湖南省株洲市南方中学高一英语上学期期中考试命题大赛试题(4)

湖南省株洲市南方中学2011-2012学年高一上学期期中考试命题大
赛英语试题（4）
本试卷由试题卷和答题卡两部分组成。

试题卷分两大部分组成。

时量120分钟。

满分150分。

所有试题均须在答题卡上作答。

学业水平测试（共四个部分；满分100分）
第一部分听力技能（共两节；满分20分。

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第一节听力理解（共16小题；每小题1分，满分16分）
听下面9段对话。

每段对话后有2或3个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

Conversation 1
1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. At home.
B. In a restaurant
C. In a shop.
2. What does the man want to drink?
A. Wine.
B. Beer.
C. Water.
Conversation 2
3. Where does the woman want to go?
A. To the bookstore.
B. To the church.
C. To the university.
4. How far is it from here to the church?
A. 300 meters.
B. 500 meters.
C. 800 meters.
Conversation 3
5. How long has the woman been in this area?
A. For a week.
B. For two weeks.
C. For three weeks.
6. What did the woman do yesterday?
A. She saw a movie.
B. She went to the beach.
C. She went shopping. Conversation 4
7. What’s the most possible relationship between the two speakers?
A. Colleagues.
B. Friends.
C. Neighbours.
8. How old is the man?
A. 7.
B. 17.
C. 70.
9. What does the woman want the man to do?
A. To attend her party.
B. To make less noise.
C. To share the apartment. Conversation 5
10. Where does the man want to go?
A. To New York.
B. To New Jersey.
C. To Hawaii.
11. When will the man leave?
A. In the morning.
B. In the afternoon.
C. In the evening.
12. How much does one ticket cost?
A. $ 310.
B. $325.
C. $620.
Conversation 6
13. What food does Bob like best?
A. Italian food.
B. Japanese food.
C. Chinese food.
14. How do they find information about the restaurant?
A. By making a call.
B. By searching the Internet.
C. By reading advertisements.
15. What do they plan to buy?
A. A bike.
B. A camera.
C. A mobile phone.
16. When will the two speakers meet?
A. At 2:00 pm.
B. At 3:00 pm.
C. At 4:00 pm.
第二部分知识运用（共两节；满分20分。

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第一节单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分。

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从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. —How did you find ________ party?
—Do you mean Marry’s birthday party? It was ________ terrific party.
A. a; the
B. the; /
C. /; a
D. the; a
22. —Can I buy a Friday’s plane ticket for London?
—I’m sorry, but there are no tickets_________ for Friday’s flight
A. possible
B. present
C. acceptable
D. available
23. ________our arriving at the airport, we were given a warm welcome by the local people.
A. With
B. At
C. Upon
D. Until
24. The manager expected to be kept ________ of how our business was going on.
A. informed
B. informing
C. to be informed D .to be informing
25. _______ is reported in the newspaper, talks between the two countries are making progress.
A. It
B. As
C. That
D. What
26. It was because he failed in the exam ____________he dared not see his father.
A. that
B. when
C. why
D. so
27. How many vehicles were_____ the crash.
A. involving in
B. involved in
C. involved
D. involving
28. --- Nancy is not coming tonight.
--- But she ________.
A. promises
B. promised
C. will promise
D. had promised
29. _______ interests me most in the world is the natural beauty of Guilin.
A. That
B. Which
C. it
D. What
30. Nothing ______ after the terrible fire which had been caused by someone smoking in bed.
A. continued
B. kept
C. left
D. remained
第二节完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分。

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阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从第31至40小题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Yesterday the police were joined by more than 20 volunteers in the continuing search for the two missing teenagers, Vicky Gray and Tom Hunter, and their guide, Gavin Jones. The police said that they had 31 during an adventure tour of Cape York Peninsula.
This was the second day of the search and the police were now very 32 about the safety of the three missing people.
The police said that the search had 33 a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector (警官) Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. 34 they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”
The three travelers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that 35 down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main 36 .
A 37 of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. 38 was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the Toyota 39 and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the point (地点) where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information 40 has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.
31. A. lost B. missed C. disappeared D. escaped
32. A. worried B. disappointed C. angry D. nervous
33. A. experienced B. got C. made D. covered
34. A. Because B. If C. In case D. Even though
35. A. turns B. falls C. gets D. runs
36. A. highway B. path C. road D. beach
37. A. photo B. book C. phone D. shoe
38. A. How B. Why C. What if D. How come
39. A. stopped B. parked C. came D. found
40. A. or B. and C. so D. but
第三部分阅读技能（共三节，满分35分。

