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英 语
第一部分 教材复习训练
第13讲 八下 Modules 9~10
一、阅读理解
[人与社会·榜样的力量]
(2023·重庆中考B卷)It’s often believed that only grown-ups can make a
difference.Is it true?Teen Vogue interviewed some teenagers across the world.Get
ready to be inspired(启发).
16-year-old Michael started using social media to cheer up teenagers of his age to
follow their dreams on his baseball blogs.Michael also wrote about sports people and
how they would face their challenges.
Lesein,14 years old,first learned about climate change when he was twelve
years old.His home country of Kenya loses about 29,650 acres of forest each year.
With a deep love of soccer,Lesein started Trees for Goals,planting a tree for
every goal he scored in a match.Later the school’s soccer and basketball teams all
followed him.In 2019,almost 1,000 trees in forests outside of Nairobi were
planted.Now the government provides trees for them to plant.
Alexis Lewis,a 15-year-old inventor,designed a simple wheelchair with
bamboo to help poor people who need to transport children many miles to
hospitals.Another invention of his is a special mask which can be thrown through a
window of a smoke-filled building to people inside.
Alexis said,“People are dying because they can’t be saved in time.Another
reason why I want to invent something is that I love physics and I use it to improve
technologies.” Alexis also told our reporter that he wanted children to know
that ▲ .
These young people are certainly shining examples to show you’re never too
young to make a difference.
1.How did Michael influence other teenagers?
A.By following his dream.
B.By using social media.
C.By talking to teenagers.
D.By playing baseball.
2.What did Lesein do to help fight climate change?
A.He started Trees for Goals and kept planting trees.
B.He followed soccer and basketball teams to plant trees.
C.He planted almost 1,000 bamboos outside of his school.
D.He used social media to call on other children to plant trees.
B