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【题目】阅读短文, 根据短文内容回答问题。

Garbage(垃圾) Island

You can’t see it from the air. It’s almost impossible to see from a ship. But somewhere in the North Pacific is a huge island of garbage, just below the water surface.

What is the island made of?

The garbage island is not an island, but a collection of millions of plastic and other objects. The water movements of Pacific Ocean bring the objects together and cause them to go around in a big circle.

Charles Moore found it in 1997 and named it “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch” .

Where does all the plastic come from?

Much of the garbage comes from everyday objects, such as shopping bags and water bottles. Some of these objects finally reach the ocean. Garbage from the western coast of North America takes about six years to reach it. Objects from East Asia take about a year. Other garbage comes from ships passing through the area.

Is the Garbage Patch dangerous?

The larger pieces of garbage are a problem for wildlife. For example, sea turtles（海龟）and seabirds often think the plastic is their food. They eat the plastic and die.

In addition, the plastic stops sunlight from reaching deeper water. Without sunlight, very small sea animals die. Then, there is less food for larger fish to eat.

What can we do to help stop it?

Cleaning up the island isn’t easy. But we can make people realize the problem. One environmentalist(环保主义者), David de Rothschild, is sailing around the world in boat made of plastic bottles to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea.

Another idea is that we can recycle the plastic garbage. Environmental engineer Cesar Harada is building a robot that collects pieces of plastic. Harada hopes to use his robot in the Pacific. Harada also has a website for reporting environmental problems. He says, “I hope everybody can become an environmental activist.”

【1】What is the garbage made of?

【2】How long does it take objects from East Asia to reach the island?

【3】Is the garbage island dangerous?

【4】Why is David de Rothschild sailing in bottle boat?

【5】What can you do to help stop garbage island?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】It’s made of millions of plastic and other objects.

【2】About a year.

【3】Yes, it is. / Yes.

【4】Because he wants to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea./ To teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea

【5】We can make people realize the problem and recycle the plastic garbage.

【解析】短文介绍了北太平洋的一个巨大的垃圾岛，它被命名为“太平洋大垃圾区”。这些垃圾是由数百万的塑料和其它物体构成，来自世界各地。这些垃圾会对海洋生物造成很大的危害，也告诫人们要加强环保意识。

【1】根据短文中的句子“The garbage island is not an island, but a collection of millions of plastic and other objects.”可知，这些垃圾是由数百万的塑料和其它物体构成，故答案为It’s made of millions of plastic and other objects.

【2】根据文中句子“Objects from East Asia take about a year.”可知，来自东亚的物体大约需要一年时间来到这个垃圾岛，故答案为About a year.

【3】根据文中句子“The larger pieces of garbage are a problem for wildlife. For example, sea turtles（海龟）and seabirds often think the plastic is their food. They eat the plastic and die.”可知，这些垃圾会对海洋生物造成很大的危害，故答案为Yes, it is. / Yes.

【4】根据文中句子“One environmentalist(环保主义者), David de Rothschild, is sailing around the world in boat made of plastic bottles to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea.” 可知，David de Rothschild乘坐瓶子做成的船航海的目的是想提醒人们关于海中垃圾的问题。故答案为Because he wants to teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea./ To teach people about the problem of garbage in the sea

【5】根据文中句子Cleaning up the island isn’t easy. But we can make people realize the problem. Another idea is that we can recycle the plastic garbage.可知，为了防止垃圾岛的进一步形成，我们可以让人们认识到这个问题并回收塑料垃圾。故答案为We can make people realize the problem and recycle the plastic garbage.