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第一节阅读理解（共12小题；每小题2分，满分24分。

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

A
When did you last see a polar bear(北极熊）? On a trip to a zoo,perhaps? If you had attended a winter activity in New York a few years ago, you would have seen a
whole polar bear club. These "Polar Bears" are people who meet frequently in the winter
to swim in freezing cold water. That day, the air temperature was 3℃, and the water temperature was a little higher. The members of the Polar Bear Club at Coney Island,
New York are usually about the age of 60.Members must satisfy two requirements. First,
they must get along well with everyone else in the group; this is very important because
there are so many different kinds of people in the club.Polar Bears must also agree
to swim outdoors at least twice a month from November through February.
Dcotors don't agree about the medical effects of cold-winter swimming.Some are worried about the dangers of a condition in which the body's temperature drops so
low that finally the heart stops. Other doctors, however,point out that there is more danger of a heart attack during summer swimming because the difference between the
air temperature and water temperature is much greater in summer than in winter.
The Polar Bears themselves are satisfied with the benefits of cold-water swimming.
They say that their favorite form of exercise is very good for the circulatory
system(循环系统）because it forces the blood to move fast to keep the body warm.
Cold-water swimmers usually turn bright red after a few minutes in the water. A person
who turns blue probably has a very poor circulatory system and should not try
cold-water swimming.
The main benefits of cold-water swimming are probably mental. The Polar Bears
love to swim all year round;they find it fun and relaxing. As one 70-year-old woman says," When I go into water, I pour my troubles into the ocean and let them float away."
41.The members of the Polar Bear Club must meet the following requirements except
that_____.
A. they must swim outdoors at least 8 times in the four cold months
B. they must reach the age of 60
C. they should be easy to make friends with
D. they must agree to swim outdoors from November through February
42. According to the passage,some doctors believe it is true that_____.
A. Polar Bears are bears swimming in freezing water
B. cold-water swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high
C. you are healthy if cold-water swimming turns your skin color blue
D. cold-water swimming causes more heart attacks in summer than in winter
43. The Polar Bears like to swim year-round,for_____.
A. it is an easy way ot keep the body warm in winter
B. they can remain young
C. they find it enjoyable and interesting
D. they might meet
fewer troubles in life
44. The passage is mainly about_____.
A . the requirements of the Polar Bear Club B. a group of
cold-water-swimming livers
C. the Polar Bears' life in New York
D. doctors' ideas about
cold-water swimming
B
To “sacrifice” means to give up something in exchange for something better. We decided to make a sacrifice and exchange city life and move to a seaside village with our children aged 9 and 3 years old. We had a beautiful home and plenty of money but little real security because crime was on the increase every day. We never knew if we would all make it safely home at night.
We were very happy in our new town but life was very difficult economically. Income is based on the tourist seasons and jobs are few and far between（稀少）. There is a local saying "How do you make a small fortune on the Garden Route? Arrive with a big one." Although many of the long-standing residents are well off, it is a very competitive environment for newcomers. We have had to adjust to an enormous extent over the past four years.
Reading the newspapers from the big cities assured us that we had made the right choice. However, it was not always easy to explain to the children why they could no longer have what they were used.
However, our little daughter put it all into perspective（观点） one day. Our visiting friend's son preferred riding in the back of our beat up（年久失修的） little 'bakkie' (pickup小卡车) to his father's big Mercedes. Our little daughter called me and said, "Mom, please help me to explain to James that he is wrong. He says that 'today, if you don't have money you are nothing.' I know that is not true. If you do have money you share it with your friends and if they don't have money and you do, you share it with them. That is what makes us all rich." It made me realize that the sacrifice was well worth it.
45. What was the reason for the family to move away from the city?
A. They were tired of the city life.
B. The city was not safe enough.
C. People in the city were not friendly.
D. Life in the city was expensive.
46. What can you guess the writer probably read in the newspapers?
A. Something about the city’s problems.
B. Something about the city’s development.
C. Something about the city’s great changes.
D. Something about the city’s attractions.
47. What does the underlined word “Mercedes” probably refer to?
A. A kind of car.
B. A kind of bike.
C. A kind of animal.
D. A kind of toy.
48. What did the family gain because of their sacrifice according to the writer?
A. They had a beautiful home in the seaside village.
B. They made a lot of money in the tourist seasons.
C. The parents got very good jobs on the Garden Route.
D. The children developed shared value.
C
And the Lord spoke to Noah and said: "In six months I'm going to make it rain until the whole earth is covered with water and all the evil people are destroyed. But I want to save a few good people, and two of every kind of living thing on the planet. I am ordering you to build Me an Ark."
And in a flash of lightning he delivered the specifications for the Ark.
"OK," said Noah, trembling in fear.
And six months passed. The skies began to cloud up and rain began to fall. The Lord saw that Noah was sitting in his front yard, weeping. And there was no Ark. "Noah," shouted the Lord, "where is my Ark?" A lighting bolt crashed to the ground next to Noah.
"Lord, please forgive me!" begged Noah. "I did my best. But there were big problems.
First I had to get a building permit for the Ark construction project.
Then I had a big problem getting enough wood for the Ark because there was a ban on cutting trees to save the Spotted Owl. I had to convince U.S. Fish and Wildlife that I needed wood to save the owls. But they wouldn't let me catch any owls. So no owls.
Then the carpenters formed a union and went out on strike. I had to negotiate a settlement with the National Labor Relations Board before anyone would pick up a saw or hammer. Now we have 16 carpenters going on the boat and still no owls.
Then I started gathering up animals, and got sued（控告） by animal rights group. They objected to me taking only two of each kind.
Right now I'm still trying to resolve a complaint from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission over how many Croatians（克罗地亚人） I'm supposed to hire, the IRS（美国国税局） has seized all my assets claiming I'm trying to avoid paying taxes by leaving the country, and I just got a notice from the state about owing some kind of use tax.
I really don't think I can finish your Ark for at least another five years," Noah wailed.
The sky began to clear. The sun began to shine. A rainbow arched across the sky. Noah looked up and smiled. "You mean you're not going to destroy the earth?" Noah asked, hopefully.
"No," said the Lord sadly, "Government already has".
49. What will Lord use Ark for?
A. To save the earth.
B. To destroy the earth.
C. To save some good people.
D. To save Lord Himself.
50. What is Noah’s first problem?
A. He can’t get enough wood.
B. He needs to get a building permit.
C. He can’t get enough labor.
D. He can’t get enough animals.
51. What conclusion can we draw from the passage?
A. That Noah makes Ark will good to the earth.
B. Lord finds some problems with the society.
C. Noah objects to making Ark.
D. People are not aware of protecting the earth.
52. What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Noah’s Trouble
B. The Earth is in Danger
C. Noah in Modern Times
D. Lord Gets Angry
第二节摘录信息（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分。

