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专题04-环境保护
备战2023年中考英语之阅读理解专项练（常考+热门话题）
一、阅读单选
Lts f kids have been trying t find ways t help save the Earth. Sme f them are encuraged by the “30 by 30” plan: Fifty cuntries have prmised t prtect 30% f Earth’s land and waters by 2030.
One f the kids is 11-year-ld Beckett frm Gergetwn, Texas. He wants t help prtect endangered species (物种). In 2019, he began wrking with Rainfrest Trust. “I was really interested in trying t stp climate (气候) change,” he said.
With the help f his schlmates, Beckett has started a grup called Prtectin f Earth. The grup rganized a lcal Run and raised mre than $700. The mney helped t save mre than 1,000 acres (英亩) f rainfrest land. When the COVID-19 came, Beckett put tgether an nline activity called Trivia: Peple culd test their knwledge f birds, endangered species, and climate change. That raised $600 fr rainfrest land.
In Ls Angeles, Califrnia, 10-year-ld Justin is wrried abut frgs. Justin calls them “magical, because they cme in different clrs.” Last year he jined Rainfrest Trust t help Ecuadr’s rainfrest and its frgs. He appeared n lcal TV news, and many peple learned abut what he had dne. That helped him raise $2,000 t save almst three acres f Clud Frest.
Justin hpes he can encurage ther peple t understand why frgs are s cl. “Frgs are telling us the planet needs help,” he said. “If frgs are dying wherever yu are, that’s bad because it means the water yu are drinking is plluted.”
1．Hw many kids are mentined in the passage?
A．One.B．Tw.C．Three.D．Fur.
2．What grup did Beckett set up?
A．Rainfrest Trust.B．Prtectin f Earth.
C．Magical Frgs.D．Ecuadr’s Clud Frest.
3．Hw did Beckett raise mney during the COVID-19?
A．By rganizing a lcal Run.B．By speaking n lcal TV news.
C．By starting Trivia nline.D．By wrking fr rainfrest land.
4．The underlined wrd “him” in Paragraph 4 refers t (指代) ________.
A．BeckettB．Justin
C．Beckett’s schlmateD．Justin’s brther
5．What is Paragraph 5 mainly abut?
A．Prtecting frgs means prtecting urselves.
B．Peple put great interest in climate change.
C．Tw kids raised mney fr COVID-19.
D．The water yu are drinking is plluted.
Life tday is much easier than it was hundreds f years ag, but it has many new prblems. One f the biggest prblems is pllutin.
The mre peple, the mre pllutin. Many years ag, the prblem was nt s serius because there were nt s many peple. When peple used up the land r the river was dirty in ne place, they mved t anther place. Humans (人类) are nw plluting the whle wrld.
Pllutin cmes in many ways. We see it, drink it and even hear it. Air pllutin is still the mst serius. It’s bad fr all living things in the wrld. The pllutin f SO2, is nw the mst dangerus prblem f air pllutin. It cmes frm heavy transprtatin (交通) . Water pllutin kills ur fish and makes ur drinking water dirty. Nise pllutin makes us becme angry mre easily.
6．Life nw is ________ than it was hundreds f years ag.
A．mre difficultB．mre cmfrtableC．mre terribleD．mre interesting
7．Why was the pllutin nt s serius many years ag?
A．The ppulatin in the wrld was nt s large.
B．There wasn’t s much waste in the past.
C．The peple in the past knew hw t prtect envirnment.
D．The earth was cleaner many years ag.
8．What pllutin is the mst serius?
A．Nise pllutin.B．Water pllutin.
C．Air pllutin.D．Waste pllutin.
9．SO2 in the air cmes frm ________.
A．heavy transprtatinB．farming industry
C．daily lifeD．peple’s breaths
10．The last paragraph mainly tells us that ________.
A．pllutin cmes in different waysB．water pllutin kills ur fish
C．peple have t save the earthD．air pllutin is bad fr all living things in the wrld
Everyne knws that climate change is a serius prblem these days. We have a lt f wrk t d in rder t prevent it. One f the best ways is t plant mre trees. Trees can take in CO2 in the air and prevent glbal warming.
Accrding t a new reprt, China and India are ding a great jb f “greening” the wrld.
Chi Chen, a dctral student at Bstn University, has been wrking with NASA t mnitr (检测) Earth’s green vegetatin (植被). He fund that China and India have greatly expanded (增加) their frest area. “China and India cver ne-third f the Earth’s expanded greening.” Chi said in a statement.
The data they cllected frm 2000 t 2017 shwed that China was respnsible fr 25 percent f the glbal increase in green vegetatin during the perid. That’s abut ne-quarter f the size f the whle Amazn rainfrest.
The grwth mainly resulted frm (源于) frest prtectin and expansin prgrams that China wrked ut t fight sil ersin (水土流失) and air pllutin, NASA said.
Fr example, since 1962, China has been planting trees in Saihanba in Hebei prvince. Cvering an area f 92, 000 hectares, it was nce a barren area. After vercming many difficulties, fresters have turned the area int China’s largest man-made frest. Anther example is the Mu Us Desert, nce knwn fr its sandstrms. But nw, ne-quarter f the desert has been turned int frest, Guangming Daily reprted.
11．Hw many cuntries are ding a great jb f greening the wrld in the passage?
A．One.B．Tw.C．Three.D．Fur.
12．Which f the fllwing statements is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．China and India cver ne-third f the greening.
B．The area f Saihanba man-made frest is 9,200 hectares.
C．One-quarter f the Mu Us Desert has been turned int frest.
