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【題目】閱讀短文, 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容回答問題。

Garbage(垃圾) Island

You can’t see it from the air. It’s almost impossible to see from a ship. But somewhere in the North Pacific is a huge island of garbage, just below the water surface.

What is the island made of?

The garbage island is not an island, but a collection of millions of plastic and other objects. The water movements of Pacific Ocean bring the objects together and cause them to go around in a big circle.

Charles Moore found it in 1997 and named it “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch” .

Where does all the plastic come from?

Much of the garbage comes from everyday objects, such as shopping bags and water bottles. Some of these objects finally reach the ocean. Garbage from the western coast of North America takes about six years to reach it. Objects from East Asia take about a year. Other garbage comes from ships passing through the area.

Is the Garbage Patch dangerous?

The larger pieces of garbage are a problem for wildlife. For example, sea turtles（海龜）and seabirds often think the plastic is their food. They eat the plastic and die.

In addition, the plastic stops sunlight from reaching deeper water. Without sunlight, very small sea animals die. Then, there is less food for larger fish to eat.

What can we do to help stop it?

Cleaning up the island isn’t easy. But we can make people realize the problem. One environmentalist(環(huán)保主義者), David de Rothschild, is sailing around the world in boat made of plastic bottles to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea.

Another idea is that we can recycle the plastic garbage. Environmental engineer Cesar Harada is building a robot that collects pieces of plastic. Harada hopes to use his robot in the Pacific. Harada also has a website for reporting environmental problems. He says, “I hope everybody can become an environmental activist.”

【1】What is the garbage made of?

【2】How long does it take objects from East Asia to reach the island?

【3】Is the garbage island dangerous?

【4】Why is David de Rothschild sailing in bottle boat?

【5】What can you do to help stop garbage island?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】It’s made of millions of plastic and other objects.

【2】About a year.

【3】Yes, it is. / Yes.

【4】Because he wants to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea./ To teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea

【5】We can make people realize the problem and recycle the plastic garbage.

【解析】短文介紹了北太平洋的一個(gè)巨大的垃圾島，它被命名為“太平洋大垃圾區(qū)”。這些垃圾是由數(shù)百萬(wàn)的塑料和其它物體構(gòu)成，來自世界各地。這些垃圾會(huì)對(duì)海洋生物造成很大的危害，也告誡人們要加強(qiáng)環(huán)保意識(shí)。

【1】根據(jù)短文中的句子“The garbage island is not an island, but a collection of millions of plastic and other objects.”可知，這些垃圾是由數(shù)百萬(wàn)的塑料和其它物體構(gòu)成，故答案為It’s made of millions of plastic and other objects.

【2】根據(jù)文中句子“Objects from East Asia take about a year.”可知，來自東亞的物體大約需要一年時(shí)間來到這個(gè)垃圾島，故答案為About a year.

【3】根據(jù)文中句子“The larger pieces of garbage are a problem for wildlife. For example, sea turtles（海龜）and seabirds often think the plastic is their food. They eat the plastic and die.”可知，這些垃圾會(huì)對(duì)海洋生物造成很大的危害，故答案為Yes, it is. / Yes.

【4】根據(jù)文中句子“One environmentalist(環(huán)保主義者), David de Rothschild, is sailing around the world in boat made of plastic bottles to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea.” 可知，David de Rothschild乘坐瓶子做成的船航海的目的是想提醒人們關(guān)于海中垃圾的問題。故答案為Because he wants to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea./ To teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea

【5】根據(jù)文中句子Cleaning up the island isn’t easy. But we can make people realize the problem. Another idea is that we can recycle the plastic garbage.可知，為了防止垃圾島的進(jìn)一步形成，我們可以讓人們認(rèn)識(shí)到這個(gè)問題并回收塑料垃圾。故答案為We can make people realize the problem and recycle the plastic garbage.