1、t a simple answer. The boy tried to work it out himself. Through lots of research, Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day. In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011. Cress started the project in his hometown Burlington, Vermont. H
2、e asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order. It was a simple change. However, it would save money. And by doing that, the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent. For the years that followed, Cress tried to spread his project across the United States. M
3、ore and more restaurants agreed to join. They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one. Last April, Seattle became the first American city to completely ban (禁止) plastic straws. Plastic pollution has been one of the most serious problems today. According to scientists,
4、more than eight million tons of plastic end up in the ocean each year. Plastic straws are especially terrible. They make it easy for people to get comfortable with single-use plastics. After his project became popular, Cress took his findings on the road. He has since spoken to tens of thousands of
5、students around the world. He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws. Focusing(聚焦) on straws is one simple step we all could take, Cress says. And it makes me feel that I, as a kid, could make a difference, too.(1)When did Milo Cress start to care about the problem of straws?A.Te
6、n years ago.B.In the year 2011.C.In the year that he was 9.(2)Cress started the Be Straw Free project in order to . get a good score in science at his schoolencourage people to reduce plastic wastebecome a famous person in his hometown(3)What did Cress ask a restaurant in Burlington to do?Stop offer
7、ing straws to its customers.Prevent people from using straws to drink.Count the number of straws it uses every day.(4)Plastic straws are especially terrible because they are the most serious problem todayscientists pay little attention to their influencethey help people get used to using single-use
8、plastics(5)Over the years, Cress has spread his project across the United States asked Seattle to completely ban plastic bags counted the plastic straws in the ocean every year spoken to teens around the world about plastic waste 【答案】 (1)C(2)B(3)A(4)C(5)C 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了塑料垃圾对环保的危害,Cress用 环保吸管替代塑料吸管。 (
9、1)细节题。根据 When he was nine years old, American boy Milo Cress had a question: How many plastic straws(吸管) do Americans use every day 可知9岁的时候,米洛克里斯开始关心吸管的问题了,故选C。 (2)细节题。根据 In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded theBe Straw Freeproject in 2011. 可知为了鼓励减少塑料垃圾,他在2011年创建了无稻草项目 ,故选B。 (3)细节题。根据 He a
10、sked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order ,可知他要求当地一家餐馆停止为每一份饮料订单提供吸管 , 故选A。 (4)细节题。根据 Plastic straws are especially terrible. They make it easy for people to get comfortable with single-use plastics. 可知塑料吸管尤其可怕。它们让人们更容易适应一次性塑料制品 , 故选C。 (5)细节题。根据 Cress tried to spread his
11、 project across the United States 和 He has since spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world 可知这些年来,克雷斯把他的项目推广到了美国,并向全世界的青少年讲述了塑料废料的问题,故选C。 【点评】考查阅读理解。本文涉及细节题,细节题要注意从文中寻找答案。2根据短文内容,从各题所给的四个选项中选择一个正确答案。 A young couple decided to go camping in the mountains to celebrate their first year o
12、f marriage. They took with them all the things they would need to go campingwarm clothes, food and a tent. They went up to the mountains and found the perfect place to set up their tent. After that, they decided to go for a hike(远足)to see more of the mountains. After a long hike, they went back to t
13、heir camp, built a fire and cooked dinner. Finally, it was time to go to sleep, Sometime in the middle of the night, the wife woke her husband up and said, Look up at the sky. What do you see? Her husband answered, I see millions of stars. His wife said, Thats right. What does that mean to you? The
14、husband said, Well, if there are so many stars out there, that means there might also be a planet just like the planet we live on: And if thats true, then there could be life on one of those planets, Thats kind of exciting!You are wrong. It means that someone has stolen our tent!(1)The young couple went to the mountains to _. go fishinghave a partygo campingD.celebrate birthdays
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