Someofthegreatestproblemswefacetodayarethedestruction(破坏)ofourenvironmentsuchasbrowncloudspollutedwaterendangeredwildanimals...Theseproblemsseemsohuge.
Somyfamilydowhatwecando.Wetakeclothbagstostoresinsteadofusingplasticbags.Ifwecanwalktoaplaceweneverdrivethere.
Butdoesitdoanygood?WhenIamtheonlyoneinlineatthemarketwithclothbagsamIdoinganygood?Doesmywalkingtostoresmakeanyrealdifferencestotheworld?
Irecentlylearnedsomethingaboutflamingos(火烈鸟)whichliketogettogetheringroupsofathousandormore.Everyyearwhenthetimeformigration(迁徙)comesafewofthemfirsttakeofffromthelake.Butnoneoftheothersseemtonoticesothesmallgroupreturns.Howevernextdaytheytryagain.Thistimeafewmoreflyalongwiththembutmostoftheothersstillpaynoattentionsotheyreturnagain.Theytryseveraltimes.Everytimeafewmorebirdsjoininbutsincethousandsofothersstilltakenonoticethegreatmigrationplanisoncemorestopped.
Thenonedaysomethingchanges.Thesamesmallgroupofbirdsonceagainstartsflyingandasmallnumbermorejoininjustasbeforethenmore.Finallytheyalltakeflightandthemigrationreallybegins.Whataspectacularsightitmustbe―thousandsofflamingostakingoffintotheskyatthesametime!
Afewcanmakeadifference.Evenifyou'retheonetotakethefirststepcontinuetryingandotherswillsomedaytakenoticeandtogetherwewillsolveevenourgreatestproblems.
( )1.Wherewouldyoumostprobablyreadthispassage?
A.Inaguidebook.
B.Inafilmposter.
C.Inapersonalblog(博客).
D.Inageology(地质)magazine.
( )2.Whydoesthewriteruseclothbagsinstores?
A.Becausehewantstodosomethinggoodtotheenvironment.
B.Becausehethinksplasticbagsaremoreexpensive.
C.Becausethereareonlyclothbagsinstores.
D.Becauseallthepeopleuseclothbagsinstores.
( )3.Whatdoestheunderlinedword"spectacular"inParagraph5probablymean?
A.Frustrating.B.Surprising.
C.Terrible.D.Fantastic.
( )4.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothepas