Going green seems to be a fad (時(shí)尚）for a lot of people these days. Whether that is good or bad, we can’t really say, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.

On April 22, 2011，we decided to go green every single day for an entire year. This meant doing 365 different green things, and it also meant challenging ourselves to go green beyond the easy things. Rather than recycle and reduce our energy, we had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task.

With the idea of going green every single day for a year, our Green Year started. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment. We wanted to push the message that every little bit helps.

Over the course of Our Green Year, we completely changed our lifestyles. We now shop at organic (有機(jī)的）stores. We consume less meat，choosing green food. We have greatly reduced our buying we don't need. We have given away half of what we owned through websites. Our home is kept clean by vinegar and lemon juice, with no chemical cleaners. We make our own butter, enjoying the smell of home-made fresh bread. In our home office anyone caught doing something ungreen might be punished.

Our minds have been changed by Our Green Year. We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet.

60. What might be the best title for the passage?

A. Going Green.

B. Protecting the Planet.

C. Keeping Open-Minded.

D. Celebrating Our Green Year.

61. It was difficult for the couple to live a green life for the whole year because _____.

A. they were expected to follow the green fad

B. they didn’t know how to educate other people

C. they were unwilling to reduce their energy

D. they needed to perform unusual green tasks

62. What did the couple do over the course of Our Green Year?

A. They tried to get out of their ungreen habits.

B. They ignored others’ ungreen behavior.

C. They chose better chemical cleaners.

D. They sold their home-made food.

63. What can we infer from the last paragraph?

A. The government will give support to the green project.

B. The couple may continue their project in the future.

C. Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas.

D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign.

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是環(huán)保生活。本文描述了作者在2011年四月決定一家人開始力行環(huán)保生活一年及環(huán)保生活的效果。

段落

關(guān)鍵詞、句

大意推測(cè)

第一部分（Para. 1）

going green, fad

提出問題：環(huán)保生活對(duì)這對(duì)夫婦來說不是時(shí)尚而是生活方式。

第二部分（Para. 2-6）

2011, entire year, educate, green things, organic (有機(jī)的）stores, less meat，green food, no chemical cleaners, home-made, punished

經(jīng)過：一年環(huán)保的經(jīng)歷。

第三部分（Para. 7-12）

grateful, believe, have the power, change, help

結(jié)論：感覺環(huán)保的機(jī)會(huì)和愿望。

【解析】

60. A。主旨大意題。較易。本文主要講述的是作者一家環(huán)保生活的經(jīng)歷和效果。文章第一段兩處出現(xiàn)了going green環(huán)保生活一詞，全文又多次復(fù)現(xiàn)該詞，所以答案為A項(xiàng)。

解題思路：不能拿細(xì)節(jié)代替主題，不能以偏概全。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：選項(xiàng) B. Protecting the Planet；選項(xiàng)C. Keeping Open-Minded(思想開明).

和選項(xiàng)D. Celebrating Our Green Year（慶祝環(huán)保年）.都只是是環(huán)保生活的結(jié)果，是文章內(nèi)容的一部分。

61. D。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。較難。第二段的第二句的...challenging ourselves to go green beyond easy things.（挑戰(zhàn)自我去做一些不容易做的環(huán)保事情），此處beyond easy things（不容易做的事情）與unusual green tasks是同義的； 以及文章一再強(qiáng)調(diào)We had to think of 365 different green things to do and this was no easy task（必須想出365種不同的環(huán)保事情要做，這不是件容易的任務(wù)）。故答案為D。

