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2019·广东珠海市第二学期高三二模
The tons of plastic we're dumping in the oceans is finding a new home—the stomachs of our beautiful marine animals. Yet another reminder of this fact washed ashore in Eastern Indonesia this week. A large amount of waste, including drinking cups and flipflops, was found in the stomach of a whale that died off the coast near Kapota Island.
The 9.5metre sperm whale (抹香鲸) was found by rescuers from the Wakatobi National Park. “The whale had swallowed 5.9 kilograms of plastic waste containing 115 plastic cups, four plastic bottles, 25 plastic bags, and more than 1,000 other kinds of pieces of plastic，” park chief Heri Santoso told the reporter.
“Although we have not been able to deduce the cause of death, the facts that we see are truly awful，” said Dwi Suprapti, a marine species conservation coordinator at WWF Indonesia. She said it was not possible to determine if the plastic had caused the whale's death because of the animal's advanced state of decay (腐烂). But this is only the latest.
Four Asian nations—Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand—account for 50% of the plastic waste in the oceans, according to a report by environmental campaigner Ocean Conservancy and the McKinsey Center for Business and Environment. The Philippines is second to Indonesia when it comes to putting away plastic waste in the oceans, according to a study published in the journal Science in January. Of the 3.2 million mismanaged waste it produces every year, 1.29 million ends up in the ocean.
A report released earlier this year stated that the amount of plastic in the ocean is likely to increase.
1．What can we know about the sperm whale?
A．Its stomach is the home of plastic waste.
B．It died of swallowing lots of plastic waste.
C．It was the first whale to eat plastic waste.
D．It had eaten much plastic waste before its death.
2．Which can best replace the underlined word “deduce” in Paragraph 3?
A．Confirm. B.Cause.
C．Approve. D.Contain.
3．Which country in Asia dumps the most plastic waste into the oceans?
A．Thailand. B.Indonesia.
C．Vietnam. D.Philippines.
4．What's the main idea of the passage?
A．Philippines puts away 1.29 million tons of plastic.
B．A sperm whale was found dead near Kapota Island.
C．Much dumped plastic waste was found in a dead whale.
D．We should take measures to reduce the waste in whales.
[语篇解读] 这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要讲叙了在一头死去的抹香鲸的胃里，发现了大量的塑料垃圾。
1．D 【解析】细节理解题。由第二段第二句可知，这条抹香鲸在死前，吃了很多塑料垃圾，故选D。
2．A 【解析】词义猜测题。由下文“She said it was not possible to determine if the plastic had caused the whale's death because of the animal's advanced state of decay(腐烂)．”可知画线词的意思是“证实”。 confirm证实；cause造成；approve赞成；contain包含；故选A。
3．B 【解析】细节理解题。由第四段第二句“The Philippines is second to Indonesia when it comes to putting away plastic waste in the oceans，”可知，印度尼西亚向海洋倾倒的塑料垃圾最多，故选B。
4．C 【解析】主旨大意题。第一段中的“A large amount of waste, including drinking cups and flipflops, was found in the stomach of a whale that died off the coast near Kapota Island.”是全文的主题句，结合上下文，可知这篇文章主要讲了在一头死去的抹香鲸胃里，发现了大量塑料垃圾，故选C。
-hansi-font-family:宋体;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black'>．C 【解析】观点态度题。由根据最后一段的第一句中“there is no doubt that it is coming.”可知，作者对于可折叠电脑手机中的未来持有积极的态度，故选C。
