文章大意:本文是一篇记叙文,文章讲述了鲍勃把格蕾丝罐子里的水用墨水弄脏了,格蕾丝很生气,她试着想让水变干净,但是罐子的水不会再像之前那样干净了。作者通过这个故事比喻了世界的环境问题,一旦我们污染了环境,就很难再恢复其原有的清洁。
阅读下面短文,掌握大意,然后从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
Grace has a large glass jar (罐) and she got it from her grandfather. The girl ______ it half full with clean water. The water shone ______ in the sunlight. Each drop was proud of its own purity (纯净).
One day, Grace’s cousin, Bob, came for a ______. While Grace was away, the boy saw the jar and thought, “What will happen ______ I put some ink (墨水) in the water?”
Bob searched Grace’s desk and found a crayon. Just as he was going to put a few drops of ink in the jar, Grace walked in. “Bob, what are you doing?” She asked. But it was already too ______. Grace watched in anger as the ink slowly mixed in, ______ the water blue.
“Don’t you know that once a jar of water gets ______, it’s very hard to get it clean again?” Grace sounded ______.
“I’m sorry,” Bob replied in a low ______. “I was just curious (好奇).” Grace ______ to get the water clean, but the jar was too heavy for the two of them to lift up. ______ could only pour some pure water into it. The jar of water would ______ be as clean as it was before.
The world’s oceans (海洋) are just like this jar of water. Once we ______ them, it will be very difficult, if not impossible, to make them clean again. Unluckily, some people and countries don’t seem to ______ this. They’ve poured many dirty or even toxic (有毒的) drops into the world’s “jar”. But ______ Bob, they are not curious.
16. A.painted | B.broke | C.filled | D.sent |
17. A.brightly | B.completely | C.badly | D.quickly |
18. A.lunch | B.party | C.game | D.visit |
19. 20. A.late | B.quiet | C.crowded | D.full |
21. A.getting | B.turning | C.becoming | D.going |
22. A.dirty | B.weak | C.clean | D.cold |
23. A.happy | B.lucky | C.angry | D.good |
24. A.voice | B.sound | C.noise | D.laughter |
25. A.expected | B.volunteered | C.tried | D.agreed |
26. 27. A.always | B.usually | C.sometimes | D.never |
28. A.pollute | B.get | C.change | D.close |
29. A.prepare for | B.care about | C.believe in | D.depend on |
30. A.as | B.like | C.unlike | D.dislike |