2008 山东 第 71 题 单选题 区分题
71. What contributes most do their success according to the author?
A. Learning by trial and error.
B. Making friends with supplies.
C. Finding a good partner.
D. Opening chain stores.
D
Melissa Poe was 9 years old when she began a campaign for a cleaner environment by writing a
letter to the then President Bush. Through her on efforts, her letter was reproduced on over 250
donated billboards (广告牌)across the country.
The response to her request for help was so huge that Poe established Kids For A Cleaner
Environment (Kids F.A.C.E.) in 1989. There are now 300,000 members of Kids F.A.C.E. worldwide
and it is the world’s largest youth environmental organization.
Poe has also asked the National Park Service to carry out a “Children’s Forest” project in every
national park. In 1992, she was invited one of only six children in the world to speak at the Earth
Summit in Brazil as part of the Voices of the future Program. In 1993, she was given a Caring
Award for her efforts by the Caring Institute.
Since the organization started, Kids F.A.C.E. members have distributed and planted over 1
million trees! Ongoing tree-planting projects include Kids’ Yards — the creation of backyard
wildlife habitats (栖息地) and now Kids F.A.C.E. is involved in the exciting Odyssey, which is a
great way to start helping.
“We try to tell kids that it’s not OK to be lazy,” she explains, “You need to start being a
response, environmentally friendly person now, right now, before you become a resource-sucking
adult.”
参考答案
A