28. What are Von Wong’s artworks intended for?
- A. Beautifying the city he lives in.
- B. Introducing eco-friendly products.
- C. Drawing public attention to plastic waste.
- D. Reducing garbage on the beach.
答案：C
答案句：Artist Benjamin Von Wong wants you to know that it does. He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products.
参考译文：艺术家本杰明·冯·王想让你知道它确实有影响。他用塑料垃圾建造巨大的雕塑，迫使观众重新审视他们与一次性塑料产品的关系。
定位线索：题干“Von Wong’s artworks intended for”对应答案句“He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products”；文中“foreing viewers to re-examine”对应选项C“Drawing public attention to plastic waste”。
解析：题干问Von Wong的艺术作品的目的，答案句明确指出他建造雕塑是为了“迫使观众重新审视他们与一次性塑料产品的关系”，即引起公众对塑料垃圾的关注，对应C选项。A选项“美化城市”无中生有，B选项“介绍环保产品”与原文不符，D选项“减少海滩垃圾”是手段而非目的。
29. Why does the author discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3?
- A. To show the difficulty of their recycling.
- B. To explain why they are useful.
- C. To voice his views on modern art.
- D. To find a substitute for them.
答案：A
答案句：Just 9% of global plastic waste is recycled. Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source (来源)of plastic pollution, but they’ve recently come under fire because most people don’t need them to drink with and, because of their small size and weight, they cannot be recycled.
参考译文：全球只有9%的塑料垃圾被回收。塑料吸管绝不是塑料污染的最大来源，但它们最近受到抨击，因为大多数人不需要它们来喝水，而且由于它们体积小、重量轻，无法被回收。
定位线索：题干“discuss plastic straws in paragraph 3”对应答案句“Plastic straws are by no means the biggest source of plastic pollution, but they’ve recently come under fire because...they cannot be recycled”；文中“they cannot be recycled”对应选项A“To show the difficulty of their recycling”。
解析：题干问作者在第三段讨论塑料吸管的目的，答案句先提出“全球只有9%的塑料垃圾被回收”作为背景，然后指出塑料吸管“无法被回收”，这是讨论的重点，即说明回收的困难，对应A选项。B选项“解释它们为什么有用”与原文相反，C选项“表达对现代艺术的看法”答非所问，D选项“寻找替代品”无中生有。
30. What effect would “Truckload of Plastic” have on viewers?
- A. Calming.
- B. Disturbing
- C. Refreshing
- D. Challenging.
答案：C
答案句：In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload's worth of plastic enters the ocean. For this work, titled “Truckload of Plastic,”Von Wong and a group of volunteers collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together to look like they’d been dumped(倾倒)from a truck all at once.
参考译文：在2018年的一件作品中，冯·王想说明一个具体的统计数据：每60秒，就有一卡车的塑料进入海洋。在这件名为“一卡车塑料”的作品中，冯·王和一群志愿者收集了超过10000件塑料，然后将它们绑在一起，看起来像是从卡车上一次性倾倒下来的。
定位线索：题干“effect would 'Truckload of Plastic' have on viewers”对应答案句第4段“Every 60 seconds, a truckload's worth of plastic enters the ocean”；文中“collected more than 10,000 pieces of plastic, which were then tied together”体现作者用艺术将垃圾转化为令人耳目一新的作品，对应选项C“Refreshing”（令人耳目一新的）。
解析：题干问“Truckload of Plastic”这件作品会给观众带来什么影响。答案句说明作者收集超过10000件塑料垃圾、绑成“从卡车上一倾而下”的样子，用艺术化形式直观呈现“每60秒就有一卡车塑料进入海洋”的惊人数据，让观众以全新的眼光重新审视塑料污染问题，感到耳目一新（refreshing），对应C选项。A项“Calming”（令人平静）与作品强烈的视觉冲击相反；B项“Disturbing”（令人不安）侧重负面震撼，而作品的核心是艺术化地“刷新”观众对塑料的认识、引发重新审视，与C相比侧重不符；D项“Challenging”（具有挑战性）与“对观众的影响”这一设问不贴合。
31. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?
- A. Artists' Opinions on Plastic Safety
- B. Media Interest in Contemporary Art
- C. Responsibility Demanded of Big Companies
- D. Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures
答案：D
答案句：He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage, foreing viewers to re-examine their relationship to single-use plastic products. … At the beginning of the year, the artist built a piece called“Strawpocalypse,” a pair of 10-foot-tall plastic waves, frozen mid-crash. … In a piece from 2018, Von Wong wanted to illustrate (说明) a specific statistic: Every 60 seconds, a truckload's worth of plastic enters the ocean. … Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies to reduce their plastic footprint.
参考译文：他用塑料垃圾建造巨大的雕塑，迫使观众重新审视他们与一次性塑料产品的关系。… 今年年初，这位艺术家建造了一件名为“吸管末日”的作品，一对10英尺高的塑料波浪，冻结在碰撞中途。… 在2018年的一件作品中，冯·王想说明一个具体的统计数据：每60秒，就有一卡车的塑料进入海洋。… 冯·王希望他的作品也能帮助向大公司施压，减少它们的塑料足迹。
定位线索：题干“best title for the text”对应答案句“He builds massive sculptures out of plastic garbage”和“Von Wong hopes that his work will also help pressure big companies”；文中“plastic garbage”和“plastic footprint”对应选项D“Ocean Plastics Transformed into Sculptures”。
解析：全文围绕Von Wong如何将海洋塑料垃圾转化为大型雕塑来引起公众关注，首段点明他用塑料垃圾建造雕塑，中间段落举例说明具体作品，末段提到他希望作品能施压大公司，整体主旨是“海洋塑料被转化为雕塑”，对应D选项。A选项“艺术家对塑料安全的看法”范围过窄，B选项“媒体对当代艺术的兴趣”无中生有，C选项“对大公司的责任要求”只是作品目的之一，不能概括全文。