题目内容
12.You eat food and drink water,right?Skipping Rocks Lab is changing how you and your future generations will have water.Have you ever thought you could eat water?Think again,this is actually happening somewhere in the world.
The group at Skipping Rocks Lab has made a water bottle you can eat.The product is called Ooho.Unlike plastic bottles,Oohos are neither tall nor hard.They look more like bubbles,or small,round,clear balls.They can hold liquid inside.People who drink Oohos can be surprised:the outside bursts in the mouth.
Rodrigo Garcia Gonzalez is with Skipping Rocks Lab.He explains that the outside,or the membrane,of Ooho is made of seaweed,a plant that grows in the ocean."It's a membrane made of seaweed that can contain water or any kind of liquid.It's made from an extract (汁) of the brown seaweed."
The Ooho membrane is tasteless,and you can eat it.The company says even if you throw away the membrane,it will break down in about four weeks.Gonzalez says the membrane is strong,and good for the environment.
Every year,billions of plastic water bottles are thrown away,polluting land and waterways around the world.The typical water bottle made of plastic can take hundreds of years to degrade.
Lise Honsinger is also with Skipping Rocks Lab."Most people just grab a bottle of water,hold it for five minutes,drink it,and throw it away.How can that then exist for 700 years?So,yeah,this is absolutely a solution to that.We are very purist:we don't want to see this packaged in plastic."
There are limits to the Ooho.It cannot be refilled.Each bottle is small.And Oohos do not store for more than a few days.The Skipping Rocks Lab is working on those issues."We're still working on things like extending the shelf life,looking at different options in terms of thickness,if we want to make one that stands up more,or more flexible for marathons where people just want to eat it whole."
Right now,Skipping Rocks Lab can make only a few thousand Oohos a day.But it is developing new technology that could increase that number to hundreds of thousands.
I'm Caty Weaver.Kevin Enochs wrote this story.Anne Ball adapted it for Learning English.Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor.
61.The advantage of Oohos is thatB.
A.Oohos can be stored over a long period
B.Oohos can degrade easily and quickly
C.Oohos may bring convenience to people
D.Oohos can help the world save water
62.What can we know about the Ooho membrane?D
A.It can hold anything inside.
B.The shelf life of it is not long.
C.Its production is very low now.
D.It is environmentally friendly.
63.Where does this passage come from?C
A.A news report.B.A speech draft.C.A radio speech.D.A website.
64.What might be the best title?C
A.Eating water-a long way to go
B.Ooho-a useful product
C.New water bottles help fight pollution
D.Ooho bursts in your mouth.
分析 本文属于说明文阅读,作者通过这篇文章主要向我们描述了实验室研究发明出来十分容易降解并且可以吃的水瓶包装.
解答 61.B.细节理解题.根据文章The Ooho membrane is tasteless,and you can eat it.The company says even if you throw away the membrane,it will break down in about four weeks可知oohos的优点可以很容易地和迅速降解;故选B.
62.D.推理判断题.根据文章The Ooho membrane is tasteless,and you can eat it.The company says even if you throw away the membrane,it will break down in about four weeks可知Ooho膜是十分环保的;故选D.
63.C.推理判断题.根据文章I'm Caty Weaver.Kevin Enochs wrote this story.Anne Ball adapted it for Learning English.Kelly Jean Kelly was the editor可知文章最可能来自于一个广播讲话;故选C.
64.C.推理判断题.根据文章The Ooho membrane is tasteless,and you can eat it.The company says even if you throw away the membrane,it will break down in about four weeks可知文章最佳标题为防治污染;故选C.
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力,做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确的选择.在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.
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