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    "It can't be done．" Boyan Slat heard this over and over when he first proposed a way to clean  up millions of tons of plastic polluting our oceans． Almost anyone else would have given up in frustration and despair． But 20﹣year﹣old Slat hasn't： been discouraged but committed to his dream． "Human history is basically a list of things that couldn't be done， and then were done，" he says．Today， slat and his team at The Ocean Cleanup are well on their way to proving the critics wrong． Good news for the planet．

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Slat， who grew up in the city of Delft in the Netherlands， was on a diving trip in Greece three years ago when he was deeply impressed by plastic， "There were more plastic bags than fish，" he says． "That moment I realized it was a huge issue and that environmental issues are really the biggest problems my generation will face．"

That fall， Slat， then 17， decided to study plastic pollution as part of a high school project． Soon， Slat learned that no one had yet come up with practical way to clean up this massive garbage patches． Most proposed solutions involved "fishing" up the plastic using ships equipped with nets﹣which， as Slat discovered， would likely take more than 1，000 years， cost too much， let off too much sea life along with the trash．

Slat proposed an alternative that mostly avoided these problems﹣a solar﹣powered system using a floating plastic tube which will go around the garbage and trap it is 600 meters long， A big screen hangs down from it， about three metres into the water． Wind， waves and ocean currents will push the trash toward the tube． （Fish can swim under the screen） A ship will pick up the trash and take it back to the shore to sort and recycle it into oil and other products． Best of all， Slat predicted his system could clean up the North Pacific Garbage Patch between California and Hawaii where a lot of floating garbage exists， within five to 10 years．

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The following， Slat entered the aerospace engineering program at the Delft University of Technology and officially announced his ocean cleanup concept at TEDx Delft． But nothing much moved forward，

Slat found himself continually absent﹣minded in classes， looking for ways． to improve his concept． "It wouldn't let go． I finally decided to put both university and my social life on hold to focus all my time on developing this idea． I wasn't sure if it would succeed， but considering the scale of problem I thought it was important to at least try．" He says．

With this family's blessing， Slat began in earnest organizing a team of volunteers and employees for The Ocean Cleanup， which now numbers about 100．

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In answer to opposition， Slat and his team raised ＄100，000 from a crowdfunding campaign and began testing a 40﹣meter collecting barrier near the Azores Islands last March． In June， they released a 500+ page possibility study．

Over the next three to four years， Slat will push toward a fully operational large﹣scale project by testing a series of longer and longer barriers． He's currently seeking to crowd fund ＄2 million to finance it． Incidentally， The Ocean Cleanup is also working on a plan to stop plastic from washing into the oceans in the first place． "It's just the other problem that is equally important．" Slat says． "It's something everyone is able to help with， and we also have some technologies in the pipeline．"

As for school， Slat doesn't miss it ﹣ except maybe for the social﹣part， which he hopes to （恢复） a bit once his team takes on more of the workload． " I don't have time for things like that right now， but I really can't complain． I can imagine doing something more fun than being able to have an idea and then actually making it into a reality．" he says．

1.What is the function of the first paragraph？

A. An introduction to the main topic．

B. An overview of the whole article

C. The background information of the story

D. Raising a problem for later solution

2.Which of the following shows the correct order of the three missing subtitles？

a． But is it possible？

b． Drowning in plastic

c． An idea wouldn't die

A. a﹣b﹣c

B. c﹣b﹣a

C. b﹣a﹣c

D. b﹣c﹣a

3.What inspired the boy to study plastic pollution？

A. One of his high school projects．

B. Others' opposition to his proposal．

C. Humans' failure in cleaning up the ocean．

D. The shockingly heavy plastic pollution in ocean．

4.What can we say about Slat's design？

A. It is powerful but only used in California and Hawaii

B. It is huge but causes great damage to sea lives

C. It makes full use of natural forces and is friendly to nature．

D. It was welcomed by all the public and worked very well．

5.Which of the following quotes best displays Slat's strong will and confidence？

A. "Human history is basically a list of things that couldn't be done， and then were done．"

B. "That was the moment I realized it was a huge issue and that environmental issues are really the biggest problems my generation will face．"

C. "I finally decided to put both university and my social life on hold to focus all my time on developing this idea．"

D. "It's something everyone is able to help with， and we also have some technologies in the pipeline．"

6.What does the author mainly do in this article？

A. Explain a creative idea

B. Introduce a fascinating person．

C. Describe a social phenomenon

D. Praise a point of view

Answer

1.B

2.D

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，主要介绍了一个20岁的小伙子发现海洋中的塑料污染日益严重之后，想出了一种利用风、海浪和洋流清理海洋中的塑料垃圾的方法，人人都说他的想法不可行，但他仍然坚持梦想并付诸实践。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段中的““It can’t be done.” Boyan Slat heard this over and over when he first proposed a way to clean up millions of tons of plastic polluting our oceans.”可知，当Boyan Slat提出一种处理数百万吨污染海洋的塑料的方法时，他一遍又一遍地听到“这是不可能的”，下文又具体介绍了海洋中的塑料污染现象和Boyan Slat为处理海洋塑料的新方法所付出的努力，由此可知，第一段的目的就是引出文章话题，故B项正确。

2.段落大意题。根据第二段中的“There were more plastic bags than fish,”可知，海洋中的塑料袋比鱼还多，塑料污染十分严重，Drowning in plastic（淹没在海洋中）最能概括出这部分内容；根据第六段中的“It wouldn’t let go.”可知，Slat坚持自己的理念不放手，An idea wouldn’t die（一种想法不会消失）最能概括出这部分内容；根据倒数第三段中的“In answer to opposition, Slat and his team raised $100,000 from a crowd funding campaign and began testing a 40-meter collecting barrier near the Azores Islands last March”可知，Slat和他的团队在亚速尔群岛附近测试一个40米高的收集屏障，讲的是这个方法的可行性，But is it possible?（但是它可能么）最能概括出这部分内容，故D项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据第二段中““There were more plastic bags than fish,” he says. “That moment I realized it was a huge issue and that environmental issues are really the biggest problems my generation will face.””可知，Slat发现海洋中的塑料袋比鱼还多，这让他决定研究塑料污染，故D项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据第四段中的“Wind, waves and ocean currents will push the trash toward the tube.”可知，Slat的设计充分利用了风、海浪和洋流等自然力量，因此它是环保的，故C项正确。

5.推理判断题。根据第一段中的““It can’t be done.” Boyan Slat heard this over and over when he first proposed a way to clean up millions of tons of plastic polluting our oceans.”可知，当Boyan Slat提出一种处理数百万吨污染海洋的塑料的方法时，他一遍又一遍地听到“这是不可能的”，但是他没有因此而放弃， A项（人类历史基本上就是一张不能做的事情的列表，然后被做了）最能反映出Slat的自信和意志，故A项正确。

6.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要介绍了一个20岁的小伙子发现海洋中的塑料污染日益严重之后，想出了一种利用风、海浪和洋流清理海洋中的塑料垃圾的方法，人人都说他的想法不可行，但他仍然坚持梦想并付诸实践，故B项正确。