中考英语时事阅读理解专题10环境污染学生版+解析版Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、 Well, in the process of making jeans, denim is treated with many types of man-made chemicals. Some improve its durability （耐用性）and feel; others give jeans their blue color. Scientists studied the Great Lakes in America and the Arctic Ocean in northern Canada. They found denim waste in all of the sa

2、mples （样本）they had collected. It is feared that the harmful chemicals in denim have spread far and wide. Scientists arent yet sure how these chemicals might harm animals. In the study, the scientists also washed jeans to see how many bits of denim each pair would drop per wash. The answer was fright

3、ening: About 50,000. Not all of them make their way into the environment. Wastewater treatment plants hold back 83 to 99 percent of them. This may sound pretty good, However, one percent of 50,000 bits are still 500 per wash. Now think about the number of jeans around the world and the times each of

4、 them gets washed. As a result, a large amount of denim waste still gets into the environment. Does this mean we shouldnt wear jeans? Probably not “We need to buy fewer jeans and only wash them when we truly need to do it,” says Sam Athey, one of the scientists. “You dont need to wash your jeans aft

5、er having worn them only a couple of times.”1What influence might denim have on sea animals?AIt might do harm to some sea animals. BIt has no influence on sea animals.CIt is good to all the sea animals.2Why do people add man-made chemicals when making jeans?To save the materials and make more money.

6、 To improve denims durability and feel. To make jeans blue.A B C3How many bits of denim might get into the environment every year?AFive hundred. BFifty thousand. CToo many to count.4What should we do according to Sam Atheys words?AWe are not supposed to wear jeans.BWe need to wash our jeans every da

7、y.CWe should buy fewer jeans and wash them fewer times.Passage 2（2020湖北鄂州市中考真题） When you think of the Arctic （北极）, you imagine an icy land of pure white snow. Others imagine it as the last really clean place left on earth. We have polluted the deepest oceans with plastic rubbish. “And now”, CNN says

8、, “Its the Arctics turn.”German scientists have recently found microplastics in Arctic snow. Microplastics are pieces of plastic smaller than 5 millimeters. Sadly, the scientists found 1800 pieces of microplastics per liter of （每升） snow.How is plastic pollution reaching the Arctic? According to scie

9、ntists, “Its clear that most of the microplastics in the snow come from the air.” They fall off the plastic objects and are moved by the wind, just like dust. They mix with ice in the air and fall to the ground as snow. Finding these plastics in Arctic snow means that we may breathe them in.Are they

10、 bad for us? Scientists cannot answer this question for now, according to the WHO. We do know that our bodies cannot take in “large” pieces of microplastics. However, if the plastics are small enough, they can find ways into our bodies and stay there for a long time, which can be bad for our health.

11、 Whats more, earlier studies have shown that microplastics may contribute to lung cancer risk.Microplastics have also been found in rivers and oceans around the world. Earlier research has found that they flow over long distances and into our oceans, hurting ecosystems along the way. They start in o

12、ur wastewater, then flow into rivers and out to the sea, where they are eaten by sea animals. If people then eat these animals, it means that were eating the plastic as well.5We can learn from Paragraph 1 that_.Athe Arctic is the last really clean place left on earth Bthe Arctic is an icy land of pu

13、re white snowCthe Arctic is a beautiful icy land with clean air D the Arctic has been polluted by plastic rubbish6The underlined word “contribute” means “_” in Chinese.A增加 B捐献 C造成 D是原因之一7Where do most of the microplastics in the snow come from?AFrom water. BFrom air. CFrom wind. DFrom food.8Which of

14、 the following isnt true?AWe may breathe microplastics in Arctic. BMicroplastics may cause lung cancer.CWe dont have to mind microplastics right now. D Microplastics have hurt ecosystems. 9How does the writer end this passage?ABy advising us to drink clean water. BBy asking people not to eat sea ani

15、mals.CBy telling the seriousness of plastic pollution. DBy showing the beauty of Arctic.Passage 3中考真题）Air pollution is a big problem for cities in most countries. Many people are dying from it. But how can we tell the air quality is good or bad?On a tree next to a river in Amsterdam, a tiny birdhous

