海洋清洁大师：能捞出海洋垃圾的太阳能驳船
When Boyan Slat was 16, he took a diving trip to Greece that changed his life. The young Dutch man was shocked to see more plastic than fish in the ocean off the coast and decided to do something about it. That’s how The Ocean Cleanup got its start!
The nonprofit’s mission is to develop advanced technology that will rid our oceans of plastic. Boyan is particularly interested in combating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast stretch of marine debris (海洋垃圾) that reaches from California to Japan.
In recent years, they managed to collect two shipping containers full of trash from the area for the first time in history! Now, this motivated engineer and conservationist is turning his attention to the source of the pollution: the 1,000 rivers around the world that are dumping about 80 percent of that plastic into the ocean.
The Ocean Cleanup is making a difference with their incredible invention. The “Interceptor” is a solar-powered barge (驳船) that sucks river debris into dumpsters and then brings it onshore to be recycled. Impressively enough, one Interceptor can collect 220,000 pounds of garbage every single day! That means we can drastically reduce the amount of waste that reaches the ocean simply by placing this invention along riverbanks.
Boyan hopes to have these machines in each of the world’s worst polluted rivers by 2025. They’re already at work on the Klang River in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and the Cengkareng Drain in Jakarta, Indonesia.
“Our team has remained steadfast in its determination to solve immense technical challenges to arrive at this point,” Boyan said. “Though we still have much more work to do, I am eternally grateful for the team’s commitment and dedication to the mission and look forward to continuing to the next phase of development.”
To support their mission, The Ocean Cleanup is encouraging people to nominate their rivers, appeal to their local governments, and donate what they can so Interceptors can be placed where they’re needed most.
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1.What directly led Boyan Slat to start The Ocean Cleanup?
A A sudden inner impulse.
B The pursuit of ocean protection.
C His diving trip in Greece.
D The concept of environmental protection.
解析：选C。C细节理解题。根据第一段可知，博扬·斯莱特16岁时，他到希腊潜水旅行，发现在远离海岸的海洋中，塑料比鱼还多，他决心对此采取措施。即这也是海洋清理项目开启的直接原因。故选C。
2.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A Boyan’s travelling place.
B An official marine debris storage area.
C The place that Boyan is longing for.
D The advanced technology application area.
解析：选D。D 词意指代题。根据第二段可知，这是一大片从加利福尼亚延伸到日本的海洋垃圾。前文说Boyan对于这一区域的抗争尤感兴趣，说明这里就是博扬的先进技术运用的区域。故选D。
3.What can we know about the “Interceptor”?
A It can monitor marine pollution.
B It works very efficiently every day.
C It is often placed on the riverbanks.
D It recycled the waste by clean energy.
解析：选B。B推理判断题。根据第四段Impressively enough, one Interceptor can collect 220,000 pounds of garbage every single day!可知，一艘Interceptor每天可以收集22万磅的垃圾！由此说明它每天的工作效率很高。故选B。
4.Which of the following might be the next mission for Boyan?
A To clean up all the most polluted rivers in the world.
B To do a survey about the world’s worst polluted rivers.
C To encourage people to donate to the Interceptor project.
D To develop new types of Interceptors in the following years.
解析：选A。A推理判断题。根据第五段Boyan hopes to have these machines in each of the world’s worst polluted rivers by 2025.可知，博扬希望到2025年在世界上每条污染最严重的河流中都安装这机器。由此推断他接下来应该会在这些河流上做清理工作。故选A。