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(2021·全国乙卷)You've heard that plastic is polluting the oceans-between4.8andl2.7
million tonnes enter ocean ecosystems every year.But does one plastic straw or cup really make a
difference?Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does.He builds massive
sculptures out of plastic garbage,forcing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use
plastic products.
At the beginning of the year,the artist built a piece called "Strawpocalypse,a pair of
10-foot-tall plastic waves,frozen mid-crash.Made of 168,000 plastic straws collected from
several volunteer beach cleanups,the sculpture made its first appearance at the Estella Place
shopping center in Ho Chi Minh City,Vietnam.
Just 9%of global plastic waste is recycled Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source
(of plastic pollution,but they've recently come under fire because most people don't need
them to drink with and,because of their small size and weight,they cannot be recycled Every
straw that's part of Von Wong's artwork likely came from a drink that someone used for only a few
minutes.Once the drink is gone,the straw will take centuries to disappear
In a piece from 2018,Von Wong wanted to illustrate a specific statistic:Every 60
seconds,a truckload's worth of plastic enters the ocean.For this work,titled "Truckload of
Plastic,Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic,
which were then tied together to look like they'd been dumped (from a truck all at once.
Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic
footprint.
[语篇解读]本文为说明文。讲述了艺术家Benjamin Von Wong用回收到的废日吸管创
作艺术作品“吸管末日”,目的是提醒人们警惕所生产、消费的塑料垃圾,以及提高人们对
改善环境问题的参与意识。
1.What are Von Wong's artworks intended for?
A.Beautifying the city he lives in.
B.Introducing eco-friendly products
C.Drawing public attention to plastic waste.
D.Reducing garbage on the beach.
C[细节理解题。由第一段最后一句可知,该艺术家创作的初裹是督促公众重新审视
与一