Boyan Slat
向国旗敬礼国旗下讲话：立我中华之心,向国旗敬礼!
向国旗敬礼国旗下讲话：立我中华之心，向国旗敬礼！
同学们，老师们
早上好！
刚过去的十一小长假大家过的如何？是否和家人外出游玩，纵享亲情？是否游玩之外不忘学习，守得住寂寞，挡得住诱惑？
不过，有一件事，相信同学们都去做了，那就是——向国旗敬礼！这个国庆，我看到了很多同学带上红领巾向国旗敬礼的照片，有的同学来到了心仪的高中或大学，有的同学来到了小区门口，也有的同学带上国旗爬山山顶，在山顶享受征服大自然的喜悦同时不忘向国旗敬礼！
今天，我来跟大家聊聊“向国旗敬礼”这件事。
1990年第七届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十四次会议通过《中华人民共和国国旗法》。
国旗法是为了维护国旗的尊严，增强公民的国家观念，发扬爱国主义精神，根据宪法，全国人民代表大会制定的法规。
它是中华人民共和国的象征。
在祖国诞辰69周年之际，同学们向国旗敬礼，抒发了我们对伟大祖国繁荣昌盛、和谐福强的衷心祝愿。
今天，我想对大家说，爱国不只是敬礼，更是我们对祖国的责任担当，也就是我们作为中华人民共和国公民的使命感。
这也是弘毅少年的重要特质。
接下来我要给大家讲一件真人真事。
初中英语早读阅读理解训练 Cleaning Up the Ocean 课文语文
Cleaning Up the OceanEvery year, lots of plastic goes into the oceans. There are five huge areas in the world’s oceans that are a “soup” of floating rubbish. One of these areas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), is three times as large as France.But the plastic is spread over a large area, so it’s impossible to collect it piece by piece. Ocean Cleanup Group has developed a new device to gather up the floating plastic pollution to make it easier to remove. Boyan Slat, a member of the group, got the idea for the ocean cleanup device when he was just 18. His device is made up of a 2,000-foot-long floating U-shaped tube and a screen. As the water and the wind push the device, it can collect the rubbish, so that it’s easy for a ship to collect and remove the plastic.The group began testing the device last September. But it soon became clear that the screen was just moving with the plastic, not collecting it. After careful study, the group added a parachute to the device to make it move slower than the plastic. Then it could collect the plastic as planned. This June, they put the device into the ocean again. So far it has worked well.This success is just the beginning. Now the group wants to make a better and larger device that can collect plastic for up to a year.。
The Ocean Cleanup 海洋清理
探索发现海洋清理江苏省连云港市赣榆区罗阳中学陈传光供稿荷兰小伙子斯雷特在潜水时发现海里满是塑料垃圾,于是他放弃学业并萌生了建立一个收集海洋垃圾的系统的想法。
尽管困难重重,但他成功了。
他希望,到2040年,海洋里90%的塑料垃圾能被清除。
Boyan Slat has been dreaming of cleaning up the world ’s oceans for a long time.In 2010,he went on a diving vacation in Greece and was surprised.“I saw more plastic bags than fish in the water,”he said.From then on,Slat began to pay more attention to ocean pollution.He decided to give up higher education and set up the Ocean Cleanup,a non -government organization.Its purpose is to clean up ocean rubbish.He has set up the world ’s first ocean cleanup system with his team.Every year,over 8million tons of plastic end up in our oceans,and it can take up to 500years to break down.In 2018,the World Economic Forum 1predicted that the weight of ocean plastic would match that of all the fish in our oceans by 2050.Sea animals easily get trapped 2in plastic.They can ’t move.They can even die if they eat it.Smaller plastic pieces can also enter the food chain 3and end up in our bodies.Slat ’s plan was to create an environmentally -friendly,large system toclear out plastic rubbish from the ocean.After seven years of tests,on October 2nd,2019,a device 4called System 001/B came out.It successfully caught and collected a large amount of plastic rubbish floating in the ocean.Slat and his team are working to improve System 001/B.Their dream is to clear out 90percent of all the ocean plastic by 2040.20cn. All Rights Reserved.美文欣赏探索发现博杨·斯雷特长期以来一直梦想着清理世界上的海洋。
【中考英语 考题研究】专题12 短文填空(原卷版)
专题12 短文填空1、（2022·湖北武汉·统考中考真题）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的第一个字母已给出。
