高二英语任务型阅读练习试题

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Green is not always referring to the color. In some cases, it is the term used for being environmentally friendly. If you've been looking to replace your furniture, consider going green because environmentally friendly furniture offers many benefits. Here are a few tips to get you started on your hunt for the perfect eco-friendly furniture.

First, environmentally friendly furniture isn't harmful to your health. Also its manufacturing process doesn't cause damage to the environment in any way. Besides, by purchasing eco-friendly products, you prevent deforestation and global warming to some extent in your own way. You do your part in protecting the environment. Environmentally friendly furniture is cost-effective as well.

The materials that are used in furniture are what make them green. Materials can be good for the environment either because they are materials that are considered renewable resources or they are all natural. A lack of chemicals and toxins (毒素) in green furniture also means it is a better choice for the environment. It may be hard to imagine that a sofa or a table could actually be a green product but they really can be depending on what they're made of.

There are a lot of renewable sources that manufacturers could use when building the furniture, so you should be keeping an eye out for them. Bamboo can be an excellent replacement for wood and can also replace plastics and metals in some furnishing. Cotton is a sofa fabric that is safe for the environment and it can be replenished (补充) often. Hemp is also a renewable source that can be used for fabric and twine.

Recycled materials also can be made into green furniture. Metals can be recovered and remade into new things such as frames and foundations for sofas. Recycled plastic can also be made into furniture such as tables and chairs. Touching up old furniture instead of buying new items is very cheap way to be green. Yard sales and second-hand stores sell furniture too and buying the used means new things won't be made, so no more damage has to happen to the earth.

Therefore, when you want to hunt for the perfect environmentally friendly furniture, you should try to know the type of materials which are used in building the furniture.

reused/recycled/used；like；second-hand/used/old；better/necessary/important/vital/essential

【解析】【分析】如果你想换家俱，可以考虑选择绿色环保家俱，本文主要介绍了环保家俱的优势以及这种家俱材料的选择等有关事宜。

(1)根据右栏中可知，所列内容都是Environmentally friendly furniture的优势，可知答案为Benefits/Advantages。

(2)根据第二段第一句environmentally friendly furniture isn't harmful to your health.（环保家俱对你的身体是没害的。）可知，答案为harmless/beneficial。

(3)根据第二段第二句Also its manufacturing process doesn't cause damage to the environment in any way.（在某种程度上它的制作过程也没有对环境引起伤害。）可知，答案为avoids。

(4)根据第二段最后一句Environmentally friendly furniture is cost-effective as well.（环保家具也能帮助你节约钱。）可知，答案为save。

(5)根据第三段中A lack of chemicals and toxins (毒素) in green furniture also means it is a better choice for the environment.（这种材料含有较少的化学物质和毒素。）可知，答案为contain/have。

(6)根据第四段中Bamboo can be an excellent replacement for wood and can also replace plastics and metals in some furnishing.（竹子可以代替木材、塑料和金属。）可知，答案为replace。

(7)根据第五段中Metals can be recovered and remade into new things such as frames and foundations for sofas.（金属可以回收，改造成新的东西如沙发的框架和底部）可知，答案为reused/ recycled/used。

(8)根据第五段中Metals can be recovered and remade into new things such as frames and foundations for sofas.（金属可以回收，改造成新的东西如沙发的框架和底部，）可知，答案为like。like可以表示“像，如同”。

(9)根据第五段中Yard sales and second-hand stores sell furniture too and buying the used means new things won't be made, so no more damage has to happen to the earth.可知，买二手家俱也是一个好主意，故答案为second-hand/used/old。

(10)根据最后一段you should try to know the type of materials which are used in building the furniture.可知，你应该试着了解建筑用的材料的种类也是有必要的。故答案为better/necessary/important/vital/essential。

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