今年这道高考英语阅读理解题,QS前100毕业都做不出来。。。
这两天,高考英语全国一卷的一篇阅读理解让网友们炸开了锅。列位看官先跟着菌菌一起来看一下原文:
(1)Microplastics have become a common source of pollution across the Earth — they have settled in the deep sea and on the Himalayas, stuck inside volcanic rocks, filled the stomachs of seabirds and even fallen in fresh Antarctic snow. They are even appearing inside humans.
(2)Now, new research suggests that a simple, cheap measure may significantly reduce the level of microplastics in water from your tap(水龙头):boiling and filtering(过滤) it. In a study published Wednesday in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers from China found that boiling tap water for just five minutes — then filtering it after it cools — could remove at least 80 percent of its microplastics.
(3)Crucially, this process relies on the water containing enough calcium carbonate(碳酸钙)to trap the plastics. In the study, boiling hard water containing 300 milligrams of calcium carbonate led to an almost 90 percent drop in plastics. But in samples with less than 60 milligrams of calcium carbonate, boiling reduced the level of plastics by just 25 percent. Additionally, the research didn't include all types of plastics. The team focused only on three common types — polystyrene, polyethylene and polypropylene — and they didn't study other chemicals previously found in water such as vinyl chloride.
(4)Still, the findings show a potential path forward for reducing microplastic exposure — a task that's becoming increasingly difficult. Even bottled water, scientists found earlier this year, contains 10 to 1,000 times more microplastics than originally thought.
(5)Scientists are still trying to determine how harmful microplastics are — but what they do know has raised concerns. The new study suggests boiling tap water could be a tool to limit intake. “The way they demonstrated how microplastics were trapped through the boiling process was nice," Caroline Gauchotte - Lindsay, an environmental engineer at the University of Glasgow in Scotland who was not involved in the research, tells New Scientist. “We should be looking into upgrading drinking water treatment plants so they remove microplastics.”
这篇阅读理解有一道题是这么问的:
What is Gauchotte - Lindsay's suggestion about?
A. Choice of new research methods.
B. Possible direction for further study.
C. Need to involve more researchers.
D. Potential application of the findings.
大家可以停在这里先思考一下,不用急着往下滑。
原文相关段落及选项翻译:
科学家仍在试图确定微塑料的具体危害程度——但现有认知已引发广泛担忧。这项新研究表明,煮沸自来水可能成为限制微塑料摄入的有效手段。“他们通过煮沸过程捕获微塑料的论证方式非常出色,”未参与该研究的苏格兰格拉斯哥大学环境工程师卡罗琳·高肖特-林赛向《新科学家》表示,“我们应当寻找升级饮用水处理厂的方案,使其具备清除微塑料的能力。”
问:卡罗琳·林赛的建议是有关于?
A. 选择新研究方法
B. 进一步研究的可能方向
C. 需要更多研究人员参与
D. 研究结果的潜在应用
相信大家很快就能把A和C排除。
那么问题来了,B和D该选哪个?网友们为此争论不休。
先来看看选B的理由:
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再来看看选D的理由:
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对此,善于逻辑思维的DeepSeek是这么分析的:
两班人马闹得不可开交之际,有人去问了Caroline Gauchotte - Lindsay教授本人。简单介绍一下这位教授的专业背景,英国格拉斯哥大学环境工程与化学(环境基础设施方向)教授。
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然后!教授本人看到邮件并且回复了!
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邮件翻译:
英国格拉斯哥大学的卡罗琳・高肖特 - 林赛(Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay)表示:“他们展示物质如何通过煮沸过程沉积的方式很不错。” 不过她补充道,全球应在微塑料进入家庭之前就着手解决饮用水中的微塑料问题。“我们应当研究改造饮用水处理厂,使其能去除微塑料。” 她说道。
(以上是教授在邮件中引用的《新科学家》杂志的原文段落,出现在高考题中的段落是根据这一段改编的。以下是她对提问的回复。)
正如你所见,(原文与考题的)煮沸过程与饮用水处理厂的论述截然不同。我的观点是,四个选项中没有正确答案,但最接近的是B选项“进一步研究的可能方向”。
我当然不建议在饮用水处理厂将水煮沸,因此D选项显然不正确。
菌菌倒是觉得B和D都有道理,今天跟格大教授不能站一边了。。。
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其实教授这么说,菌菌认为原因在于教授本身是个英国人。而英国人平时都喝tap water(英国的水龙头里放出来的水是达到饮用标准的),且习惯于喝冷水,所以她会说自己“当然不建议”饮用水处理厂去将水煮沸。
所以出题人将这篇文章稍作修改,变成了符合中国人习惯的生活场景,但同样也带来了模棱两可的两个选项。
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这道题选B还是选D对于高考生来说是很重要,毕竟一道选择题就能拉开很大的差距。但是!正确答案对于人生来说一点都不重要,因为人生从来就没有所谓的正确答案。反而是,不纠结于正确答案,善于去发现问题,讨论问题,甚至敢于质疑权威,“挑战”权威的整个过程——远比答案本身重要得多。
因为你在探索的这一路,总会遇到新的人,新的风景,新的方法,新的机遇。