Erie Green has always wondered about things that live in the ocean. When he wasy____1____ , he loved to swim. He liked to watch all kinds of underwater animals and plants through his mask (潜水面罩). When he grew up, he wanted to l____2____ for new things in the ocean.Today, Mr. Green is a marine ecologist (海洋生态学家). He studies how underwater animals and plants connect with each other and need each other to stay a____3____.Mr. Green studies coral reefs (珊瑚) in the Pacific Ocean. A coral reef is like a big underwater t____4____. Thousands of animals and plants live there. They compete for food and space there. As a result, the beautiful coral reefs get i____5____ easily.Mr. Green also studies how people’s actions can change coral reefs. Sometimes people pollute the water or overfish, so the w____6____ that all the living things are joined together has been changed. If coral reefs get hurt, many animals have to find new homes. Some animals’n____7____ drop low, and some animals just disappear. Mr. Green wants to p____8____ this from happening.Mr. Green believes that all living things in a coral reef should be k____9____ safe. “Underwater ecosystems are like airplanes,” Mr. Green says. “They need all of their parts to work correctly.” “To take better care of marine homes, we first must k____10____ them. Only through that, can we understand the gre at influence humans have on these places.” Mr. Green says.2、（2021·湖北武汉·统考中考真题）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的单词，单词的第一个字母已给出Susan is the daughter of the famous environmental scientist Clark. But the woman has become an environmentalist on her o____11____.In 1992, the first UN Earth Summit(峰会) was held in Rio de Janeiro. Thousands of people from around the world h____12____ for it to talk about the Earth’s tomorrow. Twelve-year-old Susan and three of her friends formed a group. They raised money to travel to Rio toa____13____ the summit.At the summit, Susan said that the state of the environment w____14____ her a lot. “You don’t know how to fix the holes in our ozone layer (臭氧层). You don’t know how to bring back forests that once g____15____ where there is now desert. If you don’t know how to fix the Earth,please stop b____16____ it!” The six-minute speech silenced all the people and made them fall into deep thinking.After that speech, Susan began to lead “two lives.” On the t____17____ days, she was a schoolchild. But during her vacations, she s____18____ internationally about the environment.Now, nearly 30 years has passed since Susan made her Rio speech. Although many of the world’s environmental problems have only become w____19____, Susan does agree that some things are different now. More and more people give voice like Susan because they have realized the importance of the environment.“Thirty years ago, I was fighting for my tomorrow. Now, I am fighting for the f____20____ of my sons,” says Susan, now a mothe r of two, who has kept calling people's attention to climate change.3、（2020·湖北·中考真题）Boyan Slat has one huge goal. It's a goal that could be good for people and a____21____all over the world. Amazingly, it looks like he's going tom____22____his goal.When he was 16, Dutch engineering student Slat was on vacation in Greece, and he startedto think about all the rubbish that is p____23____onto beaches by water. The oceans around the world are all of plastic—millions of tons of plastic. Unfortunately, plastic doesn't just disappear. It takes c____24____to break down (分解).The p____25____situation of the oceans is bad and worrying and Slat wanted to do something to change it. So he made it a personal goal to clean up the rubbish in the world's oceans.Slat started with an idea for an unusual m____26____to "catch" the plastic floating (漂浮) in the water using the natural energy of the ocean. He left school in 2013 to begin work on his project The Ocean Cleanup. Soon, the project r____27____a lot of attention.A year later, he was leading a team of 100 scientists and engineers working on the invention. Slat needed money for this, so he started asking people to d____28____to his project online and raised over $ 2 million!Soon after, Slat was named a "Champion of the Earth" by the United Nations for his meaningful and v____29____ work. It's the most important title the UN gives to people helping the environment. The Ocean Cleanup also won several awards (奖项) for having one of the best inventions of 2015. But the d_____30_____goes on for Slat. He hopes that the oceans will be free of plastic in about twenty or thirty years.4、（2019·湖北武汉·统考中考真题）It was at an exhibition of the artist’s works organized by the Red Cross. I was invited as a special g___31___to attend the exhibition. During this period, two cute girls of 16 or 17 years old came to me and asked me for my signature(签名).