（8）环保-2024年中考英语话题分类集锦

（8）环保——2024届中考英语话题分类集锦 一、阅读理解 We all know plastic pollution has become a serious problem. One million plastic drinking bottles are thrown away every minute. What if we could use plastic waste to build roads? This is exactly what Toby McCartney has done. In 2019, McCartney's UK-based company, MacRebur, built a plastic road in Elgin town, Scotland. The plastic waste was made into grains(颗粒) and then mixed with bitumen(沥青). The road looks just like any other road. But it has improved strength and is more stretchy(有弹性的) thanks to the plastic. "Our technology can not only help solve the problem of plastic waste but also produce roads that deal better with changes in the weather," McCartney said. McCartney's idea came from a trip to India. "I saw people in India would put plastic waste into potholes(路面的坑洼) and burn it. The plastic would melt down(融化) and fill the holes," said McCartney. "I knew that there must be some correspondences between plastic and bitumen, which both come from oil. That's how I started to think about mixing them," he said. After lots of testing, McCartney found the perfect method. And now his company has built many plastic roads around the world. A one-kilometer stretch of road uses about 684,000 plastic bottles or 1.8 million plastic bags. The road itself can be recycled and the materials can be reused to build new roads. "We're just a small part of ending the plastic problems, but it's nice to be part of it," McCartney said. "I just don't want my daughters to live in a world where there are more plastics in the ocean than fish." 1. Compared with normal roads, the plastic road ________. a. is not easy to break b. is fit for hot weather c. is more stretchy d. costs more money A. ab B. ac C. bc D. bd 2. McCartney got the idea of building the plastic road from ________. A. too many changes in the weather B. his wish to reduce plastic pollution C. his knowledge of plastic and bitumen D. Indian people's way of dealing with potholes 3. The underlined w