2025年云南體育運(yùn)動(dòng)職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語(yǔ)2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析

2025年云南體育運(yùn)動(dòng)職業(yè)技術(shù)學(xué)院高職單招高職單招英語(yǔ)2016-2024歷年頻考點(diǎn)試題含答案解析（圖片大小可自由調(diào)整）一、單選題(共35題)1、Birthdaysaregoodforyou--the_________youhavethelongeryoulive.

(1分)A、manyB、muchC、moreD、most正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析生日對(duì)你有好處--你擁有的越多，你的壽命就越長(zhǎng)。the

moreyouhave你擁有的越多

2、材料Manyyearsago,abigearthquakehitAmerica,killingover30,000people.Afather（1）hiswifesafelyathomeandrushedtothe（2）wherehissonwassupposedtobe,（3）todiscoverthatthebuildingwasasflatasapancake.

Seeingthis,herememberedthe（4）hehadmadetohisson,“Nomatterwhathappens,I'llalwaysbethereforyou!”Tearsbeganto（5）hiseyes.Ashelookedatthepileof（6）thatoncewastheschool,itlooked（7）,buthekeptrememberinghiswordstohisson.

Hebegantoconcentrate（8）wherehehad（9）hissontoclassbefore.Remembe-ringhisson's（10）hadbeenintherightbackcorneroftheteachingbuilding,herushedthereandstarteddigging（11）theruins.

Hekeptdigginganddigging.Hourslater,other（12）parentstriedtopullhimoff（13）hadbeenhisson'sclassroom,saying,“It'stoolate!They'realldead!”

Butthefatherkeptdiggingforhisson.Thefirechief（14）andsaid,“Firesarebreakingout.You'rein（15）.Gohome.”Hearingthis,theAmericanfather,（16）verytirednow,askedpolitely,“Areyougoingtohelpme?”

Hewenton（17）.Hedugfor8hours…12hours…24hours…36hours…then,inthe38thhour,heheardhisson's（18）.Hescreamedhisson'sname,“ARMAND!”Andheheardhissonshoutback,“Dad?!It'sme,Dad!Itoldtheotherkidsnottoworry.Itoldthemthatifyouwere（19）you'dsaveus.Youpromisednomatterwhathappened,you'dalwaysbethereforme!Youdid(20),Dad!”第19空填（）。(1分)A、rightB、deadC、aliveD、injured正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。right意為“正確的”;dead意為“死的”;alive意為“活著的”;injured意為“受傷的”。根據(jù)下文的“Youpromisednomatterwhathappened,you'dalwaysbethereforme!”可知，此處是指活著的。故選C。

3、—Wouldyouliketogotothecityandlivewithus,Granny?—Oh,dear,I’musedtothelifeinthecountry.Ithink____lifehereis.

(1分)A、morecomfortableB、lesscomfortableC、themostcomfortableD、theleastcomfortable正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析句意:——奶奶，你愿意去城里和我們一起住嗎?——哦，親愛的，我已經(jīng)習(xí)慣了鄉(xiāng)村的生活。我覺得這里的生活更舒適。A、morecomfortable更舒適的;B、lesscomfortable不舒適的;C、themostcomfortable最舒適的;D、theleastcomfortable最不舒適的。根據(jù)上文Oh,dear,I'musedtothelifeinthecountry.可知下文是在這兒的生活更舒服。根據(jù)題意，故選A。

4、Neverputoff_____tomorrowwhatyoucandotoday.

(1分)A、untilB、beforeC、whenD、as正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析這是賓語(yǔ)從句，翻譯成中文是：不要把今天能做的事推遲到明天。A：直到…才，前面經(jīng)常和否定詞連用，選項(xiàng)B：在……之前，選項(xiàng)C：當(dāng)……時(shí)候，選項(xiàng)D：作為，點(diǎn)評(píng)：本題考查連詞的辨析，熟記詞的用法及結(jié)合語(yǔ)境是解答本題的關(guān)鍵

5、-Theoilontheearthwill（）oneday.—Ithinkso.Weshouldmakegooduseofit.(1分)A、findoutB、workoutC、giveoutD、runout正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。句意為：“——地球上的石油總有一天會(huì)用光?！乙策@么認(rèn)為。我們應(yīng)該好好利用它?！眗unout意為“耗盡；用完”,為不及物動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)“Weshouldmakegooduseofit.”可知油會(huì)用完，所以我們才要好好利用它。故選D。

6、Pleasebepoliteand________offeryourseattopeoplewhoneedit.

