重庆市2017高考英语阅读理解选编（18）（附解析）阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。(2013·西安市标准化考练，C)OnavisittoJapan,WangariMaathailearnedthestoryofthehummingbird(蜂鸟)andtheforestfire.Whiletheotheranimalsruninfear,thehummingbirdfliesabovethefiretimeandagain,leavingafewdropsofwaterfromitsbeak.“Whydoyoubother？”theotheranimalsshoutatthehummingbird.“I'mdoingthebestthatIcan，”thehummingbirdreplies.“It'ssuchabeautifulstory，”Ms.Maathaisays,thinkingoftheworld'senvironmentalproblems.“There'salwayssomethingwecandowithourlittlebeaklikethelittlehummingbird.”In2004MaathaiwashonoredwithaNobelPeacePrizeforherworkfoundingtheGreenBeltMovement(GBM),whichhiresvillagers,especiallywomen,toimprovetheenvironment.Sincethen,she'srealizedthatpeople'svaluesarewhatinspirethem.Ifthevaluesaregoodones,goodactionswillfollow.“Ifyoudon'thavegoodvalues,you'lldevelopvices(恶劣行径)，”saysMaathai.“Andifwegiveintothevice,wedestroyourselves.Wedestroytheenvironment.”That'sthemessageofhernewbook.In1971,Maathaireceivedadoctor'sdegreefromtheUniversityofNairobi,thelargestuniversityinKenya.She'snowbackinherhomelandbeginningworkontheWangariMaathaiInstituteforPeaceandEnvironmentalStudies(WMI)attheUniversityofNairobi.“Theywanttocallitafterme，”shesays.WMIwillpaymoreattentionto“learningbydoing”anduseknowledgetodealwithrealproblems.“WhatAfricaneedsispeoplewhoarewillingtogettheirfingersdirtyandworkwiththepeople，”saysMaathai.Plantingtreesisonewaypeopleconnectwiththenaturalworld.Shecontinuestoinspireothers.“Thereisnolastingpeaceuntilwehavepeacewiththeearthitself，”shesays.文章大意：本文是一篇报道。保护环境人人有责，文章主要讲述了诺贝尔和平奖获得者Maathai保护环境的一些具体活动以及她关于保护环境的一些看法。1．WhydoesWangariMaathaithinkhighlyofthehummingbird?A．Itcancreatewaterfromitsbeak.B．Ithelpstheotheranimalsrunaway.C．Ittriesitsbesttoputoutthefire.D．Itfindsoutawaytosavetheforest.答案：C细节理解题。根据第二段中“I'mdoingthebestthatIcan”和第三段“...thinkingoftheworld'senvironmentalproblems.‘There'salwayssomethingwecandowithourlittlebeaklikethelittlehummingbird.’”可知，Maathai对蜂鸟评价很高的原因是蜂鸟会尽自己的全力去扑灭大火。故C项正确。2．ThosewhoworkforGBMaremainly________.A．environmentalexpertsB．womenvillagersC．peoplewhohadgoodvaluesD．peoplewholovebirds答案：B细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“...whichhiresvillagers,especiallywomen,toimprovetheenvironment.”可知，B项正确。3．WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutWangariMaathai?A．SheisfromJapan.B．ShereceivedaNobelPrize.C．Sheisauniversityteacher.D．Shehasalwaysraisedthehummingbird.答案：B细节理解题。根据第四段第一句中“In2004MaathaiwashonoredwithaNobelPeacePrizeforherworkfoundingtheGreenBeltMovement(GBM)”可知，B项正确。4．AccordingtoWangariMaathai,________.A．goodactionsleadtogoodvaluesB．people'svaluesinfluencetheiractionsC．everybodyhasapossibilitytodevelopvicesD．peoplewhohavebadvaluesmayhavegoodactions答案：B细节理解题。根据第四段最后一句和第五段内容可知，Maathai认为，如果你没有好的价值观，就会有不良行为；如果我们屈从于错误的价值观的话，就会伤害自己，破坏环境。故B项正确。阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。(2014·江西八校联考)TheforcesthatmakeJapanoneoftheworld’smostearthquake-prone(有地震倾向的)countriescouldbecomepartofitslong-termenergysolution.WaterfromdeepbelowthegroundatJapan’...
