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NotplaisaLondon-basedfirmthatmakesaseaweed-based

substituteforsingle-useplasticpackaging.Althoughsomeof

Notpla'sproductsaresuitabletobeeatenztheyaredesignedto

bedissolved（溶解）afterusage.Thecompany'sfilmwrapismade

ofseaweedlininginsteadofaconventionalplasticbased

coating.Thismakesthefilmfullybiodegradableandidealforuse

aspackagingforcupboardandbathroomsupplieslikecoffee

andtoiletpaper.

AccordingtotheUnitedNations,331millionkilogramsof

plasticgarbageisproducedannuallyaroundtheworld.Roughly

60%oftheestimated9.15billiontonsofplasticproducedsince

theearly1950shasbeentakentolandfillsorabandoned

outdoors.

Plasticsharmthewaterrtheairzandourbodies.Manyexperts

agreethatsingle-useplasticsareunnecessaryand

dangerous.SomegovernmentsandtownsintheUnitedStates

havetakenaction.NewYorkhasbannedmostplasticshopping

bags,whileplasticstraws（吸管）havebeenbannedinMiami

Beach.OverseasJndiastatedinAugustthatitplanstoputawide

banonsingle-useplasticsthisupcomingsummer,withthe

EuropeanUnionalreadyimplementingthisban.

Seaweedcomesinavarietyofspeciesandcanbeharvested

orfarmed.Notplausesplantsthathavebeenfarmed.Rodrigo

GarciaGonzalezandPierrePaslier,theinventorsofNotpla,

initiallyconsideredseaweedasasolutiontotheworld7splastic

problemforseveralreasons.Seaweedisabundantandgrows

quickly.Additionallyitdoesn*tcompetewithlandcropsandis

highlyfavoredforitsabilitytoremovesomewasteproductslike

carbonfromtheatmosphere.

IncooperationwiththeonlinefoodorderingserviceJustEat,

thestart-uprecentlytesteditsproduct.Lastyear,thetwo

companieshandedout30,000takeawayboxesatvariousUK

restaurants.Plansareintheworkstooffertheboxesacross

Europein2022.Notpla'steamintendstoreplacesingle-use

plasticinthesupplychainmoregenerallyastheyscale.The

companyrecognizesthedifficultyofsuchajobgiventhevolume

ofplasticsconsumedaroundtheworld.

5.Howdoestheauthormainlydevelopparagraph2?

A.Bycomparingfacts.

B?Bypresentingfigures.

C.Byraisingquestions.

D.Bygivingexamples.

6.Whatcanbestreplacetheunderlinedword“implementing”

inparagraph3?

A.Lifting.

B.Protecting.

C.Opposing.

D.Performing.

7.Whatdoesparagraph4mainlytalkabout?

A.Thewideuseofseaweed.

B.Thenextgoalofthenewstudy.

C.Thehugemarketoftheplasticbags.

D.Theadvantagesofchoosingseaweed.

“Thankyou,butnothankyouJsaysRalphKing,aclimate

scientist.HetoldGreyChilds,authorandcommentator,that

peoplethinktechnologycansavetheplanet,"butthereare

otherthingsweneedtodealwith,likeconsumption.They

burned$50z000justforthehelicoptertobringtheplastictothe

glacier."Thisexperiment,quote-unquote,givespeoplefalse

hopethatclimatechangecanbefixedwithoutchanginghuman

behavior.ltcan*t.Technologywon'tgiveusafreeride.

Individualsrespondtoclimatechange

differently.ClimatologistKellySmithishardlyaloneinher

predictionthatsomedaysoonwewon'tbeclimatevictims,but

wewillbeclimatechoosers.Morescientistsagreewithherthatif

thehumanracesurvives,theengineerswillgetsmarter,thetools

willgetbetter,andonedaywewillcontroltheclimate.Butthat

then?"Justthementionofuscontrollingtheclimatesenta

smallshiverdownmybackJGreywrites.''Somethingsounded

wrongaboutstoppingicebyourownwill,“hesays.

Me?Ilikeitbetterwhentheearthtakescareofitself.Iguess

onedaywewillhavetoruntheplace,butforthemoment,

sittingatmydesk,lookingoutatthetreesbendingwildlyand

thewindhowling,Fmhappynottobeincharge.

1.WhydoestheauthormentionJasonBox'sexperimentinthe

firstparagraph?

A.Tointroduceapossiblesolutiontoclimatechange.

B.Todescribeamisleadingattempttofixtheclimate.

C.Toreportonasuccessfulexperimentonsavingtheglacier.

D.Toarousepeople'sattentiontotheproblemofglobal

warming.

2.WhichstatementwouldRalphKingmostprobablyagreewith?

A.Thefightagainstclimatechangewillnotsucceed.

B.Technologyisnotthefinalsolution,letaloneitshighcost.

C.It*sbesttodealwithclimatechangewithoutchangingour

behavior.

D.Jason7sexperimentplaysasignificantroleinfixingclimate

change.

3.WhatisGreyChilds'attitudetohuman7scontrollingthe

climate?

A.Favorable.

B.Tolerant.

C.Doubtful.

D.Uncle