高考英语冲刺：专题四 完形填空+第2讲(四)专题训练

专题训练

对应学生用书P102

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In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The __1__ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of __2__ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.

How did we __3__ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to

__4__ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. __5__ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively.Products are plentiful and __6__.

Another cause is our __7__ of disposable (一次性的) products. As __8__ people, we are always looking for __9__ to save time and make our lives easier. Companies __10__ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups，and cameras, to name a few.

Our appetite for new products also __11__ to the problem.We are __12__ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that __13__ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we __14__ useful possessions to make room for new ones.

All around the world, we can see the __15__ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To __16__ the amount of rubbish and to protect the __17__，more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. __18__，this is not enough to solve(解决) our problem.

Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions __19__ throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about __20__. 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.

【语篇解读】本文是一篇议论文。现代社会中，人们扔掉的垃圾越来越多。文章讨论了产生这种问题的原因，并提出了改变消费方式、利用可再生原料、保护环境等解决对策。

1．A.key B．reason

C．project D．problem

解析根据上文“在现代社会，当东西用坏后，我们就会把它扔掉并买一个新的”和下文“人们扔掉了比以往更多的垃圾”可知，这是一个问题(problem)。

答案 D

2．A.gifts B．rubbish

C．debt D．products

解析词汇复现题。根据下文的“rubbish”和“Mountains of rubbish”可知，B 项正确。

答案 B

3．A.face B．become

C．observe D．change

解析人们不断地扔垃圾，导致垃圾越来越多。所以可判断该句句意为“我们是如何成为满是废品的社会的呢？”become“变成”。

答案 B

4．A.hide B．control

C．replace D．withdraw

解析句意：首先，现在替换一个东西要比花费时间、金钱修一个东西更加容易。replace“替换”。

答案 C

5．A.Thanks to B．As to

C．Except for D．Regardless of

解析根据下文“公司能快速而又廉价地生产产品”可知，这多亏了现代制造业和科技。thanks to“多亏，幸亏”；as to“至于，关于”；except for“除了”；regardless of“不顾；不管”。

答案 A

6．A.safe B．funny

C．cheap D．powerful

解析根据上文“公司能快速而又廉价地生产产品”可知，产品应是丰富而又便宜的。cheap“便宜的”。

答案 C

7．A.love B．lack

C．prevention D．division

解析根据下文“节约时间和使我们的生活更加容易”可知，我们是“喜爱”一次性产品的。love“喜爱；喜欢”。

答案 A

8．A.sensitive B．kind

C．brave D．busy

解析根据下文“节约时间和使我们的生活更加容易”可知，我们是很忙的人。上下句应是因果关系。故选D项。busy“繁忙的”。

答案 D

9．A.ways B．places

C．jobs D．friends

解析根据句意“作为繁忙的人，我们总是寻找节约时间和使我们的生活变得更容易的方法(way)”可知，选A项。

答案 A

10．A.donate B．receive

C．produce D．preserve

解析词汇复现题。根据上文的produce一词可知，该空选C项。

答案 C

11．A.adapts B．returns

C．responds D．contributes

解析固定搭配题。句意：我们对新产品的欲望也会导致这一问题。