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【題目】 In the United States, people throw away 500 million plastic straws(吸管) every day. These are enough to circle the Earth twice! Unluckily, they are almost never recycled, because they are too small.

Now, plastic straws are the aim of growing environmental movements. Among them is Be Straw Free. Milo Cress, 23, started the movement at the age of 16. "I noticed that whenever I ordered a drink at a restaurant, it would come with a straw," said the American teenager. "This seemed like a huge waste."

Cress started by asking restaurants in his home city to stop providing straws if customers don't ask for one. Many agreed. Over the years, restaurants in the United States joined the movement. On average, they now use 50-80 percent fewer plastic straws than they used to.

In other countries, there are similar movements. In the United Kingdom, many restaurants now use paper straws instead of plastic ones. The British government is planning to ban all plastic waste by 2042.Here in China, many restaurants still use plastic straws. Will you do something to change the situation?

【1】Why do people almost never recycle plastic straws?

A.Because the plastic straws are very cheap.

B.Because the plastic straws are very small.

C.Because people can make the plastic straws quite easily.

【2】How old was Milo Cress when he started Be Straw Free?

A.11 years old.B.23 years old.C.16 years old.

【3】What has Milo Cress done according to the passage?

A.He has asked people to stop asking for plastic straws at restaurants.

B.He has asked restaurants not to offer straws without customers' requirements.

C.He has asked restaurants to replace plastic straws with paper ones.

【4】What's the meaning of the underlined word "ban"?

A.禁止B.要求C.收購

【5】At the end of the passage, the writer expects readers to________.

A.make friends with Milo Cress

B.invite other people to read this passage

C.do something similar to what Milo Cress has done

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】

每天有大量的塑料吸管被扔掉，因此塑料吸管的污染問題非常的嚴重，于是很多國家都開始倡議餐館不為顧客提供吸管，或用紙吸管代替塑料吸管。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第一段“Unluckily, they are almost never recycled, because they are too small.”可知，塑料吸管幾乎沒有被回收，因為它們太小了。故選B。

【2】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第二段“Among them is Be Straw Free. Milo Cress, 23, started the movement at the age of 16.”可知，Milo Cress在開始這項運動時是16歲。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段“Cress started by asking restaurants in his home city to stop providing straws if customers don't ask for one.”可知，Cress請求他所在城市的餐館，如果顧客不要求，不為顧客提供塑料吸管。故選B。

【4】詞義猜測題。根據(jù)語境“The British government is planning to ban all plastic waste by 2042. ”“英國政府計劃到2042年……所有塑料垃圾”，并結(jié)合文意，講述了減少塑料吸管的使用，以減少塑料垃圾的污染。由此可知猜到ban的意思應該是“禁止”。故選A。

【5】推理判斷題。短文最后“Here in China, many restaurants still use plastic straws. Will you do something to change the situation?”提到中國很多餐館仍然使用塑料吸管，而通過文章的介紹可知，這會造成很多的塑料污染，因此我們應像Cress所做的那樣，減少塑料吸管的使用，也就是減少塑料污染。故選C。

這是一篇說明文，短文講述了為減少塑料污染，像Cress這樣的青少年以及一些國家所采取的行動和措施。短文主題明確，敘述清晰，比較容易理解。題型是閱讀理解，題目設(shè)置了細節(jié)理解、詞義猜測和推理判斷。細節(jié)題較簡單，答案�？梢栽谠�文找到。做題時，先根據(jù)題目所問或利用題目中的關(guān)鍵詞，鎖定文章相關(guān)段落或語句，然后結(jié)合選項作答。如第1小題中的關(guān)鍵詞是never recycle plastic straws，可以定位到文章第一段的最后一句話。詞義猜測題應根據(jù)單詞所在的語境，同時結(jié)合文章的大意進行猜測。推理題是比較難的題目，它要求學生們依據(jù)文章事實進行合理的猜測和判斷。推理時務必要忠于原文，在文章中尋找并確定可推論的依據(jù)，即：已知部分——推論的前提，從中推測出未知部分——推理的結(jié)論，切忌妄加評論，把自己的觀點當成作者的觀點。