2023届高三英语阅读理解专项训练（有答案)

2023届高三英语阅读理解专项训练
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Oil Painting Workshop
August 23, 2018
For ages 15 and up.
Beginners Welcome! Experience not required.
Registration(登记) Deadline—August 9, 2018
● Class Schedule
9:30-10:00 Welcome and Registration
10:00-12:00 Painting Session
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-3:00 Painting Session
3:00 Evaluation and Departure(离开)
● About the Instructor
Judy Moore-Gist, Alexander Certified Instructor and Certified Ross Instructor, is making great efforts to give people of all ages the opportunity to experience William Alexander’s The Magic of Oil Painting and Bob Ross’s The Joy of Painting. Both, William Alexander and Bob Ross, PBS TV hosts, have inspired thousands of first-time painters. Showing the “wet-on-wet” technique encourage people of all ages to pick up a brush and put their dreams on canvas (油画布). Judy will do the same, and you are welcome to take a class and see for yourself. At the end of just one session you will be amazed at the beautiful painting that you create in just a few hours. You will become more aware of beautiful cloud shapes and colors you ignored before. There is nothing more inspiring than seeing a beautiful scenery that you paint and others will treasure forever.
For more information about Judy Moore-Gist, click here.
Cost: $75.00/a person
Prices include all instructor fees, materials, and lunch.
If you wish to pay by check, please print the OilpaintAug.pdf printable registration form and mail it in with payment to: Holiday Lake 4H Educational Center, 1267 4-H Camp Road, Appomattox, VA 24522.
Refund(退款) Policy:
Full Refund: August 9, 2018 Nonrefundable: after August 9, 2018
For more information contact Heather Benninghove at 434-248-5444 or heathern@vt.edu.
1. What should people do to attend the class
A. Provide a piece of painting.
B. Learn something about the instructor.
C. Pay for it before August 9, 2018.
D. Register for it no later than August 9, 2018.
2. What can we learn from the text
A. Painting experience is needed for people to attend the class.
B. The class is intended for people of all ages.
C. More information about the instructor is available online.
D. You can get a full refund before August 23, 2018.
3. Where would you be most likely to find the text
A. On the Internet. B. On a notice board.
C. In a company brochure. D. In a newspaper.
B
It was on her 14th birthday that her first book, In the Forest of the Night, was accepted for publication. It was a huge success gaining the attention of millions of young readers. At 16, her second novel, Demon in My View, also reached the bookstores. Several books later, the teenage author still works away in her room, surrounded by shelves full of dark tales about vampires(吸血鬼) and witches(女巫). Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is widely seen as America’s finest teen writer and was named one of Teen People’s “20 Teens Who Will Change the World”.
Born in 1984, she began making up stories when she was about three years old. “I never stopped and said, ‘I want to write’,” Amelia remembers. “I loved stories and created stories before I was old enough to know how to write them down.”
In her family, reading was basic and fun. “My parents encouraged me to read—and to read anything I wanted, so long as I was reading,” she said, “They never limited what I read. Later, when I started writing, they never criticized what I did or said I was ‘too young’. They never said it was impossible for me to achieve what I have.”
In her short but successful career, Amelia has tried different styles. But vampires were the first characters to really come alive in her work. From them she has developed a whole world, one which she always enjoys learning more about.
As a published teen writer, Amelia’s advice to other teens who dream of being authors is: just do it! “I believe anything is possible. Don’t give up your dreams just because you fear failure. Getting a book published is difficult but if I can do it, others can too.”
4. When did Amelia Atwater- Rhodes’s second book appear in bookstores
A. In 1984. B. In 1987.
C. In 1998. D. In 2000.
5. What do we know about Amelia’s parents
A. They helped her with writing stories. B. They fully supported her.
C. They thought she was too young to read. D. They chose what she read.
6. What does the underlined word “them” in paragraph 4 refer to
A. Vampires. B. Teenagers.
C. Different styles. D. Her works.
7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text
A. Good News for Teen Writers
B. Is It Possible for a Teen Writer to Be Published
C. Advice on Being Teen Writers
D. A Top-selling Teen Writer Pens Vampire Tales
C
Think necessity is the mother of invention Not always. There is a very thin line between brilliant invention and absolute failure, as some of the inventors famously found out.
