Question

    ''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.

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. Wind, waves and ocean currents will push the trash toward the tube. A ship will pick up the trash and take it back to the shore. Best of all, Slat predicted his system could clean up the North Pacific Garbage Patch within five to 10 years.

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

Slat organized a team of volunteers and employees for The Ocean Cleanup, which now numbers about 100. 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.

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.

1.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.

2.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.

3.What hasn't Slat done to make his idea into reality?

A.Presenting his idea at TEDxDelft.

B.Raising funds with his team.

C.Doing test.

D.Stopping plastic from washing into the ocean.

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

A.Explain a strange idea. B.Introduce a fascinating person.

C.Describe a social phenomenon. D.Praise a point of view.

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.D

4.B

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章主要介绍了Slat发现海洋中的塑料垃圾污染日益严重之后，想出了一种利用风、浪和洋流清理海洋中塑料垃圾的方法，人人都说他的方法不可行，但他仍然坚持梦想并付诸实践。

1.细节理解题。根据第二三段的''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. (他说：“塑料口袋比鱼还多，就在那个时刻我意识到这是一个严重的问题，环境问题是我们这一代人面临的最大问题。”那个秋天，17岁的Slat决定将学习塑料污染作为高中的一个项目)可知slat学习塑料污染是因为他看到了海洋里有大量的垃圾，有的地方塑料口袋甚至比鱼都多，即严重的海洋塑料污染。D. The shockingly heavy plastic pollution in ocean. (海洋里令人震惊的塑料污染)符合以上说法，故选D项。

2.推理判断题。根据第四段的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. Wind, waves and ocean currents will push the trash toward the tube. A ship will pick up the trash and take it back to the shore. (Slat提出了一个可以避免这些问题的方法：一个太阳功能系统，该系统使用一个漂浮的塑料管，塑料管将会环绕垃圾并将其困住，它有600米长。风、浪和洋流会把垃圾推向管道。过往的船只会捡起垃圾然后把它送回岸边)可知利用风、浪和洋流将垃圾冲进管道是很环保的方法。C. It makes full use of natural forces and is friendly to nature. (它充分利用了自然的力量，而且是环保的)符合以上说法，故选C项。

3.细节理解题。根据倒数第三段的The following, Slat entered the aerospace engineering program at the Delft University of Technology and officially announced his ocean cleanup concept at TEDxDelft. (接下来，Slat进入了代尔夫特理工大学的航天航空工程项目,并在TEDxDelft正式宣布了他的海洋清理概念)；倒数第二段的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. (作为对反对意见的回应，Slat和他的团队从一项众筹活动中筹集了10万美元)和最后一段的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. (在未来三到四年内，Slat将通过测试一系列越来越长的屏障，推动一个全面运作的大型项目)可知为了让自己的设计变成现实Slat在TEDxDelft宣布了自己的想法，并筹集的资金，未来还要做一系列的测试。D. Stopping plastic from washing into the ocean. (阻止塑料被冲进海洋)不符合以上说法，故选D项。

4.推理判断题。根据文章的主要内容，尤其是第一段的Boyan Slat heard this over and over when he first proposed a way to clean up millions of tons of plastic polluting our oceans. (当Slat第一次提出一种清理数百万吨污染海洋的塑料垃圾的方法时，这个说法他听了一次又一次)；第二段的Slat, who grew up in the city of Delft in the Netherlands(slat在荷兰的代尔夫特市长大)；第三段的That fall, Slat, then 17, decided to study plastic pollution as part of a high school project. (那个秋天，17岁的Slat决定将学习塑料污染作为高中的一个项目)；第四段的Slat proposed an alternative that mostly avoided these problems (Slat提出了一个可以避免这些问题的方法)；第五段的The following, Slat entered the aerospace engineering program at the Delft University of Technology(接下来，Slat进入了代尔夫特理工大学的航天航空工程项目)可知几乎每个自然段的第一句都提到了Slat，故推测作者写这篇文章的目的是给读者介绍这个人。B. Introduce a fascinating person. (介绍一个有吸引力的人)符合以上推测，故选B项。