2025年大慶醫學高等專科學校高職單招高職單招英語2016-2024歷年頻考點試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調整）一、單選題(共50題)1、Heisagood（）,soheisgoodat（）(1分)A、runner;runB、run;runnerC、run;runningD、runner;running正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查名詞和動名詞。句意為：“他是個優秀的賽跑運動員，所以他擅長跑步?！眗unner為名詞，意為“賽跑者”,不定冠詞a后跟可數名詞單數形式，所以第一空填runner。begoodatdoingsth.意為“擅長做某事”,介詞at后用動名詞形式running。故選D。2、ItisalreadyApril,butitisstill_______inthenorthofChina

(1分)A、warmB、coldC、rainyD、hot正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意：已經是四月了，但是在中國北方還是______。根據語義在四月時中國北方仍然很冷，所以選B3、OnlyonSundays（）watchTV.(1分)A、hecanB、canheC、hedoesD、didhe正確答案選項：參考答案：B4、Thisisoneof（）robotsIhaveeverseen.(1分)A、moreintelligentB、themostintelligentC、muchmoreintelligentD、intelligent正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查形容詞的最高級。句意為：“這是我曾經見過的最聰明的機器人之一。”oneof+the+形容詞的最高級+名詞復數形式，表示“最……之一”。故選B。5、Frederick（）enteredthefinalcompetitionlastmonth.Hishobbyhasbroughthim(1分)A、successful;successB、successful;successfullyC、successfully;successD、successfully;successful正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查副詞和名詞。句意為：“Frederick上個月成功地進入了決賽，他的愛好使他成功了?！眘uccessfully為副詞，意為“成功地”,success為名詞，意為“成功”。修飾動詞entered要用副詞successfully;動詞brought的賓語要用名詞success。故選C,6、－Whatwilltoday’stalkbeabout?－Inthelecture______,theprofessorwilltellussomethingaboutmodernEnglishusage.

(1分)A、followingB、followedC、tofollowD、tobefollowed正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查非謂語動詞。根據句意可知，講座還未舉行，故用不定式。句意：——今天的講座會是什么？——在接下來的講座里，教授將告訴我們一些關于現代英語的用法。故C正確。考點：考查非謂語動詞7、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)￡35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(發行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(擴展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投資)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(獎金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分紅)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose￡35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲觀的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother￡20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(8)選（）(1分)A、run

B、treat

C、create

D、master正確答案選項：參考答案：A8、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音節)andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第1空填（）。(1分)A、settledB、heardC、understoodD、known正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析【主旨大意】本文主要講述去英國旅游時，你不必說很好的英語，只要能表達自己的意思就行，因為英國人也不說很標準的英語，即使你的英語不是說得很好，他們也會明白你的意思?？疾閯釉~詞義辨析。settled意為“定居”;heard意為“聽見”;understood意為“明白”;known意為“知道”。去英國旅游，當然希望當地人能聽明白自己的話。故選C。9、Don'tbeneryous.Please（）deep（）,andthenanswermyquestions.(1分)A、takea;breatheB、takea;breathC、breathe;breathD、blow;breath正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查名詞。句意為：“不要緊張。請做深呼吸，然后回答我的問題?！眀reath為名詞，意為“呼吸”,短語takeadeepbreath意為“做深呼吸”,所以排除C和D;breathe為動詞，意為“呼吸”,所以排除A故選B。10、—DriversinEnglanddrivecarsontheleftoftheroads.—（）(1分)A、SoAustraliandriversareB、SoareAustraliandriversC、SodoAustraliandriversD、SoAustraliandriversdo正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查倒裝句。句意為：“——在英國司機靠左邊開車?！拇罄麃喌乃緳C也是這樣的?！庇⒄Z中，表示前者所說的情況也適合后者，表肯定，用句型“So+be/助動詞/情態動詞+主語”。根據“DriversinEnglanddrivecarsontheleftoftheruads”可知該句為肯定句，所以應用so引導的倒裝句，且上句的謂語動詞為一般現在時的實義動詞，所以下句的助動詞應為do。故選C。11、AllbutJohn（）thatfilmbefore、(1分)A、hasseenB、haveseenC、mustseeD、hadseen正確答案選項：參考答案：B12、—Teenagersshoulddosocialworkfortheircommunity.—（）,Socialworkisgoodforthem.(1分)A、Yes,pleaseB、IagreeC、No,theyshouldn'tD、That'sallright正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查情景交際。句意為：“——青少年應該為社區做一些社會工作。——我同意，社會工作對他們有好處?！盰es,please意為“好的，請”;Iagree意為“我同意”;No,theyshouldn't意為“不，他們不應該”;That'sallright意為“沒關系”。根據“Socialworkisgoodforthem.”可知，回答者表達了對提問者的贊同。故選B。13、Comequickly,________youcangetthesetickets.

