【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 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. He 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. More 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 pletely ban （禁止） plastic straws. Plastic pollution has been one of the most serious problems today. According to scientists, 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 fortable with singleuse plastics. After his project became popular, Cress took his findings on the road. He has since spoken to tens of thousands of 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.Ten 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 . A.get a good score in science at his schoolB.encourage people to reduce plastic wasteC.bee a famous person in his hometown（3）What did Cress ask a restaurant in Burlington to do? A.Stop offering straws to its customers.B.Prevent people from using straws to drink.C.Count the number of straws it uses every day.（4）Plastic straws are especially terrible because . A.they are the most serious problem todayB.scientists pay little attention to their influenceC.they help people get used to using singleuse plastics（5）Over the years, Cress has . ① spread his project across the United States② asked Seattle to pletely ban plastic bags③ counted the plastic straws in the ocean every year④ spoken to teens around the world about plastic waste A.①③B.②③C.①④【答案】 （1）C（2）B（3）A（4）C（5）C 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了塑料垃圾對(duì)環(huán)保的危害，Cress用 環(huán)保吸管替代塑料吸管。 （1）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) 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歲的時(shí)候，米洛克里斯開(kāi)始關(guān)心吸管的問(wèn)題了，故選C。 （2）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) In hopes of reducing plastic waste, he founded theBe Straw Freeproject in 2011. 可知為了鼓勵(lì)減少塑料垃圾，他在2011年創(chuàng)建了無(wú)稻草項(xiàng)目 ，故選B。 （3）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order ，可知他要求當(dāng)?shù)匾患也宛^停止為每一份飲料訂單提供吸管 ， 故選A。 （4）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Plastic straws are especially terrible. They make it easy for people to get fortable with singleuse plastics. 可知塑料吸管尤其可怕。它們讓人們更容易適應(yīng)一次性塑料制品 ， 故選C。 （5）細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù) Cress tried to spread his project across the United States 和 He has since spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world 可知這些年來(lái)，克雷斯把他的項(xiàng)目推廣到了美國(guó)，并向全世界的青少年講述了塑料廢料的問(wèn)題，故選C。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】考查閱讀理解。本文涉及細(xì)節(jié)題，細(xì)節(jié)題要注意從文中尋找答案。5．閱讀理解 How many of us have reached into our drawer（抽屜）and pulled out socks that didn39。t match? Will you throw them away like most girls or try to reuse them? The story of Carly and Charley may help you. Carly and Charley are the girls who often lose their socks. At first, they just matched different colors or styles like some other girls. But most of the time, these socks couldn39。t match their clothes. So they came up with an idea and started Odd Sox: they collected these socks and gave them away to homeless people. But the problem wasn39。t solved. They still had missing socks until they realized that they could make a business out of it. So they set up Single Sox: he girls sell socks in packs（包）of three so you can mix and match as you wish. Each pack is super colorful and super inspiring（激勵(lì)人心的）—Carly and Charley have written words on every sock to encourage girls to celebrate their differences. And they carry on the tradition of giving back—for every pair of socks sold, they give away a pair to those in need. Nothing is a waste if you have a creative mind.（1）Carly and Charley set up Odd Sox and gave away the socks to . A.sick childrenB.disabled womenC.poor studentsD.homeless people（2）The words on the socks are to encourage girls to their differences. A.matchB.shoutC.reachD.celebrate（3）The underlined words carry on in the third paragraph probably mean . A.continueB.pareC.connectD.control（4）The correct order of the following is . ①started Odd Sox. ②carry on the tradition of giving back③set up Single Sox ④ matched different socksA.①③④②B.①③②④C.④①③②D.④②0③（5）The passage is mainly about how to . A.collect different ideasB.buy all kin