The Seine is a beautiful river which goes through France. However, the Seine has been seriously polluted. There are even laws that do not let people swim in the water. 11-year-old Raphael wants to clean the river. He wants people to swim in the Seine by 2024. That is when the city will host the Olympic Games.
Cleaning the river is a big job. Raphael fishes rubbish out of the river. He has done it nearly every weekend for the past two years. He fishes with his dad. They can catch a ton of rubbish in a single day. They have caught anything from phones to scooters. The biggest thing Raphael found was a motorcycle. It was so heavy that it took a team of people to pull it out.
Raphael learned about cleaning rivers from YouTube. In 2019, he found a video. People were fishing metal objects out of rivers. They used ropes tied to magnets(磁铁). That Christmas, Raphael asked his parents for supplies. He wanted some ropes, a hook, and a powerful magnet. The magnet was very strong. It could attract metal objects weighing more than a ton.
When he began, fishing for metal was just a lazy weekend activity. But Raphael soon saw just how much rubbish there was at the bottom of the river. He wanted to do more. It became like a full-time job,he said.
Last October, Raphael won an award for his efforts. He received the Medal of Paris. Raphael is confident about his progress in the last two years. A section of the Seine is clearer than the rest of the river. That is where he first started fishing for metal.
Raphael cannot clean the river alone by 2024, but he won’t give up. He hopes he is one of the first to swim in the water once it is safe.
6. Raphael cleans the river in order to _________ .
A.swim in the Seine | B.win the Medal of Paris |
C.join in the 2024 Olympics | D.learn from You Tube |
7. Which paragraph shows how hard the job of cleaning the river is?
A.Paragraph 1. | B.Paragraph2. |
C.Paragraph 3. | D.Paragraph 4. |
8. How does Raphael probably clean the river?
9. Which of the following can best describe Raphael?
A.Honest and brave. | B.Cute and careful. |
C.Outgoing and funny. | D.Confident and responsible. |
10. What can be inferred (推理) from the text?
A.Raphael will stop fishing for metal. | B.More people will fish for fun. |
C.The Seine will become cleaner by 2024. | D.Raphael always cleans the river alone |