Question

【題目】 Rebecca is a wildlife camerawoman from the UK. She was filming a documentary (紀錄片) for the BBC in the Pacific Ocean when she saw something that made her ________: hundreds of dead birds. They died because they accidentally ate some of the ________ that is thrown into the sea each year. The beaches on the Pacific islands should have been some of the most ________ places in the world. But they were covered with plastic bottles, pens--every plastic thing you can think of. Because of this, the ________ were becoming dirtier and dirtier.

Plastic bags were used everywhere in Britain. Britain used nearly 17 billion plastic bags each year. And the ________ can take hundreds of years to break down. Each year, the sea and the environment became more and more ________.

Rebecca decided she had to do something. In her hometown Modbury, she asked local shopkeepers if they could do something to help. She asked them to ________ using plastic bags in their shops.

To Rebecca’s surprise, the shopkeepers ________ and Modbury became the first plastic bag-free town in Britain.________, shoppers offered reusable bags. Other towns followed Mobury’s example and more________ around Britain, such as London, Cambridge are becoming plastic bag-free.

Now the “bag for life” is part of the national culture. And since October 2015, all shoppers must pay money for each plastic bag, no matter how much their spending is! It’s not enough, but it’s a start.

【1】A.moveB.cryC.smileD.dream

【2】A.cornB.riceC.plasticD.rubber

【3】A.beautifulB.changeableC.difficultD.boring

【4】A.cropsB.scissorsC.windowsD.beaches

【5】A.mailsB.bowlsC.dishesD.bags

【6】A.pollutedB.enjoyableC.relaxingD.magical

【7】A.continueB.stopC.considerD.remember

【8】A.refusedB.explainedC.agreedD.separated

【9】A.InsteadB.HoweverC.UnluckilyD.Anyway

【10】A.villagesB.townsC.citiesD.countries

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】A

【4】D

【5】D

【6】A

【7】B

【8】C

【9】A

【10】C

【解析】

來自英國的野生動物攝影師麗貝卡在看到海洋受到了塑料的污染后建議當?shù)厣痰晖Ｖ故褂盟芰洗�，這一做法受到更多的城市效仿，從2015年起，所有購物者必須為每一個塑料袋付錢。

【1】句意：她在太平洋為英國廣播公司拍攝紀錄片時，看到了一些讓她哭的東西。

move移動；cry哭；smile微笑；dream做夢。根據(jù)后文“hundreds of dead birds”可知她看到了一些使她想哭的東西，故選B。

【2】句意：他們死是因為他們不小心吃了一些每年扔進海里的塑料。

corn玉米；rice米飯；plastic塑料；rubber橡膠。根據(jù)“But they were covered with plastic bottles, pens--every plastic thing you can think of.”可知此處指塑料，故選C。

【3】句意：太平洋島嶼上的海灘應該是世界上最美麗的地方。

beautiful美麗的；changeable可改變的；difficult困難的；boring無聊的。根據(jù)后文的轉折“But they were covered with plastic bottles, pens--every plastic thing you can think of. Because of this, the ____4____ were becoming dirtier and dirtier”可知海灘本應該是世界最美麗的地方，故選A。

【4】句意：因此，海灘變得越來越臟。

crops莊稼；scissors剪刀；windows窗戶；beaches沙灘。根據(jù)“The beaches on the Pacific islands should have been some of the most ____3____ places in the world. But they were covered with plastic bottles, pens--every plastic thing you can think of”可知此處指上文提及的海灘，故選D。

【5】句意：這些袋子可能需要幾百年才能分解。

mails郵件；bowls碗；dishes碟，菜；bags包。根據(jù)上文“Britain used nearly 17 billion plastic bags each year.”可知此處指上文提及的塑料袋要花費數(shù)百年時間分解，故選D。

【6】句意：海洋和環(huán)境變得越來越受污染。

polluted受污染的；enjoyable令人愉快的；relaxing放松的；magical有魔力的。根據(jù)上文介紹人們使用眾多的塑料制品，而且塑料制品難以分解，所以此處指海洋及環(huán)境變得越來越受污染，故選A。

【7】7. 句意：她請求他們停止在商店里使用塑料袋。

continue繼續(xù)；stop停止；consider考慮，認為；remember記得。根據(jù)上文因為塑料袋的使用導致污染及她請求當?shù)氐牡曛鲙兔Γ�可知此處指請求他們停止使用塑料，故選A。

【8】句意：令麗貝卡吃驚的是，店主們同意了。

refused拒絕；explained解釋；agreed同意；separated分離。根據(jù)后文“Modbury became the first plastic bag-free town in Britain”莫德伯里成了英國第一個沒有塑料袋的小鎮(zhèn)，可知店主同意停止使用塑料袋，故選C。

【9】句意：相反，購物者提供可重復使用的袋子。

Instead反而，相反；However然而；Unluckily不幸運地；Anyway不管怎樣。根據(jù)上下文，可知購物者不使用塑料袋而使用可以重復使用的袋子，故選A。

【10】句意：其他城市也效仿莫伯里的做法。

villages村莊；towns城鎮(zhèn)；cities城市；countries國家。根據(jù)后文例舉的“London, Cambridge”是城市，故選C。