十年（2014-2023）高考真题英语分项汇编（含学生版和教师版）专题 13 阅读理解记叙文（PDF版）

专题13阅读理解记叙文
2023年
Passage 1
【2023年新高考全国I卷】When John Todd was a child,.he loved to explore the woods around his house,
observing how nature solved problems.A ditry stream,for example,often became clear after flowing through plants
and along rocks where tiny creatures lived.When he got older,John started to wonder if this process could be used to
clean up the messes people were making.
After studying agriculture,medicine,and fisheries in college,John went back to observing nature and asking
questions.Why can certain plants trap harmful bacteria ()Which kinds of fish can eat cancer-causing chemicals
With the right combination of animals and plants,he figured,maybe he could clean up waste the way nature did.He
decided to build what he would later call an eco-machine.
The task John set for himself was to remove harmful substances from some sludge ()First,he constructed
a series of clear fiberglass tanks connected to each other.Then he went around to local ponds and streams and brought
back some plants and animals.He placed them in the tanks and waited.Little by little,these different kinds of life got
used to one another and formed their own ecosystem.After a few weeks,John added the sludge.
He was amazed at the results.The plants and animals in the eco-machine took the sludge as food and began to
eat it!Within weeks,it had all been digested,and all that was left was pure water.
Over the years John has taken on many big jobs.He developed a greenhouse-like facility that treated sewage
(from 1,600 homes in South Burlington.He also designed an eco-machine to clean canal water in Fuzhou,a
city in southeast China.
"Ecological design"is the name John gives to what he does."Life on Earth is kind of a box of spare parts for the
inventor,"he says."You put organisms in new relationships and observe what's happening.Then you let these new
systems develop their own ways to self-repair."
4.What can we learn about John from the first two paragraphs
A.He was fond of traveling.
B.He enjoyed being alone.
C.He had an inquiring mind.
D.He longed to be a doctor.
5.Why did John put the sludge into the tanks
A.To feed the animals.
B.To build an ecosystem.