2019年高考英语二轮复习600分策略专题3完形填空文体3议论文和说明文(2)说明文素能强化

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(2015·安徽) In our modern world，when something wears out，we throw it away and buy a new one. The __1. D__ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of __2. B__ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we __3. B__ a throwaway society？ First of all，it is now easier to __4. C__ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. __5. A__ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology，companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and __6. C__ .

Another cause is our __7. A__ of disposable (一次性的) products. As __8. D__ people，we are always looking for __9. A__ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies __10. C__ thousands of different kinds of disposable products：paper plates，plastic cups，and cameras，to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also __11. D__ to the problem. We are __12. B__ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that __13. A__ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we __14. D__ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world，we can see the __15. D__ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To __16. C__ the amount of rubbish and to protect the __17. B__ ，more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. __18. A__ ，this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions __19. D__ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about __20. A__ . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.

文章大意：本文是说明文。本文讲述了为什么我们的社会变成了一个垃圾成山、一次性物品充斥的社会，同时指出要保护环境、解决这一问题，除了回收资源以外，人们更应该改变的是消费习惯。

❶A．key B．reason

C．project D．problem

解析：下文语境题。根据第一段末句中的“because people. . . than ever before”可知这里描述的是一种世界各国正在面临的问题。

❷A．gifts B．rubbish

C．debt D．products

解析：下文语境题。根据空格后的原因状语从句“because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever befo re”可知答案。

❸A．face B．become

C．observe D．change

解析：下文语境题。文章第二段、第三段和第四段分析了我们变成一次性物品充斥的社会的原因。由此可知此句是总领性的句子——我们是怎样变成一次性物品充斥的社会的。

❹A．hide B．control

C．replace D．withdraw

解析：下文语境题。因为此文谈及的是一次性物品充斥的社会。在一次性物品充斥的社会中，和花时间与金钱修理东西相比，更换一个东西当然要更容易些。hide“隐藏”；control“控制”；replace“取代”；withdraw“提取”。

❺A．Thanks to B．As to

C．Except for D．Regardless of

解析：下文语境题。由于现代制造业和技术，公司可以更快地、更加低成本地生产东西。

❻A．safe B．funny

C．cheap D．powerful

解析：上文语境题。由上一句中的“produce products quickly and inexpensively”可知。

❼A．love B．lack

C．prevention D．division

解析：下文语境题。由第三段可知，人们喜爱一次性产品是因为它可以节约时间，使人们的生活更轻松。这里表明人们对一次性产品的喜爱是另外一个原因。

❽A．sensitive B．kind

C．brave D．busy

解析：语义逻辑题。为什么要节约时间？是因为人们比较忙。

❾A．ways B．places

C．jobs D．friends

解析：语义逻辑题。忙碌的我们总是寻找节省时间的方法。

10A．donate B．receive

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C．produce D．preserve