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 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 carrying 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, a 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 is also applies 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 material are collecting. 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 “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 super markets

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.

【小題5】What can we learn from the last paragraph?   

A．Fighting wastefulness is difficult.

B．Needless material is mostly recycled.

C．People like collecting recyclable waste.

D．The author is proud of their consumer culture.

Answer 1

【小題1】D
【小題2】D
【小題3】A
【小題4】C
【小題5】A

解析試題分析：文章講述了人們應該對于環(huán)境保護有個清醒的認識，能循環(huán)利用就利用，有的人認為包裝不好，可能產(chǎn)品的質(zhì)量不好，要知道包裝紙也是一種污染，如果把它們燒掉，會產(chǎn)生溫室氣體，會造成溫室效應。所以我們應對過度包裝的危害應有清醒的認識，文章最后指出要想保護好環(huán)境還有很長的路要走。
【小題1】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”，故選D。
【小題2】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，故選D。
【小題3】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】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(zhì)量肯定差，所以C項應為正確答案。
【小題5】推理判斷題。文章講述了人們對于過度包裝的危害的認識及人們應有的積極態(tài)度，所以最后一段又給我們帶來了希望，但是最后一句we have a mountain to climb.提示我們事情不會一蹴而就，故選A。
考點：科普環(huán)保類短文閱讀。
點評：詞義猜測題旨在考查學生根據(jù)上下文對生詞做出理解判斷的能力。近幾年來，閱讀理解中的詞義猜測題呈上升趨勢。在閱讀過程中根據(jù)選材、背景、及上下文等線索推測出生詞詞義是真實語言活動中的重要技巧。這一能力可以說是體現(xiàn)閱讀理解能力的一項重要指標。