1 . In the deepest dive in a manned submersible(潜水器), US explorer Victor Vescovo spotted and video-recorded a plastic bag and a pile of candy wrappers on the seabed.
His _________ of plastic waste 11.2 kilometers below sea level in the Challenger Deep in the Pacific Ocean, the deepest known point in the Earth’s oceans, means there is _________ on this planet plastic waste cannot reach, _________ it has been found on Mount Qomolangma and in both Arctic and Antarctic waters.
Since the patent(专利) for plastics was _________ in 1907, 8.3 billion tons of plastic products have already been produced, of which 6.3 billion have been poured into oceans _________ processing.
Most of the discarded(丢弃) plastic products _________ in the ocean. In the Pacific Ocean, plastic garbage and other waste have already formed a(n) _________ that’s 1.6 million square kilometers in size. That is the size of Mongolia.
Every year, about 8 million tons of plastic waste flow into the ocean. It is _________ that the total weight of plastic waste will reach 12 _________ tons by 2050, more than the total weight of oceanic fish.
This plastic waste __________ life in the oceans and on the land alike by filling in their stomachs so they cannot eat, or __________ around their bodies so they cannot breathe. It pollutes the __________ and prevents plants’ roots from digging deep into the ground. Plastic micro-particles(微粒) also join the water __________ and enter the bodies of animals, including humans. As humans are at the top of the food __________ , plastic micro-particles accumulate inside our bodies.
We must do something to __________ the situation. Don’t get plastic bags at the supermarket and take your own reusable one __________ . Give up fast delivery lunches and instead cook or go to the restaurant. Get into the __________ of sorting your garbage.
But that’s so much __________ said than done. Environmentalists have been __________ behavioral changes for at least three decades, yet we __________ to use a growing amount of plastic products.
1. A.report | B.discovery | C.record | D.accumulation |
2. A.everywhere | B.anywhere | C.somewhere | D.nowhere |
3. 4. A.abolished | B.acquired | C.registered | D.advertised |
5. A.with | B.without | C.off | D.above |
6. A.end up | B.wake up | C.grow up | D.walk up |
7. A.continent | B.park | C.island | D.garden |
8. A.suggested | B.estimated | C.weighed | D.congratulated |
9. A.thousand | B.hundred | C.million | D.billion |
10. A.feeds | B.saves | C.cares | D.kills |
11. A.looking | B.winding | C.floating | D.jumping |
12. A.earth | B.air | C.water | D.environment |
13. A.pollution | B.existence | C.temperature | D.cycle |
14. A.production | B.supply | C.pyramid | D.trade |
15. A.change | B.clean | C.satisfy | D.realize |
16. A.otherwise | B.instead | C.therefore | D.meanwhile |
17. A.exercise | B.activity | C.fact | D.habit |
18. A.harder | B.more effective | C.more courageous | D.easier |
19. A.calling for | B.looking for | C.sending for | D.waiting for |
20. A.start | B.refuse | C.continue | D.hope |