(B)
Plastic waste in the ocean is bad for the
sea animals. It is difficult to clean it up.
However, a company found a way to clean up
plastic waste.
The Waste Shark is a machine. It can
collect plastic wastes and other litters in rivers
and near the sea before they go into the ocean.
Like a shark, the machine has a big "mouth" at
its front. While water passes through it, the
waste can get inside. People can control it from
3 kilometers away, or it can follow GPS routes
(路线) on its own. Moving through the water at
3 kilometers per hour, the engineer says the
Waste Shark can clean up to 500 kilos of wastes
every day.
Collecting wastes near the sea is easy and
cheap than collecting wastes in the ocean. Once
plastics or litters go into the ocean, it's very
hard to collect because they go into water, and
we can't find them easily.
There are some Waste Sharks being used
around the world, such as the east coast of the
US, the UK, India and South Africa.
()31.What is the Waste Shark?
A. A kind of sea animal.
B. Plastic waste.
C. A machine.
D. GPS routes.
()32.How many wastes can the Waste
Shark clean up every day?
A. 500 kilos.
B. 3 kilos.
C. 3 kilometers.
D. 500 kilometers.
()33.What does the underlined word
"it" refer to(指代)?
A. A river.
B. A mouth.
C. A shark.
D. A machine.
()34.Which of the following is TRUE
according to(根据) the text?
A. The machine has a big nose.
B. The machine can move 3 meters
per hour under the water.
C. The machine can follow GPS
routes on its own.
D. You can see the machine near
the sea in China.
()35.Which of the following is the best
title(标题) of this text?
A. Plastic Waste in the Sea
B. Something about the Waste Shark
C. People Should Save the Sharks
D. Something about the Ocean

(B)
31. C 由第二段第一句可知，the Waste Shark是a machine。故选C。
32. A 由第二段最后一句可知，the Waste Shark每天可清理500千克垃圾。故选A。
33. D 联系上下文可知，it指代名为the Waste Shark的机器。故选D。
34. C C项的表述与第二段倒数第二句一致。故选C。
35. B 本文主要介绍the Waste Shark这种机器。故选B。

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，解题思路为：1. 先通读全文，把握文章核心内容；2. 针对每个小题的题干提取关键词（如31题关键词“Waste Shark”、32题“clean up every day”等）；3. 带着关键词回到原文定位对应句子；4. 将原文内容与选项逐一对比，排除错误选项，确定正确答案。
【解析】
31. 根据原文第二段第一句“The Waste Shark is a machine.”可知，Waste Shark是一种机器，故选C。
32. 根据原文第二段最后一句“the Waste Shark can clean up to 500 kilos of wastes every day.”可知，其每天可清理500千克垃圾，故选A。
33. 联系上下文，前文介绍的是名为Waste Shark的机器，此处“it”指代该机器，故选D。
34. 原文第二段提到“it can follow GPS routes (路线) on its own”，与C选项表述一致；A选项应为“big mouth”而非“big nose”，B选项速度是3 kilometers per hour而非3 meters，D选项提到的使用地区不包括中国，故选C。
35. 全文围绕Waste Shark这种清理垃圾的机器展开介绍，故最佳标题为“Something about the Waste Shark”，选B。
【答案】
31.C 32.A 33.D 34.C 35.B
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解题、主旨大意题
【点评】
本文是一篇介绍清理海洋塑料垃圾的机器Waste Shark的说明文，题目以细节理解题为主，考查学生快速定位原文信息的能力，内容贴近环保主题，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.8