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阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文后第53-57小题的空格里填上适当的单词或短语。

注意：每空不超过3个单词。

Bicycles are very popular around the world today. People ride their bicycles for exercise and enjoyment. In some places, people use a bicycle to get to work. In other places, bicycle riding is a very popular exercise to people who live in cities. But who invented the first bicycle?
In 1791, a Frenchman named Comte de Sivrac invented and owned the first bicycle. Mrs. Sivrac rode the bicycle in Paris. The handles (把手) and the seat were wooden. This bicycle was very difficult to move. A rider even had to pick up the front wheel to change direction. Finally, the bicycle had no brakes for stopping or pedals for the feet! Riding a bicycle was a great risk.
In 1817, a German named Baron von Drais de Sauerbrun made the first bicycle better. The seat became more comfortable. The wheel could now change direction. His ride in the forest took only one hour instead of three hours on foot, which surprised people at that time.
Sauerbrun brought this kind of bicycle from Germany to France. Then Denis Johnson, an Englishman, made a bicycle for women. It had space for their dresses to hang down. But these bicycles still had no brakes or pedals, and riders often got hurt. These bicycles and the people who rode them were not very popular.
It took another forty-five years for the bicycle to become popular. More than 100 years later, bicycle riding is more popular than ever. In fact, in India and China, there are still many more bicycles than cars.
The Great Invention
Time Names Items Features
In 1791 53 the first bicycle Difficult to ride
54 Baron von Drais de
Sauerbrun the first bicycle
made better
Easier to ride
Unknown 55 a 56 Having space for dresses to
hang down
Functions of riding bicycles---for exercise, 67 and transportation
第三节回答问题（共3小题；每小题2分，满分6分。