D．Chi Chen is ne f the famus researchers f planting trees.
13．What des the underlined wrd “barren” in the last paragraph mean?
A．贫瘠的B．富饶的C．潮湿的D．空洞的
14．What’s the main purpse f this passage?
A．T mnitr Earth’s green vegetatin.B．T shw hw serius glbal warming is.
C．T see hw many trees have been grwn.D．T shw China’s cntributins t greening.
15．Where wuld yu mst prbably read this passage?
A．In a newspaper.B．In a nvel.C．On a menu.D．In a dictinary.
Nwadays, peple frm all ver the wrld are trying t slve the envirnmental prblems and prtect the envirnment.
Energy Prtectin. The plastic bttles and bags are used easily, but they d harm t the envirnment. Recently, new public drinking water service is highly ppular in Britain. There have been mre than 8,000 liter（升）f water at the bus statins, shpping centers, museums, and ther public places acrss the capital s far. T cut plastic waste, the gvernment encurages the British t drink the water n the street rather than buy bttled water.
Ocean Prtectin. “When scientists fund a fur-meter-lng whale with sme plastic bttles in its stmach, every ne f them felt sad,” Kng, a teacher frm Duke Kunshan University, said. And there are at least 8 millin tns f plastic ging t the cean each year. If it cntinues, there will be mre plastic than the fish in the cean by 2050. S peple begin t cllect rubbish in the cean nw.
Air prtectin. Nwadays, China begins t use the bifuel（生物燃料）. The bifuel is greener than the traditinal fuel. Using the bifuel has many advantages. It cmes frm renewable materials. And it’s clean and green s it can’t cause air pllutin. But it’s expensive.
16．________ liters f water have been in Lndn by nw.
A．Mre than 4,000B．Mre than 6,000
C．Mre than 8,000D．Mre than 10,000
17．The underlined wrd “it” refers t ________.
A．the sadness f the scientistsB．the pllutin f the cean
C．eight millin tns f plasticD．the number f fish
18．The advantages f the bifuel are ________.
①renewable ②clean ③ cheap ④ safe
A．①②B．①③C．②④D．①④
19．Hw is the passage rganized（组织）?（P=Paragraph）
A．B．
C．D．
20．What’s the best title f the passage?
A．What are the envirnmental prblems?
B．Wh can slve the envirnmental prblems?
C．Why shuld we prtect the envirnment?
D．Hw t prtect the envirnment?
The wrld uses abut a thusand millin tps f water a day. Water is a human right(权力) and everyne shuld have their share. Yet mre than 700 millin peple arund the wrld have truble getting clean, safe water.
Treating(处理) waste water is a gd way t prvide fresh water fr us. And it als helps the envirnment by keeping waste ut f rivers and ceans. 80% f waste water arund the wrld is nt treated at all, and it is running int ceans. But nw we have gt the technlgy t treat and reuse the waste water.
While 75% f ur planet is cvered with water, nly abut 2% is fresh water-that cmes frm rivers, lakes, ice and snw. The rest, 98% f the water, is in seas and ceans. It is t salty t drink. Then desalinatin businesses cme in. Mre than 19,000 factries have been built arund the wrld, mstly in castal(沿海的，靠近海岸的) cuntries. They prcess(加工) mre than 92 millin tns f water every day. But the technlgy they use requires a lt f energy.
Scientists are wrking t create a less cstly technlgy. They want t prduce 20 times mre clean water and make sure everyne has enugh. But fr nw, the wrld still faces each day with nt having enugh water fr everyne.
21．Hw many peple have truble in getting clean water arund the wrld?
A．Under 10 millin.B．Only 19 millin.C．Abut 92 millin.D．Over 700 millin.
22．Treating waste water helps the envirnment by ________.
A．string waste in ice and snwB．letting waste run int
C．keeping waste ut f rivers and ceansD．ending waste t castal cuntries
23．What des the underlined wrd “desalinatin” in Paragraph 3 mean?
A．远洋运输B．潮汐发电C．食盐销售D．海水淡化
24．At present, the technlgy t prcess water ________.
A．needs much energyB．saves much mneyC．satisfies everyneD．causes pllutin
25．What can we infer frm the last paragraph?
A．Water shuld be a human right.B．The water prblem is still serius.
C．Our planet is cvered with water.D．Everyne has enugh clean water.
Have yu ever thught that air pllutin is s bad that yu want it t just g away? Anirudh Sharma frm the Massachusetts Institute f Technlgy, US has ever thught this. He invented a device called Air-Ink t catch black particles (微粒) frm waste gases befre they get int the air. It can turn them int paint r ink (墨水). He hpes the device culd live in every hme arund the wrld.
The idea came t him after his visit t his hme cuntry, India. “The air is s awful. If yu take ut a clth and rub (擦) it n yur skin, the clth turns very dirty,” says Sharma. “S I thught, ‘Hw can we change things we hate int anything useful?’” Actually he made it by hard wrk.
When it came time t share the prduct with the rest f the wrld. Sharma started with artists. Nw, Air-Ink is n shw at the Cper Hewitt, Smithsnian Design Museum in New Yrk. Artist Ellen Luptn used Air-Ink t paint smething n the wall. She said. “I was surprised at hw useful the prduct was. It’s great that Sharma can turn pllutin int ink. The ink is nice. It is super black. It hlds up n all kinds f surfaces. I didn’t think it wuld be s fun t use.”
26．What can Air-Ink d?
A．It can change black particles in waste gases int ink.
B．It can cllect black particles frm waste water.
C．It can find ink in waste gases.
D．It can prduce fresh air.
