Question

【題目】

Bottled water has become the choice for people who are healthy and thirsty. Bottled water is all over the world. But some say the planet's health and people's health may be suffering from it.

The idea that bottled water is safer for humans may not be true. The Natural Resources Defense Council of America said, “There is no promise that because water comes out of a bottle, it is cleaner or safer than water from the tap.” Another New York City-based action group added that some bottled water is “really just tap water in a bottle—sometimes cleaner, sometimes not.”

It is not tested that bottled water is better than tap water. Nick Reeves from the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management said, “The high mineral content(礦物質(zhì)含量) of some bottled water makes them not good for feeding babies and young children.” Also, most bottled water doesn't have fluoride(氟化物), which can make teeth stronger. Kids are drinking more bottled water and less fluoridated tap water, and some say that's behind the recent rise in bad teeth.

Storing is another problem. Placed near heat, the plastic bottles can produce bad chemicals into the water. Store bottled water appropriately. Bottled water, like many foods and drinks, should be stored in the appropriate way to keep the quality and safety of the product. Keep bottled water out of the light and heat.

According to the Environmental Protection Agency, some 2.7 million tons of plastic are used worldwide to bottle water each year. The plastic can take between 400 and 1,000 years to break down.

For energy use, plastic bottles are also not cheap. One report said that if water and drink bottlers had used 10 percent recycled materials in their plastic bottles, they would have saved about 72 million gallons of gas.

So, if you are worried about the effect of bottled water on the earth, you can take the following four steps:

Step 1. Drink from your tap. Unless your government warns against this, it should be fine.

Step 2. Get a container(容器). Carry your tap water in a steel or a lined drinking container, and clean it between uses.

Step 3. Keep it cool. Don't drink from a bottle that has been sitting in the sun, don't store it near chemicals, and don't reuse plastic bottles.

Step 4. Choose glass containers over plastic if possible. When finished, recycle!

【1】What can we learn about bottled water from the passage?

A. Plastic bottles are not expensive to make.

B. It is tested that bottled water have high fluoride.

C. Bottled water may cause the rise in bad teeth.

D. Theplastic can be broken down in less than 400 years.

【2】According to the passage, the writer probably agrees that ______.

A. bottled water is safer and cleaner than tap water for humans

B. plastic bottles can produce bad chemicals into the water in cool places

C. babies and young children need bottled water with high mineral content

D. gas can be saved if water and drink bottlers had used recycled plastic bottles

【3】The writer mentions the four steps to show that ______.

A. we can do something to reduce the bad effect of bottled water

B. we can improve the bottled water by storing it in right places

C. the government is against people to drink tap water in recent years

D. scientists can invent some new materials to produce bottled water

【4】What is the best title of the passage?

A. Bottled water and tap water.

B. Be careful to drink bottled water.

C. The disadvantages of bottled water.

D. How to drink bottled water safely.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 D

【3】 A

【4】 B

【解析】

瓶裝水是不是比自來水更干凈、更安全？答案可能是否定的。短文中從瓶裝水的礦物質(zhì)含量、儲(chǔ)存、對(duì)環(huán)境的影響等方面做出了解釋。并對(duì)如何更好地飲用瓶裝水提出了一些建議。

【1】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第三段Also, most bottled water doesn't have fluoride(氟化物), which can make teeth stronger. Kids are drinking more bottled water and less fluoridated tap water, and some say that's behind the recent rise in bad teeth.可知，由于大多數(shù)瓶裝水沒有可以使牙齒強(qiáng)壯的氟化物，所以經(jīng)常喝瓶裝水的孩子的壞牙率上升。由此可知應(yīng)選C。

【2】細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)短文第七段One report said that if water and drink bottlers had used 10 percent recycled materials in their plastic bottles, they would have saved about 72 million gallons of gas.可知，有一份報(bào)告說，如果水和飲料瓶的制造商在他們的塑料瓶中使用10%的回收材料，那么他們將節(jié)省大約7,200萬加侖的汽油。由此可知應(yīng)選D。

【3】推理判斷題。根據(jù)短文第八段中So, if you are worried about the effect of bottled water on the earth, you can take the following four steps可知，作者在提建議之前提到“如果你擔(dān)心瓶裝水對(duì)地球的影響，你可以遵循下面的步驟”，因此他提這些建議是為了讓我們減少瓶裝水對(duì)地球的壞的影響。故應(yīng)選A。

【4】主旨大意題。短文第一段引出了文章所要談?wù)摰脑掝}，But之后的這句話But some say the planet's health and people's health may be suffering from it是點(diǎn)明文章中心的句子，下文對(duì)該話題進(jìn)行展開敘述。故B選項(xiàng)“小心飲用瓶裝水”最符合文章主旨，選B。

這篇短文給我們介紹的是瓶裝水可能會(huì)影響人們的健康，并對(duì)我們的環(huán)境有影響，所以在飲用瓶裝水的時(shí)候應(yīng)注意一些問題。文章主題明確，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，但篇幅較長，也有一些長的、句子結(jié)構(gòu)復(fù)雜的句子，增加了理解的難度。后面的題目設(shè)置有細(xì)節(jié)理解題、推理判斷題和主旨大意題。做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解大意；然后根據(jù)題目所問，鎖定文章相關(guān)段落或語句，進(jìn)行信息的分析和處理，結(jié)合選項(xiàng)選出正確答案。例如第2小題，從題干中我們并不能獲得較準(zhǔn)確的關(guān)鍵詞幫助我們快速定位，此時(shí)可以依據(jù)選項(xiàng)，利用排除法解答。根據(jù)短文第七段One report said that if water and drink bottlers had used 10 percent recycled materials in their plastic bottles, they would have saved about 72 million gallons of gas.可知，有一份報(bào)告說，如果水和飲料瓶的制造商在他們的塑料瓶中使用10%的回收材料，那么他們將節(jié)省大約7,200萬加侖的汽油。由此可知應(yīng)選D。