(1分)A、orB、andC、alsoD、too正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析趕快，你可以買到這個票，表示并列，所以用and14、材料Itookmysontoapopularrestaurantforalunchtimetreat.Anditseemseveryoneelsehadthesame（1）.Theplacewasfullof（2）!Idrovearoundthesmallparkinglotfor10minutes（3）aspot.FinallyI（4）one.AladywasreturningtohercarsoI（5）herandwaitedpatiently.AsIdidthisIlookedinmyrearvisionmirror(后視鏡)and（6）ayoungmanquicklypullupbehindme.Assoonashesawmyindicator(轉向燈)onforthespot,heseemedvery（7）andbeganhittinghissteeringwheel(方向盤).Iknewthiswasn'tdirectedatmebutatthedisappointmentthathehad（8）aspot.Ifelthis（9）.Itoohadbeen（10）theplaceforages.

AstheladyleftI1somethingthatsurprisedevenme.Iturnedoffmyindicatoranddrovestraightpast.Ilettheman（12）thespot.

Themanbehindmewas（13）,unsurewhattodo.（14）Iloweredmywindowandgavehima(n)（15）totakeit,callingoutatthesametime“It'syours.”

I（16）drivingfurtherdowntheroadtoanothercarpark,wherealthoughIhadtowalkquiteabitfurther,Iwas（17）Icould.Perhapsthemancouldn'twalkeasilyashis（18）wasn'tasgoodasmine?Iwill（19）know.ButIknewthespot（20）moretohimthanitdidtome,whenIsawhimreactthewayhedid.第17空填（）。(1分)A、hopefulB、sorryC、thankfulD、afraid正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。hopeful意為“有希望的”;sorry意為“抱歉的”;thankful意為“感謝的”;afraid意為“害怕的”。根據上文的“Ihadtowalkquiteabitfurther”和下文的“Perhapsthemancouldn'twalkeasily”可知，此處指雖然作者得走一段路，但作者很感激自己可以走路。故選C。15、—Icangetonwellwithmyparents.—（）,althoughI'mboredwithsomanyordersfromthem.(1分)A、SoIamB、SocanIC、SoIcanD、SoamI正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查倒裝句。句意為：“——我能和我的父母相處融洽。——我也能，雖然我對他們的很多命令感到厭煩?！薄癝o+be/助動詞/情態動詞+主語”,表示前面提出的某一肯定的情況也同樣適應于后者。根據“althoughI'mboredwithsomanyordersfromthem.”可知，此處表示“我也能”,且由上一句的謂語動詞can可知，so引導的倒裝句也應用can。故選B。16、—YesterdayIreceivedaletterfromJohn.—Youdid?Ihearhe______forAmericanextyear.

(1分)A、leaveB、leavesC、leftD、isleaving正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析nextyear表示將要發生，所以根據時態應用一般將來時，be+ving形式，選D。17、材料Theartofpaper-cuttinginChinahasalonghistory,whichoriginated(起源于)fromthe6thcentury.Aspaperbecamecheaper,paper-cuttinghasbecomeoneofthemostimportanttypesofChinesefolkart.Later,thisartformspreadtootherpartsoftheworld,withdifferentareasadopting(采用)theirownculturalstyles.Becausethepapercutsareoftenusedtodecorate(裝扮)doorsandwindows,theyaresometimesreferredtoas“windowflowers”.

Scissorsandknivesarethebasictoolstomakeapapercut,andthesubjectsaredifferentinfig-ures,suchasflowers,birds,characters,familiarfolkstoriesandfairytales.It'salsocommontoseesomeChinesecharactersonpapercuts.Themostfamouspaper-cuttingcharactersinChinesearewordsmeaning“lucky”and“doublehappiness”.Eventhesedays,Chinesepeoplelovetohangpa-per-cuttingofthesetwocharactersattheirdoors.

Chinesepapercutswereusedforsomepurposesinthepast.Theyhavebeenburiedwiththedead.Atthesametime,papercutshavespecialmeaningonfestivalsandholidays.

Papercutsaremadeinmanyareasthroughthecountry;ingeneral,thenorthernstyleisboldandfreewhilethesouthernisbeautifulandsmooth.

