全球学生罢课游行，抗议政府对气候变化的不作为！

From Sydney to London, thousands of school students walked out of classes on Friday in a global student strike to protest against government inaction on climate change. “Climate change is worse than Voldemort,” read a sign carried by one student in Wellington, New Zealand, referring to the evil wizard in the hugely popular Harry Potter books and films. “The oceans are rising, so are we,” read another in Sydney. 
Student protests in Wellington; Melbourne, Australia; and Sydney drew tens of thousands of people. In Europe, students packed streets and squares in cities including Copenhagen, Denmark; Rome; Vienna; and Lisbon, Portugal. Demonstrations were also planned in the United States.
The worldwide student strike movement started in August 2018, when 16-year-old Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg began protesting outside her parliament on school days. She has since been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
“If we don’t do something, it’ll be our lives affected,” said Sydney student Callum Frith, who was wearing his school uniform. “We need action.” In London, thousands of students marched from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square holding banners reading “The future is in our hands” and “We’re missing lessons to teach you one.”
The children and young people stopped at various points around the city, reading out calls for change. “The clock is ticking and time is against us,” they shouted. “We are the last generation that can fix this. We’ll have more hurricanes, we’ll have rising sea levels,” said one boy. “Future generations won’t be able to build a time machine and come back here to remind politicians. As youths who will inherit the land, we gather here to demand that the government work with us to solve these problems.”

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1.How did the students feel about the situation of the global climate change?

A Satisfied.

B Optimistic.

C Worried.

D Proud.

解析：选C。推理判断题。根据第一段最后两句“Climate change is worse than Voldemort,” read a sign carried by one student in Wellington, New Zealand, referring to the evil wizard in the hugely popular Harry Potter books and films. “The oceans are rising, so are we,” read another in Sydney. 可知现在全球气候变化十分严重，由此可知学生们应是对目前的形势感到担忧。故选C。

2.What’s the purpose of the second and the third paragraphs in the passage?

A Providing some background information.

B Entertaining the readers.

C Summarizing the previous paragraph.

D Introducing a new topic for discussion.

解析：选A。推理判断题。通读第二三段的内容可知，这两段主要介绍了这一全球学生罢课游行活动的参与盛况和起源，由此可推知这两段的内容主要是提供一些背景信息。故选A。

3.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A Student strikes were meant to draw the governments’ attention to climate change.

B Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has won the Nobel Peace Prize for her contribution.

C Those in the global student strike were more concerned about global climate change than the governments.

D Students have shown great determination in calling on governments to pay attention to global climate change.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句She has since been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.可知她是被提名，而非获得“诺贝尔和平奖”。故选B。

4.What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?

A The increasingly severe global climate change.

B The problems that the future generations will face.

C Students’ strong sense of responsibility and expectation to governments.

D Students’ attitude to government officials in dealing with global climate change.

解析：选C。主旨大意题。通读第五段的内容可知，此段主要叙述了学生们对于全球气候变化的心声，表达出了他们对改变全球气候变化现状的责任心和对政府的期许。故选C。