解題思路：尋找關(guān)鍵詞。task 是關(guān)鍵詞。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：文章第一段強(qiáng)調(diào)了作者的觀點(diǎn)：going green is not a fad but a lifestyle（環(huán)保不是一種時(shí)尚而是一種生活方式），所以排除選項(xiàng)A. they were expected to follow the green fad(他們被期望遵循綠色時(shí)尚)；文章第三段提及My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment（我的妻子和我決定教育人們關(guān)于他們?nèi)绾嗡麄冞^環(huán)保的生活，并且希望我們能夠展示人們可以被用來幫助環(huán)境的所有環(huán)保的東西）。.說明我們是知道怎么教育人們而非選項(xiàng)B中的不懂教育，所以排除選項(xiàng)B；文章第二段提及Rather than recycle and reduce our energy(而不是回收和減少我們的能源)，并非unwilling to reduce their energy (不愿意降低他們的能量)，所以選項(xiàng)C也排除。

62. A。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。較難。根據(jù)Our Green Year這個(gè)定位詞可以在倒數(shù)第二段找到依據(jù)，該段說他們一家完全改變了生活方式，在有機(jī)商店購物，少吃肉，盡量少買不需要的東西，不用化學(xué)洗液等等，這些都是環(huán)保的習(xí)慣，這與A項(xiàng)概括相一致。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：選項(xiàng)B. They ignored others’ ungreen behavior（他們忽視了別人的對(duì)環(huán)境有害的行為。）與他們對(duì)其他人進(jìn)行環(huán)保教育正好相反，所以，排除選項(xiàng)B；選項(xiàng)C. They chose better chemical cleaners（他們選擇更好的化學(xué)清潔劑）與文中倒數(shù)第二段的with no chemical cleaners（沒有化學(xué)清潔劑）矛盾，所以排除選項(xiàng)C；選項(xiàng)D中的 home-made food未必就是organic (有機(jī)的）food，而且文中提及的也只有home-made bread，所以，與文章主題不一致，故排除選項(xiàng)D。

63. B。推理判斷題。較易。文章最后一段We are grateful for the chance to have been able to go green and educate others. We believe that we do have the power to change things and help our planet（我們很感謝有機(jī)會(huì)能夠去綠色和教育別人。我們相信我們有能力去改變的東西，幫助我們的星球。），說明這對(duì)夫婦這個(gè)環(huán)保年很成功，所以他們可能在將來還會(huì)繼續(xù)他們的環(huán)保做法。

解題思路：判斷一個(gè)人的態(tài)度或者決定，一定要關(guān)注文章中描繪的形容詞和動(dòng)詞等。grateful，believe， have the power都是關(guān)鍵暗示他們這一年做得挺好，會(huì)再接再勵(lì)。

干擾項(xiàng)排除：選項(xiàng)A. The government will give support to the green project （政府將支持綠色項(xiàng)目）；文章沒提及政府，所以排除選項(xiàng)A；選項(xiàng)C. Some people disagree with the couple's green ideas（有些人不同意這對(duì)夫婦的綠色理念），文章也不曾提及，所以排除；選項(xiàng)D. Our Green Year is becoming a national campaign（我們環(huán)保年將成為一個(gè)全國性的運(yùn)動(dòng)），文章也沒有提及，所以排除。

【難句學(xué)習(xí)】

1. Whether that is good or bad, but for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle.

翻譯：我們不能說這到底是好還是壞，但是對(duì)于我們兩個(gè)來說，環(huán)保不是一種時(shí)尚而是一種生活方式。

分析：whether引導(dǎo)賓語從句，作say的賓語；but連接兩個(gè)并列句：Whether that is good or bad和for the two of us, going green is not a fad but a lifestyle，表轉(zhuǎn)折；going green作第二個(gè)并列句的主語。

2. My wife and I decided to educate people about how they could go green in their lives and hoped we could show people all the green things that could be done to help the environment.

翻譯：我的妻子和我決定教育人們關(guān)于他們?nèi)绾嗡麄冞^環(huán)保的生活，并且希望我們能夠展示人們可以被用來幫助環(huán)境的所有環(huán)保的東西。

分析：how引導(dǎo)賓語從句。作about的賓語；hoped 后面是一個(gè)賓語從句，省略了that；that could be done是定語從句，修飾all the green things； to help the environment不定式表目的，作目的狀語。

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