江苏省无锡市江阴市2023-2024学年下学期八年级期末考试英语试卷（图片版，无答案，无音频及听力原文）

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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area in the ocean
which has a huge floating collection of plastic waste.It is
located in the North Pacific Ocean.According to some
reports,it is around 1.6 million square kilometers in size.This
is so big that it now covers an area of the ocean similar to six
times the size of the United Kingdom.
Most of the plastic is not large items like bottles or boards.A large percentage of the debris
(碎片)is made up of“microplastics'”(smaller than5 millimeters).These microplastics are the
tiny pieces of larger items that have been worn down over time.This can be caused by the sun,
the waves and even by sea creatures().Items do not just stay floating on the water.Different
types of plastics can float just below the water or even much lower down into the ocean.Larger
items include fishing ropes and nets that have been lost or dropped at sea.
The largest attempt (in history is now being made to understand and deal with the
problem.Scientists have been counting,weighing and separating every tiny item of plastic
collected.Larger items are easier to remove from the ocean than the tiny microplastics.However,
if these larger items are not removed,they may break down into smaller pieces.
This means it can stay in the environment for hundreds of years,so every piece of plastic
ever produced is still there today.It is also a danger to fish,birds and other sea life because
creatures mistake tiny plastics for food.The tiny microplastics take in pollutants which make
them poisonous (to sea life.Some larger plastics can also hurt creatures.The nets
floating in the ocean are known to catch sea life and make it impossible for them to get away.
Fish,sea turtles and dolphins are among the creatures in great danger from these"ghost nets".
Of course,the best solution of all is for us to try to reduce the plastic entering the oceans
first.If we want to create less waste-to reuse and recycle-then we can reduce the number of
new plastics adding to this and other garbage patches.
32.The writer talked about the size of the garbage patch in Paragraph 1 to
A.show how serious the problem is
B.guess where plastic waste can be found
C.explain how big the UK's area is
D.discuss how the garbage patch formed
33.The following sentence would be best placed at the beginning of
Plastic is cheap and quite easy to make,however,it is very long-lasting.
A.Paragraph 2
B.Paragraph 3
C.Paragraph 4
D.Paragraph 5
34.What can we learn about microplastics
A.They are from the sea.
B.They are easier to clean up.
C.They are the food to the birds.
D.They are formed over time.
35.Why is plastic harmful to sea creatures
A.Because larger plastics take their living area in the ocean.
B.Because different types of plastics can get down into the ocean.
C.Because people try to create less waste by reusing and recycling.
D.Because sea creatures may die as they eat polluted microplastics.
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