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限时规范练30模块5Unit3ScienceandnatureB

核心素养关键词:培育学生人与自然、和谐发展的素养实力意识

一、阅读理解

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Back-to-backhurricaneshittheU.S.VirginIslandslastfallandcausedalotofdamage.TheU.S.ArmyCorpsofEngineershascollectedmorethan736,000cubicyardsofrubbishastheyrushtocleanupSt.Thomas,St.JohnandSt.Croix,theVirginIslands’threemajorislands,butthereisnoplacetoputit.Someoftherubbishismetal,someofitiswoodandpartsofbuildings,butmostofitistreesandotherplants.

TheArmyCorpswillshipthemetaltotheU.S.mainlandtobesold.Afterbeingcutupintosmallparts,woodandotherrubbishwillbesentthere,too.Butitismuchhardertogetridofthetreesandbigplants.TheArmyCorpswantedtoburntheplantwaste.Itisthecheapestwaytogetridofit,whichwasdoneinNewYorkandNewJerseyafterHurricaneSandyin2012.

ButpeopleintheVirginIslandsthoughtitcouldharmtheirhealthandthehealthoftheislands,too.TheproteststartedontheislandofSt.John,whichiscircledbycoralreefsandincludesabignationalpark.PeopleonSt.ThomasandSt.Croixjoinedin,too.

Sendingtheplantwastetothemainlandisnotagoodidea,either.Itincludesinsectsthatcouldcreateproblemsinotherareas.InPuertoRico,anislandintheCaribbeanSea,theArmyCorpsiscuttingplantwasteintomulch(护根),whichhelpsimprovethesoil.PeopleintheVirginIslandsliketheidea.Buttheremaynotbeenoughspaceforallofit.

Andsomepeoplearetiredofwaiting.RaphaelMunchez,whosehomewasdamaged,isoneofthosepeople.“Weneedourgovernmenttogetbackonitsfeet,”hesaid.“It’sstrugglingrightnow.Nobodyisworriedaboutpollutionrightnow.Weareworriedaboutgettingallofthisrubbishofftheisland.”

1.WhattroubledtheArmyCorpsintheVirginIslands?

A.Thesevereweather.

B.Themountainsofrubbish.

C.Thebuildingsinbadcondition.

D.ThedamagecausedbyHurricaneSandy.

2.WhatdidpeopleintheVirginIslandsth