Question

Drinking Water: Bottled or From the Tap（水龍頭）?

In America, people will include a case or two of bottled water when buying the week's groceries（日用雜貨）．When they are going to a soccer game or activity, it's common for them to grab a cold bottle of water out of the fridge with them．In fact, Americans buy more bottled water than any other nation in the world, about 29 billion bottles a year．

But all these plastic bottles use a lot of fossil fuels and pollute the environment．In order to make all the 29 billion bottles, producers use 17 million barrels of crude oil, which is enough to keep a million cars going for 12 months．

So why don't people drink water straight from the tap? Some people have a strong belief that bottled water is better than water out of the tap, but that's not necessarily true．In the US, the local governments make sure water from the tap is safe．There is also growing concern that chemicals in the bottles themselves may go into the water．

People love the convenience of bottled water．But maybe if they realized the problems it causes, they would try drinking from a glass at home or carrying water in a reusable steel container instead of plastic．

Some argue that plastic bottle recycling can help．Recycled bottles can be turned into items like carpeting or clothing．Unfortunately, only one in six bottles is recycled．The rest make it to landfills（垃圾填坦場） or end as trash in other places．Plastic bottles take hundreds of years for them to disintegrate．

Water is important for you, so keep drinking it．But think about how often you use water bottles, and see if you can make a change．

And yes, you can make a difference．Remember this: Recycling one plastic bottle can save enough energy to power a 60-watt light bulb for six hours．

1.How many cars can be kept going for a year by the crude oil used to make 29 billion bottles?

A．100．

B．I,000．

C．100,000．

D．I,000,000．

2.Why do Americans prefer bottled water?

A．Bottled water is better than water from the tap．

B．Bottled water is cheaper than water from the tap．

C．Bottled water contains beneficial chemicals in it．

D．Bottled water is more convenient than water from the tap．

3.What does the underlined word "disintegrate" in the fifth paragraph probably mean^

A．Be well recycled．	B．Become less poisonous．
C．Break into small pieces．	D．Go down below a surface．

4.The author's intention of writing this passage is to recommend Americans

A．drink more water from the tap

B．send plastic bottles to landfills.

C．use water bottles to power light bulbs

D．buy bottles filled with water from the tap

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.D

2.D

3.C

4.A

【解析】

1.細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第二段可知答案。

2.推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段:People love the convenience of bottled water.可知很多美國人選擇瓶裝水是因?yàn)閳D方便和自認(rèn)為瓶裝水比自來水更好。

3.詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第五段和本句可知需要幾百年才能把塑料瓶(自然地）

分解。

4.寫作意圖題。結(jié)合全文可知作者希望人們能夠從環(huán)保節(jié)能的角度出發(fā)，少喝瓶裝水，多喝自來水。