Question

【題目】The Buy Nothing Movement

Social media, magazines and shop windows bombard（猛轟）people daily with things to buy, and British consumers are buying more clothes than ever before. The average person spends more than 1,000 on new clothes a year, which might not sound like much. 【1】 A lot of consumer spending is by means of credit cards. British people currently owe about 670 per adult to credit card companies. Also, people are spending money they haven't earned to buy things they don't need. Britain throws away 300,000 tons of clothing a year, most of which goes into landfill（垃圾填 埋地）sites.

【2】But charity shops can't sell all those unwanted clothes. A lot of clothes that charities can't sell are sent abroad, causing even more economic and environmental problems.

【3】The idea originated in Canada in the early 1990s and then moved to the US. On Buy Nothing Day people organise various types of protests and cut up their credit cards. Throughout the year, Buy Nothing groups organise the exchange and repair of items they already own.

The trend has now reached influencers on social media who now encourage their viewers not to buy anything at all for periods as long as a year. Two friends in Canada spent a year working towards buying only food. For the first three months they learned how to live without buying electrical goods, clothes or things for the house. For the next stage, they gave up services, for example, haircuts, eating out or buying petrol for their cars. 【4】

The changes they made meant two fewer cars on the roads, a reduction in plastic and paper packaging and a positive impact on the environment from all the energy saved. 【5】But even if you can't manage a full year without going shopping, you can participate in the anti-consumerist movement by refusing to buy things you don't need.

A.In one year, they'd saved $55,000.

B.If everyone followed a similar plan, the results would be impressive.

C.Online shopping means it is easy for customers to buy without thinking.

D.Second-hand clothes are often of too poor quality to recycle in charity shops.

E.But that figure hides two far more worrying trends for society and for the environment

F.However, a different trend arises in opposition to consumerism—the ' buy nothing' trend.

G.People might not realise the problems because they donate their unwanted clothes to charities.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】G

【3】F

【4】A

【5】B

【解析】

這是一篇說明文。文章主要說明了英國如今消費者購買了比以往更多地衣服，但是自己并不需要這些衣服的社會現(xiàn)象，同時這一現(xiàn)象也帶來了社會和環(huán)境方面的擔(dān)憂。

【1】根據(jù)下文“A lot of consumer spending is by means of credit cards. Also, people are spending money they haven't earned to buy things they don't need.”和“Britain throws away 300,000 tons of clothing a year, most of which goes into landfill（垃圾填埋地）sites.”可知，人們買衣服時使用信用卡超前消費，同時每年也會有30萬噸的衣服進(jìn)入垃圾站，是對E項（但是這個數(shù)字背后隱藏了令社會和環(huán)境擔(dān)憂的問題。）提出問題的具體解釋說明。故選E項。

【2】根據(jù)下文“But charity shops can't sell all those unwanted clothes.A lot of clothes that charities can't sell are sent abroad, causing even more economic and environmental problems.”可知，慈善商店把那些不能售賣的服裝運到國外，這會引起更多的經(jīng)濟(jì)和環(huán)境問題。承接上文，推出G項（因為人們把不需要的衣服都捐給慈善團(tuán)體，并沒有意識到那些問題。）切題，該選項中的the problems對應(yīng)下文中的economic and environmental problems.。故選G項。

【3】根據(jù)下文“The idea originated in Canada in the early 1990s and then moved to the US. On Buy Nothing Day people organise various types of protests and cut up their credit cards. Throughout the year, Buy Nothing groups organise the exchange and repair of items they already own.”可知整個段落談?wù)摰氖顷P(guān)于“Buy Nothing Day”觀念的起源和發(fā)展方式，而F項（然而與消費主義相反的另一種趨勢“不買”正在凸顯。”）提出“Buy Nothing Day”觀念。故選F項。

【4】根據(jù)上文“Two friends in Canada spent a year working towards buying only food. For the first three months they learned how to live without buying electrical goods, clothes or things for the house. For the next stage, they gave up services, for example, haircuts, eating out or buying petrol for their cars.”可知這兩個朋友用一年的時間分二個階段拒絕購買除食物之外的其他商品，而A項（一年時間，他們節(jié)省了$55,000）是這兩個朋友節(jié)約行為產(chǎn)生的結(jié)果即節(jié)省了$55,000。故選A項。

【5】根據(jù)上文“The changes they made meant two fewer cars on the roads, a reduction in plastic and paper packaging and a positive impact on the environment from all the energy saved.”可知這兩個朋友所做的改變意味著路上車變少、塑料袋和紙袋使用量會下降，對節(jié)約能源有積極的影響。而B項(如果每個人都執(zhí)行這種方法，那結(jié)局會讓人印象深刻)是上文產(chǎn)生的前提條件。故選B項。

七選五要求考生從整體上把握文章的邏輯結(jié)構(gòu)和內(nèi)容上的聯(lián)系，理解句子之間、段落之間的關(guān)系，對諸如連貫性、一致性等語段特征有較強的意識和熟練的把握。所以懂得整篇文章的基本結(jié)構(gòu)或段落的語篇結(jié)構(gòu)對解題很有用。如第2小題，根據(jù)下文“But charity shops can't sell all those unwanted clothes.A lot of clothes that charities can't sell are sent abroad, causing even more economic and environmental problems.”可知，慈善商店把那些不能售賣的服裝運到國外，這會引起更多的經(jīng)濟(jì)和環(huán)境問題。承接上文，推出G項（因為人們把不需要的衣服都捐給慈善團(tuán)體，并沒有意識到那些問題。）切題，該選項中的the problems對應(yīng)下文中的economic and environmental problems.。故選G項。