(1分)A、never

B、seldom

C、sometimes

D、always正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析句意：請(qǐng)有禮貌，總是給有需要的人讓座。考查副詞辨析。never從不；seldom很少；sometimes有時(shí)；always總是。分析“Pleasebepoliteand…offeryourseattopeoplewhoneedit.”可知，要總是給有需要的人讓座，故選D。

7、從下面單詞中找一個(gè)括號(hào)部分讀音不同的單詞。（）(1分)A、f(or)mB、(or)angeC、m(or)eD、f(our)teen正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

8、Someonewantsyouonthephone.______nobodyknowsIamhere.

(1分)A、AlthoughB、AndC、ButD、So正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析So因此；And和，并且；But但是。句意：史密斯先生，電話里面有人找你。——但是沒有人知道我在這兒??！結(jié)合語(yǔ)境可知選C。

9、材料“Dad,I'msureIcandoitwellthistime,Ipromise.”Isaidtomyselfandwentuptothestageandbeganmyplay…

FinallyI（1）frommypianoandtookabowtothepeopleinthehall.Therewasa（2）andthenloudapplause(掌聲)burstout.IknewI（3）it.Tearsfilledmyeyes.ThenI（4）threeyearsagorightherewhenitwasmyturntoplay.I（5）thehallandsawmydad.Hesatattheendofa（6）withaseriousface.

SuddenlyIbecame（7）.Ihadpracticedmypieceformonths,（8）thenitseemedtherewassomethingwrongwithmyfingers.Iforcedoutsome（9）tuneandleftthestageintears.I（10）.

Onthewayhomemyfatherdidn'tsayevenaword.Hejust（11）thecarinsilence.Ididn'tsayanythingeither.WhatcouldIsay,really,afterwhatI'ddone?Iknewhow（12）Dadworkedtoearnenoughmoney（13）mypiano.Thattimehewas.（14）tocometoacompetition,butIlethimdown.

Ididn'trememberhowwegothome.Dadneversaidawordtheentirewayhome,andhenever（15）oneofmycompetitionsagain.Inevergotoverthehurtofhaving.（16）thepersonImostwantedtomakeproud.I’d（17）morethanmycompetitionthatafternoon.IfeltasifI'dlostthekeytomyfather'sheart,andhediedbeforeIcould（18）itagain.

“God,whydidn'tyougivemea（19）tomakeituptohim?”I'doftenasked.

Iwonfirstprizeinthecontestnow.HowIwishmyfathercouldsharethe（20）momentwithme!第12空填（）。(1分)A、quicklyB、hardC、warmlyD、happily正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析考查副詞詞義辨析。quickly意為“迅速地”;hard意為“努力地”;warmly意為“溫暖地”;happily意為“高興地”。此處指父親掙錢很辛苦。故選B。

10、Iwouldratherthatyou（）rightaway.(1分)A、leaveB、leftC、shouldleaveD、willleave正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

11、材料Computer

programmer

David

Jones

earns(gets)￡35,000ayear,designingnewcomputergames,yethecannotfindabankpreparedtolethimhaveachequecard.

（1）,hehasbeentoldtowait（2）twoyears,untilheis18.

The16-year-oldboyworksforasmall（3）inLiverpool,（4）theproblemofmostyoungpeopleofhisageisfindingajob.David'scompanyreleases(發(fā)行)twonewgamesfortheexpanding(擴(kuò)展)homecomputermarketeachmonth.

ButDavid'sbiggestheadacheiswhattodo（5）hismoney.（6）hissalary,gotbyinvesting(投資)newprogramswithin（7）schedules，withbonus(獎(jiǎng)金)paymentsandprofit-sharing(分紅)，hecannotdriveacar，orobtaincreditcards.

