专题04科学技术--2023年高考英语阅读理解考前预测60篇

话题04 科学技术 序号 体裁 主题 核心素养 1 说明文 人与自然--垃圾处理 思维品质--用食物垃圾制作新型建筑材料 2 说明文 人与自然--研究实验 学习能力--猪打架后如何和解 3 新闻报道 人与自然—先进技术 文化意识--5G服务在中国应用 4 说明文 人与社会---人工智能 学习能力--人工智能给人的下棋行为贴标签 5 说明文 人与社会---航空航天 文化意识—呼吁清除太空垃圾 Passage1 While it throws out about 90 pounds of food per person every year, Japan doesn’t rank at the top of the world’s list of wasteful nations. Still, what’s thrown away represents a serious problem for an island nation with limited landfill space and a goal of greater sustainability. Reinvention can offer an alternative. A Japanese company is taking vegetable peels, cooking oil and other used foodstuffs and making entirely different products. Concrete is the most widely used construction material in the world, and its key element, cement, is a major polluter of greenhouse emissions. So what if a more sustainable alterative were possible by making cement with food waste, which also would help reduce greenhouse emissions from landfills where that waste would otherwise be thrown away? That’s the idea behind Fabula, a Tokyo-based start-up. Researchers at Fabula created a recipe to make food concrete by drying leftovers and pressing them into a mold (模具) at a high temperature. The company, founded by researchers at the University of Tokyo, began with items commonly thrown away like cabbage and orange peels but found that almost any food item can be used. It now takes mostly coffee grounds and tea leaves to make its cement. The product’s durability depends on the components. Fabula is currently producing made-to-order household items, such as coasters and dishes, while awaiting its patent. The goal is to make furniture and larger structures once the technology is able to make the cement more durable. Food production companies that can’t avoid generating waste during their processes have reached out to work with the company. “We hope to become a matching service between companies that have food waste and companies who want to build things out of such