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第二篇: Chad Pregracke grew up in Moline, Illinois, less than 100 feet away from the Mississippi River, which supplies drinking water to about 18 million people in more than 50 U.S. cities. As he got older, he noticed the river was becoming more and more polluted with plastic, trash, and other junk floating around in it. One weekend, he decided to collect the trash he could from the river – by hand. He waded into the water and removed items that shouldn’t have been in it and filled his backyard with them. Someone reported his activities to a local news station, and as a result, a group wrote Chad a check for over $8,000. Chad used the money to buy a boat and to start a nonprofit organization to continue the work he had started. He named his organization Living Lands and Waters. Over the years Chad has sponsorship from over 60 corporations and foundations. The organization has nine full-time employees and many volunteers, and has removed more than 1,000 tons of garbage from America’s largest rivers. Chad and his team have pulled tires, refrigerators, air conditioners, and even toilets from the water. In the summer of 2008, the Midwestern United States suffered terrible flooding, and Cedar Rapids was particularly hard hit. Living Lands and Waters was there on the Cedar River after the flood, helping with the clean-up efforts. In 2013, the news network CNN named Chad one of the top 10 heroes of the year. Even till today, Chad himself remains involved in the actual physical cleaning of rivers – one river at a time, one piece of garbage at a time. He also writes a newspaper column that has a readership primarily in Iowa and Illinois, and he often speaks to audiences about the importance of rivers and of keeping them clean and tells his story, reminding people that an initial step taken by one person can make a real difference.
【題組】48. What has his organization done over the years?
(A)It helped clean Cedar River after a serious flood in 2008.
(B) It has picked up 1,000 kilos of junk from America’s largest rivers.
(C)It has gathered support from about just a few companies and foundations.
(D) It has removed from the rivers all kinds of things excluding tires, refrigerators, toilets, etc.


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