DavidgothisjobwiththeLiverpool-basedcompanyfourmonthsago.“Igotthejobbecausethepeoplewho（8）thecompanyknewIhadalreadywrittensome

（9）,”hesaid.

“Isuppose￡35，000soundsalotbutactuallythat'sbeingpessimistic(悲觀的).Ihopeitwill（10）tomorethanthatthisyear.”Hespendssomeofhismoney

（11）recordsandclothes,andgiveshismother￡20aweek.Butmostofhissparetimeisspentonworking.“（12）,computingwasnotpartofmystudiesat（13）,”hesaid,“ButIhadbeenstudyingitinbooksandmagazinesforfouryearsinmysparetime.IknewwhatIwantedtodoandnever（14）stayingonatschool.Mostpeopleinthisbusinessarefairlyyoung,anyway.”

Davidadded,“IwouldliketoearnamillionandIthinkearlyretirementisapossibility.Youneverknowwhenthemarket（15）disappear.”

第(12)選（）(1分)A、Luckily

B、Surprisingly

C、Similarly

D、Unfortunately正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D

12、Bobsuccessfullygotthepositionhehadbeenlookingforwardtoandhewas______.

(1分)A、overthemoonB、hotunderthecollarC、flyingoffthehandleD、feelingblue正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查情景交際及習(xí)慣表達(dá)辨析。句意：鮑勃成功地得到了他一直盼望的職位，他欣喜若狂。Aoverthemoon興高采烈；Bhotunderthecollar發(fā)怒的，氣沖沖的；Cflyingoffthehandle勃然大怒；Dfeelingblue悶悶不樂。根據(jù)句意鮑勃成功地得到了他一直盼望的職位可知，此處應(yīng)表示他欣喜若狂。故選A項(xiàng)。

13、--It'lltakeatleast2hourstodothis!

--Oh,（）.Icoulddoitin30minutes.(1分)A、comeonB、pardonmeC、youarerightD、don'tmentionit正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析“做這項(xiàng)3工作至少需要2個(gè)小時(shí)!…‘算了吧，我30分鐘就能搞定?！北绢}考查情景交際用語(yǔ)。comeon意為“得啦，算了吧”，此處為指責(zé)對(duì)方剛說(shuō)過(guò)的話時(shí)的用語(yǔ)；pardonme意為“對(duì)不起”；youareright意為“你說(shuō)得對(duì)”；don’tmentionit常用于回答thankyou，這三項(xiàng)都不符合語(yǔ)境。

14、Grandmapreferstea（）coffee.(1分)A、aboutB、toC、onD、of正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B

15、Aftersupper,Fatherusually________newspapers.

(1分)A、lookB、looksC、readD、reads正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析句意:晚飯后，爸爸經(jīng)常讀報(bào)紙。look看，是不及物動(dòng)詞，看什么東西，后面要加介詞at;看書看報(bào)通常用read;主語(yǔ)是單三，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用單數(shù);故選D。

16、Ilike（）football.

(1分)A、playB、playingC、playsD、played正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析Ilikeplayingfootball.和Iliketoplayfootball.都表示喜歡踢足球這項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)。

17、Theywon’tallowus________atthisbeach.

(1分)A、swimmingB、toswimC、swamD、swim正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析他們將不允許我們?cè)诤┯斡?。allowsbtodosth允許某人做某事

18、.________cleverdogLuckyis!ItcanunderstandMr.Smith’sorders.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhataC、HowD、Howan正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析本題考查感嘆句的結(jié)構(gòu)，句意Lucky是一只多么聰明的狗??！它能明白史密斯先生的指令．感嘆名詞dog要用What，先排除C和D，又因?yàn)閐og是可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)形式，What后要加不定冠詞．若形容詞后緊跟可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)，就用whata/an；是不可數(shù)名詞或可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，只用what.

19、-Heisarealsportsman______heisnotverywell-known.-______.Besides,heisyoung.