27．Why did Anirudh Sharma cme up with the idea f inventing Air-Ink?
A．Because he fund air pllutin in India was serius.
B．Because his hme cuntry asked him t d s.
C．Because he thught artists needed his help.
D．Because he wanted t prtect his skin.
28．What can we learn frm the text?
A．Air-Ink is in a museum in India.
B．Anirudh Sharma is frm the US.
C．Air-Ink has been widely used in the wrld.
D．Anirudh Sharma wrked hard t invent Air-Ink.
29．Which f the fllwing advantages f the ink wasn’t mentined?
A．It’s very black.B．It can be used n all srts f surfaces.
C．It’s easy t get dry.D．It’s gd fr the envirnment.
30．What’s the purpse f the text?
A．T increase Air-Ink’s market value.
B．T intrduce the prduct Air-Ink t us.
C．T tell us abut sme serius envirnmental prblems.
D．T advise us t d smething t reduce air pllutin.
Dear human beings,
I write this letter t ask yu t have a lk at yur life. I’m 80 years ld. We’ve lived n Earth with yu fr thusands f years. Each day we prduce xygen and remve harmful gas s that yu have clean air. We help prevent the earth’s sil frm being washed away and abve all we give all kinds f fruits as well as wd t yu.
We like the wrld and we like yu human beings. We wuld d anything fr yu. But yu’ve never been interested in us. Yu hardly knw anything abut us. D yu knw we trees are cmmunicating with ne anther all the time? Sme f us pass nutrients and water arund by jining ur rts (树根) tgether undergrund.
We are nw in great danger because f yu. Yu are destrying us at high speeds. Yu are burning and cutting dwn millins f us each year, but yu’re nt planting enugh. Withut us, yu wuldn’t have enugh materials fr buildings and furniture. What is wrse, air pllutin and nise pllutin wuld becme mre and mre serius. Please stp destrying us and start prtecting the envirnment, because we are the best fighters against pllutin and we are yur best friends!
Yur ld friend
31．Wh is the writer f this letter?
A．An ld man.B．An ld tree.C．An alien (外星人).D．A gd friend.
32．Which f the fllwing is NOT mentined in this passage?
A．Trees can stp the sil frm running away.
B．Trees can prvide humans with fruits and wd.
C．Trees can prduce clean water fr peple t drink.
D．Trees are human beings’ best friends.
33．What`s the meaning f the underlined wrd “nutrients”?
A．果实B．土壤C．养分D．氧气
34．What can we learn frm the passage?
A．There is much knwledge abut trees that humans shuld learn.
B．Serius nise pllutin is mainly caused by heavy traffic.
C．Humans are getting alng very well with trees.
D．Trees are humans’ best friends and we shuld prtect ur envirnment.
35．The letter is written t ________.
A．call fr peple t prtect trees
B．intrduce sme kinds f trees
C．ffer sme ways f grwing trees
D．tell us t cmmunicate with trees well
President Xi Jinping said “Lucid waters and lush muntains are invaluable assets(绿水青山就是金山银山)”.
With the effrts f China’s gvernment and its peple, the rate f frest cverage (森林覆盖率) in China has reached 22.96%, cmpared t 5.05% frty years ag, accrding t a recent reprt frm the State Frestry and Grassland Administratin(SFGA).
Over the past frty years, China planted billins f trees as part f its fight against expanding(延伸的) deserts, mstly in its nrth. Each year, peple sw seedlings(播种) ver an area nearly the size f Ireland, accrding t Nature.
In 1978, China began a natinwide tree-planting prgram knwn as the Three Nrth Shelter belt Frest Prgram, als knwn as “the Great Green Wall”. It has helped t plant mre than 66 billin trees acrss 13 prvinces in the cuntry’s nrth t act as windbreaks(防风林), accrding t China Daily.
Since 2018, SFGA has made mre effrts t build a greener cuntry. Its purpse is t grw at least 6.7 millin hectares(公项) f frest every year in the next 15 years. Besides planting mre trees, China has tried t bring back grasslands. It has als used strict frest prtectin methds and banned(禁止) all cmmercial lgging(商业伐木) since last August.
The high-speed grwth f frest cannt happen withut public participatin(参与). Fr example, Ant Frest, an Alipay mbile payment app, plants real trees fr users wh get “green energy” by taking part in lw-carbn(低碳) activities. Since 2016, it has helped t plant abut 122 millin trees in China’s driest areas. China was praised as “ne f the mst successful cuntries wrldwide in greening the desert” by United Natins Envirnment Prgram Executive Directr Erik Slheim.
36．What was the rate f frest cverage frty years ag?
A．5.05 percentB．17.91 percentC．22.96 percentD．28.01 percent
37．Over the past frty years, China has planted billins f trees t ________.
A．turn deserts int green landB．create a green area in the desert
C．stp deserts frm expandingD．build an area nearly the size f Ireland.
38．What did China d t build a greener cuntry?
a. Restred grasslands. b. Prtected frests.
c. Banned wden furniture. d. Banned cmmercial lgging.
A．abcB．abdC．acdD．bcd
39．The number “66 billin” in the passage can be written ________.
A．660,000,000B．66,000,000,000
C．660,000,000,000D．66,000,000,000,000
40．What can we learn frm the last tw paragraphs?
A．Everybdy can help build a greener cuntry.
B．China’s frest cverage is the highest in the wrld.
C．The grwth f frests is due t Ant Frest.
D．There will be n desert in nrthern China.
