江苏省梅村2022-2023学年高一上学期期中英语试卷（PDF版无答案）

江苏省梅村高级中学2022一2023学年度第一学期期中试卷
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The idea of turning reeyeled plastic bottles into clothing is not now.During the last five
years,a large number of clothing companies,businesses and environmental organizations
have started turning plastics into fabric()to deal with plastic pollution.But there's a
problem with this method.Research now shows that microfibers could be the biggest source
of plastic in the sea.
Dr.Mark Browne in Santa Barbara,California,has been studying plastic pollution and
microfibers for 10 years now.He explains that every time synthetic()clothes go into a
washing machine,a large number of plastic fibers fall off.Most washing machines can't
collect these microfibers.So every time the water gets out of a washing machine,microfibers
are entering the sewers(下水道)and finally end up in the sea,
In 2011,Browne wrote a paper stating that a single piece of synthetic clothing can
produce more than 1,900 fibers per wash.Browne collected samples from seawater and
freshwater sites around the world,and used a special way to examine each sample.He
discovered that every single water sample contained microfibers.
This is bad news for a number of reasons.Plastic can cause harm to sea life when.eaten.
Studies have also shown that plastic can absorb other pollutants
Based on this evidence,it may secm surprising that companies and organications have
chosen to turn plastic waste into clothing as an environmental "solution."Even though the
science has becn around for a while,Browne explains that he's had a difficult time getting
companies to listen.When he asked well-known clothing companies to support Benign by
Design-his research project that seeks to get clothes that have a bad effect on humans and
the environment out of the market,Browne didn't get a satisfying answer.Only one women's
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