Question

【題目】 Afroz Shall, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn't had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn't spent this time preparing for _______.

His mission? Saving the world's oceans from _______ pollution.

It's a calling he found in 2015 after moving to a community in Mumbai called Versova Beach. He had played there as a child and was _______to see how much it had _______. The sand was no longer _______ because it was covered by a layer of garbage more than five feet thick - most of it plastic waste.

“The whole beach was like a _________of plastic,” he said, “It hurt me. The _______ mess.” Shah had seen is part of a global environmental crisis. More than 8 million tons of plastic _______in the world’s oceans each year. It's predicted that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish. “Plastic in the ocean is a _______. And the sea-species have no choice at all,” Shah said, “We are __________ their habitats.”

In October 2015, shall began __________ up plastic waste from the beach every Sunday morning. At first, it was just him and a neighbor, and then he began calling on others to join in. Word __________ and with help from social media, more volunteers got __________.

For Shah, the work has always been a __________ journey, but it has earned global attention. After he was __________ as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations in 2016, Shah now devotes nearly all of his free time to this ____________.

He's now spent 209 weekends on this mission, __________ more than 200,000 volunteers, some of whom are young students, to join him in what's been called the world's biggest beach cleanup. By October 2018, Versova Beach was __________ clean and Shah's cleanups expanded to another beach as well as a stretch of the Mithi River and other regions of India.

“This world talks too much. I think we must talk __________ and do action more,” he said when interviewed by CNN in October 2019. “We are a smart species. Well adapt. We'll learn. And with these youngsters rising up, I see __________.”

【1】A.teachingB.houseworkC.courtD.cleaning

【2】A.plasticB.soilC.riverD.oil

【3】A.upset.B.confused.C.delightedD.hesitant

【4】A.grownB.changedC.reservedD.protected

【5】A.pureB.goldenC.shinyD.visible

【6】A.curtainB.carpetC.paintingD.photograph

【7】A.temporaryB.permanentC.uglyD.pretty

【8】A.sticks toB.keeps offC.gives backD.ends up

【9】A.killerB.cleanerC.guestD.decoration

【10】A.sweepingB.attackingC.visitingD.beautifying

【11】A.pullingB.thinkingC.pickingD.looking

【12】A.cameB.failedC.wentD.spread

【13】A.involvedB.livedC.stuckD.paid

【14】A.easyB.toughC.personalD.general

【15】A.knownB.regardedC.decidedD.honored

【16】A.causeB.caseC.positionD.fame

【17】A.requiringB.rejectingC.invitingD.inspiring

【18】A.originallyB.finallyC.politicallyD.theoretically

【19】A.fewerB.lessC.betterD.worse

【20】A.honorB.beautyC.hopeD.love

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】A

【4】B

【5】D

【6】B

【7】C

【8】D

【9】A

【10】B

【11】C

【12】D

【13】A

【14】C

【15】D

【16】A

【17】D

【18】B

【19】B

【20】C

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要記敘了孟買的一名律師Afroz Shall四年間花費(fèi)自己的周末時(shí)間去清理沙灘塑料垃圾的故事。他在2016年被聯(lián)合國(guó)授予“地球衛(wèi)士”稱號(hào)，并且激勵(lì)了20多萬(wàn)名志愿者，其中一些是年輕學(xué)生，加入到他所謂的世界上最大的海灘清理行動(dòng)中來(lái)。

【1】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：Afroz Shall是孟買的一名律師，他已經(jīng)四年沒(méi)有周末休息了。但他沒(méi)有花時(shí)間準(zhǔn)備出庭。A. teaching教學(xué)；B. housework家務(wù)事；C. court法院；D. cleaning清洗。結(jié)合上文Afroz Shah, a lawyer in Mumbai, hasn’t had a weekend off in four years. But he hasn’t spent this time preparing for可知，雖然Shah是一個(gè)律師，但是他并沒(méi)有把周末時(shí)間用于準(zhǔn)備出庭，注意關(guān)鍵詞but，且下文也提到他將自己的周末時(shí)間都用于清理海灘垃圾了。故選C。

【2】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：拯救這個(gè)世界的海洋免受垃圾污染。A. plastic塑料；B. soil土地；C. river河流；D. oil石油。從下文中多處可以看出，Shah著手于治理塑料污染，如：Shah began…up plastic waste from the beach every Sunday morning。故選A。

【3】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)他看到他曾經(jīng)玩耍的地方改變了，他很沮喪。A. upset沮喪的；B. confused困惑的；C. delighted高興的；D. hesitant猶豫的。從下文because it was covered by a layer of garbage可知，此處是不好的改變，所以他心里很沮喪。故選A。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：當(dāng)他看到他曾經(jīng)玩耍的地方改變了，他很沮喪。A. grown生長(zhǎng)；B. changed改變；C. reserved保留；D. protected保護(hù)。從下文because it was covered by a layer of garbage可知，他曾經(jīng)玩耍的地方改變了。故選B。

【5】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：這片沙灘再也看不見(jiàn)了因?yàn)樗�被一層垃圾覆蓋。A. pure純粹的；B. golden金色的；C. shiny光滑的；D. visible看得見(jiàn)的，明顯的。從下文because it was covered by a layer of garbage可知，這片沙灘再也看不見(jiàn)了，因?yàn)樗�被一層垃圾覆蓋。故選D。

【6】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：這整個(gè)沙灘就像一個(gè)塑料垃圾的毯子。A. curtain窗簾；B. carpet地毯；C. painting繪畫(huà)；D. photograph照片。從上文because it was covered by a layer of garbage可知，沙灘被一層垃圾覆蓋，像毯子一樣。故選B。