“I haven’t brought my pen.Is the p___32___okay?” Actually, I knew they wouldn’tr___33___. I just wanted to show a well-known writer’s good manners to the c___34___readers.“Certainly,” the young girls readily a___35___. I could see they were very excited. Of course, their excitement also made me feel more pleased and satisfied. One of the girlsh___36___her fine notebook to me. I turned over the cover of the notebook, wrote a few words of encouragement n____37____and signed my name. The girl read my signature, frowned (皱眉), looked at me carefully and asked, “Aren’t you Robert Char?”“No,” I told her proudly, “I’m the author of Alice Adams, the w___38___of two Pulitzer Prizes.”The young girl turned to the o___39___,shrugged (耸肩) and said, “Mary, lend your rubber to me.” At that moment, all my p____40____turned into a bubble (泡泡) immediately. Since then, I always warn myself: no m atter how outstanding you are, don’t think highly of yourself.5、（2018·湖北武汉·中考真题）先阅读短文,再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式,单词的第一个字母已给出.When you’re very, very afraid of something, that fear can affect (影响) you and how you live your life. When I was younger, I saw my cousin f___41___onto an ant’s nest. The ants attacked (攻击) him, and he was c___42___in terrible bites (咬). After that I became very scared of ants. I wouldn’t eat outside, and I didn’t even like to play outside. I c___43___my bed for ants every night. But when I t___44___thirteen, I decided I couldn’t let my fear get to me. I had to learn to control fear of ants.First I read a lot about different ants. I didn’t focus on bites, but instead I read about how helpful ants are to the p___45___. Ants are really cool! They are hard-working, social, and organized. They help bring a___46___and nutrients(营养) to the earth. They help plants grow, clean up decaying (腐烂的) m___47___, and help control other insects.Next I began to w___48___ants from a safe distance. I stared to look at a family of ants in real time on the internet in order to learn how they live. Little by little, I felt more c___49___about ants. Finally I went outside one day and let an ant move onto my hand and t___50___it gently. It was okay! Now that I know about all the good things ants do, I’m not so afraid of them anymore.6、（2017·湖北武汉·中考真题）Soap is widely used in our lives around the world. Once soap was a dangerous-to-make hair p___51___ But it is something that it would be difficult to live without today.Soap is everywhere. We use it every day and c___52___ it as something important in our lives. It also has an amazing h___53___, in Babylon around 2800 B．C．, the e___54___ known soap was made and used. Ancient Egyptians also made soap. At one time, soap-making was not s______55______That’s because lye(碱液) b___56___chemical burns or even made people blindin the making process. Other dangerous materials were also m___57___with animal fats and oils. Later. soap became a___58___in stores and people gradually stopped making it in their homes.Originally (最初), soap was not mainly used for c___59___. Instead, it was used as gel(凝胶) for making hair stay in place or smell good. The Arabs first made the soap that we know today. They created colored, liquid, and hard soaps. They even had soaps which were used forshaving(刮胡子).Soap became people’s f____60____ in the late 1800s. Advertising in Europe and the US helped people understand the connection between cleanliness and good health. Now. Soap is something we wouldn’t want to live without.7、（2016·湖北武汉·中考真题）阅读理解填词先阅读短文，再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。
人教版八年级英语下册期中综合素质评价试卷 附答案 (3)
