問題詳情
第二篇：Chad Pregracke grew up in Moline, Illinois, less than 100 feet away from the Mississippi River, which suppliesdrinking water to about 18 million people in more than 50 U.S. cities. As he got older, he noticed the river was becomingmore and more polluted with plastic, trash, and other junk floating around in it. One weekend, he decided to collect thetrash he could from the river – by hand. He waded into the water and removed items that shouldn’t have been in it andfilled his backyard with them. Someone reported his activities to a local news station, and as a result, a group wrote Chada check for over $8,000. Chad used the money to buy a boat and to start a nonprofit organization to continue the work hehad started. He named his organization Living Lands and Waters.Over the years Chad has sponsorship from over 60 corporations and foundations. The organization has nine full-timeemployees and many volunteers, and has removed more than 1,000 tons of garbage from America’s largest rivers. Chad andhis team have pulled tires, refrigerators, air conditioners, and even toilets from the water. In the summer of 2008, theMidwestern United States suffered terrible flooding, and Cedar Rapids was particularly hard hit. Living Lands and Waterswas there on the Cedar River after the flood, helping with the clean-up efforts. In 2013, the news network CNN named Chadone of the top 10 heroes of the year.Even till today, Chad himself remains involved in the actual physical cleaning of rivers – one river at a time, one pieceof garbage at a time. He also writes a newspaper column that has a readership primarily in Iowa and Illinois, and he oftenspeaks to audiences about the importance of rivers and of keeping them clean and tells his story, reminding people that aninitial step taken by one person can make a real difference.
【題組】46. What would be the best title for this article?
(A)The Importance of a Clean Environment.
(B) The Autobiography of Chad Pregracke.
(C)CNN Top 10 Heroes of 2013.
(D) A Life’s Mission of Cleaning Rivers.
參考答案
答案：D
難度：適中0.45283
統計：A(5),B(18),C(5),D(24),E(0)