Peopleexpresswishesandhopeswithpapercuttings.Asanationalnon-materialcultureherit-age(遺產),paper-cuttingisreallywonderful.Whatdoyouthinkofthenorthernstyleandthesouthernstyle?(1分)A、Thesouthernstyleisboldandsmooth.B、Thenorthernstyleisfreeandbeautiful.C、Thenorthernstyleisfreeandsmooth.D、Thesouthernstyleisbeautifulandsmooth.正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析細節理解題。根據第四段“Papercutsaremadeinmanyareasthroughthecountry;ingeneral,thenorthernstyleisboldandfreewhilethesouthernisbeautifulandsmooth.”可知，全國各地都有剪紙，一般來說，北方的剪紙大膽而自由，南方的剪紙則美麗流暢。故選D。18、Theywouldn’tagreetosellthehousetousatthesameprice_____theyhadpromised,_____wasratherdisappointing.

(1分)A、which;asB、as;thatC、as;whichD、that;that正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查定語從句，第一個空as引導定語從句，因為先行詞前面，有thesame.第二個空,which引導非限定性定語從句，代替前文的內容。句意：他們不愿以要他們答應的同樣價格把房子買給我們，這讓我們很失望。選C。19、Theheavyraincan'tkeepus________onapicnic．

(1分)A、forgoingB、fromgoingC、ongoingD、going正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析大雨不能阻止我們去野餐。keep...fromdoingsth.意為"阻止/防止……做某事"。20、---Doyouneedmorewaterinthebottle?---No，it's（）.(1分)A、alreadyenoughfullB、fullalreadyenoughC、fullenoughalreadyD、enoughalreadyfull正確答案選項：參考答案：C21、Don'tyouknow________?Whetherthey'relateorearly,lookingoutofthewindowwon'tbringthemhereanyquicker.

(1分)A、alittlepotissoonhotB、awatchedpotneverboilsC、cheerfulcompanyshortensthemilesD、forgiveandforget正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析

考查情景交際。Aalittlepotissoonhot量小易怒；Bawatchedpotneverboils心急吃不了熱豆腐；Ccheerfulcompanyshortensthemiles旅有好旅伴，不覺行程遠；Dforgiveandforget既往不咎；句意：難道你不知道心急吃不了熱豆腐嗎？無論他們早或晚，朝窗外看著并不能使他們快點到來。B項符合語境?？键c：考查情景交際22、Judyisveryclever.Infact,Idoubtwhetheranyoneintheclasshas（）IQ.(1分)A、ahighB、thehigherC、ahigherD、thehighest正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析考查冠詞。句意為：“Judy很聰明。事實上，我懷疑班里沒有比她更高智商的人?！本渲袑udy和anyoneintheclass進行比較，所以應用比較級；“a+比較級”表示泛指“一個更……的人或物”,“the+比較級”表示特指“那個更……”。故選C。23、

—I’vebeenworkingfortenhours.—________youlooktired.You’dbetterhavearest.

(1分)A、NoproblemB、NowonderC、NohurryD、Nomatter正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析解析:考查交際用語。句意：—我已經一直工作了十個小時了。—難怪你看起來很累。你最好休息一下。A.Noproblem沒問題；B.Nowonder難怪；C.Nohurry不著急；D.Nomatter無論；根據句意可知連續長時間工作是導致后者看起來疲憊的原因，使用nowonder表示強調。故B項正確。24、—Listen,someone___inthenextroom

(1分)A、singsB、issingingC、sangD、hassung正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析句意:聽,有人在隔壁唱歌。listen,快聽,是現在進行時的標志,bedoing,故謂語是issinging,故選B"25、Eitheryouortheheadmaster（）theprizestothosegiftedstudentsatthemeeting.(1分)A、ishandingoutB、aretohandoutC、arehandingoutD、istohandout正確答案選項：參考答案：D26、Bytheendoflastterm,we（）onethousandEnglishwords.(1分)A、havelearnedB、haslearnedC、hadlearnedD、learned正確答案選項：參考答案：C27、材料BuddyisbeinglookedonasaheroonFridayafter（1）hisowner'slifeby

（2）thesleepingman（3）afire.ThecatgavesomeofhisownninelivestohisownerwhenafirestartedintheirhouseinTorontoonThursday.Thecat（4）onthemanandmoved（5）enoughtowakehimup.The75-year-oldman,wholiveswithBuddy,isbeingtreatedin（6）forburnstohisfaceandhands.“He's（7）ahero.（8）hehadn'twokenhimup,hecouldhave（9）thatfire,”saidKellyHand,whohasbeenlookingafterBuddyataTorontoanimalhospital.“Thisis

（10）foreat.Itwouldbemorelikelythatadogwoulddo（11）likethis.Buddy

（12）theanimalhospital（13）singedfurand（14）inblacksoot.Heisnowtakingsome（15）andwillbewellsoon,”saidHand.