(1分)A、though;IamafraidnotB、since;YouaresureC、evenif;IagreeabsolutelyD、because;That'sthatpoint正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析考查從屬連詞和日常用語(yǔ)。句意：盡管他不是很有名，但他是個(gè)真正的運(yùn)動(dòng)員。我完全同意。而且，他還年輕。根據(jù)第一個(gè)空格前后的內(nèi)容，可判斷出本句為though或者evenif引導(dǎo)的讓步狀語(yǔ)從句；根據(jù)besides后的內(nèi)容，可判斷出空格處應(yīng)填入表示贊同對(duì)方的話語(yǔ)，故選C。

20、材料IfyouarelearningEnglishbecauseyou'regoingtotravelinEnglandandwishtobe（1）there,don'ttrytospeakEnglishperfectly,（2）ifyoudoso,noonewillunderstandyou.InLondonninety-nineineveryhundredpeoplespeak（3）English.Youmaysaythat（4）theydon'tspeakEnglishwellthemselves,theycan（5）understanditwhenitiswellspoken.They（6）whenthespeakerisEnglish.Butwhenthespeakerisa（7）,thebetterhespeaks,the（8）itistounderstandhim.

Noforeignercan（9）stressthesyllables(音節(jié))andmakethetone（10）andfallinquestionand（11）exactlyasa（12）does.（13）thefirstthingyouhavetodoistospeakwithastrong（14）accent,andspeakbroken,thatis,Englishwithoutany（15）.TheneveryEnglishpersonyou（16）willatonceknowyouareaforeigner,andtrytounder-standyouandbereadyto（17）you.Hewillnot（18）youtobepoliteandusegram-maticalphrases.Hewillbe（19）byhisclevernessinmakingoutyour（20）andbeingabletotellwhatyouwanttoknow.第18空填（）。(1分)A、expectB、scoldC、showD、think正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查動(dòng)詞詞義辨析。expect意為“期待”;scold意為“責(zé)備”;show意為“顯示”;think意為“認(rèn)為”。此處指他們當(dāng)然不會(huì)期待你的禮貌性和使用語(yǔ)法詞組。故選A。

21、材料OnemorningRaman,atruemasteroftheartofarchery(箭術(shù)),invitedhisfavoritestudenttowatchadisplayofhisskill.Thestudenthad（1）thismorethanahundredtimesbefore,buthestillobeyedhis（2）

Together,theywentintoanearbywoodandreachedatall.（3）.Ramanpickedaroseflowerand（4）itononeofthebranchesofthetree.He（5）openedhisbagandtookoutthreeobjects:his（6）,anarrowandawhitehandkerchief.

Ramanstoodonehundredpacesfromthespotwherehehadplacedthe（7）.Facinghistarget,he（8）hisstudenttoblindfold(蒙住眼睛)himwiththehandkerchief.Thestudentdidashisteacher（9）.

“Howoftenhaveyouseenmepracticethesportofarchery?”Ramanaskedhim（10）.

“Everyday,”repliedhisstudent.“Andyouhave（11）managedtohittherosefromthreehundredpacesaway.”

Withhiseyescoveredbythe（12）,Ramanplacedhisfeetfirmlyonthegroundand（13）thebowstring(弓弦)withallhisstrength.Aimingattheroseonthe（14）,heletthearrowfly.Thearrowwhistledthroughtheair,（15）itdidnotevenhitthetree,missingthetargetbyafewmeters.

“DidI（16）it?”saidRaman,removingthehandkerchieffrom

hiseys.

“No,youmissed（17）,”repliedthestudent.“Ithoughtyouweregoingto（18）methepowerofthoughtandyourabilitytoperformmagic.”

“Ihave（19）taughtyouthemostimportantlessonaboutthepowerofthought.”repliedRaman.“Whenyou（20）something,concentrateonlyonthat:Noonewilleverhitatargettheycannotsee.”第1空填（）。(1分)A、thoughtB、seenC、heardD、felt正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析【主旨大意】本文講述的是一個(gè)箭術(shù)大師像平時(shí)一樣練習(xí)，在練習(xí)的過(guò)程中教會(huì)了學(xué)生一個(gè)道理——要實(shí)現(xiàn)目標(biāo)，一定要知道目標(biāo)在哪里?？疾閯?dòng)詞詞義辨析。thought意為“認(rèn)為”;seen意為“看見”;heard意為“聽見”;felt意為“感覺”。根據(jù)下文的“‘Howoftenhaveyouseenmepracticethesportofarchery?'‘everyday,'’repliedhisstudent.”可知，他的學(xué)生已經(jīng)看過(guò)很多次了。故選B。

22、材料Aprofessorenteredtheclassroomandtoldthestudentsaboutasurprisetest.Allstudentswere（1）andwaitedforthetesttobegin.Theprofessorgavethetestpaperstoallstudentswithtextfacingdownatthedesk.（2）hewasdonewith（3）thetesttoallstudents,heaskedthemto（4）thetestpaperandbegin.

