2025-2026学年湘豫名校高三上学期入学摸底考试英语试卷.docVIP

2025-2026学年湘豫名校高三上学期入学摸底考试英语试卷

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Solvingthegrowingplasticwastepuzzle

Ashardasitistoimagineatimewhenweweren’tburiedinplastics,massproductionofsyntheticpolymers(合成聚合物)didn’treallybeginuntilabout1950.Sincethen,however,we’vegeneratedanestimated8.3billiontonsofthestuff—withabouthalfthattotalcomingsince2000—andwe’vedesertedsomethinglike6.3billiontonsofit.

Unfortunatelyfortheplanet,onlyabout9percentofthatplasticwastehaseverbeenrecycled.Another12percenthasbeenburned,mostrecentlyinwaste-to-energyfacilities.Butmostoftheresthasgoneintolandfills—orworse,intotheenvironment.

Muchofwhatisdonetorecoverplasticfromthewastestreamisapurelymechanicalprocess.Oncetheplasticitemshavebeensortedbypolymertypeandsenttotherecyclingworkplace,theyaresimplycutup,washedcleanandmelteddownintopellets(团粒).Thepelletsarethensoldtomanufacturersthatwillincorporate(组合)thematerialintonewproducts.

Manyofthechemicalrecyclingtechniquesarealreadyquitemature.Accordingtoa2019reportbyClosedLoopPartners,aNewYork-basedinvestmentfirmthatinvestsincirculareconomy-relatedstartups,thatlistincludesmorethan40plasticsrecyclingplantsthatareeitheroperatingorscheduledtoopenwithinthenextfewyearsintheUnitedStatesandCanadaalone.Atleastsomeofthoseplantsareexpectedtoincorporatechemicalrecyclingtechnology.

1.Whendoesplasticwastereachitspeak?

A．Before1950.

B．Before2000.

C．After2019.

D．Inrecentdecades.

2.Atwhichprocedurecanplasticswastebemadeintomonomers?

A．Plasticmanufacturing.

B．Oilandgasrefining.

C．Chemicalrecycling.

D．Mechanicalrecycling.

3.Whatisthesignofsuccessfulplasticwasterecycling?

A．Plasticwasterecyclingbecomescommercialized.

B．Plasticwastehasbeenmadeintonewplastics.

C．Mostofplasticwas