3. What did the boy tell the town officials?(No more than 16 words)(3 marks)

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4.What helped the boy to protect the ponds successfully nine years later?(No more than 12 words)(3 marks)

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1. 【答案】They liked to skating。

【试题解析】考察细节题。根据第一段2,3行In summer they caught frogs and fish. When winter arrived they couldn't wait to go skating.可知在夏天，他们抓鱼和青蛙，在冬天他们就在结冰的池塘上滑冰。

2. 【答案】 He went door to door and gathered their signatures。

【试题解析】细节题。根据第二段最后2行So the boy went door to door and gathered more than two hundred signatures (签名）to stop the development A group of citizens met and decided to support him.可知他得知开发商要填平那个池塘的时候，他挨家挨户地求得别人的签名来阻止开发商这样做。

3. 【答案】 He told them they should speak for the citizens and leave enough space for children.

【试题解析】考察细节题。根据第三段4,5行He told the town officials that they should speak for the citizens. He also insisted that they should leave enough space for children.

4. 【答案】Environmental protection laws and the knowledge of wetlands ecology

【试题解析】根据文章最后一段倒数4,5行he used environmental protection laws to explain restrictions on development in and around wetlands and the knowledge of wetlands ecology to help improve the development.可知他使用的是环境保护法以及湿地生态系统的知识来保护了池塘。

第二节 任务型阅读

The expression, "everybody's doing it," is very much at the center of the concept of peer pressure. It is a strong influence of a group, especially of children, on members of that group to behave as everybody else does. It can be positive or negative. Most people experience it in some way during their lives.

People are social creatures by nature, and so it is hardly surprising that part of their self-respect comes from the approval of others. This instinct is why the approval of peers, or the fear of disapproval, is such a powerful force in many people's lives. It is the same instinct that drives people