Studentswereconfused(迷惑)toseethattherewasjustablack（5）inthecenterofthepage.Theprofessortoldthem,“Iwantyouto（6）aboutwhatyouseethere.”Thestudentswere（7）confusedbutgotstartedwiththetest.8theendoftheclass,theprofessorcollectedallanswersheetsandstartedreadingeachanswerfromeachsheetinfrontofallstudents.

（9）ofthemdescribedabouttheblackdotandtriedtoexplainitsposition.

Now,profesorbegantoexplain,“Hereeveryone（10）theblackdotandwroteaboutit（11）noonewroteaboutthewhitepaper.Thesameis（12）ourlives.Thewhitepaperstandsforourwholelifeandtheblackdot（13）problemsinourlife.

Ourlifeisa（14）giventousbyGod,withloveandcare,andwealwayshavereasonstocelebrate—ourfriendsaroundus,thejobthatprovidesuswitheverythingweneed.（15）,wejustfocusondaytodayproblemslikehealthissues,lackofmoney,problemsinrelationships,butwe16scethattheseproblemsarevery（17）comparedtoeverythingwehaveinourlives.”

Weshouldtrytotakeeyesoffour（18）ndenjoyeachmoment（19）lifegivesus.Behappyand（20）yourlifepositively.第15空填（）。(1分)A、SoB、BesidesC、InsteadD、However正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查連詞詞義辨析。so意為“因此”;besides意為“除了”;instead意為“代替”;however意為“然而”。此處意為我們的生活是上帝賜予我們的禮物，我們有很多理由來(lái)慶祝，但我們只關(guān)注日常問(wèn)題，比如健康問(wèn)題、缺錢、人際關(guān)系問(wèn)題，兩句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。故選D.

23、Thedoctorsuggeststhatheeat_______meatandmorevegetables.

(1分)A、fewB、fewerC、littleD、less正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查few和little的區(qū)別，句意為醫(yī)生建議他少吃肉多吃蔬菜。few修飾可數(shù)名詞，little修飾不可數(shù)名詞。meat是不可數(shù)名詞，所以用little的正確形式。and表并列，根據(jù)后面的more，所以前面用less.

24、Heisinhisearly（）.(1分)A、twentyB、twentiesC、thetwentiesD、thetwentyth正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析表示整十的基數(shù)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式可以表示人的大約歲數(shù)或年代。如：Heisinhisearlytwenties.

他才二十出頭

25、Workhard,（）youwillpasstheexam.(1分)A、andB、forC、orD、but正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析考查連詞。句意為：“努力學(xué)習(xí)，你就會(huì)通過(guò)考試。”根據(jù)句意可知前后兩個(gè)句子是順承關(guān)系，所以用并列連詞and來(lái)連接。故選A。

26、_____thefirstmorningofthenewyear,manypeoplegatheredinBeijing’sTiananmenSquaretowatchthenationalflagraisingceremony.

(1分)A、OnB、AtC、InD、From正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：A解析核心短語(yǔ)/詞匯:thenationalflagraisingceremony升國(guó)旗儀式。句子譯文:新年的第一天早上,許多人聚在天安門廣場(chǎng)看升旗儀式。A、用于具體某一天的時(shí)間前,有關(guān),在...上;B、在某個(gè)時(shí)刻;C、用在大于一天的時(shí)間前,在某個(gè)地方;D、來(lái)自。根據(jù)句中“thefirstmorningofthenewyear”,時(shí)間具體到了某一天,應(yīng)用介詞on,故選A。

27、Yourleglooksreallybad!Ithinkyoushouldsendfora________aboutthat.