人教版八年级英语下册期中综合素质评价(限时: 100分钟满分: 120分)听力部分(20分)一、听句子, 选择最佳答语, 每个句子读一遍(每小题1分, 共5分)()1. A. Yes, he will. B. Yes, he was.C. Yes, they are.()2. A. Not at all. B. No, I couldn't.C. Sorry, I will.()3. A. I was busy. B. Yesterday was Sunday.C. It was rainy.()4. A. I am free. B. Good idea.C. Good luck.()5. A. Well, you should write him a letter. B. No, not at all.C. You are welcome.二、听对话及问题, 根据所听内容, 选择正确答案, 每段对话读两遍(每小题 1 分,共5分)()6. A. She had a fever. B. She had a cold.C. She cut herself.()7. A. She is eating an apple. B. She is doing the housework.C. She is watching TV.()8. A. Playing with Tom. B. Arguing with Tom.C. Calling Tom and asking him for the storybook.()9. A. In the library. B. In the classroom.C. At home.()10. A. Give out food. B. Put up the signs.C. Cheer the sick kids up.三、听长对话, 选出能回答所给问题的最佳答案, 每段对话读两遍(每小题 1 分,共5分)听第一段对话, 回答第11—12 小题。
四川省泸州市2021年中考英语真题含答案
四川省泸州市2021年中考英语真题一、完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)（共2题；共20分）1.通读下面的短文，然后从后面各题所给A、B、C、D四个选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案Today is Tom's birthday. He is seventy years old. But there is nobody being 1 him. He feels very disappointed. He can't find his happiness anywhere. His sons who are busy, working don't care for him on his special day. 2 the cake is very delicious, he doesn't want to touch it. He just 3his children to come and stay with him.Nowadays, many people are so busy that they 4 visit their parents. However, blood is5 thicker than water. Our dear parents make every effort to bring us up, so we are supposed to treat them well when they become old.1. A. in B. with C. over D. about2. A. Although B. Because C. If D. Since3. A. expects B. hopes C. makes D. notices4. A. usually B. often C. seldom D. always5. A. less B. more C. much D. little2.完形填空All the time, little Dick was happy. He used to go about singing and dancing the whole day long. Nothing could make him sad.One day, Dick wanted" travel in the 1 . So he set out with excitement, singing till he made the forest full of songs.He was about to drink near a river in the woods when he was 2 . He found himself in the hands of a tall giant (庞然大物), a hundred times as 3 as himself! The giant looked at him and then put him into a large 4 and carried him off.Poor Dick tried to get out of the bag, 5 the giant only laughed.At last the giant came to his house—a dark place. When he got in, 6 shut the door, and took Dick out of the bag.Dick now thought he would 7 , for when he looked around he saw a large fire, and before it his two brothers were roasted (烤) for the giant's dinner. However, the giant, did not kill Dick, but put him into a prison (监狱) which he had 8 for him.The prison was dark, with bars (栏杆) all round it. The only food was bread and water. Dick beat his head 9 the bars. Dick was too 10 to think of eating or drinking.The 11 Dick thought of his free life — warm home, close friends, the 12the trees and the flowers.The giant came again, and wanted Dick to sing as he 13 do. "Sing, sing!" said he. But Dick was too sad to 14 . A prison is no place in which to sing. 15 the giant grew angry, and took Dick out to force him to sing. Dick cried, struggled, and then died in the giant's hand!This is a true story. Poor Dick was a little bird, and the giant was a cruel boy.1. A. forest B. river C. hands D. house2. A. found B. caught C. moved D. killed3. A. big B. thin C. high D. short4. A. hole B. building C. prison D. bag5. A. but B. so C. or D. for6. A. it B. he C. that D. they7. A. argue B. jump C. stick D. die8. A. prepared B. sent C. asked D. imagined9. A. into B. above C. among D. against10. A. surprised B. touched C. scared D. interested11. A. clever B. happy C. poor D. shy12. A. sunlight B. giant C. darkness D. fire13. A. happened to B. used to C. seemed to D. continued to14. A. dance B. eat C. travel D. sing15. A. Widely B. Recently C. Finally D. Mainly二、阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)（共4题；共40分）3.阅读理解While I was jumping rope, my smartphone took a fall to the floor which created cracks (裂缝)on my screen. However, the music kept playing. 30 minutes later, I could see only one-tenth of my screen while the rest was black. The next morning, I decided not to use it for 24 hours. I felt a sense of calm that day, which led to my not using it for one week. One week ended up becoming 60 days in total without my smartphone.Here are some advantages I noticed in this challenge.