Wind pwer is a very clean surce f energy. This is hw wind pwer wrks. Wind makes windmills spin (旋转). When the windmills spin, they make electricity. Then we can use the electricity. A lt f peple think that wind pwer is new, but that’s nt true. Fr thusands f years, peple have used wind t sail bats and mve water. We still d thse things tday, but these days we mstly use wind pwer t make electricity.
Wind pwer is a very ppular surce f energy. Mst peple think that we shuld use it mre and mre. First f all, it’s clean. Windmills dn’t pllute the envirnment at all. Secnd, we can use wind pwer frever. After all, we will always have wind. Als, wind pwer is cheap, and it’s getting even cheaper.
A lt f peple dn’t understand wind pwer very well. They believe that there are prblems with wind pwer, but many f thse prblems are nt real. Fr example, sme peple say that windmills are dangerus fr birds. They used t be true, but it isn’t true anymre. Old windmills killed birds because they spun very fast. New windmills spin slwly, and they aren’t dangerus fr birds.
Hwever, there are real prblems with windmills. One prblem is that many peple think windmills are very ugly. This is a prblem fr peple, because windmills are ften in very pretty areas. Als, wind desn’t blw all the time, s we can’t use wind pwer all the time. Finally, windmills are nisy.
Wind pwer is becming mre and mre cmmn. Right nw, mre than 80 cuntries use wind pwer. Abut 2.5 percent f the wrld’s pwer cmes frm the wind. Fr sme cuntries, that number is a lt higher. Wind pwer gives Denmark mre than 25 percent f its electricity.
41．When did peple start using wind pwer?
A．Abut 25 years ag.B．Abut 80 years ag.
C．Abut 500 years ag.D．Over 1,000 years ag.
42．What des the article say abut wind pwer?
A．Mst peple dn’t like it.B．It’s getting cheaper.
C．Denmark desn’t use it.D．It’s getting mre expensive.
43．Why DON’T new windmills kill birds? Because ________.
A．birds dn’t fly near themB．they spin slwly
C．they are shrter than ld windmillsD．new windmills dn’t spin
44．What is the best title fr the passage?
A．Expensive WindmillsB．Cheap and Clean Energy
C．Ppular and Clean Wind PwerD．Dangerus Birds
Scientists in Britain and the United States have made a new enzyme(酶) that “eats” plastics. With its help, plastics can be divided int smaller parts and g away quickly. Scientists believe that, in the future, it culd slve the prblem f plastic pllutin.
The enzyme is able t break dwn(分解) plyethylene terephthalate( PET), a kind f plastic. PET was first made in the 1940s and is nw widely used t make plastic bttles. It can remain in the envirnment fr many years and pllute large areas f land and water. S, it has always been a headache fr peple t deal with the waste frm PET and ther plastics.
The researchers made the discvery while examining the structure(结构) f a natural enzyme in Japan. They fund that the natural enzyme was helping t break dwn PET. S they decided t make small changes t the enzyme by adding sme amin acids(氨基酸). It made the natural enzyme’s plastic-eating ability wrk faster and better.
Jhn McGeehan, ne f the lead researchers, said, “We’ve made an imprved enzyme. It’s better than the natural ne. And we are trying t make mre imprvements t it.” He went n, “The imprved enzyme is nt harmful t humans r animals, and it is friendly t the envirnment. S, we are cnsidering putting it int wider use.”
The team is nw trying t make the imprved enzyme break dwn as much PET as pssible.“We’ll see that the plastic pllutin may be stpped with this newly-imprved enzyme. Hwever, there is still a lng way t g,” Jhn McGeehan added.
45．Accrding t the scientists, the new enzyme may slve the prblem f ________ pllutin.
A．plasticB．waterC．lightD．air
46．The amin acids added int the natural enzyme ________.
A．can break PET dwn directly
B．can divide PET int smaller parts
C．can increase the number f the natural enzymes
D．can make the natural enzyme break PET dwn faster
47．Accrding t Jhn McGeehan, the imprved enzyme ________.
A．has been widely usedB．is bad fr peple’s health
C．isn’t harmful t the envirnmentD．can stp plastic pllutin quickly nw
48．Which f the fllwing is TRUE accrding t the passage?
A．Scientists will find a new enzyme t break PET dwn quickly.
B．Scientists have fund many new enzymes t break Pet dwn.
C．Scientists are trying t make PET mre envirnmental-friendly.
D．Scientists are making the imprved enzyme better at breaking PET dwn.
In 1955, 22-year-ld Wang Yanming left his hmetwn in Hebei Prvince fr Karamay, fr a jb as an il wrker. In the past mre than 60 years, he has seen Karamay’s change frm a desert village int a green city.
Wang has been planting trees in Karamay since retiring (退休) as an il wrker. He said “There was almst n grass. Thusands f il wrkers left every year because they culdn’t stand the difficult cnditins here. I wanted t d smething abut that, s I started t plant trees.” Wang had heart disease and culd hardly walk a few steps withut resting. “I just tld myself nt t __▲__,” Wang said “We sacrificed (牺牲) the envirnment t il prductin in the past. Nw I want t make up fr the lsses.”
Planting trees in the desert was nt easy. Wang had t start by imprving the sil and experimenting with different kinds f trees. At first, Wang planted trees arund his factry. After he gt enugh trees, he turned his attentin t the garbage dump (垃圾场). With his team, Wang made the dirty garbage dump int a place f trees. And nw it is knwn as Yanming Park — the first park named after a real persn in Karamay. Every day, Wang likes t take a walk arund the park. “The park has becme a part f my life, and every tree is my child.” Wang said. “I will nt stp planting trees here until the day I pass away.”
