Question

【題目】

Do you often use plastic straws (吸管)? You probably use them to drink lots of things, such as cola or milk tea 【1】 They are made in 10 minutes, used in 20 minutes and remain on the earth for over 100 years since they can't be broken down (分解) easily.

But how do plastic straws get into the ocean? Through human mistakes, they are often thrown everywhere. The waste management in some areas is so poor. All gutters (排水溝) lead to our ocean 【2】 Once a turtle was found bleeding because a 12-centimeter-long plastic straw was pushed into its nose. How terrible!

【3】 That is enough to circle nearly two-and-a-half times around our planet! If we didn't act now, there would be more plastic in the ocean than fish by 2050.

Luckily, more and more people around the world have realized this problem. They begin to consider if they really need to use plastic straws when drinking drinks.

So what can we do to reduce (減少) plastic pollution? 【4】 For example, next time you go to a restaurant, make sure you order your drink without a straw. What if people need to use a straw? There are reusable straws that can be cleaned and reused instead.

Starbucks (星巴克) has started to offer straw less lids (蓋子) and paper straws instead of plastic straws in almost 1,000 stores in Shanghai and Shenzhen. Starbucks is not alone. 【5】 It is hoped that more businesses and customers will play a part in protecting our environment.

Choose five sentences out of the six in the box to complete the passage. Each choice should be used only once.

A.Even worse, plastic straws kill ocean life.

B.So plastic straws mustn't be thrown into the ocean.

C.Plastic straws are small but they are a big problem.

D.The simplest way is to say "No" to single-use plastic, like straws.

E.McDonald's has also taken action to reduce the use of plastic straws.

F.In fact, around 500 million plastic straws are used every day in the US alone.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】F

【4】D

【5】E

【解析】

這是一篇說明文，文章主要講述塑料吸管很小但是問題很大，它不容易分解，到處亂扔最后對海洋環(huán)境和生物都有很大的危害。越來越多的人意識到這一問題，對一次性塑料用品比如吸管說“不”；商家也采取措施減少塑料吸管的使用。

【1】

句意：塑料吸管很小但是它們是一個大問題。

根據(jù)“they are made in 10 minutes, used in 20 minutes and remain on the earth for over 100 years since they can't be broken down (分解) easily”可知吸管10分鐘制成，被使用20分鐘，在地球上保持100多年，因為它們不能很容易地被分解。C選項“Plastic straws are small but they are a big problem”總結(jié)了這層含義。故選C。

【2】

句意：甚至更糟糕的是，塑料吸管殺害海洋生命。

根據(jù)后文“Once a turtle was found bleeding because a 12-centimeter-long plastic straw was pushed into its nose”舉例說明海龜被發(fā)現(xiàn)了流血因為12分米長的吸管插進了它的鼻子�？芍�此處講述吸管更糟的地方，而且是與海洋生物有關(guān)。故選A。

【3】

句意：事實上，單單美國每一天就有大約5億的塑料吸管被使用。

根據(jù)“That is enough to circle nearly two-and-a-half times around our planet”可知此處介紹that的具體含義，表達被使用塑料吸管的數(shù)目很大。故選F。

【4】

句意：最簡單的方式是對一次性塑料，比如吸管說“不”。

根據(jù)“For example, next time you go to a restaurant, make sure you order your drink without a straw”舉例說在餐館吃飯，確保你點飲料的時候不要吸管，可知此處表達對吸管使用說“不”。故選D。

【5】

句意：麥當勞也采取行動來減少塑料吸管的使用。

根據(jù)“Starbucks is not alone”前文舉例說星巴克采取行動減少塑料吸管的使用，此處介紹另一個例子，與 麥當勞有關(guān)。故選E。