—You'll become "bored"Without my phone, I became bored, but my mind when through all kinds of topics, Boredom (无聊) is a perfect way to create new ideas on a business or project. When you are bored, you allow your mind to relax to reach all possibilities.—You'll be able to reduce your "work" hoursA survey found that adults checked their smartphones 85 times a day, or once every 10 minutes. As I learned in my challenge, by not having my smartplhone, I fell into deep work no easily, so I completed my tasks in a shorter time.—You'll improve your mental healthWithout my phone, I avoided reading negative (负面的) news and comment. While that helped make a big improvement in my mental health, the biggest reason for it Was truly communicating with people. It brought me more connections with humans in the real world. I went to more dinners with friends and asked more questions to strangers.（1）What happened to the writer's smartphone?A.It was lost.B.It had no sound.C.Its music stopped playing.D.Its screen was mostly black.（2）How long did the writer stop using the phone in the end?A.For 24 hours.B.For one week.C.For one month.D.For sixty days.（3）Boredom is a good way for the writer .A.to create new ideasB.to start a businessC.to set up a projectD.lo relax the body（4）Without the smartphone, the writer could finish the work .A.more terriblyB.more quicklyC.more carelesslyD.more comfortably（5）What can improve people's mental health according to the passage?A.Chatting on the phone.B.Reading negative news.municating in the real world.D.Avoiding meeting friends and strangers.4.阅读理解In a small village there was a middle-aged postman, who just tuned 20 years old and starteddelivering (投递) all kinds of happy or sad stories to each home day after day for 50 kilometers. 20 years flew by, and so many changes took place, but the road from the post office to the villagealways hadn't had any tree and nothing but the flying dust (尘土) could be seen."How long shall I go along this lonely road?"As soon as he thought he must spend his life riding the bike on the dusty road with no flower or tree, he felt somewhat sorry.One day when he finished delivering the letters and was ready to return, he happened to pass by a flower shop." Right, that's i!" He walked into the shop, bought a handful of wild flower seeds (种子), and from the next day on put these seeds along the roadside. Thus, after one day, two days, one month, two month... he always kept putting the wild flower seeds along the roadside.Before long, on the lonely road, where he had come and gone for 20 years, grew up a lot of little flowers, in all seasons endlessly.For the villages, the flowers were more enjoyable than any mail the postman delivered in all his life.On the road without dust but full of petals (花瓣), the postman rode his bike, losing himself in the sweet smell and not feeling lonely and anxious any more.（1）How old was the postman when he started his job?A.About thirty years old.B.About twenty years old.C.Over forty years old.D.Over fifty years old.（2）What was the road like before?A.Covered with flowers.B.Covered with trees.C.Full of flying dust.D.Full of seeds.（3）What did the postman buy at the flower shop?A.Wild flowers.B.Bikes.C.Wild flower seeds.D.Petals.（4）According to the passage, which of the following is true?A.The villagers showed no interest in the flowers.B.The postman enjoyed the road full of flowers.C.The villagers helped buy the flower seeds.D.The postman still felt lonely in the end.（5）What does the writer want to express in this passage?A.Little things make a big difference.B.Failure is the mother of success.C.Practice makes perfect.D.Old habits die hard.5.