Question

【題目】 Could you imagine a library where you borrow tools, appliances and sports gear(用具)? As a student, Sabrina could see the simple solution to a problem — in order to reduce waste and create a good effect on our environment, perhaps we should try sharing the things we have.

When she arrived in Brisbane four years ago, Sabrina had nothing with her but a suitcase full of clothes and a laptop. To start settling in, she asked friends if she could borrow the things she needed. Over time, as she started to have things of her own, she would _______ them to her friends in return.

She then came to the conclusion that we don’t need to own every single tool for every single_______, we just need to have them; we need a place where we can borrow what we need —in other words, a library. Sabrina decided to put her idea into action and so the Brisbane Tool Library was born.

Within two years the tool library has grown to over 225 members and today is run by a team of volunteers, mostly women, from 13 different nationalities. For a small membership fee, the library offers _______ from hand and power tools to sporting and camping gear, and kitchen equipment.

The library now has over 500 items in its storeroom with another 500 waiting to come. These are items that would otherwise have gone into landfill when their owners are _________ them sitting on the shelf — most are still new. “It doesn’t need to be like this,” says Sabrina. “It’s not just about reducing waste when things are at the _______ of their life cycle. And recycling is not enough. We need to rethink purchasing from the very beginning. We need some change.”

It’s a part of the rise of the share economy, where phone apps allow _______ to share rarely-used goods with people who need them. Libraries have been around for centuries offering public use of shared resources.

【1】A.lendB.reportC.readD.sell

【2】A.excuseB.successC.purposeD.secret

【3】A.somethingB.everythingC.anythingD.nothing

【4】A.fond ofB.tired ofC.surprised atD.afraid of

【5】A.startB.topC.restD.end

【6】A.learnersB.officersC.usersD.designers

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】D

【6】C

【解析】

文章大意：本文介紹了Sabrina建立布里斯班工具庫(kù)的靈感來(lái)源、過(guò)程及其發(fā)展。這個(gè)工具庫(kù)通過(guò)分享自己擁有的工具來(lái)減少浪費(fèi)，并對(duì)環(huán)境產(chǎn)生好的影響。

【1】句意：隨著時(shí)間流逝，當(dāng)她開(kāi)始擁有自己的東西，她把它們借給朋友們作為回報(bào)。

lend出借；report報(bào)告；read閱讀；sell賣出。根據(jù)上文中“To start settling in, she asked friends if she could borrow the things she needed.”可知朋友曾借給她她所需的東西，由此可推出她把東西借給朋友們作為回報(bào)。故選A。

【2】句意：她當(dāng)時(shí)意識(shí)到了我們不需要因每一個(gè)用途而擁有每一個(gè)工具，……

excuse借口；success成功；purpose用途；secret秘密。根據(jù)常識(shí)可知每一個(gè)工具都有它的用途。故選C。

【3】句意：收取少量的會(huì)員費(fèi)，這個(gè)工具庫(kù)提供一切東西，從手動(dòng)和電動(dòng)工具到運(yùn)動(dòng)和野營(yíng)設(shè)備及廚房設(shè)備。

something某事物；everything一切；anything任何事物；nothing沒(méi)有什么。根據(jù)題干中“from hand and power tools to sporting and camping gear, and kitchen equipment”可推出此處是指在這個(gè)范圍內(nèi)的一切東西。故選B。

【4】句意：這些物品大部分還是新的，原本可能已經(jīng)在主人對(duì)放在架子上的它們感到厭煩時(shí)被填埋。

fond of喜歡；tired of厭倦；surprised at對(duì)……感到吃驚；afraid of害怕。根據(jù)題干中“items that would otherwise have gone into landfill”可知原本這些物品可能已經(jīng)被填埋，由此推出是在主人厭煩它們的時(shí)候被填埋。故選B。

【5】句意：它不僅是當(dāng)物品在它們生命周期的盡頭時(shí)減少?gòu)U棄物。

start開(kāi)始；top頂端；rest剩余的；end最后。根據(jù)題干中“reducing waste”可推出此處說(shuō)的是物品生命周期的盡頭，用at the end of表示“在……盡頭”。故選D。

【6】句意：它是共享經(jīng)濟(jì)崛起的一部分，手機(jī)軟件允許用戶和有需要的人們分享極少使用的商品。

learners學(xué)習(xí)者；officers官員；users用戶；designers設(shè)計(jì)者。根據(jù)句意“手機(jī)軟件允許____和有需要的人們分享極少使用的商品”結(jié)合常識(shí)可知此處是說(shuō)用戶。故選C。