阅读理解说明文+议论文（原题版）-译林版高二英语上学期期中考点.pdf

专题13阅读理解说明文+议论文

01.（2023春•江苏盐城•高二盐城市第一中学校联考期中）

Everbeenhungryenoughtoeatahouse?Now,youactuallycould.

FoodwasteisabigprobleminJapanandglobally.Japanproducedaround5.7milliontonsoffoodwastein

219.Thegovernmentplanstoreducethatbyaround2.7milliontonsby23.TokyoUniversityresearchersKota

MachidaandYuyaSakaihavedevelopedawaytotransformfoodwasteintocement水（）forconstructionuse

andmore.Thisisthefirst-everprocesscreatedformakingcemententirelyfromfoodwaste.Theresearcherssay

theirproductisfourtimesasstrongastraditionalconcrete.Thisparticularcementcanbeusedtomakethingslike

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teacupsorchairsaswell.However,theresoneadditionalfeature——ifsalsoeatable.

KotaandYuyaaretheintelligencebehindtheformationofFabulaInc.,acompanywithpurposesofreducing

foodwaste,andhelpingfightglobalwarming.Asexpected,somethingthisuniquetookyearstodevelop.Ittooka

fewattemptstofindjusttherightprocess.KotaandYuyacreatedtheuniquetechnologywhileresearchingpossible

environment-friendlymaterialstoreplacecement-basedconcrete.Cementproductionaccountsfor8%ofthe

worldscarbondioxiderelease.

Afterafewfailures,theyrealizedtheycouldgetthecementtobind黏（合）byadjustingthetemperatures.

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“Themostchallengingpartwasthateachtypeoffoodwasterequiresdifferenttemperatures,Yuyasaid.Sothe

researchershadtoobservethemandrespondintime.