Cloze3(2015广东广州）IanKiermanwasborninSydneyAustraliaandgrewupnearthesea.Formorethan40yearsheracedininternationalsailingcompetitions.In1987Kiermanwascompetinginanaround-the-worldracewhenhebeganto1

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Cloze 3(2015广东广州）

   Ian Kierman was born in Sydney Australia and grew up near the sea.For more than 40 years he raced in international sailing competitions.

   In 1987 Kierman was competing in an around-the-world race when he began to 1        the huge amount of rubbish in the worlds oceans.When he returned to Australia he 2       to do something about it.

   He organized a community 3        called Clean Up Sydney Harbour”.On Sunday January 8 1989 more than 40 000 volunteers came out to 4        away rubbish.The next year Kierman made the cleanup a national event. It was a huge 5       . Across Australia a- bout 300 000 people spent the day improving their local 6      . 

   Since then uClean Up AustraliaM has got 7        every year. In 2002 for example 800 000 people cleaned up almost 15 000 tons of rubbish from Australia’s beaches parks and streets.

   Kierman was 8        with the success of his project. In 2003 he started an even bigger program. With the 9        of the United Nations Environment Programme introduced “ Clean Up the Worldan international program that supports communities around the world in cleaning up and protecting the environment. “Clean Up the World” has grown 10        and his wonderful idea has now spread from one city to the whole world.

1. A. save   B. collect   C. notice   D. produce

2. A. refused   B. decided   C. pretended   D. stopped

3. A. law   B. party   C. company   D. event

4. A. clear   B. send   C. turn   D. give

5. A. problem   B. success   C. surprise   D. failure

6. A. culture   B. project   C. government   D. environment

7. A. older   B. smaller   C. bigger   D. faster

8. A. happy   B. angry   C. disappointed   D. concerned

9. A. need   B. help   C. hope   D. action

10. A. loudly   B. gently   C. rapidly   D. busily

Answer 1

1. C 2. B 3. D 4. A 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. C