安徽省舒城中学2015-2016学年高一英语下学期第四(8)

阅读下面短文短文，掌握其大意，然后从41---60各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该涂黑。

When Chad Pregracke was a teenager in East Moline, Illinois, he and his father lived and worked on the Mississippi River—or rather, in it. Every day they dove into the river to __41__ freshwater mussels (贻贝) , which they sold to Japanese customers. The river was their __42__,but Chad came to realize that it was also dirty. While searching for mussels on the river bottom, Chad could not __43__ much because the water was too muddy. When Chad Pregracke was in college, he decided that he had to __44__ the river. And that's what he has done.

In the summer of 1997, Chad __45__ the Mississippi River Beautification & Restoration Project. Using a 20-foot motorboat and working __46__ by himself, Chad cleaned up 100 miles of shoreline in Illinois and Iowa. By summer's end, he had __47__ and recycled 45,000 pounds of trash! As people learned about Chad's __48__, they began to offer help. Towns and companies along the river __49__ equip-ment, and communities(社区) __50__ cleanup days.

In 1998, the project __51__. Chad fixed up two boats, and he __52__ a crew. During the summer months, Chad and his crew cleaned up 900 miles of Mississippi __53__ from St. Louis, Missouri, to Guttenberg, Iowa. They collected 400,000 pounds of trash—__54__ from old refrigerators to plastic legs!

In the next year, Chad’s group __55__ the cleanup of more than 1,000 miles of the Mississippi River. They also __56__ an “Adopt a Mississippi River Mile” program. In this program, companies and groups took __57__ for keeping parts of the river clean. After that, Chad __58__ the Illinois River.

Today, Chad Pregracke’s project has many sponsors and an annual budget of $200,000. Chad also has __59__ plans. He will move eastward __60__ he has done what he can for the Mississippi and Illinois rivers. He wants to clean up the Ohio River next, and then perhaps the Hudson.

41. A. break

study

42. A. luck

protector

43. A. have

44. A. give up B. take C. earn C. set up

D. see D. tidy up D. B. playground C. livelihood D. B. collect C. recycle D. B. close up B. reviewed 45. A. encouraged

supported

46. A. smoothly C. formed B. casually C. mainly 舒中高一统考英语 第8页 (共10页)

47. A. thrown B. hidden C. produced

48. A. efforts B. problems D. slowly D. removed D. C. difficulties