第(2)選（）(1分)A、knocking

B、waking

C、hitting

D、pushing正確答案選項：參考答案：B28、Thisyear,thefamilywentcampingon________Day,June1st.

(1分)A、ChildB、Child’sC、ChildrenD、Children’s正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意：今年，全家在6月1日兒童節去露營。考查名詞所有格。由語境可知，此處指“兒童節”，英文表達為“Children’sDay”。故選D。29、Thereare________starsinthesky,butyoucanonlyseeabout3,000________yourowneyes.

(1分)A、billions;byB、billionsof;byC、billions;withD、billionsof;with正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析天空中有數十億顆星星，但你只能用你自己的眼睛看到大約3000顆星星。billionsof數十億的30、--Excuseme,（）?--Justgostraightalongthisroadandit'llbeonyourright.(1分)A、CanyoutellmewhereistheRainbowsupermarketB、CouldyoutellmehowtogettotheRainbowsupermarketC、CanyoutellmehowshouldIgettotheRainbowsupermarketD、CanyoutellmewhereshouldIfindtheRainbowsupermarket正確答案選項：參考答案：B31、---Excuseme,couldyoutellmethetime,please?---Sorry,Idon’thaveawatchwithme.---___________

(1分)A、Thanksalot.B、Whatapity.C、I’msorrytohearthatD、Thanksallthesame正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析考查交際用語：AThanksalot多謝，BWhatapity真遺憾，C.I’msorrytohearthat聽到這個消息很遺憾，DThanksanyway不管怎樣，還是要謝謝你。句意：--對不起，能告訴我時間嗎？--對不起，我沒有表。盡管對方沒能幫上忙，出于禮貌你應該說不過還是多謝了。選D。32、Thisisthefirsttimethatwe________afilminthecinematogetherasafamily.

(1分)A、seeB、hadseenC、sawD、haveseen正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析

考查固定句式的用法。句意：這是首次我們一家人在電影院一起看電影。It/Thisisthefirsttime＋that結構中，that從句通常用現在完成時；e.g.It’sthefirsttime(that)theboyhasspokentoaforeigner.這個男孩還是第一次同外國人說話。It’sthefirsttimethatshe’sseenanelephant．這是她第一次見到大象。故選D。33、IhopeIcandowell_________thistestandIwillbeproudofbecomingastudentofthiscollege.

(1分)A、inB、onC、ofD、for正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析well是修飾do的，而后面的inthistest是個短語，意為在考試中，我希望我能在這次考試中取得好成績，我將為成為這所大學的一名學生而感到自豪。34、—Peterdidn’tcometothemeetingthismorning.—I_______himyesterday,butIwastoobusyandforgotit.

(1分)A、shouldtellB、shouldhavetoldC、hadtotellD、hadtold正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析本句句意：今天早晨彼得沒來參加會議，昨天我應該早點告訴他，但是我太忙忘記了。本應該做某事，shouldhavedonesth.故選B35、—WhydoChinesepeoplelikered?

—Becausethecolorredisthe________ofgoodluckinChina

(1分)A、reasonB、hopeC、dreamD、symbol正確答案選項：參考答案：D解析句意：——為什么中國人喜歡紅色？

——因為在中國，紅色是好運的象征?？疾槊~。A.reason原因；B.hope希望；C.dream夢想；D.symbol象征。根據句中goodluck可知，紅色是好運的象征。D選項符合句意，故選D。36、-Couldyouhelpmetidythegarden,Tony?-________,daddy.Susaniswaitingformetogotoschool.

(1分)A、ongratulationsB、Sorry,Ican'tC、NicetomeetyouD、Hereyouare正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查交際用語。句意：--你能幫我整理花園嗎，托尼?--對不起，我不能，爸爸。蘇珊在等我去上學。ACongratulations祝賀；BSorry,Ican't對不起，我不能；CNicetomeetyou見到你很高興；DHereyouare給你。根據Susaniswaitingformetogotoschool.可知，托尼拒絕了爸爸的請求。故選B。37、ThebabyelephantisfromAfrica.She（）(1分)A、eatgrassB、eatsgrassC、eatgrassesD、eatsgrasses正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查主謂一致。句意為：“象寶寶來自非洲，她吃草。”主語為第三人稱單數she,謂語動詞用單數形式，所以排除A和C;grass為不可數名詞，所以排除D。故選B。38、材料Justinknewtherewasonlyonewayoutofhisneighborhood—basketball.Sohe（1）hard,runningwiththeballlikethe（2）dogswerechasing(追逐)him.Hecoulddefeatanyoftheguysatthe（3）andhesawhiswayoutandheranforit.

