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贵州省遵义市2023-2024学年八年级上学期期末英语试题
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight will take about 16 hours. You also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add up all of the time, the trip will take at last 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing might only take two hours.
Right now, a company is developing (开发) something called ET3—"evacuated tube (真空管) transport technology". Here's how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules (舱) move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule.
For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6,500 kilometers per hour. Why can they travel so fast? Because there isn't any air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules can move at such a high speed. Also, the capsules are quite light. Each only weighs 183 kilograms. There are other advantages (优点) of ET3. Because it use electricity, it's quite clean. Also, it's a lot quieter than air planes and cars. Last, ET3 tube and capsules don't need much building materials.
Of course, there are still some problems about ET3. The biggest problem is that right now it would cost a lot to build ET3. To lower the cost, we will need much better technology.
However, it's still exciting to think of how ET3 will change the travel in the future. Who knows? Maybe someday you can have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
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April 22, 2024 marks the 55th World Earth Day This year's theme is "Planet vs. Plastics". There are about one million waste plastic bottles produced by us every minute, and people use more than 570 million plastic bags each hour. Plastic products make our life convenient. However, plastic rubbish has been found in deepest seas by scientists recently. Plastic pollution is damaging( 损 害 )our planet. So it's high time to pay attention to the problem of plastic pollution.
◆What can we do in our daily life to help solve the problem of plastic pollution?
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◆What can we do for plastic recycling?
There are several steps for you to follow before you put plastic waste in recyclable waste bins. For example, when you have an empty plastic bottle, you can first take off its cap. The bottle and the cap can be two different kinds of plastic so you'd better take them apart(分开) .
Then, make the bottle clean with water, especially the inside because there are always drinks or other things left. Lastly, crush(压扁) the bottle so that it can be easy to take and transport.
Rubbish Classification(分类) People need to divide rubbish into different groups before putting it in different rubbish bins. For example, plastic bottles belong to recyclable waste. They can be recycled to produce other products instead of being left on land. |
Three steps in recycling a plastic bottle
Every small action counts when it comes to protecting our environment. Taking responsibility for reducing( 减 少 )plastic pollution not only helps the Earth but also sets a positive example for others to follow. Let's work together to keep our planet clean and healthy for ourselves and future generations.
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试题篮
I always bring my cloth shopping bag with me when I go shopping. I never use plastic shopping bags 
I don't eat takeaway food because that often requires plastic boxes, spoons and forks They can be used only once.
When I go out, I always take my drinking bottle with me. I seldom buy drinks in plastic bottles 
In my home, I seldom throw away plastic boxes, bags or bottles. I try to use them in other ways. For example, I store(存放) ice in big plastic bottles.
