阅读理解 Please Recycle That Bobsled Run(大学橇滑道) 1 For the 1992 Winter Games, French organizers constructed a new motorway, parking lots and runs for skiing in the Alps. Environmentalists screamed "Disaster!''. Thus warned, the Norwegians have adopted "green" advice and avoided great blots on the landscape. The speed-skating rink was built to look like an overturned ship, and placed so as not to disturb a bird sanctuary. Dug into a mountainside, the hockey arena is well concealed and energy efficient. The bobsled run is built out of wood not metal and hidden among trees. No wonder the president of the International Olympic Committee has called these the first "Green Games". 2 Lillehammer''s opening ceremonies featured a giant Olympic Torch burning biogas produced by rotting vegetation. During construction, builders were threatened with $7,500 fines for felling trees unnecessarily. Rare trees were carefully transplanted from hillsides. Food is being served on potato-based plates that will be fed, in turn, to pigs. Smoking has been banned outdoors as well as in, with enforcement by polite requests. 3 Environmentalists have declared partial victory, though Coca-Cola''s plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict green tastes. Perhaps, but after the Games, athlete housing will be converted into vacation homes or shipped to the northlands for student dormitories. Bullets will be plucked from biathlon targets and recycled to keep the lead from poisoning ground water. And these tricks won''t be forgotten. Embarrassed by environmental protests, the I. O. C. claims that green awareness is now entrenched — along with sport and culture — as a permanent dimension of the Olympic Charter. 4 Indeed, Sydney was successful in becoming host for the 2000 Summer Games in part on the strength of its endorsement from Greenpeace. Aspiring host cities are picking up the code. Salt Lake City, bidding for the 2002 Games, may opt to use the bobsled run that Calgary built for the 88 Games. after that, who could deny that recycling is an Olympic movement?
单选题 Which of the following countries has not paid enough attention to the "green" issues?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此题为细节归纳题。据第1段第1、2句可确定B。据第l段第3句可排除A。据第4段可排除C与D。 注意: 1、 “green”advice:有关环保方面的建议 2、 blot:污点 3、 sanctuary:此处表示“禁猎区”、“鸟兽保护区”。 4、 though Coca-Cola''s plan to decorate the town with banners has been scaled back, there are still too many billboards for strict green tastes:scale back表示“降低规模”。 strict green tastes 这里指那些极端环保主义者。 5、 in part on the strength of its endorsement from Greenpeace:in part 相当于partly。 on the strength of为固定短语,表示“凭借”、“基于”。endorsement此处表示“支持”、“赞同”。
单选题 In which area did the environmentalists fail in Lillehammer?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题为细节归纳题。据第3段第1句可知,虽然Coca-Cola用旌旗装饰全城的计划有所削减,但仍然出现了太多的广告牌,这使得环保主义者认为自己只取得了部分胜利,故选D。据第2段第1句可排除A。据第2段最后1句可排除B。据第3段第2句可排除 C。
单选题 Which of the following describes the I.O.C.''s attitude towards the environmentalists'' protests?
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】此题为一般推理题。据第3段最后1句,我们知道I.O.C.声称环保意识已与体育和文化一样成为“奥林匹克宪章”的永久性特点。据第4段,我们了解到后来的冬奥会和夏季奥运会申办者都强调或关注了环保的重要性。由此,我们推断A。B与原文相抵触。 C与D皆无法从原文得到支持。
单选题 The 2002 Games might be held in________.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此题为细节理解题。据第4段第3句可知Salt Lake City申办2002年冬奥会,故可确定D,据此句后半部分可排除B。据第4段第1句可排除C。文章未提及Oslo,不过据第l段第3句可基本排除Oslo(奥斯陆,挪威的首都)。