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it could stop waste from leaving harbours and marinas, for example. Peter Ceglinski and Andrew Turton said their device could spell the end of polluted seas.
The concept is simple: A bucket connects to a water pump, drawing in any floating trash inside a removable net bag. There is also an optional oil-water separator system inside the pump. It can remove oil from the seawater before spitting it back into the ocean — pollution-free — through the other side of the pump.
The water filtration (过滤) system is much like what you’d find in a fish lank, but it has the potential to clean up an entire ocean. The scabin can run 24/7, according lo its website. And, amazingly, Peter and Andrew say they have never caught a fish or sea animal in their pumps in four years of testing.
The Scabin Project aims lo improve on the traditional and sometimes expensive — harbor cleaning methods of having a person physically remove trash from the water or sending boats equipped with nets to collect it. While it’s not as extensive as 21-year-old Boyan Slat’s plan to clean the entire Pacific Ocean in 10 years, starting in 2020, the scabin’s creators said their device is something that harbors can start using to clean our oceans now.
They’re starting “close to the source of the problem m a controlled environment, “Seabin’s website states. “It’s a big mission, but it can be done. In fact, we’re doing it right now.” 24. What led to the two surfers’ invention? A. Poor equipment of boats. C. Disturbing ocean rubbish
B. Great interest in surfing. D. Lack of harbor cleaning methods.
25. What docs the underlined word “spell” in Paragraph 2 probably mean? A. Indicate
B. Change.
C. Meet.
D. Reach.
26. What is a seabin according to the text? A. A fish tank.
B. A vacuum cleaner. D. A floating rubbish collector.
C. A water filtration system.
27. What can be inferred from the last paragraph? A. The seabin is applied worldwide.
B. It is challenging for the seabin to clean polluted seas. C. The seabin is far from satisfactory.
D. It is possible for the seabin to control the environment.
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C
Work started this week on next season’s flu vaccine (疫苗), with experts working off forecasts about which types of the flu virus will be making the rounds. But don’t expect any improvements. Flu experts are already admitting that most vaccines will give at best basic protection, because they re based on old-fashioned technology. It’s not a new problem, but one that the slow-moving world of drug and vaccine production seems helpless to improve upon.
Every flu vaccine is a cocktail, aimed at either three or four of the most common flu types. Flu vaccines must be reformulated every year, because flu viruses develop constantly in a process called antigenic drift. In February, global flu experts gather to trade notes on what viruses are circulating in different countries and to come to an agreement on which types the next vaccines should be formulated to target.
In recent years, flu vaccines have been based on HINI, H3N2 and either one or two types of influenza B virus. Each of these has a “reference” type, which is used to make seed virus. Producers inject the seed types into eggs and incubate (孵) them as the virus grows. Then they purify the virus, and either weaken it or kill it to make a vaccine.
Using eggs is a tricky and unpredictable process. Sometimes the virus doesn’t grow well in eggs, which can mean less vaccine than expected. The result is a flu vaccine that doesn’t offer much protection. “As long as we have eggs we are going to have this problem,” said Scott Hensley, a flu virus expert, “The only solution is not to depend on eggs.”
Flu is a major killer. The 2017-2018 season has been a severe one, hitting the entire U.S. with widespread influenza infection (传染) at once for weeks on end, and killing 97 children so far. Against this threat, even a less satisfying flu vaccine will definitely help. “Even when you have these mismatches it will not prevent infection but likely prevent disease severity,” said Hensley. 28. Why does next season flu vaccine fail to improve? A. It has offered the best protection. B. Experts can’t forecast the flu types. C. It is based on outdated technology. D. Experts are unwilling to respond to changes.
29. According to Paragraph 2, what do flu experts do in February? A. Exchange views on the virus types next season.
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B. Gel together and make a deal on vaccines. C. Sign an agreement on vaccine production. D. Decide on how to circulate the viruses.
30. What might be the risk of using eggs to make vaccines? A. Seeds are less likely to get protection. B. Viruses might not be developed as expected C. There are not enough eggs to be used. D. Whether vaccines will grow is hard to predict. 31. What message does the underlined sentence convey? A. The U.S. is faced with serious flu attacks. B. Egg-based vaccines are better than nothing. C. There is something wrong with flu vaccines. D. Flu vaccines can stop the disease spreading.
D
Forests are always losers at the Olympics, and that’s unlikely to change anytime soon.
For the winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea, virgin forest was destroyed on Mount Gariwang to accommodate ski runs. For the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, a ski run is set to wipe out part of the Songshan National Nature Reserve And let’s not forget the 240 acres of Atlantic Forest that were leveled for the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro to make way for a golf course.
For the upcoming Tokyo games, environmental and human rights advocates have been raising alarms about the use of tropical wood to build the New National Stadium. Activists have fought against such environmental destruction. The damage is often permanent, threatens endangered plants and animals and, in some cases, causes conflicts with native people But frequently the country’s organizing committee, and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) have found ways to make it reasonable—despite a paragraph in the Olympic Charter that states that the IOC’s role is to “encourage and support a responsible concern for environmental issues.”
As it stands now. the IOC has little authority over a city’s local organizing committee, which finally plans the event, Chappelet, professor of public management at the University of Lausanne, told Earther. “Even if the IOC is dissatisfied with the way host cities have prepared for the games, they have no built-in systems to supervise (监督) them so that they strictly follow the Olympic
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Charter. The only thing they can do if they’re not happy is to withdraw the right to organize the game. But the IOC could include more enforcement (执行) systems into the contract (合同) they make with the host city, he added. That contract must be signed and obeyed by everyone. Those who break it could be fined.
Boykoff, the author of several books on the Olympics, suggested a similar solution. “The IOC could insist that host cities prioritize their ecological promises, but instead they look the other way, time and time again,” he said. 32. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about? A. Popularity of the Olympics.
B. Different needs of the Olympics D. Problems caused by the
C. Importance of protecting forests. Olympics.
33. What is the IOC expected to do according to the Olympic Charter? A. Lead the fight against destruction. B. Withdraw the rights of host cities. C. Ban the destruction of the environment.
D. Promote a responsible concern for the environment. 34. What docs the underlined word “they” in the text refer to? A. The IOC. The games.
35 What can be the best title for the text? A. IOC Stresses Its Active Role C. Perfect Solutions are Found
B. Prized Forests Lost Big D. Conflicts Arise at the Olympics
B. Built-in systems.
C. Host cities.
D.
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Pretend You’re Good at It
A while back. I met my pal Jenny, who was in town recording her biography. Let’s Pretend This Never Happened. _36_ She told me that it had been going horribly-until she reached out to her friend Neil for advice，When she asked Neil how he managed to record so many of his books while still sounding so cool and collected, his response came back almost immediately PRETEND YOU’RE
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