49．Which f the fllwing phrases can be put in ________.
A．get ffB．take ffC．give upD．shw up
50．What did Wang need t d t plant trees in the desert?
A．T learn hw t plant trees.
B．T ask his factry t allw him t plant trees.
C．T tell ther wrkers nt t leave.
D．T imprve the sil and get prper trees.
51．Where did Wang plant trees in the beginning?
A．Arund his factry.B．In the park.C．At a garbage dump.D．In his backyard.
52．Which is the best title fr the passage?
A．The envirnment in Karamay has imprved.
B．A retired wrker planted trees in the desert.
C．An ld man gt a new hbby after his retirement.
D．An ld man built his wn amusement park.
Lndn used t be “fggy” fr the same reasn that cities like Beijing r Chngqing are “fggy” tday. In fact, the “fg” was smg, a mixture (混合物) f smke and fg. In ther wrds, it was made by air pllutin. In Lndn, sme f this pllutin came frm factries, but much f it came frm the cal that peple burnt in their huses t keep warm during the winter. By the 1950s, Lndn’s smg prblem had becme s bad that the gvernment decided t d smething t clean the air. A new law was made and nbdy culd burn cal in any British city. Within a few years, the air became much cleaner. There were n mre “pea-supers”.
Many Chinese cities nw face the same kind f prblem f air pllutin that Lndn faced 40 r 50 years ag. Hwever, this prblem is mre difficult fr Chinese cities t slve. One reasn is that mre f the pllutin cmes frm the factries, rather than frm cal burnt in peple’s huses. If these factries were clsed, this wuld harm the ecnmy and lts f peple wuld lse their jbs. Anther reasn is that changing frm cal t cleaner fuel(燃料), like gas, is quite expensive.
Hwever, the air in many Chinese cities is becming cleaner and cleaner, as the gvernment and peple pay mre and mre attentin t cutting dwn pllutin. As a result, there are fewer “pea-supers” in Beijing than there used t be.
53．What was the main reasn fr air pllutin in Lndn?
A．There was t much smke in the sky.B．There were t many factries in the city.
C．Peple burnt t much cal in the huses.D．Lts f peple smked at hme.
54．Hw did the air in Lndn becme much cleaner?
A．There was nt s much fg in the winter later.
B．A law was made t stp peple frm burning cal in their huses.
C．Many factries in the city were clsed.
D．Sme f the factries mved away.
55．What des the underlined wrd “pea-supers” refer t (指)?
A．Cal.B．Smke.C．Gas.D．Smg.
56．Hw many reasns make it mre difficult fr Chinese cities t slve the prblem f air pllutin?
A．One.B．Tw.C．Three.D．Fur.
57．Which f the fllwing sentences is nt true?
A．Using cal is much mre expensive than using gas.
B．Factries made much mre pllutin in China.
C．The reasns fr air pllutin in Lndn and Beijing are different.
D．The Chinese gvernment has taken actin t cut dwn air pllutin.
We all knw plastic pllutin has becme a serius prblem. One millin plastic drinking bttles are thrwn away every minute. What if we culd use plastic waste t build rads? This is exactly what Tby McCartney has dne.
In 2019, McCartney’s UK-based cmpany, MacRebur, built a plastic rad in Elgin twn, Sctland. The plastic waste was made int grains（颗粒）and then mixed with bitumen(沥青). The rad lks just like any ther rad. But it has imprved strength and is mre stretchy(有弹性的) thanks t the plastic.
“Our technlgy can nt nly help slve the prblem f plastic waste but als prduce rads that deal better with changes in the weather,” McCartney said.
McCartney’s idea came frm a trip t India. “I saw peple in India wuld put plastic waste int pthles(路面的坑洼) and burn it. The plastic wuld melt dwn(熔化) and fill the hles,” said McCartney.
“I knew that there must be sme crrespndences between plastic and bitumen, which bth cme frm il. That’s hw I started t think abut mixing them,” he said.
After lts f testing, McCartney fund the perfect methd. And nw his cmpany has built many plastic rads arund the wrld. A ne-kilmeter stretch f rad uses abut 684, 000 plastic bttles r 1.8 millin plastic bags. The rad itself can be recycled and the materials can be reused t build new rads.
“We’re just a small part f ending the plastic prblems, but it’s nice t be part f it,” McCartney said. “I just dn’t want my daughters t live in a wrld where there are mre plastics in the cean than fish.”
58．Cmpared with nrmal rads, the plastic rad _________.
a. is nt easy t break b. is fit fr ht weather c. is mre stretchy d. csts mre mney
A．abB．acC．bcD．bd
59．________ gave McCartney the idea f building the plastic rad.
A．T many changes in the weather
B．His wish t reduce plastic pllutin
C．His knwledge f plastic and bitumen
D．Indian peple’s way f dealing with pthles
60．The underlined wrd “crrespndences” in this passage means ________.
A．cmpetitinsB．cnnectinsC．differencesD．reasns
61．What des McCartney mean in the last paragraph?
A．He is ready t ffer help in reducing plastic pllutin.
B．Children shuld als jin t reduce plastic pllutin.
C．Plastic prblems will sn be slved with his help.
D．Plastic pllutin is becming mre and mre serius.
62．What is the main idea f the passage?
A．T describe hw much a kid’s future matters.
B．T encurage every cmpany t build a plastic rad.
C．T help peple understand hw harmful plastic waste is.
D．T tell peple plastic waste can be reused t build a rad.
Snw frests make up abut 30% f the wrld’s ttal frest areas. These wnderful wdlands are nt as famus as the Amazn rainfrests but they are just as imprtant.