阅读理解After opening a free online Harry Potter center in April, British writer JK·Rowling brings even more good news.In May, Rowling started writing a new story called The Ickabog, which was free to read online to help amuse people who stayed at home because of COVID-19.The new story centers around a monster (怪物) known as the Ickabog, a fierce child-eating monster who lives in the northern tip of an imaginary land known as Cornucopia and has super powers.Though the book is written for children, it is also fascinating to adults. It talks about many things, such as weak leadership, and suppression (镇压) of disagreement."The Ickabog is a story about truth and the abuse (滥用) of power," Rowling wrote on the website. "The themes are timeless and could be used in any era or any country."Rowling put the first two chapters online on May 26, with daily writing to follow until July 10.She is also planing to publish (出版) the book in print later this year and then give away the money from its sales to projects and organizations helping the groups most influenced by COVID-19.（1）When did Rowling begin writing the new story The Ickabog online?A.In April.B.In May.C.In June.D.In July.（2）What does the underlined word "fierce" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.凶猛的B.失落的C.善良的D.兴奋的（3）Which theme is mentioned in the story The Ickabog?A.COVID-19.B.Good leadership.C.The abuse of power.D.Working together.（4）How did Rowling finish The lckabog?A.She finished the whole story in one go.B.She wrote part of it every day online.C.She printed the story by herself.D.She told the whole story twice.（5）From the end of the passage，we can most probably learn Rowling is .A.HelpfulB.famousC.hard-workingD.powerful6.阅读理解Boyan Slat has been dreaming of cleaning up the world's oceans for a long time.In 2010, he went on a diving (潜水) vacation in Greece and was shocked. "I saw more plastic bags than fish in the water," he said.From then on, Slat began to pay more attention to ocean pollution. He decided to give up higher education and set up the 0cean Cleanup, a non-government organization. Its purpose is to clean up ocean rubbish. He has set up the world's first ocean cleanup system (系统) with his team.Every year, over 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans, and it can take up to 500 years to break down. In 2018, the World Economic Forum predicted that the weight of ocean plastic would match that of all the fish in our oceans by 2050. Sea animals easily get caught in plastic. They can't move. They can even die if they eat it. Smaller plastic pieces can also enter the food chain (链) and end up in our bodies.Slat's plan was to create an environmentally-friendly, large system to clear out plastic rubbish from the ocean.After seven years of tests, on October 2nd, 2019, a machine called System 001/B came out. It successfully caught and collected a large amount of plastic rubbish floating in the ocean.Slat and his team are working to improve System 001/B. Their dream is to clear out 90 percent of all the ocean plastic by 2040.（1）What did Boyan Slat care more about after his vacation in Greece?A.Diving.B.Plastic bags.C.Ocean pollution.D.Higher education.（2）How long does it take to break down 8 million tons of plastic?A.More than 7 years.B.Up to 30 years.C.Less than 40 years.D.About 500 years.（3）From the prediction of the World Economic Forum in 2018, we can learn .A.little pollution ends up in the oceanB.ocean plastic pollution is seriousC.animals prefer plasticD.people like sea food（4）How did System 001/B work?A.It collected much plastic rubbish in the ocean.B.It dealt with all the rubbish in the ocean.C.It cleared out rubbish everywhere.D.It cleared out 90% of the plastic.（5）What's the main idea of the passage?A.Animals and humans.B.Plastic problems.C.Life in the future.D.Ocean cleanup.三、完成对话(共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分)（共1题；共5分）7.根据对话内容，在每个空缺处填入—个适当的词，使整段对话意思完整。
(中考冲刺)人教版中考英语专项练习—(首字母)综合填空(精编版 带答案)
Saturday is fors___27___. Mum advises me to buy a teddy bear for my cousin as ap___28___. We’re going to Portobello Road in the morning. Then in the afternoon, we'll visit Harrods—the most famous shop in London! Dad’s not very happy about it, but I'm sure he'll e___29___it when we're there.
____16____, after a long year, he reached the treasure’s location. He spent two days____17____for the treasure, but found nothing.