Some of the most popular products we use today were accidents stumbled on by scientists, cooks who spilled things, and misguided inventors who—in the case of the glue used on Post-it notes —were trying to create the opposite of what they ended up with. But we can all take comfort in knowing even some huge mistakes can come with great ideas.
You know how when you’re done with a Post-it note, you throw it in the wastebasket Yeah, that was pretty much what Spencer Silver almost did when he was trying to develop a super strong adhesive(胶黏剂) for 3M labs in1968 and failed to find any wise way. Instead, he had invented the opposite: an adhesive that stuck to objects but could be easily lifted off.
Silver marketed the possible uses of his new, sort-of-weak glue around 3M for years, all to deaf ears. Finally, a colleague named Art Fry attended one of Silvers seminars(研讨会) in 1974 (3M has long been known for encouraging employees to step outside of their own departments to see what people in other areas of the company are doing). Fry saw a use where no one else did: holding his page in his book, which his bookmarks kept falling out of. And when you added Silver’s mild adhesive to paper bookmarks, a first Post-it note was born.
3M finally agreed to distribute the Post-it notes nationwide in 1980, a decade after Silver had first found the formula(配方) unexpectedly. Thirty years later, they’d be as important to the American office as the stapler(订书机) and the fax machine.
8. What does the underlined phrase “stumbled on” in paragraph 2 mean
A. Prevented successfully. B. Caused directly.
C. Discovered unexpectedly. D. Handled carefully.
9. Silver invented Post-it notes when he _________.
A. attended a seminar B. put his bookmark in his book
C. talked to his colleague Art Fry D. tried to invent a super strong adhesive
10. Why did Art Fry go to Silver’s seminar
A. To borrow a Post-it note. B. To see what Silver was doing.
C. To help market Silver’s mild glue. D. To find out the use of Silver’s glue.
11. The text is probably followed by paragraphs about________.
A. 3M’s other products
B. Spencer Silver’s other inventions
C. other wonderful inventions made by mistake
D. Spencer Silver’s friendship with Art Fry
D
Can plastic recycling reduce the import of oil The United States Environmental Protection Agency says only seven percent of plastic waste in the United States is recycled each year. A new company in northern New York says it can increase that percentage. It also says it can help the United States reduce the amount of oil it imports.
The company has a machine called the “plastic-eating monster”. Every hour, thousands of kilograms of milk jugs, water bottles, and grocery bags are fed into the machine. The plastic waste comes from landfills across the United States.
John Bordynuik runs the company, called JBI Inc. Mr. Bordynuik has invented a new process of turning plastic into fuel. First, many different kinds of unwashed plastics are melted together. Mr. Bordynuik uses a special chemical to turn the fluid into a vapor. This reduces the plastic to its most basic elements. “Plastics are just long hydrocarbon chains. What we’re doing is re-forming them into links and chains that we want so they have a high fuel value.” Eight percent of the recycled plastic is used to run the system. Independent testers say eighty-six percent of what goes in comes out as fuel.
JBI produces several thousand liters of fuel a day. It creates different grades of fuel for different industries. It sells the fuel for up to one hundred dollars a barrel(桶). Each barrel costs about ten dollars to produce. John Bordynuik believes plastics will become an important source of fuel for the United States. He says this will reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil and reduce the amount of plastic waste in its landfills.
Scientists say plastic-to-oil technology is still new and developing. They say it is not yet known if the process is environmentally friendly. And some question whether turning plastic into oil can even be considered “recycling”. Carson Maxted says because there is a lot of plastic waste and a great demand for oil, JBI’s recycling technology may create great changes in both industries. “So they’re getting value from something that would otherwise go to the landfill, things that wouldn’t be accepted into a recycling plant.”
