高考英语复习备考：主题语境---世界与环境 主题测试.docxVIP

高考英语复习备考：主题语境…世界与环境主题测试 I .阅读理解 Plastic-Eating Worms Humans produce more than 300 million tons of plastic every year. Almost half of that winds up in landfills （垃圾填埋场）, and up to 1 2 million tons pollute the oceans. So far there is no effective way to get rid of it, but a new study suggests an answer may lie in the stomachs of some hungry worms. Researchers in Spain and England recently found that the worms of the greater wax moth can break down polyethylene, which accounts for 40% of plastics. The team left 1 00 wax worms on a commercial polyethylene shopping bag for 1 2 hours, and the worms