【7】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：這丑陋的垃圾只是全球環(huán)境危機(jī)的一部分。A. temporary暫時(shí)的；B. permanent永久的；C. ugly丑陋的；D. pretty漂亮的。從文中mess，a global environmental crisis可知，這些垃圾污染是不好的，是丑陋的。故選C。

【8】考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)辨析。句意：每年超過(guò)800萬(wàn)噸的塑料垃圾最終進(jìn)入了世界海洋。A. sticks to堅(jiān)持；B. keeps off不接近；C. gives back歸還；D. ends up結(jié)束。從下文It’s predicted that by 2050, there will be more plastic in the ocean than fish可知，塑料垃圾最終進(jìn)入了海洋，end up in the world’s oceans“在世界海洋中終結(jié)”，此處意為“最終進(jìn)入了海洋里”。故選D。

【9】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：海洋中的塑料是一個(gè)殺手。A. killer殺手；B. cleaner清潔工；C. guest客人；D. decoration裝飾。從下文We are…their habitats.可知，海洋中的塑料是一個(gè)殺手。故選A。

【10】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：我們正在攻擊它們的棲息地。A. sweeping打掃；B. attacking攻擊；C. visiting參觀；D. beautifying美化。從上文Plastic in the ocean is a... And the sea-species have no choice at all可知，塑料讓海洋生物沒(méi)有選擇，我們?nèi)祟愓�在攻擊它們的棲息地。故選B。

【11】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：他每周六早上都在沙灘撿塑料垃圾。A. pulling拉；B. thinking思考；C. picking撿起；D. looking看。結(jié)合后文up plastic waste from the beach every Sunday morning可知，他每周六早上都在沙灘撿塑料垃圾。短語(yǔ)pick up“撿起”。故選C。

【12】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：消息傳播開(kāi)了，在媒體的幫助下更多的志愿者參與了進(jìn)來(lái)。A. came來(lái)到；B. failed失��；C. went離開(kāi)；D. spread傳播。此處指消息傳播可用spread，其它選項(xiàng)不符合語(yǔ)境。故選D。

【13】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：消息傳播開(kāi)了，在媒體的幫助下更多的志愿者參與了進(jìn)來(lái)。A. involved參與；B. lived活著；C. stuck堅(jiān)持；D. paid支付。結(jié)合后文more than 200,000 volunteers可知，更多的志愿者參與了進(jìn)來(lái)。短語(yǔ)get involved表示“參與”。故選A。

【14】考查形容詞詞義辨析。句意：對(duì)于Shah來(lái)說(shuō)，這只是個(gè)人的行為。A. easy容易的；B. tough艱難的；C. personal個(gè)人的；D. general一般的。從下文but it has earned global attention的轉(zhuǎn)折，可得線索，同時(shí)personal與global對(duì)應(yīng)。故選C。

【15】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：在2016年被聯(lián)合國(guó)授予“地球衛(wèi)士”稱號(hào)后，Shah現(xiàn)在幾乎把所有的空閑時(shí)間都投入到這項(xiàng)事業(yè)中。A. known了解；B. regarded看待；C. decided決定；D. honored給以……榮譽(yù)。結(jié)合后文as a Champion of the Earth by the United Nations in 2016可知，這是一種榮譽(yù)的“授予”。故選D。

【16】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：在2016年被聯(lián)合國(guó)授予“地球衛(wèi)士”稱號(hào)后，Shah現(xiàn)在幾乎把所有的空閑時(shí)間都投入到這項(xiàng)事業(yè)中。A. cause事業(yè)；B. case情況；C. position位置；D. fame名聲。結(jié)合上文Shah now devotes nearly all of his free time to this可知，Shah現(xiàn)在幾乎把所有的空閑時(shí)間都投入到這項(xiàng)事業(yè)中。cause此處表示“事業(yè)”。故選A。

【17】考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。句意：他現(xiàn)在已經(jīng)在這一任務(wù)中度過(guò)了209個(gè)周末，激勵(lì)了20多萬(wàn)名志愿者，其中一些是年輕學(xué)生，加入到他所謂的世界上最大的海灘清理行動(dòng)中來(lái)。A. requiring需要；B. rejecting拒絕；C. inviting邀請(qǐng)；D. inspiring鼓舞。結(jié)合后文to join him in what's been called the world's biggest beach cleanup.可知，Shah激勵(lì)了20多萬(wàn)名志愿者。故選D。

【18】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：到2018年10月，Versova海灘終于被清理干凈，Shah的清理工作擴(kuò)展到另一個(gè)海灘，以及Mithi河的一段河段和印度的其他地區(qū)。A. originally最初；B. finally終于；C. politically政治上；D. theoretically理論上。根據(jù)下文中Shah’s cleanups expanded to another beach as well as a stretch of the Mithi River and other regions of India可知，Versova海灘終于被清理干凈了。故選B。

【19】考查副詞詞義辨析。句意：“這個(gè)世界說(shuō)得太多了。我認(rèn)為我們必須少說(shuō)多做，”他在2019年10月接受CNN采訪時(shí)說(shuō)。A. fewer更少的；B. less更少地；C. better更好地；D. worse更壞地。本題less和后面more對(duì)應(yīng)。表示“少說(shuō)多做”。故選B。

【20】考查名詞詞義辨析。句意：隨著這些年輕人的崛起，我看到了希望。A. honor榮譽(yù)；B. beauty美麗；C. hope希望；D. love愛(ài)。因?yàn)楹芏嘀驹刚撸�年輕人）參與進(jìn)來(lái)，Shah看到了希望。故選C。