12. What are Paragraphs 2 and 3 mainly about
A. The formation of JBI.
B. The way to melt plastic.
C The process of turning plastic into fuel.
D. The process of inventing the plastic-eating monster.
13. What’s John Bordynuik’s attitude toward plastic recycling
A. Critical. B. Positive.
C. Negative. D. Indifferent.
14. What can we infer from what Carson Maxted said
A. Plastic-to-oil technology can reduce plastic waste.
B. Plastic-to-oil technology is getting value from the landfill.
C. Plastic-to-oil technology is considered to be recycling.
D. Plastic-to-oil technology is regarded as environmentally friendly.
15. How does the author mainly support his idea
A. By listing facts. B. By analyzing causes.
C. By making comparison. D. By providing an example.
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Happy New Year
Celebrations in the Philippines
In the Philippines, celebrations are very loud in order to scare away evil beings. There is often a midnight feast featuring twelve different round fruits to symbolize good luck for the twelve months of the year. Other traditional foods include sticky rice and noodles, but not chicken or fish, which can be seen as bad luck for the next year’s food supply.
Celebrations in Japan
Japan uses the Gregorian calendar and celebrates New Years on January 1. Families eat soba noodles, and sushi for dinner, and ring bells 108 times at midnight to clear away the previous year. Adult relatives give money to the children in their families, and many people send postcards to their friends and families, making sure that they arrive on January 1.
Celebrations in Italy
Like U.S. southerners, Italians eat vegetable and pork on the New Year, which means “head of the year.” After big family dinners on New Year’s Day, Italians go to their local square for huge firework displays and public concerts. Italians are also known to wear red underwear on New Year’s Day to bring luck for the year to come.
Celebrations in Russia
Russia’s New Year celebrations have been greatly affected by the country’s history. As religion and Christmas celebrations were banned in the Soviet Union, New Year’s celebrations often had Christmas traditions such as decorated trees, which were relabeled(确认) as New Year Fir Trees. As the ban left, these traditions stayed part of the New Year’s Day celebration.
1. Which country celebrates the New Year with midnight feast
A. Philippines. B. Japan. C. Italy . D. Russia.
2. Why do Japanese ring bells 108 times at midnight on New Year
A. To scare away evil beings. B. To clear away the past.
C. To welcome the friends. D. To bring luck for the new year.
3. What is special about the celebrations in Russia
A. It includes traditions of Christmas.
B. People wear red underwear on New Year.
C. There are firework displays and concerts.
D. People usually send postcards to their friends
B
Tired of working in IT and staying the same in Australia, Paulo Cattaneo decided to make a change. In 2015 he started a strict budget so he could save up enough money to buy his dream KTM 1190 motorbike, a camera, and enough funds to support himself for a few years.
Then he gave up his job, packed his things, and set off on an adventure, travelling the world on his motorbike. Paulo, 39, has spent the last four years biking through Australia, South America, North America, and Europe, riding up to 12 hours a day and spending his nights in his tent under the stars.
“Australia for me was my first experience riding long distance and I was mind-blown by the beauty of the old continent.” Paulo wrote on his travel journal, “Traveling through Latin America, I explored the rainforest and learned Spanish and Portuguese. Mexico has some of the best food I ever had and Peru is an interesting place where I can enjoy the unique local Indian culture, also called Inca civilization.”
Paulo has managed to keep his travels going by keeping his budget tight, so he hasn’t had to get a job for his travels. To keep costs low, he seldom looked for accommodation in hotels and went camping instead. Thankfully, the motorbike, which Paulo bought secondhand in Australia, has not required any major repairs since he set off. The journey isn’t always easy, but Paulo has never looked back.
Sadly, the Covid-19 pandemic put a stop to his travels in Greece when he traveled around Europe, and Paulo has had to spend the last few months in Italy, his homeland. Once the world is back up and running, he plans to return to life on the road and explore Asia and Africa.
