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词义猜测
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2019·广东珠海市第二学期高三二模
The tons of plastic we're dumping in
the oceans is finding a new
home
—
the
stomachs
of
our
beautiful
marine
animals.
Yet
another
reminder
of
this
fact
washed
ashore
in
Eastern
Indonesia
this
week.
A
large
amount
of
waste,
including
drinking
cups and flip?flops, was found in the
stomach of a whale that died off the coast
near Kapota Island.
The
9.5?metre sperm whale (抹香鲸
) was found
by rescuers from the Wakatobi
National
Park.
“
The
whale
had
swallowed
5.9
kilograms
of
plastic
waste
containing
115 plastic
cups, four plastic
bottles,
25 plastic bags, and
more
than
1,000 other
kinds of pieces of
plastic
，”
park chief Heri
Santoso told the reporter.
“
Although we have not been
able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that
we
see
are
truly
awful
，
”
said
Dwi
Suprapti,
a
marine
species
conservation
coordinator
at
WWF
Indonesia.
She
said
it
was
not
possible
to
determine
if
the
plastic
had
caused the whale's death because of the animal's
advanced state of decay
(
腐
烂
). But this is
only the latest.
Four
Asian
nations
—
Indonesia
,
the
Philippines,
Vietnam
and
Thailand
—
account
for 50% of the plastic waste in the
oceans, according to a report by environmental
campaigner
Ocean
Conservancy
and
the
McKinsey
Center
for
Business
and
Environment.
The Philippines
is second to Indonesia when it
comes to
putting away
plastic waste
in the oceans, according
to a study published in the journal
Science
in January.
Of the 3.2 million mismanaged waste it
produces every year, 1.29 million ends up
in the ocean.
A report
released earlier this year stated that the amount
of plastic in the
ocean is likely to
increase.
1
．
What
can we know about the sperm whale?
A
．
Its stomach is
the home of plastic waste.
B
．
It died of
swallowing lots of plastic waste.
C
．
It was the
first whale to eat plastic waste.
D
．
It had eaten
much plastic waste before its death.
2
．
Which can best
replace
the underlined word
“
deduce
” in Paragraph
3?
A
．
Confirm.
C
．
Approve.
.
n.
3
．
Which country
in Asia dumps the most plastic waste into the
oceans?
A
．
Thailand.
C
．
Vietnam.
4
．
What's the main
idea of the passage?
A
．
Philippines
puts away 1.29 million tons of plastic.
B
．
A sperm whale
was found dead near Kapota Island.
C
．
Much dumped
plastic waste was found in a dead whale.
D
．
We should take
measures to reduce the waste in whales.
[
语篇解读
]
这是一篇新闻报道。
文章主要讲叙了在一头死去的抹香鲸的胃里，
发现了大量
的塑料垃圾。
1
．
D
【解
析】
细节理解题。
由第二段第二句可知，
这条抹香鲸在死前，
吃了很多塑料垃圾，
故选
D
。
2
．
A
【解析】词义猜测题。由下文“
She
said
it
was
not
possible
to
determine
if
the
plastic had caused the whale's death
because of the animal's advanced state of
< br>decay(
腐烂
)
．”可知画
线词的意思是“证实”。
confirm
证实；
cause
造成；
approve
< br>赞
成；
contain
包含；故
选
A
。
3
．
B
【解析】细节理解题。由第四段第二句“
The
Philippines is second to Indonesia
when
it comes to putting away plastic waste in the ocea
ns
，”可知，印度尼西亚向
海洋倾倒的塑料垃圾最多，故选<
/p>
B
。
4
．
C
【解析】主旨大意题。第一段中的“
A
large
amount
of
waste,
including
drinking
cups and
flip?flops, was found
in the stomach of
a whale that died off the coast
near
Kapota Island.
”是全文的主题句，结合上下文，可知这篇文章主要讲了
在一头死去
的抹香鲸胃里，发现了大量塑料垃圾，故选
C
。
B
A public primary school in New York
City has stopped giving its students
homework.
P
．
S.116 Principal
Jane Hsu wrote a letter to parents last month
explaining
that after more than a year
of analyzing studies
，
the
school had concluded that
students'
after?school
time
would
be
better
spen
t
on
activities
like
reading
at
their
own pace and playing rather than
working on homework.
Hsu's
letter
says
that
many
studies
indicate
that
there
is
no
connection
between
homework
and
academic
，
there
are
some
studies
also
show
that
the
link
sia.
pines.
between homework and
success is doubtful at the primary school level.
An important 1989 study on homework by
Professor Cooper found that doing
homework
led
students
to
perform
better
in
school
as
they
grew
later
grades
，
students
who
did
homework
performed
increasingly
better
than
students
who
did
2006
，
Cooper
published
a
study
that
analyzed
15
years'
worth
of
data
on
the
effectiveness of found that homework
had a more positive impact on
students
as they aged
，
and identified
stronger relations between homework and
achievement
for
students
in
grades
seven
through
twelve
than
for
students
in
kindergarten through
sixth grade.
A 2012 study from the
Indiana University
School
of
Education on 10th
graders
found little relation between time
spent on homework and better course
grades
，
although
it
did
find
a
positive
relation
between
homework
time
and
standardized
test
performance.
Some
parents
of
P
．
S.116
students
are
not
happy
with
the
decision
to
eliminate
homework.
“
I
think
they
should
have
homework
—
some
of
it
is
about
discipline.I
want
(my
daughter) to have
fun
，
but I also want her to
be working towards a goal
，”
Daniel
Tasman
，
the
father of a second-grader at the school.
“
You have to do homework in
order to gain
；
you have to do
homework because
they
may
not
be
able
to
comprehend
everything
in
sch
ool
，
”
Sharon
Blake
，
a
grandmother
of a
P
．
S.116 student.
5
．
Principal Jane
Hsu wrote the letter to the parents to ________ .
A
．
analyze the
test results of the students
B
．
suggest
students' reading at their own pace and playing
C
．
tell them about
the conclusion of the research
D
．
give them the
reason for the decision of the school
6
．
The decision to
stop giving students homework depends upon
________.
A
．
studies on the
link between homework and academic success
B
．
students' wish
to spend their time on activities or playing
C
．
Professor
Cooper's research on the effectiveness of homework
D
．
the ideas of
both school authorities and parents
7
．
Professor
Cooper found in his research that ________.
A
．
kindergarten
students spent too much time doing activities
B
．
doing homework
made the kindergarten students cleverer