第十六组 1阅读理解+1语法填空+1应用文写作+1读后续写

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Ⅰ

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阅读理解

(2019·

北京四中模拟

)Engi neers

have

put

a

huge

garbage

collector

to

gather

plastic

material

in

the

Pacific

Ocean

between

California

and

Hawaii

，

the

world’s

largest

spread of garbage

，

twice the size of the state of Texas.

The

Ocean

Cleanup

organization

created

the

group’s

founder

，

Boyan

Slat

，

an inventor born in 1994

，

was just 16 when he was moved to clean up the oceans

when he was on a dive and saw more plastic bags than fish.

Last

Saturday

，

a

ship

pulling

the

pipe-

shaped

floating

barrier

left

San

ed

to

it

is

a

screening

skirt

that

hangs

three

meters

down

in

the

screen is designed to collect the plastic as it moves through the

animals can safely swim under the barrier.

The cleanup system also comes with lights powered by the sun

，

cameras

，< /p>

and other

special devices(

设备

)

，

so the system can communicate its position at all

way a support ship can find it every few months to remove the plastic that has been

collected.

Shipping containers will hold all the plastic gathered

，

including bottles and fishing

equipment and are expected to be back on land within a the plastic will be

free-

floating

barriers

are

made

to

survive

extreme

weather

conditions

and

damage

from

continual

will

stay

in

the

water

for

twenty

years

，

thus

collecting 90% of the garbage in the area.

The Ocean Cleanup has

received $$ 35 million in donations to pay for the project

，

hoping to put 60 free-

floating barriers in the Pacific Ocean by 2020.

“

It’s important

to turn off the taps on plastic entering the ocean

，

but I also think people can do more

than one thing at a time to deal with this problem

，”

Slat said.

【语篇解读】

这是一篇说明文，

介绍了在美国加州和夏威夷之间的太平洋海域

运行的海洋垃圾收集器 。

1

．

What drove Slat to invent the collector?

A

．

The interest in invention.

B

．

His failure to dive due to rubbish.

C

．

The sight of too many plastic bags.

D

．

His knowledge of garbage in the Pacific Ocean.

答案

C

< /p>

[

细节理解题。根据第二段中的

“

The group

’

s founder

，

...than fish

< br>”

可

知，当年

16

岁的

Slat

在海里潜水的时候，发现水里的塑料袋 比鱼还多，这促使

他决定清洁海洋，因此选

C

< br>。

]

2

．

How does the floating barrier work?

A

．

It reaches into the water to collect the plastic.

B

．

It has large containers to produce power.

C

．

It forms barriers to protect sea animals.

D

．

A ship drags it along in the ocean.

答案

A

[

细节理 解题。

第三段说

“

Attached to it is...through the water

”

，

这种垃圾

收集器的下面部分是一个屏障，

< br>能够延伸到水下三米的地方，

并且在水中移动的

同时收集 塑料，因此选

A

。

]

3

．

What is important for protecting the ocean according to Slat?

A

．

Sending more collectors into the ocean.

B

．

Inventing more ocean cleanup devices.

C

．

Stopping plastic from entering the ocean.

D

．

Banning the use of plastic bags in boats.

答案

C

[

推理判 断题。

由最后一段最后一句可知，

他认为重要的是关掉塑料进< /p>

入海洋的龙头，由此推断他认为关键是不让塑料进入海洋。

]

Ⅱ

.

语法填空

(2019·

镇海中学模拟

)

It’s not a secret 1.________ spending time in nature is good for

years

，

scientists have been detailing how people who live near green spaces

have

2.________(good)

physical

and

mental

ces

which

have

a

strong

outdoor component

3.________(be) popular here in the United States.

My 4.________(curious) was aroused when a colleague recently recommended one of

our

patients

to

experiment

with

5.________(walk)

barefoot

in

the

grass

for

a

short

time each day.A few weeks later

，

I came across an article that gave a name to that

practice

—

idea behind grounding

，

also 6.________(call) earthing

，

is

that

h

umans

evolved

in

direct

contact

with

the

earth’s

subtle(

不易察觉的

)

electric

we have lost that connection and 7.________ loss of connection is due to

inventions such as buildings

，

furniture and shoes.

8

．

________ (support)

of

grounding

say

this

“disconnect”

might

be

contributing

to

some

diseases

that

are

9.________(particular)

common

in

industrialized

is

actually

some

science

behind

ot

contact

with

the

earth

can produce nearly instant changes 10.________ various ways

，

helping to improve

sleep

，

reduce pain

，

decrease muscle tension and lower stress.

【语篇解读】

本文是一篇说明文，

叙述的是有关健康的话题：

赤脚走在草地上

能改善你的健康。

1

．

that

[

考查主语从句。分析句子结构可知，本句是

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It is

＋名词＋

that

从句

”

句型，其中

It

是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的

that