中考解题技巧点拨—首字母填词（10）
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We have found plastic(塑料)in the ocean and in animals like birds, fish and whales. But for the f__1__ time, scientists have found plastic in human poop (粪便), USA Today reported.
The findings came from a pilot study (初步研究) led by scientists from Environment Agency Austria. The researchers f__2__ eight healthy volunteers from different parts of the world. The volunteers wrote down what they ate for a week and then p__3__ a stool sample (大便样本) for testing.
Scientists found nine different t__4__ of plastic in the samples, according to the study. An average of 20 small plastic particles (颗粒) were found in every 10 grams of stool. The particles measured between 50 to 500 micrometers (微米).
“The smallest plastic particles are capable of (能够) e__5__ the bloodstream, the lymphatic system (淋巴系统), and may even r__6__ the liver (肝脏),” Philipp Schwabl, who took part in the research, said to the Guardian.
However, the scientists aren’t sure if this plastic is h__7__ to humans. They’re not sure how the plastic got in the volunteers’ bodies, either. But most of the volunteers said they drank from plastic b__8__ and also ate seafood that could include plastic from ocean pollution.
In fact, plastic is everywhere around us. Every year, an average of 8 million tons of plastic w__9__ goes into the oceans, according to National Geographic. There, sunlight and waves break the plastic items down to the size of grains of rice. Most of the particles stay in the ocean. Others can s__10__ into the soil and air. Could plastic in the air fall onto food and get into the human body?
生词积累：
agency n. 代理；代理商；机构
Austria n. 奥地利
gram cn. 克
measure vi. 测量；判断
bloodstream n. 血流
the Guardian 英国卫报
seafood n. 海鲜
National Geographic 国家地理
item cn. 物体；物品
grain cn. 谷粒
解题分析：
1. first：根据上句的内容和but可以得知，在人类粪便里面出现塑料还是“第一次”。
2. followed：根据本句翻译得知“研究人员跟踪了八年自愿者”。
3. provided：根据本句翻译得知“志愿者要写下他们一周所吃的东西，并且还要提供粪便样本以供检测”。
4. types：根据本句翻译得知“研究者在样本中发现了九种不同的塑料样本”。
5. entering：根据本句翻译得知“最小的塑料颗粒能够进入血流中”。
6. reach：根据上句和根据本句翻译得知“有的甚至还可以进入肝脏”。
7. harmful：根据本句翻译得知“然而，科学家们并不确定这些塑料是否对人类有害”。
8. bottles：根据本句翻译和前面的喝水得知，人们用塑料“瓶子”喝水。
9. waste：根据本句翻译得知“平均每一年有8亿吨塑料垃圾进入到海洋”。
10. spread：根据上句内容“有些塑料留在了海洋里”和本句翻译“另外一些则“扩散到了土壤和空气中”。