4. What did Paulo begin to do in 2015
A. Change his job to live a better life.
B. Collect enough money to buy a car.
C. Travel the world on his motorbike.
D. Prepare for his trip around the world.
5. What is not mentioned in paragraph 2
A. The way to travel. B. The last destination of travel.
C. The places he’d been to. D. The travel daily schedule of travel.
6. What happened to him during Paulo’s trip
A. He enjoyed the best food in Peru.
B. He got a job to support his travel.
C. The motorbike often troubled him.
D. The view in Australia attracted him.
7. What can we learn from the last paragraph
A. Paulo was glad to return to his homeland.
B. Paulo had to find accommodation in hotel.
C. The Covid-19 couldn’t stop Paulo’s dream.
D. Being alone was a challenge during Paulo’s trip .
C
“With the passing of Chinese scientist Yuan Longping, China and the world have lost one greatest agricultural scientists,” Kenneth Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation, said. Quinn, also vice chairman of the Yuan Longping International Rice Development Forum, shared his memory of the “father of hybrid rice” in an interview with Xinhua on Sunday.
Quinn first met Yuan in October 2004 when Yuan traveled to Des Moines in the U.S. state of Iowa to receive the World Food Prize. As they walked out of the airport , Quinn received a call and stepped aside to speak. When he turned back a minute or two later, he lost Yuan. “I had never before ‘lost’ a laureate(贵人),” he said. After a desperate search, he found Professor Yuan surrounded by a group of smiling graduate students from Iowa State University who so admired him that they wanted to take him off for a meal and conversation.
Quinn admired Yuan as a teacher. “He always had time to answer questions and speak with young scientists and students. The American high school students we sent to his research center each year always returned filled with knowledge and a deep desire to learn more.”
In Quinn’s eyes, Yuan was incredibly humble, never seeking fame, and focused only on hard work and results that could help lift people out of poverty. With a ‘down to earth’ attitude, Yuan greatly reduced hunger and provided farmers with surplus income through his discovery of hybrid rice.
Learning of Yuan’s passing away on Saturday, Quinn issued a statement to send his deepest sympathy to Yuan’s family and colleagues in China, as well as his admirers across the world. “Professor Yuan Longping, who was truly beloved in his country and by all of us who knew him, will be greatly missed. His legacy will provide inspiration to generations far into the future, in China and across the world,” Quinn said in the statement.
8. How did Kenneth Quinn feel when he found Yuan in a group of students
A. Confused. B. Amazed. C. Annoyed. D. Frightened.
9. How did Yuan Longping deal with young people
A. He cared about the development of the youth.
B. He sent young students abroad for further study.
C. He was too busy to answer the students’ question.
D. He was generous to help young people out of trouble.
10. What does the words “down to earth” mean in paragraph 4
A. Realistic . B. Stubborn C. Flexible D. Critical
11. What is the purpose of the text
A. To introduce the “father of hybrid rice”.
B. To share the stories of Yuan Longping.
C. To remember Professor Yuan Longping
D. To inspire the young to become a pioneer.
D
Getting hit on the head can cause a serious injury. Sometimes, even if a person feels okay, they may have a brain injury called a concussion (脑震荡). Even a good doctor can have trouble telling if a person has a concussion or not. And if a person is not careful and gets hurt again while they have a concussion, the problems can be even worse. Now Neurology researchers at the University of Pennsylvania think they may have found a solution—an easy-to-use two-minute reading test that can assess (评估) the possibility that a concussion has occurred.
The test was originally designed to test reading skills in children, but it also catches problems with vision and eye movements, which makes it useful for studying concussions. The test consists of a series of numbers arranged in zigzagging (锯齿) patterns on cards, which children read from left to right as quickly as possible. The Pennsylvania researchers tried out the test on boxers and martial (武术) arts fighters in a study earlier this year and found it worked well as a predictor of head injury.
The researchers gave the fighters the test before and after a match. Typically people can complete the test faster the more times they take it, says Laura Balcer, a lead author of the study. But the athletes who had experienced head injury during their fights read the cards more than 11 seconds slower when they took the test a second time. Fighters who had a concussion read the cards especially poorly, worsening by 18 seconds on average.
