How many plastic bags do you use every day? Is there any chance for us to live without them? What can we do to have less plastic pollution? A performance in Hangzhou makes people think more about the overuse（过度使用）of plastic bags in our lives.
In front of a supermarket in Hangzhou, five volunteers wore white plastic bags and walked around and through the crowd. The performance called on people to use more cloth bags instead of plastic ones.
Some of the plastic bags worn by the performers were collected from customers（顾客） in two food markets and the others were collected by 700 students from a school.
On that day, when leaving the food markets, customers were told to hand over （递交）unnecessary plastic shopping bags. Several hundred plastic bags were collected in two hours.
“If we do nothing about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And humans will become ‘plastic men’,” said one of the performers.
“How can you breathe in so many plastic bags?” A middle-aged woman asked one performer. “How can the earth breathe if there are too many plastic bags?” the performer answered.
Starting from June last year, plastic bags were no longer used for free in supermarkets, shopping malls or food markets all over the country.
People are called on to use cloth bags when they go shopping.
1．Since June last year people should________ plastic bags all over the country.
A．pay for B．get C．use as many as D．stop using
2．A performance took place in ________.
A．a restaurant B．a plastic bag shop C．Hangzhou D．a school
3．—Why did the performers wear white plastic bags and walk around?
—They wanted ________.
A．to ask people to overuse plastics B．to invite people to go to the supermarket
C．to give people more bags D．to ask people not to use plastic bags
4．If we don’t do something against the pollution, humans ________.
A．will be polluted B．will become “plastic men”
C．won’t be comfortable D．will be plastic ones
5．The main idea of this passage is about ________ pollution.
A．white B．air C．water D．light
完形填空
从每小题所给的A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。
Four years after graduating, Luo Jiajia made a decision. She planned to answer her inner (内心的) calling to lead a more 29 life. She noticed that environmental problems were becoming more serious, but 30 action was being taken. She thought she must do 31 .
Luo works for China Green Foundation and encourages people to 32 environmental protection in China. Luo works on the Million Forest project. 10 years ago, the project was aimed at planting 1 million trees in the Tengger Desert, China’s fourth-largest desert in Inner Mongolia. Now over 100 million trees have been planted to 33 desertification (沙漠化). The project has brought many benefits (好处) to local communities. 34 the project, many locals would be forced to leave their homes. The project has also helped to 35 jobs for locals. They can make money by selling the fruit that the trees produce. Eco-tourism (生态旅游) has been more popular 36 these areas have become oases (绿洲).
Although the project mainly helps with reforestation (植树造林), Luo’s team discovered that it was more important to start a change from within. So the slogan of Million Forest was changed to “Plant a tree in your 37 ”.
“It’s not possible for you to plant a tree every day, but if you have a tree in your heart then you can take care of the whole environment. If we make the effort to change the 38 , we can also change the outside world,” Luo said.
6．A．awful B．careful C．meaningful
7．A．few B．little C．much
8．A．something B．anything C．everything
9．A．come up with B．take part in C．give up
10．A．increase B．keep C．prevent
11．A．Without B．With C．For
12．A．provide B．give C．ask
13．A．unless B．because C．before
14．A．hands B．feet C．heart
15．A．place B．inside C．outside
A year ago, my husband and I were sitting on the beach watching our one-year-old son play in the water, talking about the money we were 16 for his future, something we had started doing since he was born.
Money played a 17 role in both my and my husband’s college decisions-I did my first two years at a community college to save money and my husband’s college fund (资金) got spent on keeping the family 18 . The idea that there would be no limitations (限制) for our own kid felt 19 .
As our son 20 his hands in the sand, my husband and I threw out 21 of what he might do with the money. “Maybe he’ll be lucky to graduate debt (债务) 22 ,” my husband laughed. “Or if he gets a full scholarship (奖学金), he could spend the money on an apartment.” “Or he’ll climb Everest or travel around the world”, I 23 .
A couple weeks after we drove back to our home, wildfires spread through my hometown in a record-breaking 24 . They led to increasingly serious weather 25 , including droughts (旱灾) and ice storms. When my son will be college-aged, he will likely care more about air quality and 26 the heat than spring break travel plans.