Snw frests are fund in the far nrth f the wrld, in areas that are quite cld and usually have a lt f snwfall. They lie acrss parts f Canada, China, Finland, Japan, Nrway, Russia, Sweden and the US. Snw frests have very cld winters that can last up t six mnths. But even s, they are hme t many kinds f animals, including fxes, mice and wlves. In the US and Canada, as many as five billin birds frm mre than 300 species live in the frests in the breeding (繁殖) seasn.
These wdlands perfrm an imprtant jb: helping t take in harmful gases. The gases are given ff by burning cal, il and gas, which can cause climate change. Hwever, snw frests are facing several prblems. Trees are being cut dwn faster and faster fr their wd, which can be used fr building. Sme frests are being cleared t make space fr new rads and huses, r t allw cal and gas industries t grw. What’s wrse, as the wrld gets warmer, Canada and Russia have seen terrible fires spread thrugh the frests.
Luckily, envirnmental and wildlife grups arund the wrld are wrking hard t prtect snw frests. This means that cutting dwn trees is cntrlled in sme areas and the frests are seen as areas f special scientific interest. When wd is needed, replanting plans and careful frest management help t reduce the human influence s that the frests are managed in a way that they can survive and regrw.
63．Where are snw frests mainly fund?
A．In Suth America.B．In the nrth f the earth.
C．In the UK and Canada.D．In the suth f the earth.
64．What d we knw abut snw frests frm this passage?
A．They need a lng time t grw up.
B．They are famus just like rainfrests.
C．They prduce best wd fr building.
D．They are imprtant t many animals and birds.
65．What mainly causes snw frests t be in danger?
A．Heavy snwfall.B．Air pllutin.
C．Human activities.D．Animals’ waste.
66．What’s the purpse f this passage?
A．T call n us t prtect snw frests.B．T invite peple t visit snw frests.
C．T cmpare rainfrests t snw frests.D．T describe the wildlife in snw frests.
67．What des the writer think f snw frests’ future?
A．Hpeful.B．Awful.C．Dubtful.D．Wnderful.
68．All the news abve has smething t d with ________ .
A．inventinB．lawsC．envirnmentD．achievements
69．The idea f the Dysn Zne is t ________ .
A．intrduce a new prductB．shw hw creative Dysn is
C．prvide users with mre airD．prtect peple frm pllutin
70．The best heading fr the secnd news wuld be ________ .
A．Tw-wheeled SlutinB．An Envirnmentally-friendly Bicycle
C．Serius Climate ChangeD．Cars vs Bicycles
71．Why did the UN suggest riding bikes mre ften?
A．Because it is a lt better fr health.
B．Because it will prduce far less greenhuse gas.
C．Because riding bikes is much cheaper than driving cars.
D．Because it can draw mre attentin t bicycle-sharing services.
72．It’s clear that ________ .
A．China planted a lt f trees n March 11, 2022
B．China desn’ t have t wrry abut grass and any mre
C．China taught many peple hw t plant trees
D．China achieved greatly in the field f land-greening
It was a perfect summer mrning n the beach in Ri De Janeir. A man set up his umbrella and chair near the water and was ready t read his bk. Just then, when he lked tward the sea, he nticed a small shape that came ut f the water. It slwly made its way ut nt the sand and began t flap (拍动) its wings. It was bviusly weak and tired.
When the creature was just a few feet away, the man culdn’t believe his eyes. A penguin? Penguins dn’t belng t Ri. The man was amazed. He lked arund t see if there was anyne else nticing this strange sight.
A jgger sn appeared, fllwed by anther. They stpped and stared. It was clear that the penguin was having truble breathing. The first jgger lked at the sea and said, “Pr fellw, s far away frm hme.”
The penguin fell t its side. It had swum 2,000 miles, trying t find the tiny fish that penguins like t eat. Why did the penguin need t travel s far? Perhaps it was cnfused by mving cean currents and temperatures—cmmn effects f glbal warming. The penguin needed help. It wuld nt survive n the ht sand.
One f the jggers phned fr help, and sn sme firemen arrived. The man was glad that the penguin wuld sn be safe, althugh he felt a little sad, t.
The event n the beach at Ri happened sme time ag. It was nly the beginning f penguin migratin (迁移) t Brazil. Since that time, hundreds f penguins have appeared n the casts f Brazil. They cme all the way frm Patagnia and the Straits f Magellan, suthern parts f Suth America. They land n the sands very tired and hungry, and many f them die. Sme are shipped r flwn back t clder waters farther suth.
Perhaps the experience f the penguins will help us better understand the serius effect f human activity n climate change and n the cnditin f ur planet.
73．Why did the man think it strange t see a penguin n the beach f Ri?
A．Penguins there had already died ut.B．Penguins d nt live in Brazil.
C．The penguin was nt afraid f him.D．The penguin was mving very fast.
74．What prbably caused the penguin t land n the beach f Ri?
A．Glbal warming.B．Pllutin in Suth America.
C．Penguins’ natural migratin.D．Animal scientists’ help.
75．Frm the underlined sentence in the passage, we knw that the writer ________.
A．is hpefulB．is happyC．is shckedD．is wrried
76．We can infer that the writer’s writing purpse is t ________.
A．remind peple t mind human activity and prtect ur planet
B．tell us the experience f the penguins
C．call n us t save the penguins n the beach f Ri
D．shw peple in Brazil are friendly t penguins
77．What is the best title fr the text?
