2014高考英语阅读理解全程巩固训练11.docVIP

2014高考英语阅读理解全程巩固训练（11）及答案 阅读理解-----C----(2013·西安市标准化考练，C) On a visit to Japan, Wangari Maathai learned the story of the hummingbird (蜂鸟) and the forest fire. While the other animals run in fear, the hummingbird flies above the fire time and again, leaving a few drops of water from its beak. “Why do you bother？” the other animals shout at the hummingbird. “Im doing the best that I can，” the hummingbird replies. “Its such a beautiful story，” Ms. Maathai says, thinking of the worlds environmental problems. “Theres always something we can do with our little beak like the little hummingbird.” In 2004 Maathai was honored with a Nobel Peace Prize for her work founding the Green Belt Movement (GBM), which hires villagers, especially women, to improve the environment. Since then, shes realized that peoples values are what inspire them. If the values are good ones, good actions will follow. ?If you dont have good values, youll develop vices (恶劣行径)，” says Maathai. “And if we give in to the vice, we destroy ourselves. We destroy the environment.” Thats the message of her new book. In 1971, Maathai received a doctors degree from the University of Nairobi, the largest university in Kenya. Shes now back in her homeland beginning work on the Wangari Maathai Institute for Peace and Environmental Studies (WMI) at the University of Nairobi. “They want to call it after me，” she says. WMI will pay more attention to “learning by doing” and use knowledge to deal with real problems. “What Africa needs is people who are willing to get their fingers dirty and work with the people，” says Maathai. Planting trees is one way people connect with the natural world. She continues to inspire others. “There is no lasting peace until we have peace with the earth itself，” she says. 文章大意：本文是一篇报道。保护环境人人有责，文章主要讲述了诺贝尔和平奖获得者Maathai保护环境的一些具体活动以及她关于保护环境的一些看法。 9．Why does Wangari Maathai think highly of the hummingbird? A．It can create water from its beak. B．It helps the other anim