Question

Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling．Recycling in the home is very important of course．However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need．We are dealing with the results of that over–consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place．
The total amount of packaging has increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005．It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK．In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard．
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment．The UK, for example, is running out of it for burying this unnecessary waste．If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect．Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy．The solution is not to produce such items in the first place．Food waste is a serious problem, too．Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need．However, few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example．
But this is not just about supermarkets．It is about all of us．We have learned to associate packaging with quality．We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality．This is especially true of food．But it is also applied to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary．
There are signs of hope．As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collected．We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb．
小題1:What does the underlined phrase “that over-consumption” refer to?

A．Using too much packaging．

B．Recycling too many wastes．

C．Making more products than necessary．

D．Having more material than is needed．

小題2:The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show ___________．

A．the tendency of cutting household waste

B．the increase of packaging recycling

C．the rapid growth of supermarkets

D．the fact of packaging overuse

小題3:According to the text, recycling ___________．

A．helps control the greenhouse effect

B．means burning packaging for energy

C．is the solution to gas shortage

D．leads to a waste of land

小題4:What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality．

B．Supermarkets care more about packaging．

C．It is improper to judge quality by packaging．

D．Other products are better packaged than food．

Answer 1

小題1:D
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:C

小題1:D。詞義猜測題。根據(jù)文中的We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place. 可知劃線部分意義應為“過度消費”，所以D項意義正確。
小題2:D。作者用意猜測題。根據(jù)作者在文中使用的數(shù)字可知，作者使用數(shù)字的目的是為了讓讀者清楚地理解過度包裝的現(xiàn)實問題，所以D項正確。
小題3:A。細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. 可知A項正確。
小題4:C。推理判斷題。第四段講述了人們對于包裝不好的物品的固有認識，即：人們普遍認為包裝不好的物品質量肯定差，所以C項應為正確答案。