3.A small city in southwest Britain is banning(禁用) plastic bags to help the environment and cut waste-a step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe.
Shopkeepers in Modbury agreed to stop handing out disposable plastic bags to customers on Saturday.They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead.
Last month,San Francisco became the first U.S.city to ban plastic grocery bags.Internationally,laws to discourage the use of plastic bags have been passed in parts of South Africa and Ireland,where governments either tax (收稅) shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out.Bangladesh already bans them,and so do at least 30small Alaskan villages.
Modbury,about 225miles southwest of London,has also declared a bag amnesty(寬限期),allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that are kept at home.They will be sent for traveling.
The Modbury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking,who saw the effect of bags on sea life while he works in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman.She said response(反應(yīng)) in the town so far had been"really positive"
"Modbury is quite an old-fashioned city and a lot of people have wicker baskets to go out shopping anyway,"Hosking told Sky News Television.
The Worldwatch Institute,an environmental research agency,states that 100billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone.More than 500billion are used yearly around the world.
58.What does the underlined word"disposable"in the passage mean?B
A.a(chǎn)cceptable
B.throw-away
C.long lasting
D.valuable
59.It can be inferred from the passage thatC.
A.most of the people in Modbury continue to use plastic bags
B.most countries in the world have passed laws to ban plastic bags
C.fewer and fewer plastic bags will be used in the world
D.San Francisco is the first city to ban plastic bags in the world
60.Which of the following may be the best title of the text?B
A.British Cities Banning Plastic Bags
B.Some Cities Banning Plastic Bags
C.Effect of Plastic Bags on Sea Animals
D.Environmental Protection.
分析 本文主要介紹了英國(guó)的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)為了保護(hù)環(huán)境,開始禁止使用塑料袋,進(jìn)而介紹了其他禁止使用的地區(qū)和塑料袋對(duì)環(huán)境的不良影響.
解答 58.B 詞義推斷題.根據(jù)第二段"They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead"可判斷出塑料袋將被禁止使用,取而代之的是紙袋和布袋,因?yàn)樗芰洗怯猛昙幢粊G棄,紙袋和布袋可以重復(fù)使用,可以推斷出disposable的意思是"可丟棄"的.
59.C 推理判斷題.根據(jù)文中第三段介紹了除了Modbury外,還有舊金山、Bangladesh、南非和愛(ài)爾蘭的部分地區(qū)也開始禁止使用塑料袋,可以推斷出塑料袋在全世界的使用將越來(lái)越少.故選C.
60.B主旨大意題.根據(jù)文章內(nèi)容兩種本文主要介紹了英國(guó)的一個(gè)小鎮(zhèn)為了保護(hù)環(huán)境,開始禁止使用塑料袋,故選B.
點(diǎn)評(píng) 做題時(shí)要在理解好文意的基礎(chǔ)上,與題目有機(jī)的結(jié)合,從文章中找到相關(guān)細(xì)節(jié)性的句子與選項(xiàng)細(xì)細(xì)比對(duì),進(jìn)行選擇或推理判斷,選出符合文章內(nèi)容的正確選項(xiàng).做題注意靈活,有時(shí)可采用排除法或直選法確定出最終答案.