英国关于海洋塑料的英语阅读
英国关于海洋塑料的英语阅读The Dutch boy mopping up a sea of plastic“When I was 16 years old,I was scuba diving(水肺潜水)in Greece,but I was disappointed because I saw more plastic bags than fish."These are the words of Boyan Slat,25,an engineer who designed the world's first ocean plastic cleanup system.Every year,more than 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans,according to the UN Environment Programme.Every day,plastic items,fishing equipment,and ship parts are dumped(倾倒)into the seas.These can take up to 500 years to decompose(分解).If left alone,sea animals become entangled(缠绕的)in them and can even die if the plastics are ingested(摄入).Worse,humans can be affected when these plastics break down.“Smaller pieces enter the food chain,and that's a food chain that includes us humans,"Slat said.In 2018,the World Economic Forum predicted that the weight of ocean plastics will match the weight of all the fish in our oceans by 2050.To prevent this grim(令人沮丧的)reality,Slat created The Ocean Cleanup,an environmental NGO,in 2013 and put his plan for an ocean plastic cleanup device(设备)into action.After years of research and development in the Netherlands,a device called System001/B successfully startedgathering plastic on Oct 2,2019.The device uses a 600-meter-long“C”shaped tube to gather all the floating debris(垃圾).Unlike other cleanup methods,the system floats freely according to the direction of the waves,which allows waste to flow into and stay within the device.A sea anchor(锚)is attached to either end.This slows down the system as it floats through the water and allows the faster-moving rubbish,carried by the waves,to flow into its mouth.System 001/B can also collect waste below the surface using a 3-meter-deep skirt(挡板)attached to the end.After being gathered,the trash will be dragged back to shore by boat and recycled.In a news conference,Slat said,“In a few years we will have the full-scale fleet(舰队)out there.”Currently,the system operates in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch,an area that is three times the size of France.Once operational,the Ocean Cleanup expects a full fleet to be able to clear 50 percent of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in five years.It remains to be seen if this dream will become a reality,but it is undeniable that humanity must work togetherto reduce our plastic use and repair the damage our waste has caused.“We are starting to see a young generation that gets that and is excited about asustainable(可持续的)future,but the question still comes down to:Are we going fast enough,and how much damage will have been done before we get there?"Slat said. (节选自Telegraph)1.What do the first four paragraphs mainly talk about?A.Slat's scuba diving experiences in Greece.B.Slat's research on ocean environments.C.How ocean environment relates to humans.D.How Slat got the idea for an environmental NGO.2.What do we know about System 001/B?A.It's a cleanup device put into use last October.B.It collects and recycles garbage at the same time.C.It can only collect waste that floats in water.D.It aims to clear the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in a decade.3.What does Slat intend to tell us according to the last paragraph?A.He is positive about the future of the ocean.B.It is hard to repair the damage to the environment.C.Humans should work hard to reduce plastic pollution.D.The younger generation lacks environmental awareness. 答案：1.D 2.A 3.D。
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人类对地球环境的污染正变得日益严重，尤其是对海洋环境的污染，已经致使海洋中垃圾普遍增多。
这样不仅威胁到海洋生物的生存，而且对人类船舶航行安全同样造成影响。
为了有效清理海洋垃圾，日前美国一名年仅 19 岁的学生 Boyan Slat 宣布，他将计划建造一台巨大的海洋垃圾回收器，旨在帮助海洋恢复到污染前的状态。
据悉，Boyan Slat 来自荷兰代尔夫特理工大学，他从 2012 年就开始发起的这个海洋垃圾回收项目计划，并因此获得了多项学校颁发的创新大奖。
值得一提的是，Boyan Slat 还因该项目获得了国外著名科技演讲机构 TED 的演讲邀约，受到的关注度可见一斑。
这项计划主要包括一艘全部采用太阳能或潮汐能驱动的清洁小船，但是其两侧将配备两个巨大的板条。
而板条采用特殊材料，不仅能轻易漂浮在海面上，还不容发生折断，将会被用于收集海面漂浮物，但是对海底污染物则无能为力。
虽然这艘小船看上去似乎十分无力，但是 Boyan Slat 表示这项计划是可行的。
因为此前他曾查阅大量资料，结果显示海洋中主要的污染物为 PCB 塑料，而这些垃圾通常会在海面上游荡很长的时间。
这意味着，这个项目回收的海洋“垃圾”将大部分会是塑料制品，具备回收利用的商业价值。
据估计，这一小船如果在大海上运行五年，将可以回收海洋垃圾高达 7,250,000 吨，但是运行成本却接近为零。
目前，Boyan Slat 已经在网站贴出告示，希望有识之士能与他共同开发该项目。
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