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2024-2025学年下学期高二英语外研社版期末必刷常考题之说明文阅读理解

一．阅读理解（共15小题）

1．（2024春?射阳县校级期末）Concretehasservedasthefoundationstoneoftheconstructionindustryforhundredsofyears.However，theprocessofproducingconcreteisoneofthemostenvironmentallyunfriendlyprocessesintheworld.Intheprocess，notonlyiscarbondioxide（二氧化碳）releasedintotheairbytheenergyusedtoheatthelimestone，butthelimestoneitselfalsogivesoutahugeamountoftheelement.

Luckily，anumberofstart﹣upsthroughouttheworldareusingcreativethinkingtomaketheconstructionindustryawholelotmorefriendlyfortheplanet.

ACanadiancompanycalledCarbonCure，hasfoundawaytoinject（注入）concretewithcarbondioxideitself.Notonlydoesthistrapthecarbondioxideintotheconcrete，keepingitfromrunningawayintotheatmosphere，butitalsocreatesasuperstrongmaterialcalledcalciumcarbonate，whichreducesthetotalamountofconcretethatneedstobeused.

California﹣basedBrimstone，iscreatingcarbon﹣negativeconcretebydoingawaywithlimestoneentirelyandinsteadusingsilicaterock，amaterialthatdoesnotreleasecarbondioxidewhenheated.Instead，theprocessproducesmagnesium（镁），whichabsorbscarbondioxide，asthebasisfortheirconcrete.

Additionally，researchersatAustraliasRMITUniversityhaverecentlyreleasedastudyshowingthataddingcoffeegroundsinsteadofsandtoconcretecouldmakeitmuchstronger，reducingboththeamountofsandused，aswellastheamountofconcretethatwouldneedtobeusedinthefinalproduct.

Thebiggestbarrieratthispointisconvincingmembersoftheindustrythatthenewtypesofconcretearesafetobeused，accordingtoStacySmedley，directoratanonprofitfocusedondecarbonizingconstruction.

Hopefullythesenewsolutionstotheenvironmentalproblemsofconcretewillsoonbewidelyadopted.Giventhesignificantparttheconstructionindustryhasinreleasingcarbondioxideintotheatmosph