A．Brazil BeachB．Suth America Culture
C．Unexpected GuestsD．Human Activity
Frm 40 t 300 Millin
It was 2011. I was wrking in the lcal gvernment f Perth, Western Australia. One day, I visited a recycling factry. There, I was shwn hw my city’s waste was srted and hw a prtin f it wuld then get sent ff fr recycling. It was a cmplex（复杂的) and energy-intensive（耗能的）prcess.
I never seriusly cnsidered starting a glbal mvement, but after that visit, I really wanted t d smething fr the envirnment. I tried t cut ut single-use plastics fr an entire calendar mnth in July--and encuraged my friends t d s, t.
Times have certainly changed. If I had started “Plastic Free July” last year, I wuld have been ne f the many peple raising awareness（意识）abut plastic waste. But 11 years ag, nbdy was talking abut this prblem. When I first asked fr a drink withut a straw（吸管）, the waiter lked at me as if I was an alien. Nw, I can easily buy a bamb tthbrush at my lcal supermarket.
The same ges fr participatin（参与）levels. In the first year, there were just 40 f us in Perth. The challenge turned ut t be far harder than I had thught. But by ding it tgether and sharing tips, we managed t reach ur gals. Over the years, mre and mre peple have jined ur grup. Last year, ver 300 millin peple frm 177 cuntries tk part in “Plastic Free July”. As rdinary peple, we can’t d everything, and certainly nt all at nce. Hwever, there is always smething that we can d. Start, fr example, by just cutting ut nn-reusable plastic water bttles. Get this gd habit in place and then take n the next challenge.
I’m prud f everybdy wh tries t save ur planet.
78．What made the authr decide t start “Plastic Free July”?
A．The lcal gvernment f Perth.B．The great famus glbal mvement.
C．The visit f a recycling factry.D．Ordinary peple frm different places.
79．What d peple d by taking part in “Plastic Free July”?
A．Cutting ut reusable plastic water bttles.B．Using plastic prducts fr free in July.
C．Selling bamb prducts at a lcal market.D．Using nn-plastic prducts fr a mnth.
80．Why did the authr ask fr a drink withut a straw?
A．Because the straw was made f clrful plastic.
B．Because she didn’t have enugh mney with her.
C．Because she wuld like t save a tip fr the waiter.
D．Because that was her first day t develp a new habit.
81．Which f the fllwing saying has the same meaning as the underlined part?
A．Kill tw birds with ne stne.
B．Where there is a will, there is a way.
C．Dn’t fail t d gd even if it is small.
D．A thusand-mile jurney begins with a single step.
82．What des the title f the passage mean?
A．Plastic waste is increasing rapidly.
B．Plastic waste takes lnger t disappear.
C．The recycling factry makes much mre mney.
D．Peple are paying mre attentin t plastic pllutin.
Yu dn’t have t be a scientist t slve big envirnmental prblems. One Dutch designer is finding creative ways t make a change — and he’s inviting bikers t jin him.
Daan Rsgaarde, 38, is a designer frm Hlland. He uses creative ideas t imprve city life. Fr his Smg (雾霾) Free Prject, he designed a special twer that cleans air in Chinese parks. In Hlland, he designed a shining bicycle path.
Nw Daan and his team are wrking with engineers at Chinese bike-sharing cmpany t create a new prduct fr public use. It’s an air-cleaning machine cnnected t a bicycle and is part f the Smg Free Prject. In smggy weather, the machine wuld breathe in the air in frnt f the bike and blw ut a stream f clean air tward the biker’s face.
It’s n secret that air pllutin is a big prblem fr China. In winter, it’s cmmn fr thick cluds f haze (霾), caused largely by factry prductin, burning f cal and car emissins (排放物), t cver areas f China.
In 2016, nly ne-furth f Chinese cities met the cuntry’s air quality standards, accrding t a survey f 338 cities natinwide frm the Ministry f Envirnmental Prtectin.
“Of curse ne twer and a few bikes wn’t slve China’s air pllutin prblem,” Daan said, “But smg-free bikes are an exciting idea that will hpefully inspire cmmunities t create greener cities.”
83．Accrding t the writer, ________.
A．air pllutin is nt a big prblem in China
B．creative ideas may help imprve city life
C．nly scientists can slve big envirnmental prblems
D．the survey f 338 cities natinwide was nt necessary
84．The air-cleaning machine ffers clean air t the biker by ________.
A．blwing ut dirty airB．running fast with the bike
C．cleaning the air arund the bikerD．breathing in dirty air and cleaning it
85．Frm the passage, we knw that ________.
A．peple wh have creative ideas can get free bikes
B．nly smg-free bikes can g n the shining bicycle path
C．Daan and his family spent all their time imprving China’s air quality
D．China’s haze in winter happens because f mre than three causes
86．Daan is inviting bikers t jin him in rder t ________.
A．raise mney fr the twer
B．test his new machine
C．help slve the air pllutin prblem
D．make mre Chinese friends
The music band Cldplay is taking actins t prtect the envirnment. This includes using their fans’ energy t help prvide electricity fr their perfrmances. In this way, they use electricity withut adding carbn gases (碳气体) t the air. The band hpes t cut the amunt f CO2 given ut by its business activities by 50 percent.
The Cldplay stars have added special dance flrs and energy-string bicycles t their latest wrld tur perfrmance. The purpse is t get fans t help prduce electricity by dancing and riding. Each dance flr can supprt many peple. It creates electricity when peple mve n it. Each f the bikes can create an average f 200 watts (瓦特) f electricity. In rder t encurage fans t dance r ride mre during the perfrmance, they even have cmpetitins t find ut which grup f fans can create the mst electricity.