That night, I asked my husband a question: What if we 27 putting money in our son’s college fund and started using that money to protect him from weather change? But how do you do that? What will he need in 2040 or 2060? After some 28 , we had reached an agreement. Saving money for his college education when we’re facing a weather problem just doesn’t 29 . Instead, we are planning on using the money to 30 a carbon-free lifestyle now by buying electric cars and starting a backyard vegetable garden.
16．A．spending B．saving C．raising D．donating
17．A．big B．small C．common D．light
18．A．custom B．history C．business D．place
19．A．amazing B．special C．strange D．boring
20．A．pushed B．washed C．cooled D．dug
21．A．problems B．ideas C．rules D．stories
22．A．full B．deep C．clean D．free
23．A．added B．shouted C．complained D．wondered
24．A．date B．century C．year D．season
25．A．predictions B．plans C．events D．warnings
26．A．escaping B．facing C．feeling D．standing
27．A．started B．forgot C．regretted D．stopped
28．A．discussions B．experiences C．interviews D．expressions
29．A．take in B．make up C．take place D．make sense
30．A．change B．accept C．develop D．invent
I can’t remember when I started collecting litter. But it was when I got tired of 31 litter nearby and realized that 32 was going to pick it up.
I live near a 33 in Enshi, Hubei Province. I can walk there in three 34 ! I used to love going there 35 with my dog. But one day there was so much litter there that I became very unhappy. I decided I had to clean up the forest. I wanted to 36 happy going there again.
I made my 37 trip to clean the forest that afternoon. I took a big black rubbish bag with me. Ten minutes 38 starting to pick up litter, my bag was full! It had cans, bottles, broken glass and newspapers in it. From then on, I went to the forest four times a year to pick up the litter. I often 39 there for three hours. It makes me feel 40 to do something for the environment.
31．A．see B．seeing C．look D．looking
32．A．no one else B．I C．everybody D．anybody
33．A．school B．forest C．river D．park
34．A．months B．hours C．days D．minutes
35．A．playing B．play C．of play D．to play
36．A．look B．feel C．make D．see
37．A．first B．third C．fourth D．fifth
38．A．after B．later C．before D．of
39．A．play B．go C．work D．sit
40．A．worried B．sad C．disappointed D．great
1．A 2．C 3．D 4．B 5．A
【导语】本文讲述了塑料袋用多了会引起白色污染，地球将无法“呼吸”，并呼吁我们购物时用布袋子代替塑料袋。
1．推理判断题。根据“Starting from June last year, plastic bags were no longer used for free in supermarkets, shopping malls or food markets all over the country.”可知从去年六月开始，塑料袋不再免费，可以推断出人们需要付钱使用塑料袋。故选A。
2．细节理解题。根据“ A performance in Hangzhou makes people think more about the overuse（过度使用）of plastic bags in our lives.”可知演出在杭州。故选C。
3．细节理解题。根据“The performance called on people to use more cloth bags instead of plastic ones.”他们是想呼吁人们多用布袋而不是塑料袋。故选D。
4．细节理解题。根据“If we do nothing about it, the earth will be eaten up by white pollution. And humans will become ‘plastic men’”可知如果什么都不做，人类将变成“塑料人”。故选B。
