初中英语阅读理解与完型填空［2014 浙江温州·A篇］

World Wildlife Fund（WWF）and Greenpeace are two famous organizations in the world．They both aim at making our planet a better place to live．

World Wildlife Fund works to protect wild animals and plants．It began in Switzerland on September 11，1961．Now，it has offices in 100 countries and nearly 5 million members all over the world．The members are from different groups，including governments，businesses，scientists and farmers．They have played an active role in saving animals and rainforests．One recent WWF project is protecting the Amazon rainforest．WWF has done plenty of research to find creative ways that meet the needs of both people and nature．

Greenpeace was set up in 1971，with an idea of working for world peace at the very beginning．Now it is active in protecting oceans，forests，and animals as well．It also calls for the use of clean energy，like wind power and solar power．Greenpeace has offices in 45 countries such as America and Canada．Its head office is in the Netherlands．Greenpeace has about 3 million members at present．Small steps lead to big changes．It encourages more and more people to take action．

1．WWF has nearly 　　　　　 million members．

A．3

B．5

C．45

D．100

2．The head office of Greenpeace is in 　　　　　 ．

A．Canada

B．America

C．the Netherlands

D．Switzerland

3．According to the passage，both WWF and Greenpeace 　　　　　 ．

A．protect animals

B．do plenty of research

C．work for world peace

D．use some clean energy

[参考答案]　1．B　2．C　3．A