高考英语阅读理解真题46(含答案解析)

2021年全国乙卷 C

You’ve heard that plastic is polluting the oceans—between 4.8 and 12.7 million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year. But does one plastic straw or cup really make a difference? artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, forcing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.

At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called “Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from several volunteer beach cleanups, the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源) of plastic pollution, but they’ve recently come under fire because most people don’t need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be recycled. Every straw that’s part of Von Wong’s artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few minutes. Once the drink is gone, the straw will take centuries to disappear.

In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload’s worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled “Truckload of Plastic,” Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like they’d been dumped (倾倒) from a truck all at once.

Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.

28. What are Von Wong’s artworks intended for?

A. Beautifying the city he lives in.

B. Introducing eco-friendly products.

C. drawing public attention to plastic waste.

D. Reducing garbage on the beach.

29. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?

A. To show the difficulty of their recycling.

B. To explain why they are useful.

C. To voice his views on modern art.

D. To find a substitute for them.

30. What effect would “Truckload of Plastic” have on viewers?

A. Calming. B. Disturbing.

C. Refreshing. D. Challenging.

31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Artists’ Opinions on Plastic Safety

B. media Interest in Contemporary Art

C. responsibility Demanded of Big Companies

D. Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures

答案及解析：

28. C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste.

解析：文章第一段提到艺术家Benjamin Von Wong通过用塑料垃圾制作大型雕塑，迫使观众重新审视他们与一次性塑料产品的关系。这表明他的艺术作品的目的是为了吸引公众对塑料垃圾的关注。

29. A. To show the difficulty of their recycling.

解析：第三段中，作者讨论了塑料吸管，指出它们不是塑料污染的最大来源，但由于大多数人不需要它们来饮用，并且由于它们体积小、重量轻，无法回收，因此最近受到了批评。这表明作者讨论塑料吸管是为了展示它们回收的困难。

30. B. Disturbing.

解析：根据第四段的内容，Von Wong的作品“Truckload of Plastic”是为了说明每60秒就有相当于一卡车塑料进入海洋的统计数据。这样的作品很可能会给观众带来不安或困扰的感觉，因为它展示了塑料污染的严重性。

31. D. Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures.

解析：整篇文章讲述了艺术家Benjamin Von Wong如何使用从海洋中收集的塑料垃圾来创作大型雕塑，以此来提高人们对塑料污染问题的意识。因此，最佳标题应该是“海洋塑料变身为雕塑”。其他选项没有涵盖文章的主要内容。