专题14 最新高考英语考点拔高练习-完形填空和语法填空(真题)

专题14 最新高考英语考点拔高练习-完形填空和语法填空

（真题）

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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 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.

1. A. key B. problem C. project D. reason

2. A. rubbish B. debt C. gifts D. products

3. A. face B. observe C. become D. change

4. A. withdraw B. control C. hide D. replace

5. A. Thanks to B. As to C. Except for D. Regardless of

6. A. funny B. cheap C. safe D. powerful

7. A. division B. lack C. prevention D. love

8. A. sensitive B. brave C. busy D. kind

9. A. places B. ways C. jobs D. friends

10. A. produce B. receive C. donate D. preserve

11. A. contributes B. returns C. responds D. adapts

12. A. tired of B. worried about C. addicted to D. ashamed for

13. A. higher B. newer C. stronger D. larger

14. A. throw away B. pay for C. hold onto D. pick up

15. A. advantages B. purposes C. functions D. consequences

16. A. show B. record C. decrease D. measure

17. A. technology B. brands C. consumers D. environment

18. A. However B. Otherwise C. Therefore D. Meanwhile