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阅读下面短文，根据第58至第60小题的具体要求，简要回答问题。

Height is just one of the thousands of features your genes(基因)decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you're going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.
But genes don't decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.
No doubt(怀疑) you're wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There's
no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about 2 inches (6 centimeters) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty (when your body starts changing and becoming more grown up).
Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you're at now, how you've been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.
Don't be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt（高峰）during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later ---between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.
You'll usually begin to notice that you're growing faster about a year or so after your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.
58. What is your height decided? (回答词数不超过3个)
59. Whom will you turn to if you want to know how fast and how tall you should grow? (回答词数不超过1个)
60. What’s the main idea of the passage? (回答词数不超过8个)
第四部分写作技能（共2节；满分25分。

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第一节双向翻译（共5小题；满分10分。

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请根据上下文内容，将文中划线部分译成汉语或英语。

A massive earthquake has hit central Chile and killed at least 214 people, the interior minister says.
The 8.8 quake caused widespread damage, 61. 摧毁了很多地区的建筑、桥梁和公路。

Electricity, water and phone lines were cut.
Chilean President Michele Bachelet said that altogether two million people had been affected.
62. Several Pacific countries were hit by waves higher than usual after a tsunami(海啸) was set off by the quake.
Detailed map of quake
The earthquake struck at 0634 GMT, 115km (70 miles) north-east of the city of Concepcion(康塞普西翁) and 325km south-west of the capital Santiago. It is the biggest to hit Chile in 50 years.
At least 85 people died in the region of Maule alone, local journalists there said.
Many deaths were also reported in the regions of Santiago, O'Higgins, Biobio, Araucania and Valparaiso.
Television pictures showed a major bridge at Concepcion had collapsed into the Biobio river.
63. Rescue teams are finding it difficult to reach Concepcion because of damage to infrastructure(基础设施), national television reported.
Aftershocks
In Santiago, 64. 当地至少13人死亡, and several buildings collapsed（倒塌） - including a car park where dozens of cars were smashed（砸烂，砸破）.
65. 首都的一座化工厂起火forced the evacuation（疏散） of the neighbourhood.
第二节情景作文（共1小题，满分15分。

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66. 成长有时是苦恼的，在与老师、父母和同学之间的交往中常常会产生一些烦恼。

就这些烦恼，请写一封求助信给某杂志的 Teenagers Now专栏作家李先生。

注意：1 至少写两个烦恼事
2 字数100-120字左右。

综合能力测试（共四个部分；满分50分。

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第一部分单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分。

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从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. Let us go out for a run, _______ ?
A. will you
B. shall we
C. won’t you
D. shan’t we
2. As the project at the meeting, it drew our attention.
es up
B. was came up
C. came up
D. had been come up
3. it rains tomorrow, we’ll start out.
A. If
B. As if
C. Even if
D. Even
4. The exciting day all the American basketball fans looked forward to _______ at last.
A. coming
B. came
C. come
D. be coming
5. --My brother is not good at speaking English.
--I suggest ______ English for two hours every day.
A. he practise speaking
B. him to practice to speak
C. he practiced speaking
D. his practicing to speak
6. There are two buildings, _______ stands nearly a hundred feet high.
A. the larger
B. the larger of them
C. the larger one that
D. the larger of which
7. I don’t know everyone in my class thinks I am funny.
A. why it is that
B. why is it which
C. who is it which
D. who it is which
8. She spent as much time on computer as English in school.
A. study
B. studying
C. studies
D. studied
9. Jane: Whom would you like to talk with at the end of the lecture?
Mary: The lady _________ Miss White.
A. called herself
B. we call
C. being called herself
D. is called
10. The mobile phone ________ is made in Korea.
A. which I bought it last Saturday
B. I bought it last Saturday
C. I bought last Saturday
D. what I bought last Saturday
第二部分完形填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分。

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阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在文中空格里填上适当的单词。

