to encouraging reading as a pursuit(追求) to be enjoyed by all, the program allows strangers to municate by discussing
10、the book on the bus, as well as promoting reading as an experience to be shared in families and schoolsThe idea came from Seattle librarian Nancy Pearl who launched(发起) the If All of Seattle Read the Same Book project in 1998Her original program used author visits, study guides and book discussion g
11、roups to bring people together with a book, but the idea has since expanded to many other American cities, and even to Hong KongIn Chicago, the mayor(市长) appeared on television to announce the choice of To Kill a Mockingbird as the first book in the One Book, One Chicago programAs a result, reading
12、clubs and neighborhood groups sprang up around the cityAcross the US, stories emerged of parents and children reading to each other at night and strangers chatting away on the bus about plot and character The only problem came up in New York, where local readers could not decide on one book to repre
13、sent the huge and diverse populationThis may show that the idea works best in medium-sized cities or large towns, where a greater sense of unity can be achievedOr it may show that New Yorkers rather missed the point, putting all their energy and passion into the choice of the book rather than discus
14、sion about a book itselfUltimately, as Nancy points out, the level of success is not measured by how many people read a book, but by how many people are enriched by the process, or have enjoyed speaking to someone with whom they would not otherwise have shared a word66What is the purpose of the proj
15、ect launched by Nancy? ATo invite authors to guide readers BTo involve people in munity service CTo encourage people to read and share DTo promote the friendship between cities67Why was it difficult for New Yorkers to carry out the project? AThey came from many different backgrounds BThey were too busy to read a book CThey had little interest in reading DThey lacked support from the local government68According to the passage, where would the project be more easily carried out? AIn large munities with little sense of unity BIn large cities where lib
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