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【題目】 Perhaps people have never realized that fashion materials should be one of the worst destroyers on our environment in countries across the world.

Everybody enjoys wearing warm fashionable sweaters, but they never realize how much harm they have done to the environment . Studies suggest that 70 percent of the damage to the grasslands is due to overgrazing(過度放牧).Because of that, tile balance of nature is broken, extreme weather occurs frequently, species are under serious threat, and finally grasslands are becoming desert gradually. The major real cause driving this activity is that human beings demand for cheaper wool to make fashionable clothing.

What you might not know is that the natural fibers for making clothes are often taken from trees in ancient forests or other plants such as bamboo and cotton . This means that the clothes we buy and wear are contributing directly to destroying forests and habitats. In fact, cotton is by no means a fully environmentally friendly crops on the planet. For a start, it uses so much water to. produce, which leads to the freshwater shortage across the globe. It can take 2,700 liters of water to make just one cotton T-shirt. Additionally, growing cotton requires high levels of pesticide and other dangerous chemicals that often pollute waterways and soil. As for man-made fibers, the damage done by them is far worse than other materials.

In recent years, retailers (零售商)have increased the number of fashion collections each season even-each month or week. Throwaway culture is known as "fast fashion" due to low prices . Every year, 100 billion new garments made from new fibers are produced, many of which soon end up in landfill(垃圾填埋場).A dress might cost a few pounds for the consumer, but there is a hidden cost to the wider environment including ecosystems and other species.

【1】According to the passage, the real destroyer on the grasslands is ___.

A.overgrazingB.unbalanced nature

C.human beings’ needD.change of weather

【2】Relatively speaking, which fiber does most harm to environment?

A.The cotton fiber.B.The tree fiber.

C.The man-made fiber.D.The bamboo fiber.

【3】What is the writer's attitude to the "fast fashion,, culture?

A.Opposed.B.Approved.C.Neutral.D.Sympathetic.

【4】What is probably the best title for the text?

A.Damage to Our Environment

B.Fashion Materials, the Hidden Environment Destroyer

C.Destroying Forests and Habitats

D.Throwaway Culture

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章說明了時尚材料是世界各國對環(huán)境的最大破壞者之一。因為制作衣服的天然纖維通常取自古代森林中的樹木或其他植物，如竹子和棉花。這意味著購買和穿著的衣服直接破壞了森林和棲息地。

【1】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句The major real cause driving this activity is that human beings demand for cheaper wool to make fashionable clothing.（推動這種活動的主要真正原因是人類需要更便宜的羊毛來制作時尚的服裝。）可知草原上真正的破壞者是人類的需要。故選C。

【2】推理判斷題。根據(jù)第三段最后一句As for man-made fibers, the damage done by them is far worse than other materials.（至于人造纖維，它們所造成的損害比其他材料要嚴重得多。）可知人造纖維對環(huán)境危害最大。故選C。

【3】細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段最后一句A dress might cost a few pounds for the consumer, but there is a hidden cost to the wider environment including ecosystems and other species.（一件衣服對消費者來說可能要花幾英鎊，但對更廣泛的環(huán)境，包括生態(tài)系統(tǒng)和其他物種來說，還有一個隱藏的成本。）可推知作者對于這種耗費環(huán)境資源的“快時尚、快文化”是持反對態(tài)度的。故選A。

【4】主旨大意題。根據(jù)第一段Perhaps people have never realized that fashion materials should be one of the worst destroyers on our environment in countries across the world.（也許人們從來沒有意識到，時尚材料應(yīng)該是世界各國對環(huán)境的最大破壞者之一。）以及文章主要內(nèi)容為分析時尚材料對環(huán)境造成的破壞，故B選項最符合文章標題。