Question

【題目】

When he was nine years old，an American boy called Milo Cress had a question：How many plastic straws（吸管）do Americans use every day？

He quickly learned there wasn't a simple answer．The boy tried to find it out himself．Through lots of research，Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day．In hopes of cutting down plastic waste，he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011．

Cress started the project in his hometown Burlington．Vermont He asked a local restaurant to stop offering straws with every drink order．It was a simple change．However it would save money．And by doing that，the restaurant would cut down on its straw use by 50 percent．

For the year that followed，Cress tried to spread his protect across the United States． More and more restaurants agreed to join． They stop providing the customer with a straw unless he or she asks for one． Last April， Seattle became the first American city to completely ban plastic straws．

After his project became popular， Cress took his findings on the road． He has spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world．He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws．

"Focusing on straws is one simple step we all could take，"Cress says．"And it makes me feel that I，as a kid，could make a difference，too．"

【1】Cress found out that Americans use straws every day．

A. about 50 million

B. about 500 million

C. about 10 million

【2】Cress founded the Be Straw Free project in order to ．

A. save money

B. become popular

C. cut down plastic waste

【3】Which American city first completely banned plastic straws？

A. Burlington．

B. New York．

C. Seattle．

【4】What does the sentence "Cress took his findings on the road"mean？

A. Cress took a walk on the road．

B. Cress spread his project around the world．

C. Cress was doing his research all the time．

【5】According to the last paragraph， Cress thinks ．

A. he could be famous

B. he has made much money through his project

C. he could also do something meaningful although he is a child

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】B

【5】C

【解析】

短文介紹了美國(guó)男孩米洛·克雷斯創(chuàng)辦的一個(gè)無吸管工程。克雷斯波發(fā)現(xiàn)美國(guó)人每天使用大約5億根吸管，為了減少塑料垃圾，他在2011年創(chuàng)建了一個(gè)“無吸管”項(xiàng)目，接下來的一年里，克雷斯試圖在美國(guó)各地推廣，越來越多的餐館同意加入，西雅圖成為第一個(gè)完全禁止塑料吸管的美國(guó)城市。在他的項(xiàng)目變得流行之后，他已經(jīng)和世界各地成千上萬的學(xué)生交談過，他想鼓勵(lì)更多的人對(duì)塑料吸管說不，現(xiàn)在克雷斯把自己項(xiàng)目傳遍了全世界。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由“Cress found out that Americans use about 500 million straws every day”可知克雷斯波發(fā)現(xiàn)美國(guó)人每天使用大約5億根吸管，故答案選B。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“In hopes of cutting down plastic waste，he founded the Be Straw Free project in 2011.”為了減少塑料垃圾，他在2011年創(chuàng)建了無吸管項(xiàng)目，可知為了減少塑料垃圾，故選C。

【3】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Last April, Seattle became the first American city to completely ban plastic straws.”去年四月，西雅圖成為第一個(gè)完全禁止塑料吸管的美國(guó)城市，可知西雅圖成為第一個(gè)完全禁止塑料吸管的美國(guó)城市。故答案選C。

【4】內(nèi)容理解題。根據(jù)“He has spoken to tens of thousands of students around the world. He wants to encourage more people to say no to plastic straws.”他已經(jīng)和世界各地成千上萬的學(xué)生交談過，他想鼓勵(lì)更多的人對(duì)塑料吸管說不，可知此處是指克雷斯把自己項(xiàng)目傳遍了全世界。故答案選B。

【5】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)“Focusing on straws is one simple step we all could take，"Cress says．"And it makes me feel that I, as a kid, could make a difference, too.”“關(guān)注吸管是我們都可以采取的一個(gè)簡(jiǎn)單的步驟”，克雷斯安說，“這讓我覺得，作為一個(gè)孩子，我也可以有所作為”，可知他認(rèn)為作為一個(gè)孩子，也可以有所作為，故答案選C。