Now Balcer and her colleagues are studying the test’s ability to predict concussions in athletes who play football and other rough sports. Their goal is to create an evaluation tool that could serve as an early warning sign for coaches, who would need only the cards and their stopwatch to determine whether a player needs to be sent to a doctor.
12. What can we know about concussion
A. Concussions can be easily prevented and cured.
B It’s easy for doctors to test a person’s concussion.
C. Repeated concussions can do great harm to the brain.
D. People who get concussion may lose awareness soon.
13. Who did the Pennsylvania researchers did the test on at first
A. School children. B. Football coaches.
C. Rough sports players. D. Boxers and martial arts fighters.
14. How did the researchers conduct the test for a concussion
A. By making comparison. B. By giving an example.
C. By interviewing some fighters. D. By watching the players’ matches.
15. What is the aim of the test by Balcer and her colleagues
A. To help children improve their reading skills.
B. To help doctors tell if a person has a concussion.
C. To help the athletes develop their potential ability.
D. To help coaches identify a concussion at the scene.
3,
A
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Use your roof
You need the right kind of roof, but some energy companies pay the cost of fixing solar equipment(around￡14,000), and let you use the energy produced for nothing. In return, they get paid for unused energy fed back into the National Grid. However, you have to sign a 25-year agreement with the supplier, which could prevent you from changing the roof.
1. If you earn ￡5000 from renting a room in one year, the tax you need to pay will be based on ______.
A. ￡800 B. ￡4500 C. ￡500 D. 5000
2. If you want to use energy free, you have to_____.
A. sign an agreement with the government
B. keep the roof unchanged for within 25 years
C. sell the roof to some energy companies
D. pay around ￡14,000 for the equipment
3. For whom the text most probably written
A. Lodgers. B. Advertisers.
C. Online companies D. House owners.
B
I am an active playgoer and play-reader, and perhaps my best reason for editing this book is a hope of sharing my enthusiasm for the theater with others. To do this I have searched through dozens of plays to find the ones that I think best show the power and purpose of the short play.
Each play has a theme or central idea which the playwright(剧作家) hopes to get across through dialogue and action. A few characters are used to create a single impression growing out of the theme. It is not my intention to point out the central theme of each of the plays in this collection, for that would, indeed, ruin the pleasure of reading, discussing, and thinking about the plays and the effectiveness of the playwright. However, a variety of types is represented here. These include comedy, satire, poignant drama, historical and regional drama. To show the versatility(多面性) of the short play, I have included a guidance play, a radio play and a television play.
Among the writers of the plays in this collection, Paul Green, Susan Glaspell, Maxwell Anderson, Thornton Wilder, William Saroyan, and Tennessee Williams have all received Pulitzer Prizes for their contributions to the theater. More information about the playwrights will be found at the end of this book.
To get the most out of reading these plays, try to picture the play on stage, with you, the reader, in the audience. The houselights dim(变暗). The curtains are about to open, and in a few minutes the action and dialogue will tell you the story.
4. What do we know about the author from the first paragraph
A. He has written dozens of plays. B. He has a deep love for the theater.
C. He is a professional stage actor. D. He likes reading short plays to others.
5. What does the author avoid doing in his work
A. Stating the plays’ central ideas. B. Selecting works by famous playwrights.
C. Including various types of plays. D. Offering information on the playwrights.
6 What does the author suggest readers do while reading the plays
A. Control their feelings. B. Apply their acting skills.
C. Use their imagination. D. Keep their audience in mind.
7. What is this text
A. A short story. B. An introduction to a book.
C. A play review. D. An advertisement for a theater.
C
Who is a genius This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.
Let’s state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us And who are they
In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps this is not a surprise. It’s said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.
A study recently published by Science found that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up It doesn’t take a genius to know the answer: absolutely not.
Here’s the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we’re all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”
8. What does the author think of victors’ standards for joining the genius club
A. They’re unfair. B. They’re conservative.
C. They’re objective. D. They’re strict.
9. What can we infer about girls from the study in Science
A. They think themselves smart.
B. They look up to great thinkers.
C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.