OnedaywhenJustinwasplayingbasketball,he（4）hisrightkneebadly.Thedoctorsaidhemightneverplay（5）.Justinwasextremelysad.EverydayJustinjust（6）inbed,watchingTVandeatingpotatochips.Whenhe（7）likeaballoon,hissistercamehomefromtheuniversityonholiday,bringingexciting（8）ofafarawaylandcalledcollege.

Justinwas（9）bythedormstoriesandcampus（10）thatshetold,buthecould（11）believeanyofthem.Itwasasifsheweretellinghimaboutsome（12）landhighabovetheclouds.

Justinwasapretty（13）guy,buthissisterhadawayof（14）himtodothingsthatnobodyelsecould.Sowhileshewashomeduringthe（15）,theystudiedtogether,andtheytalked,andtheyworked,andJustinfelt（16）thanheeverhadbefore.

Afterspendingthose（17）withhissister,Justinrealizedthathedidn'twanttofeelbadforhimselfanymore,andhedidn'twanttoquit.Basketball（18）behisthing,butnowtherewasonly（19）.UsingthestudyskillsJustinhadacquiredfromhissister,hescored（20）ineveryexam.Theuniversitythatheappliedtoacceptedhim.第13空填（）。(1分)A、lazyB、stubbornC、regularD、wise正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。lazy意為“懶惰的”;stubborn意為“固執的”;regular意為“經常的”;wise意為“明智的”。根據空格后的“buthissister…thatnobodyelsecould”可知，Justin是一個固執的人。故選B。39、Wouldyoulike（）thirdapple?(1分)A、aB、anC、/D、the正確答案選項：參考答案：A解析核心短語/詞匯：wouldlike想要定冠詞the與序數詞連用表示順序，不定冠詞a/an與序數詞連用表示“又一，再一”，根據句意“你還想要一個蘋果嗎？”判斷，不選C/D；third第一個音素是輔音/θ/,所以用不定冠詞a,應選：A。40、Shallwetake（）rest?(1分)A、afewminuteB、afewminute'sC、afewminutesD、afewminutes'正確答案選項：參考答案：D41、________iseasytoworkoutthemathsproblem.

(1分)A、ThisB、ThatC、ItD、Its正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析這道數學題很容易解出來。it為形式主語。42、-________didyougolastsummer?-IwenttoBeijing.Itwaswonderful.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhereC、WhoD、When正確答案選項：參考答案：B解析詢問去哪里用where43、—________isaticketforthefilmHacker?—Aboutfortyyuan.

(1分)A、HowoldB、HowmanyC、HowmuchD、Howoften正確答案選項：參考答案：C解析-電影“黑客”的票多少錢？-大約四十元。根據答語Aboutfortyyuan.（大約四十元），說明一句是詢問價格.詢問價格要用howmuch，故本題答案為C44、Thehouseandthefurniture,togetherwithacar（）soldfor$200,000.(1分)A、wasB、wereC、haveD、has正確答案選項：參考答案：B45、材料Thinkaboutwhatyouliketowearontheweekend.

There’sagoodchancethatyouliketoputonapairofbluejeans.Atanymoment,abouthalfoftheworld’spopulationiswearingjeans.Butaccordingtoanewstudy,ourloveforjeansmaybebadforEarth.Denim（牛仔布）mightbeputtingsomeseaanimalsindanger.Everytimewewashourjeans,tinybitsofdenimwillflowoutofourwashingmachines,downintotheworld’srivers,lakesandoceans.Youmightwonder:Isn’tdenimmadeofcotton,anaturalmaterial?Howcanitbecomeadangertonature?Well,intheprocessofmakingjeans,denimistreatedwithmanytypesofman-madechemicals.Someimproveitsdurability（耐用性）andfeel;othersgivejeanstheirbluecolor.ScientistsstudiedtheGreatLakesinAmericaandtheArcticOceaninnorthernCanada.

Theyfounddenimwasteinallofthesamples（樣本）theyhadcollected.

Itisfearedthattheharmfulchemicalsindenimhavespreadfarandwide.Scientistsaren’tyetsurehowthesechemicalsmightharmanimals.Inthestudy,thescientistsalsowashedjeanstoseehowmanybitsofdenimeachpairwoulddropperwash.Theanswerwasfrightening:Abou