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中考时文阅读练习08
中考时文阅读练习----环保小卫士
题型:阅读理解
主题:环境保护
语篇类型:说明文
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难度:3
题数:5
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Earth Day comes every April 22. It's a day to do some good for the planet. It's also a time to think about how to help year-round.Get inspired by reading about four young people who have taken action for Mother Earth.
Fighting wildfires
When Reshma Kosaraju was 12,her family moved to California.Soon after,the Camp Fire started. “It was one of the largest fires in California's history,”Reshma,now 17,says.Her school was about 200 miles south of the fire.But students had to wear masks because of the smoke."It was a terrible experience for me,” she says.It made her want to find a solution. She created a way to use AI to predict forest fires.Her method is nearly 90%accurate(准确的)。
Recycling power
On his 10th birthday,Sri Nihal Tammana learned a scary fact.Every year,15 billion batteries are thrown out.They pollute groundwater and harm the environment.Nihal's organization,Recycle My Battery,provides recycling bins for batteries. It is now a team of 250 student volunteers around the world. In the past three years,they've helped recycle more than 260,000 batteries.
Rescue effort
Miles Fetherston-Resch,10,is in the business of saving oceans.When he learned that sharks are in trouble,he persuaded his mom to help him start a nonprofit(非营利的)organization.It's called Kids Saving Oceans.Its website sells T-shirts,hats,and stickers made out of recycled plastic found in the ocean.*A portion of every sale-some $40,000 so far is donated to charities that support clean waterways.
A green future
Mia Price is the chair of the Green Team at her school. The team recently met its goal of eliminating(消除)plastic water bottles from the school dining center.To make the school campus greener she is presenting her ideas to the school.Her ideas included installing solar panels and LED light bulbs and recycling materials from the old gym.
1.Reshma Kosaraju is trying to help fight wildfires by .
A.using techno