“Being green is a gd business mdel. That’s what we’d like t shw,” said Cldplay lead singer Chris Martin. “The changes will bring a sense f belnging t the fans. Everything in ur shw is planned t bring everyne int the same grup, singing tgether. It makes us feel part f a cmmunity.”
Cldplay has taken ther steps t prtect the envirnment. One f its tur stages (舞台) uses recycled steel. The band als hpes t set up the wrld’s first tur battery (电池) system, made frm 40 recycled electric car batteries. The hpe is t pwer the whle shw with batteries.
“It’s very expensive t try these things fr the first time,” said Martin, “but we are very happy that we are changing.”
Cldplay is just ne music grup wrking t help the envirnment. Sme ther famus bands are als taking such steps.
87．What des Cldplay use their fans’ energy t d?
A．T create 200 watts f electricity.B．T prvide pwer fr their shws.
C．T cut their business activities by 50%.D．T make their perfrmances wnderful.
88．What des the underlined wrd “It” in the secnd paragraph refer t (指代)?
A．The flr.B．The band.C．The stage.D．The bicycle.
89．Hw des Cldplay encurage fans t dance and ride mre?
A．By helping them t buy bicycles.B．By living in the same cmmunity.
C．By traveling arund the wrld with them.D．By having electricity-creating cmpetitins.
90．Which ways are intrduced t prtect the envirnment in the passage?
①Riding energy-string bicycles. ②Driving r taking electric cars.
③Recycling electric car batteries. ④Building stages with recycled steel.
A．①②③B．②③④C．①③④D．①②④
As we all knw, Tian Gng Space Statin has been the pride f ur cuntry. What many peple dn’t knw is that the astrnauts face many risks every day. Besides the unknwn risks, the space junk has becme ne f the main prblems.
Accrding t the latest survey, there are hundreds f millins f pieces f space junk flating arund the earth. And these are just the things that we can see frm the surface f the earth by telescpes （望远镜）. There are als millins f smaller pieces f junk that we can’t see.
Objects, like bits f ld space rckets r satellites（卫星）, mve arund the planet s fast that even a very small piece can break imprtant satellites r becme dangerus t astrnauts. If the tiniest piece f junk crashed（碰撞）int a spaceship, it culd be harmful t the vehicle（轨道）.
T make things wrse, when tw bjects in space crash, they break int many smaller pieces. Fr example, when a U.S. satellite hit an ld Russian rcket in 2009, it brke int mre than 2, 000 pieces, increasing the amunt f space junk.
T reduce additinal space junk, cuntries have agreed that all new space tls can nly stay in space fr 25 years at mst. Each tl must be built t fall safely int the earth’s atmsphere（大气层）after that time. In the upper parts f the atmsphere, it will burn up.
Many scientists als suggest different ways t clean up space junk. In England scientists are testing a metal net that can be fired int space junk. The net catches the junk and then pulls it int the earth’s atmsphere t burn up. The Germans are building rbts that can cllect pieces f space junk and bring them back t Earth t be safely destryed.
“The prblem is becming mre challenging because we’re sending mre bjects int space t help peple use their mbile phnes and cmputers,” says Marc Castrnuv, an Italian space Researcher.
“The time t act is nw. The lnger we leave the prblem, the bigger it will becme,” he says.
91．What des the underlined wrd “these” in Paragraph 2 refer t?
A．New telescpes.B．Old satellites.C．Space junk.D．Other Planets
92．Why is space junk cnsidered a prblem?
A．Because it may crash int ther space tls causing damage r death.
B．Because it culd frce new space tls t travel at slwer speeds.
C．Because it burns up after it re-enters the atmsphere after 25 years.
D．Because it will be used by aliens t knw much infrmatin abut us.
93．Cuntries want future space tls t be able t fall back int the earth’s atmsphere s that ________.
A．the space tls can be reused laterB．the tls wn’t becme space junk
C．the influences f space flight can be studiedD．the aliens wn’t becme angry
94．Hw d the Germans plan t deal with space junk?
A．By building rbts t cllect it.B．By burning it in the earth’s atmsphere.
C．By sending it away frm the earth.D．By destrying it in the uter space.
95．In which part f the newspaper wuld yu prbably read this article?
A．Entertainment.B．Lcal News.C．Educatin.D．Envirnment.
High-tech pllutin prtectin
Technlgy cmpany Dysn has created headphnes with a visr (面罩) t help peple avid plluted air. Called the Dysn Zne, it cnnects nise-canceling headphnes with a visr that sits just in frnt f the nse and muth, prviding users with cleaned air. The prduct is designed t fight against air and sund pllutin.
___________
On March 15, the UN General Assembly (联合国大会) passed a reslutin supprting bicycles as a tl fr dealing with climate change. It calls n member cuntries t add bicycles t public transprtatin and encurages them t fcus n bicycle-sharing services. The UN said transprtatin is the third - largest surce f carbn dixide (CO2) , a greenhuse gas that causes glbal warming. Chsing a bike ver a car just nce a day can reduce a persn’ s transprtatin carbn emissins by 67 percent, accrding t a University f Oxfrd study.
Planting frests fr the future
China’ s Natinal Frestry and Grassland Administratin f frest in 2021 brught ut a reprt n March 11, shwing China’ s land - greening prgress in 2021. Accrding t the reprt, 3 millin hectares f Chinese grassland were imprved thrugh grass planting, and 23, 900 hectares f farmland were changed int grassland. As much as 1. 44 millin hectares f land were saved frm becming desert.