【正文】 blemsC.the features and problemsD.the history and scenery10．閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的幾個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)。 When he was nine years old, American boy Milo Cress had a question: How many plastic straws（吸管） do Americans use every day? He quickly learned there wasn39。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. 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.①④11．閱讀理解 Calabash brothers（葫蘆娃兄弟） live in the Calabash Mountain with their grandfather. They are all very brave. They wear different clothes. The red calabash is the other six brothers 39。elder brother. He is powerful. His body can be bigger or smaller. But he doesn39。t have his own ideas. The orange calabash has enhanced hearing and sight. He can see and hear far places clearly. The yellow calabash39。s body is very strong. Nothing can injure（傷害）him, but he is arrogant（傲慢的）. The green calabash is the god of fire. He can eat fire and make fire. The cyan（青色的） calabash can drink water and make flood. The blue calabash is the cleverest of all. Nobody can find him when he makes himself invisible. And the purple calabash has a magic gourd（葫蘆）. The gourd can absorb（吸收） everything. One day a pangolin（穿山甲） broke the cave and two monsters came out. They were Monster Scorpion（蝎子精） and Monster Snake. The calabash brothers must fight with them and save the world. Unluckily, their grandfather who helped them beat the monster, was killed by the monsters finally.（1）How many calabash brothers are there? A.Five.B.Six.C.Seven.D.Eight.（2）What does the red calabash look like? A.He is powerful.B.He has enhanced eyes.C.He has two big eyes.D.He has a hard head.（3）If there is a fire, you may find the _______. A.red calabashB.orange calabashC.green calabashD.cyan calabash（4）What does the underlined word invisible mean in Chinese? A.微不足道的B.看不見(jiàn)的C.暴露的D.赤裸的12．閱讀理解 Everyone faces challenges in their life, but some are more important than others. Daniel Kish had serious problems with his eyes when he was born. And doctors took away both of his eyes before he was fourteen months old. Soon after, however, he started to do an amazing thing. He started to make clicking（咔嗒） sounds with his tongue（舌頭） to help him move around. Much like a bat（蝙蝠）, he now moves about using sonar（聲吶）. He is so good at it that he can ride a bicycle in traffic. He and his group, World Access for the Blind, teach others how to use sonar. In this interview with National Geographic, Kish explains how the process works. How does sonar work? When I make a clicking sound, it makes sound waves. These waves reflect（反射） off surfaces all around and return to my ears. My brain then processes the sounds into images（圖像）. It39。s like having a conversation with the environment When you click, what do you see in your mind? Each click is like a camera flash. I make a 3D image of the things around me for hundreds of feet in every direction What is it like riding a bike using sonar? It39。s exciting and enjoyable but requires a lot of focus. I click up to two times per second, much more than I usually do. Is it dangerous to move around the world in this way?