2014届高三英语二轮专题步步提升：阅读理解33.docVIP

2014高考英语二轮复习专题步步提升：阅读理解 阅读理解 A AMERICAN-CHINESE performer Wang Leehom has certainly made waves with his pop music and his film career，but as his recent concert confirms，the 34-year-old is more than just another star with an enchanting (迷人的) voice.He has been active in raising people’s awareness of environment protection. Wang held a pop concert in Beijing to spread eco-friendly ideas.The concert was a standing-room-only affair—the seating was made of recycled cardboard benches.The tickets were not only biodegradable (可分解的)，but green literally.Made from recycled paper，each ticket also contains seeds embedded in the paper.If it is watered and placed in sunshine，grass will grow from it. The concert is only one of his recent efforts to promote environment protection through music.His 2007 album，Change Me，with the theme of saving the environment，is still a hit.Besides being sold in packaging made from recycled paper，each CD comes with notes including 10 ways to be more environmentally friendly.In practice，Wang also lives an environmentally-friendly daily life.He carries chopsticks with him for his meals.All the light bulbs in his house have been changed to energy saving ones.He also keeps the air-conditioning at too low a temperature—the lowest he sets is 27 degrees.Since he released his first album 15 years ago，Wang has attended countless festivals and ceremonies，but seldom buys new clothes.Over 90 percent of his outfits (装束) were either borrowed or rented. There are many stars today that take up these kinds of causes.Some take up the cause of the world’s poverty，others of the environment.Many say that we should remember that the stars often have something to sell.However，surely no one could disagree with the words Wang spoke to the audience near the end of the concert：“To create a better future for our planet，we must continue to spread the word and to encourage others.” 5．The underlined word “embedded” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to “________”． A．took