D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs
10. Why are more geniuses known to the public
A. Improved global communication.
B. Less discrimination against women.
C. Acceptance of victors’ concepts.
D. Changes in people’s social positions.
11. What is the best title for the text
A. Geniuses Think Alike B. Genius Takes Many Forms
C. Genius and Intelligence D. Genius and Luck
D
A few years ago, my sister-in-law started to feel concerned about her teenage daughter. What was she doing after school Where was she spending her time My niece was an excellent student, and took part in all kinds of after-class activities. Even so, her mom decided to put a tracking app (跟踪应用程序) on the kid's phone.
At first, this made my sister-in-law ''feel better''. Then the good situation suddenly ended. She recalled, ''I found out that she was someplace that she said she wasn't. I went out in the middle of the night and found her walking without shoes in the middle of the street with some friends. '' Things went quickly downhill for the mother and the daughter after that.
With 73% of teens having their own smartphones now, according to a 2015 Pew study, more and more of their parents are facing the question: To watch or not
Ana Homayoun, founder of Green Ivy Educational Consulting, has advised many parents and their kids about this. ''I've found teens are more acceptable to tracking apps when it is included as part of a family agreement to improve safety than when it is placed as a secret tool to watch them, '' she said.
Mark Bell, a father of a teenage girl, said, ''We don't have tracking apps, but we have set some ground rules that my daughter must follow in exchange for us providing a smart phone, ''he said. For example, his daughter must ''friend'' him on social media so that he can read posts, and must share all passwords.
When you're trying to build trust, you need to create an environment that encourages it. So, to win their trust, you always need to be straight with your children. ''Parents must let children know how and when they'll be watching them, '' said Doctor Pauleh Weigle. If they're not open about it, he warns, it can ''greatly damage the parent and child relationship''.
12. What’s result of the author's sister-in-law using the app
A. She felt good with knowing her daughter's after school activities.
B. She wasn't worried about her daughter any more.
C. She had more communication with her daughter.
D. She had more conflicts with her daughter.
13. What can we learn about today's teens from Homayoun
A. They doubt family agreements.
B. They are worried about online safety.
C They dislike being watched secretly with tracking apps.
D. They welcome the use of tracking apps.
14. Why are Mark Bell and his daughter mentioned in Paragraph 5
A. To show how to use smart phone safely.
B. To give an example of being straight with children.
C. To teach how to put tracking app on phones.
D. To tell the importance of being children's friend.
15. What should be done before using a tracking app according to Weigle
A. Teach the kid how to use it. B. Check the kid's phone.
C. Tell the kid about it. D. Advise the kid to use his phone less.
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In 1900, an American engineer called John Elfreth Watkins made a number of predictions about what the world would be like in 2000. So what did Watkins get right and wrong 100 years later
1. Digital color photography
“Photographs will be telegraphed from any distance. If there is a battle in China a hundred years hence, snapshots of its most striking events will be published in the newspapers an hour later. Photographs will reproduce all of nature's colors.”
Watkins did not, of course, use the word "digital" or describe precisely how digital cameras and computers would work, but he accurately predicted how people would come to use new photographic technology. When Watkins was making his predictions, it took a week for a picture of something happening in China to make its way into Western papers.
2. Mobile phones
“Wireless telephone and telegraph circuits will span the world. A husband in the middle of the Atlantic will be able to converse with his wife sitting in her boudoir in Chicago. We will be able to telephone to China as readily as we now talk from New York to Brooklyn.”
International phone calls were unheard-of in Watkins's day. It was another 15 years before the first call was made, by Alexander Bell even from one coast of the US to the other.
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3. Pre-prepared meals
“Ready-cooked meals will be bought from establishments similar to our bakeries of today.”
The popularity of ready meals in supermarkets and takeaway shops suggests that Watkins was right although he supposed that the meals would be delivered on plates which would be returned to the cooking establishments to be washed.
