中考真题2024年宁夏回族自治区阅读理解C篇-少年环保梦
Recycling is good for the environment. It can also do good to a community in surprising ways. Brian, a 15-year-old boy, knows this well. In 2020, he started a community recycling program to offer help to football clubs in his hometown, Wyre. It now has 3, 000 participants (参与者) .
When Brian was 11, he played football with Fleetwood Town F. C. The club was new and needed money to travel to Premier League (英超联赛). Brian came up with a plan. “There were bottles always thrown around the road,” he said. “In Wyre, these can be collected for money.” With his father’s help, Brian started a bottle drive. Since then, Brian’s recycling effort has raised £35, 000 and helped at least 20 local youth groups. It has also stopped more than 200, 000 bottles from littering the roadside and polluting Wyre’s lakes and rivers. “It’s kept our community a lot cleaner.” he says.
In 2023, Brian won The Duke of Edinburgh’s Prize for young heroes. The prize goes to kids and teenagers working to help others and protecting Planet Earth. “I’m happy to know that all these clubs and kids around the community are benefiting (受益)”, Brian says, when asked about all he’s finished with his cleanup effort.
Brian believes everyone can—and should—be of service. “Just do a little bit to help make the world a little bit of a better place,” he says. “Be creative”, he adds. “Have an idea and build on it.”
1.What does the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 1 refer to (指)?
A The environment.
B Brian’s hometown.
C The football club.
D The recycling program.
解析：选D。词义猜测题。根据“In 2020, he started a community recycling program to offer help to football clubs in his hometown, Wyre. It now has 3, 000 participants”可知，“社区回收项目”已经有3000名参与者，故选D。
2.Which is the right order of the following facts? ① Brian came up with a plan to raise money. ② Brian started a bottle drive with his father’s help. ③ Brian played football with Fleetwood Town F. C. ④ Brian won The Duke of Edinburgh’s Prize for young heroes.
A ①③②④
B ①③②④
C ③①②④
D ③①④②
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据“When Brian was 11, he played football with Fleetwood Town F. C.”可知，③排在第一位，排除A和B选项。根据“The club was new and needed money to travel to Premier League (英超联赛) . Brian came up with a plan”可知，①排在第二位。根据“With his father’s help, Brian started a bottle drive.”可知，②排在第三位，排除D选项，故选C。
3.What is Brian like according to the passage?
A Quiet and polite.
B Helpful and creative.
C Careful and friendly.
D Honest and hard-working.
解析：选B。推理判断题。根据“In 2020, he started a community recycling program to offer help to football clubs in his hometown, Wyre.”“Brian came up with a plan. ‘There were bottles always thrown around the road,’ he said. ‘In Wyre, these can be collected for money.’” “Since then, Brian’s recycling effort has raised £35, 000 and helped at least 20 local youth groups. ”可知，他想出通过回收瓶子的方式来赚钱，他开始一个社区回收项目来给足球俱乐部提供更多的帮助，回收工作已经筹集了35000英镑，并帮助了至少20个当地青年团体。由此可知，他既乐于助人又有创造力，故选B。
4.What can be the best title for the passage?
A A Young Hero
B A Clean Community
C A Tour of Premier League
D A Prize for Kids and Teenagers
解析：选A。主旨大意题。通读全文尤其是“In 2023, Brian won The Duke of Edinburgh’s Prize for young heroes”可知，本文主要讲述了一个15岁的男孩通过回收废品来赚取收益，这种方式不仅对环境有好处，而且也帮助了别人，A选项“一位年轻的英雄”符合本文标题，故选A。