注意：每空不超过1个单词。

We have radio club in our school. It is great 11. _________ it is run by students for the school. I am lucky as I am one of the hosts.
It was started two years ago as CD players were not allowed in school. One day, I just began thinking about music for everyone, so I asked the headmaster 12. _________ music could be played 13. ________ break time. He approved the idea, and two years
14. ________ I am the oldeststudent member of the radio club. Our club is much more
15. ________ just music. Every morning we tell studetns about the weather and 16. ________ news, plus some special messages 17. ________ the teahcers want us to broadcast.
During exam time we have a special programme that tells students the things they should 18. ________ shouldn’t do for preparation. At the end of the school year, many students who are graduating use our club to give messages to their close friends and teachers.
19. ________ parents come to visit the school and talk to the teachers in the evening, we always play songs sung by students, and we also give special messages to inform the parents 20. ________ events such as outings and school plays.
I’m graduating soon. I shall miss the radio club, but I know that it will continue without me.
第三部分阅读理解（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分。

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项
A
When Mary Moore began her high school in 1951, her mother told her, "Be sure and take a typing course so when this show business thing doesn't work out, you'll have something to rely on." Mary responded in typical teenage fashion. From that moment on, "the very last thing I ever thought about doing was taking a typing course," she recalls.
The show business thing worked out, of course. In her career, Mary won many awards. Only recently, when she began to write Growing Up Again, did she regret ignoring her mom," I don't know how to use a computer," she admits.
Unlike her 1995 autobiography, After All, her second book is less about life as an award-winning actress and more about living with diabetes (糖尿病). All the money from the book is intended for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), an organization she serves as international chairman. "I felt there was a need for a book like this," she says."I didn't want to lecture, but I wanted other diabetics
to know that things get better when we're self-controlled and do our part in managing the disease."
But she hasn't always practiced what she teaches. In her book, she describes that awful day, almost 40 years ago, when she received two pieces of life-changing news. First, she had lost the baby she was carrying, and second, tests showed that she had diabetes. In a childlike act, she left the hospital and treated herself to a box of doughnuts (甜甜圈). Years would pass before she realized she had to grow u p ---again---and take control of her diabetes, not let it control her. Only then did she kick her three-pack-a-day cigarette habit, overcome her addiction to alcohol, and begin to follow a balanced diet.
Although her disease has affected her eyesight and forced her to the sidelines of the dance floor, she refuses to fall into self-pity. "Everybody on earth can ask, 'why me?' about something or other," she insists. "It doesn't do any good. No one is immune (免疫的) to heartache, pain, and disappointments. Sometimes we can make things better by helping others. I've come to realize the importance of that as I've grown up this second time. I want to speak out and be as helpful as I can be."
21. Why did Mary feel regretful?
A. She didn't achieve her ambition.
B. She didn't take care of her mother.
C. She didn't complete her high school.
D. She didn't follow her mother's advice.
22. We can know that before 1995 Mary .
A. had two books published
B. received many career awards
C. knew how to use a computer
D. supported the JDRF by writing
23. Mary's second book Growing Up Again is mainly about her .
A. living with diabetes
B. successful show business
C. service for an organization
D. remembrance of her mother
24. When Mary received the life-changing news, she .
A. lost control of herself
B. began a balanced diet
C. tried to get a treatment
D. behaved in an adult way
25. What can we know from the last paragraph?
A. Mary feels pity for herself.
B. Mary has recovered from her disease.
C. Mary wants to help others as much as possible.
D. Mary determines to go back to the dance floor.
B
Ask someone what they have done to help the enviornment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we
need. We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way
possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material
home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now
makes up a t hird of a typical household’ s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets
nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardhoard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example,
is running out of it for carring this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt,
it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling
helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such itemss
in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets
encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of thmen are coming
round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their
plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned
to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to thinke that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But is also applies
to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realise just
how much unnecessay material are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our
consumer culture, but we have a moutain to climb.
26. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer to?
A. Using too much packaging.
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than necessary.
D. Having more material than is
needed.
27. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
A. the tendency of cutting household waste
B. the increase of packaging
recycling
C. the rapid growth of super markets
D. the fact of packaging overuse
28. According to the text, recycling ______.
A. helps control the greeenhouse effect
B. means burning packaging for
energy
C. is the solutiong to gas sortage
D. leads to a waste of land
29. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A. Unpackaged products are of bad quality.
B. Supermarkets care more
about packaging.
C. It is improper to judge quality by packaging.
D. Other products are
better packaged than food.
30. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Fighting wastefulness is difficult.
B. Needless material is mostly
recycled.
C. People like collecting recyclable waste.
D. The author is proud of their
consumer culture.。