Ⅰ.阅读理解
Choosing a name for a club can be a challenge. But when members of an afterschool program in New Hampshire heard the story “The Boy and the Starfish”， the Starfish Club was born! The story goes like this：
A man sees a boy throwing starfish that have washed up on the beach back into the ocean. He tells the boy that he's wasting his time, “You can't possibly save them all—you can't make a difference.” As the boy returns another starfish to the sea, he says to the man, “Maybe—but I made a huge difference for that one！”
The Starfish Club members enjoy making a difference for animals. They do a lot to help animals in their local shelter. But when they learned that a boy in Massachusetts worked to get a law passed banning (禁止) the sale of shark fins (鳍) in his state, they decided to try to get a similar law passed in New Hampshire.
The kids learned a lot about shark finning, a practice of cutting off the fins of sharks and then throwing the sharks back into the ocean to die. The fins are sold and used to make shark fin soup. Each year, tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins.
Club members made posters, and wrote letters to raise awareness about the problem. When a bill to ban the shark fin trade was proposed (提议) in their state, four members traveled to the state capitol to testify (作证) for passage of the bill. But in the end, the bill wasn't passed into law at least not this time.
“I feel proud of myself and the Starfish Club for working very hard，” adds Payton Paradis, age 10. “I am sad that the law didn't pass, but I hope we encouraged many kids around the world to keep trying, no matter what the problem is. And remember—fins belong to sharks, not in soup！”
本文是一篇记叙文。文章介绍了由孩子们创办的旨在帮助动物的海星组织。
1．The Starfish Club got its name from ________.
A．a boy B．a story
C．a starfish D．a program
答案：B
解析：推理判断题。根据第一段中的“But when members of an afterschool program in New Hampshire heard the story ‘The Boy and the Starfish’， the Starfish Club was born！”可知，海星组织的名称源于“男孩与海星”的故事。
2．What's the purpose of the Starfish Club?
A．To study sharks.
B．To save animals.
C．To raise starfish.
D．To protect the environment.
答案：B
解析：细节理解题。根据第三段中的“The Starfish Club members enjoy making a difference for animals. They do a lot to help animals...”可知，海星组织的目的是帮助动物。
3．What can we infer from Paragraph 4?
A．Many sharks are killed for their meat.
B．Many sharks are sold to make money.
C．Shark finning is becoming unpopular.
D．Shark finning is a big danger to sharks.
答案：D
解析：推理判断题。根据第四段中的“tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins”可知，割鲨鱼鳍做鱼翅汤的做法对鲨鱼的生存构成了严重威胁。
4．What did the Starfish Club members do to help sharks?
A．They made efforts to support the related bill.
B．They made a speech at their school.
C．They wrote letters to officials.
D．They traveled to the seaside.
答案：A
解析：细节理解题。根据倒数第二段中的“When a bill to ban the shark fin trade...to testify (作证) for passage of the bill.”可知，海星组织通过支持禁止鲨鱼鳍交易的法案来帮助鲨鱼。
