专题04-环境保护-备战2023年中考英语之阅读理解专项练（常考+热门话题）（通用版）（原卷版）.pdf

专题04-环境保护

备战2023年中考英语之阅读理解专项练（常考+热门话题）

一、阅读单选

LotsofkidshavebeentryingtofindwaystohelpsavetheEarth.Someofthemare

encouragedbythe“30by30”plan:Fiftycountrieshavepromisedtoprotect30%ofEarth’s

landandwatersby2030.

Oneofthekidsis11-year-oldBeckettfromGeorgetown,Texas.Hewantstohelpprotect

endangeredspecies(物种).In2019,hebeganworkingwithRainforestTrust.“Iwasreally

interestedintryingtostopclimate(气候)change,”hesaid.

Withthehelpofhisschoolmates,BecketthasstartedagroupcalledProtectionofEarth.

ThegrouporganizedalocalRunandraisedmorethan$700.Themoneyhelpedtosavemore

than1,000acres(英亩)ofrainforestland.WhentheCOVID-19came,Beckettputtogether

anonlineactivitycalledTrivia:Peoplecouldtesttheirknowledgeofbirds,endangered

species,andclimatechange.Thatraised$600forrainforestland.

InLosAngeles,California,10-year-oldJustinisworriedaboutfrogs.Justincallsthem

“magical,becausetheycomeindifferentcolors.”LastyearhejoinedRainforestTrusttohelp

Ecuador’srainforestanditsfrogs.HeappearedonlocalTVnews,andmanypeoplelearned

aboutwhathehaddone.Thathelpedhimraise$2,000tosavealmostthreeacresofCloud

Forest.

Justinhopeshecanencourageotherpeopletounderstandwhyfrogsaresocool.“Frogs

aretellingustheplanetneedshelp,”hesaid.“Iffrogsaredyingwhereveryouare,that’sbad

becauseitmeansthewateryouaredrinkingispolluted.”

1．Howmanykidsarementionedinthepassage?

A．One.B．Two.C．Three.D．Four.

2．WhatgroupdidBeckettsetup?

A．RainforestTrust.B．ProtectionofEarth.

C．MagicalFrogs.D．Ecuador’sCloudForest.

3．HowdidBeckettraisemoneyduringtheCOVID-19?

A．ByorganizingalocalRun.B．ByspeakingonlocalTVnews.

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C．BystartingTriviaonline.D．Byworkingforrainforestland.

4．Theunderlinedword“him”inParagraph4refersto(指代)________.

A．BeckettB．Justin

C．Beckett