16、e glows （发光） bright green when the air is clean. If youre standing nearby, the birdhouse will also give you a free Wi-Fi connectionbut only if pollution level is low enough. The designer is Joris Lam. His birdhouse tells you about the air quality.Joris birdhouse is called TreeWifi. It can be put on

17、a tree around your house to test the air quality. People can see a screen with information about the local air quality and how to improve it. TreeWifi is a simple way for people to know about the air pollution around them. If the birdhouse does not glow, people should care more about the environment

18、. It reminds them to change their lifestyles. For example, to protect the air, they can ride bikes or just walk instead of driving cars.“Imagine if trees gave free Wi-Fi, people would plant more trees like crazy. Its a pity that they only give us the oxygen（氧气） we breathe,” Joris said.The birdhouse

19、doesnt work as a home for birds now. Joris and his team are trying to make some changes to it. In the future, they hope birds will live in the birdhouse and the heat of its green light will be used to keep birds warm in winter.10What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to?AThe birdhou

20、se. BAir quality. CAir pollution.11People can get a free Wi-Fi connection when .people are standing nearby the pollution level is low enough the air quality is low enoughA B C12Joris designed a screen for the birdhouse to .Areceive the free Wi-Fi connectionBprotect the birdhouse from the rainCshow i

21、nformation about the air quality13In the future, the birdhouse will also be used .Aas a home for birds Bto tell us the weather Cto give us the oxygenPassage 4重庆中考真题） In China, each year we produce about 150 million tons of city waste according to a report. Where does the waste go? People usually bur

22、n or bury（埋）it. On the other hand, we receive waste from some developed countries. We get useful materials from it. What about the useless part? Still burned or buried. But is it a proper way?Waste pollutes the environment, harms peoples health and causes animals to die. It also gets in the way of g

23、reen and sustainable development. We cant make money at the cost of the environment. We should leave clean water and green mountains to our next generations（一代人）. China is getting really serious about waste now. We are taking less waste from developed countries. From January 2018, China started to s

24、top 24 kinds of waste coming into our country. And more laws and rules about dealing with waste have been made. Anyone who breaks the law will be punished. China also tries to put waste into good use. One example is the waste electricity factories. They burn waste to make electricity in a green way.

25、 No harmful gases or water will get into the environment. The Chinese government is encouraging people to do waste sorting（分类）. Cities like Shanghai, Chongqing and Beijing have their own sorting systems. More will join them soon. As President Xi Jinping said during a visit to Shanghai, waste sorting

26、 is a new fashion（时尚）. More and more people are forming the habit of separating their waste.14The writer starts the passage by _.Atelling stories Bcomparing numbersCraising questions Dgiving suggestions15The underlined word sustainable in Paragraph 2 means _in Chinese.A可享受的 B可持续的 C可借鉴的 D可复活的16From t

27、he passage, we know that _.Awaste does harm only to the environment Bthose who break the law may not be punishedCChina stops getting waste from developed countries Dwaste sorting starts to become popular in China17The structure of the passage may be_. （=Paragraph1 =Paragraph2 =Paragraph 3 =Paragraph

28、4 =Paragraph 5 =Paragraph 6）A BC DPassage 5浙江台州市中考真题） Living on an island might sound wonderful. But what it you left for a trip and found you could never return? What if your home, and even the land it stood on, was gone forever? For people living in the Pacific Islands, this is really possible. Wh

29、y? Climate（气候）change. Climate change is causing the sea to rise. Thats bad news for the Pacific Islands. Young people on the islands are even starting to wonder: Will they be the last generation（一代人）?Not if the islanders have anything to do about it. These people are deeply connected to their homelands. The Pacific Islands are made up of 1l different countries: the Marshall Islands, Fuji, Samoa, and others. But now, those countries are working together. Theyre joining forces to fight climate change. Why is climate change such a huge threat to this part of the world? Islands are low ele