4. Hothouse vegetables
“Winter will be turned into summer and night into day by the farmer with electric wires under the soil and large gardens under glass.”
Large gardens under glass were already a reality, but he was correct to predict the use of electricity. Although colored lights and electric currents did not take off, they were probably experimented with.
24. In 1900, Watkins predicted accurately _______.
A. a war would break out in China one century later
B. photos would reach the other side of the earth via the Internet
C. how digital cameras and computers would work
D. people would use new photographic technology
25. What can we infer from the passage
A. Ready-cooked meals were popular 100 years ago.
B. Watkins predicted plates would be washed before they were returned.
C. Watkins would carry out experiments to test his predictions.
D. Large gardens under glass had been put in use 100 years ago.
26. What will most probably be discussed in the next part of the passage
A. Some wrong predictions from Watkins.
B. Some predictions for the next century.
C. Great changes that took place in the 20th century.
D. Comments on Watkins ' s predictions from all walks of life.
C
There are 5.25 trillion pieces of plastic trash in the world’s oceans, and each year, 8 million tons of plastic are added to the figure. Though the oceans seem vast enough to stomach a lot of plastic, the level of waste is starting to reach a crisis point: According to a new report by the Ocean Conservancy, by 2025, the ocean could contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish.
All these floating bits of plastic not only disrupt marine ecosystems, but also poison the global supply of seafood. “It’s reaching crisis proportions,” says Andreas Merkl, CEO of the Ocean Conservancy. “Plastic breaks down into small pieces that look like plankton (浮游生物) and is eaten by everything from plankton to whales.”
The new report calls for a focus on improving waste management systems in a handful of developing countries that account for the plastic leakage into the ocean. China, Indonesia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam contribute more than half of the oceans’ plastic since their waste facilities haven’t kept up with rapid industrialization.
How can countries reduce the leakage of waste into the ocean The Ocean Conservancy report suggests that by providing more waste collection services, closing the leakage points within the collection system, getting rid of waste with effective landfill, and building more recycling facilities, the plastics leakage could be cut by 50% by 2020.
It’s not just an environmentalist’s daydream. Coca-Cola and Dow Chemical, along with some other multinational companies, have joined forces with Ocean Conservancy to fight ocean pollution. “We’re committed to working toward a future of a plastic-free ocean. Companies don’t make plastic with the intention of it ending up in the ocean, and we acknowledge the strong role industry must play in order to help eliminate ocean plastic waste by 2035.” Says a Dow Chemical director.
“While building landfills and incinerators (焚化炉) across these developing countries might not be pretty, it’s far more environmentally friendly than letting waste slide into the world’s oceans.” Says Andreas Merkl.
7. According to the passage, plastic poisons sea food because_________.
A. It damages marine ecosystems
B. It breaks down into small bits that can be eaten by fish
C. When sea animals are trapped in plastic bags, they can't breathe
D. It contains poison pills
8. Five developing countries account for the problem because__________.
A. They produce the majority of the waste worldwide
B. There are too many multinational companies in those countries
C. They have inadequate waste facilities to adapt to rapid industrialization
D. Their governments neglect their responsibility to inspect the problem
9. Andreas.Merkl emphasized the important role of_________in dealing with ocean plastic pollution in developing countries.
A. multinational companies B. individuals all over the world
C. recycling of waste D. building landfills and incinerators
10 What is the text mainly about
A. The consequence of plastic trash and the effort made by the developing countries.
B. Plastic trash poison the global supply of seafood.
C. Landfills and incinerators are beneficial to the developing countries.
D. A new report by the ocean Conservancy.
答案
1
1. D 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. D 10. B 11. C 12. C 13. B 14. B 15. D
2
A 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. B 6. D 7. C 8. B 9. A 10. A 11. C
12. C 13. D 14. A 15. D
3,
1. C 2. B 3. D 4. B 5. A 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. D 10. A 11. B 12. D 13. C 14. B 15. C
4
1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D 5. D 6. A 7. B 8. C 9. D 10. A