1 . Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the gradual destruction of our environment. Brown clouds; wildlife ____; polluted water. These ____ all seem so huge. So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don’t have to ____.
But does it do any good?
I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鸟). These beautiful birds gather in ___ groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time ____ for migration, a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake. But ____ of the others seem to notice, so the tiny group returns.
However, the next day they ____ again. This time a few more struggle along with them, but the vast majority still ____ no attention, so these pioneers come back.
The ____ continues for several more days. Every time a few more birds join in but, _____ the thousands of others still take no ____, the great migration plan is once again ____.
Then one day something ____. The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in, just as before. And this time their total number, though still quite ____, is enough to tip the balance. As one, the whole group takes flight and the migration ____. What a ____ sight it must be – thousands of flamingos taking to the sky at once!
A few can make a ____. It’s true that all of the great problems of the world have been solved because of the ____ efforts of a few.
If you believe in a cause (事业), don’t ____! Others will someday take notice and together we will ____ even our greatest problems.
1. A.protection | B.extinction | C.migration | D.separation |
2. A.questions | B.costs | C.examples | D.problems |
3. A.drive | B.run | C.cycle | D.stand |
4. A.tiny | B.different | C.huge | D.similar |
5. A.comes | B.passes | C.varies | D.moves |
6. 7. A.gather | B.try | C.sing | D.appear |
8. A.attract | B.require | C.escape | D.pay |
9. A.plan | B.trend | C.activity | D.movement |
10. A.since | B.though | C.unless | D.while |
11. A.responsibility | B.notice | C.chance | D.measure |
12. A.put off | B.cut off | C.carried out | D.worked out |
13. A.approaches | B.works | C.changes | D.disappears |
14. A.significant | B.reasonable | C.adequate | D.small |
15. A.continues | B.delays | C.finishes | D.begins |
16. A.familiar | B.strange | C.magnificent | D.unrealistic |
17. A.point | B.decision | C.difference | D.mistake |
18. A.useless | B.tireless | C.extra | D.special |
19. A.give up | B.give in | C.give away | D.give out |
20. A.identify | B.understand | C.predict | D.solve |