(1分)A、pilotB、doctorC、singerD、postman正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：B解析句意：你的腿看起來(lái)很糟！我想你應(yīng)該請(qǐng)一個(gè)醫(yī)生來(lái)。考查名詞辨析。pilot飛行員；doctor醫(yī)生；singer歌手；postman郵遞員。根據(jù)“Yourleglooksreallybad!”可知，應(yīng)該是叫醫(yī)生來(lái)。故選B。

28、Treesmakeourstreets（）and（）·(1分)A、morebeautiful;lessnoiseB、morebeautifully;lessnoisyC、lessbeautiful;morenoiseD、morebeautiful;lessnoisy正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查形容詞的比較級(jí)。句意為：“樹木使我們的街道更加美麗，噪音也更少?！眒ake是使役動(dòng)詞，意為“使；讓”,后跟形容詞作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ)，即“make+賓語(yǔ)+形容詞”,所以排除B;分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，這里暗含比較級(jí)，所以應(yīng)用比較級(jí)形式，noise是名詞，意為“噪音”,可排除選項(xiàng)A和C。故選D。

29、—________you________whichscarfofchoose?—Justaminute.I’mthinkingaboutwhichonematchesmydress.

(1分)A、Are;decidingB、Did;decideC、Have;decidedD、Will;decide正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C

30、–WhenwillABiteofChinaⅡbegintonight?--It_________fortenminutes.

(1分)A、willbeginB、hasbegunC、willbeonD、hasbeenon正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析A、willbegin一般將來(lái)時(shí)，B、hasbegun現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，C、willbeon一般將來(lái)時(shí)，D、hasbeenon現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，根據(jù)fortenminutes應(yīng)用延續(xù)性動(dòng)詞，現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，故選：D。句意：--ABiteofChinaⅡ今晚什么時(shí)候開始？--已經(jīng)開了十分鐘了。

31、I’mnotsurprisedthathebecameawriter.Evenasachildhehada_____imagination.

(1分)A、clearB、cautiousC、funnyD、vivid正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：D解析考查形容詞詞義辨析。此處句意為“甚至當(dāng)他很小時(shí)，他都有豐富的想象力。clear清晰；cautions細(xì)心，謹(jǐn)慎；funny滑稽；vivid生動(dòng)，鮮明，豐富；吻合語(yǔ)境，選D。

32、—________doeshelikeblue?—Becausehelikesthesky.

(1分)A、WhatB、WhenC、WhyD、How正確答案選項(xiàng)：參考答案：C解析why是為什么

33、材料Thinkaboutwhatyouliketowearontheweekend.

There’sagoodchancethatyouliketoputonapairofbluejeans.Atanymoment,abouthalfoftheworld’spopulationiswearingjeans.Butaccordingtoanewstudy,ourloveforjeansmaybebadforEarth.Denim（牛仔布）mightbeputtingsomeseaanimalsindanger.Everytimewewashourjeans,tinybitsofdenimwillflowoutofourwashingmachines,downintotheworld’srivers,lakesandoceans.Youmightwonder:Isn’tdenimmadeofcotton,anaturalmaterial?Howcanitbecomeadangertonature?Well,intheprocessofmakingjeans,denimistreatedwithmanytypesofman-madechemicals.Someimproveitsdurability（耐用性）andfeel;othersgivejeanstheirbluecolor.ScientistsstudiedtheGreatLakesinAmericaandtheArcticOceaninnorthernCanada.

Theyfounddenimwasteinallofthesamples（樣本）theyhadcollected.

Itisfearedthattheharmfulchemicalsindenimhavespreadfarandwide.Scientistsaren’tyetsurehowthesechemicalsmightharmanimals.Inthestudy,thescientistsalsowashedjeanstoseehowmanybitsofdenimeachpairwoulddropperwash.Theanswerwasfrightening:About50,000.Notallofthemmaketheirwayintotheenvironment.Wastewatertreatmentplantsholdback83to99percentofthem.Thismaysoundprettygood,However,onepercentof50,000bitsarestill500perwash.Nowthinkaboutthenumberofjeansaroundtheworldandthetimeseachofth