外研版（2019）高中英语选择性必修第三册 Unit6_Starting_out_and_Understanding_ideas_能力提升练.docxVIP

PAGE \* Arabic 2 / NUMPAGES \* Arabic 2 Unit6 Starting out and Understanding ideas 能力提升练 Ⅰ.阅读理解 A （2019湖南师范大学附属中学高二上期末） Nations in the UN have agreed that the world needs to completely stop plastic waste from entering the oceans. The un resolution（决议）has no timetable，But ministers at an environmental summit believe it will set the course for much tougher policies and send a clear signal to the business. Under governments establish an international task force（特别工作组）to advise on fighting what the UN’s ocean chief has described as a world crisis. One controversial issue is the wish to include businesses in the global task force. Ministers say the problem will not be solved without businesses，but green groups point out that some firms in the plastic industry have been against restrictions for decades. Vidar Helgesen，a leading voice in the talks，told BBC News. “The business is listening to markets and seeing how marine litter（海洋垃圾）is becoming a popular concern. It’s possibly the fastest-growing environmental problem and it’s therefore a fast-growing problem for the business. We need to bring on board those companies that want to change things，and then look at taxes and regulations to make more companies act. Certainly, there has been resistance from plastic firms to the bans. One UN delegate, who did not want to be named, stated that journalists in some countries were being paid by the plastic industry to write stories about job losses following the plastic bag ban. But they did not mention the jobs being created in alternatives, such as labour-intensive work, which provides work for the rural poor. But some governments are standing firm, and the meeting has witnessed individual nations declaring more thorough action against single-use plastic bags. The UN’s spokesman Sam Barratt told BBC News, “Of course we would have liked to have gone further, but this meetings made real progress. There’s now a sense of urgency and energy behind the issue that we haven’t q