专题17 任务型阅读 考点2 回答问题（第01期）-中考英语模拟题分项汇编（全国通用）（解析版）.doc

中考模拟题英语分项汇编

专题17任务型阅读

考点2回答问题

Passage1（2024?北京市）

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This12-year-oldGirlBuiltaRobottoFindPlasticsintheOcean

AnnaDuwaswalkingalongthebeachwhenshenoticedplasticsthereShereacheddowntopickthemup,andquicklyrealizedthereweremanymoretinypiecesthanshecoulddealwithItseemedimpossibletocleanthemallup

Du,12yearsoldatthetime,triedtosolvetheproblemlikeanygoodscientist—first,bydoingalittleresearchThat’showshelearnedthat8milliontonsofplasticsendupintheoceanseveryyear

Thenshegottoworkbuildingsomethingthatcouldhelpsolvetheproblem;aremote-operatedvehicle(遥控潜水器),orROVHerROVcanmovethroughwaterandfindplasticsontheoceanfloor

TheactuallycoolpartofDu’sROVisthedetection(探测)systemSheusesacameraalongwiththreedifferentkindsoflighttofindtheplasticsShealsousesvisible(可见的)lighttofindunnaturalcolorsthatmightmaketheplasticsstandout

“Shehasaverygoodengineeringsensetobreakdownaproblemlikethisandthengoafterit,”saysengineerCaseyMachado“Itsoundssimple,butit’salevelofthinkingthat’sreallyamazing”

Dustartedattendingpubliceventsandworkshopsatauniversitywhenshewasfiveyearsold,andsoshepickeduptheengineeringskillsnecessarytobuildherROVShesaysactuallygettingherROVtomovethroughwaterwellwasnoteasyShefailedmanytimes,butshenevergaveuptryingandtesting

Whenaskedaboutfutureplans,shementionswantingtoaddresstheeffectsofclimate(气候)change“Ithinktherearealotofproblemsthatcouldbesolvedwithnewinventions,”saysDu

Duthanksherparents,whoforyearshavetakenhertostudentoutreachactivities,forsupportingherinterestinscience,technology,engineeringandmath(STEM)Shesaysshehasbeenabletomeetstudentsandscientiststhere

“IknowIwanttobeanengineerbecauseIlikebuildingthingstohelpsolveworldproblems,”