5．主旨大意题。通读全文可知文章反复提到了白色垃圾袋造成的白色污染。故选A。
6．C 7．B 8．A 9．B 10．C 11．A 12．A 13．B 14．C 15．B
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了“百万森林”项目负责人罗佳佳为环境保护所做的努力和贡献。
6．句意：她计划回应内心的呼唤，过一种更有意义的生活。
awful让人讨厌的；careful仔细的；meaningful有意义的。根据下文罗佳佳为环境保护所做的努力和贡献，可知她计划过一种更有意义的生活。故选C。
7．句意：她注意到环境问题越来越严重，但却没有采取什么行动。
few很少；little少得几乎没有；much很多。由but表示句意转折可知，没有采取什么行动保护环境，action为不可数名词，应用little修饰。故选B。
8．句意：她想她必须做点什么。
something某事物；anything任何事物；everything一切。根据“She noticed that environmental problems were becoming more serious, but ... action was being taken.”可知，环境问题越来越严重，却没有采取什么行动，因此她认为自己得做些事情。故选A。
9．句意：罗在中国绿色基金会工作，鼓励人们参与中国的环境保护。
come up with想出；take part in参加；give up放弃。根据“encourages people to ... environmental protection in China”可知，鼓励人们参与环境保护。故选B。
10．句意：现在已经种植了1亿多棵树来防止沙漠化。
increase增加；keep保持；prevent阻止。根据“Now over 100 million trees have been planted to ... desertification (沙漠化).”可知，种植1亿多棵树的目的是为了防止沙漠化。故选C。
11．句意：如果没有这个项目，许多当地人将被迫离开家园。
Without没有；With有；For为了。根据“many locals would be forced to leave their homes”可知，没有这个项目，许多当地人会因为土地沙漠化，不得不离开家园。故选A。
12．句意：该项目还为当地人提供了就业机会。
provide提供；give给；ask询问。根据“They can make money by selling the fruit that the trees produce.”可知，这个项目为当地人提供了就业机会，provide sth for sb“为某人提供某物”。故选A。
13．句意：生态旅游更受欢迎，因为这些地区已经成为绿洲。
unless除非；because因为；before在……之前。前后句为因果关系，应用because连接。故选B。
14．句意：因此，“百万森林”的口号改为“在你心中种一棵树”。
hands手；feet脚；heart心脏。根据“if you have a tree in your heart”可知，此处指在心中种一棵树。故选C。
15．句意：如果我们努力改变内心，我们也可以改变外部世界。
place地方；inside内部；outside外部。根据“we can also change the outside world”可知，此处指我们内心世界的改变，即内心要有环保的意识，这样我们才能更好地改变外部世界的环境。故选B。
16．B 17．A 18．C 19．A 20．D 21．B 22．D 23．A 24．D 25．C 26．A 27．D 28．A 29．D 30．C
【导语】本文讲述了作者和丈夫从儿子出生就开始为他的大学教育存钱，后来作者与丈夫达成了一致，停止为儿子的大学教育存钱，先要解决实际面临的环境问题，他们打算从发展无碳生活方式开始。
16．句意：一年前，我和丈夫坐在海滩上，看着一岁的儿子在水里玩耍，谈论着我们为他的未来攒的钱，这是我们从他出生时就开始做的事情。
spending花费；saving保存，储蓄；raising筹集；donating捐款。根据“talking about the money we were...for his future, something we had started doing since he was born.”可知，从儿子出生就开始为他的未来存钱，故选B。
17．句意：钱在我和丈夫的大学决定中都起到了很大的作用。
big大的；small小的；common普通的；light轻的。根据“I did my first two years at a community college to save money and my husband’s college fund (资金) got spent on keeping the family”可知，钱起到了很大的作用，故选A。
18．句意：丈夫的大学基金则花在了维持家族生意上。
custom风俗；history历史；business生意；place地方。根据下文的介绍可知，钱用在了家庭的生意上，故选C。
19．句意：对于我们自己的孩子来说，没有限制的想法让我觉得很诧异。
amazing神奇的；special特殊的；strange奇怪的；boring厌烦的。根据“As our son...Or he’ll climb Everest or travel around the world”可知，这样的想法让人觉得很诧异，故选A。
20．句意：当我们的儿子用手在沙子里挖的时候，我和丈夫开始思考他会怎么处理这笔钱。
pushed推；washed洗；cooled冷却；dug挖。根据“his hands in the sand”可知，手在沙子里挖，故选D。
21．句意：当我们的儿子用手在沙子里挖的时候，我和丈夫开始思考他会怎么处理这笔钱。
problems问题；ideas想法；rules规则；stories故事。根据“what he might do with the money.”可知，这是一种想法，故选B。
22．句意：“也许他毕业时没有债务就很幸运了，”我丈夫笑着说。
full满的；deep深的；clean干净的；free免费的，自由的。根据“Maybe he’ll be lucky to graduate debt (债务) ...”可知，此处指的是“没有债务”，故选D。
23．句意：“或者，如果他获得全额奖学金，他可以把钱花在公寓上。”“或者，他将攀登珠穆朗玛峰或环游世界”，我补充道。
added补充说；shouted大喊；complained抱怨；wondered想知道。根据“Or if he gets a full scholarship (奖学金), he could spend the money on an apartment...Or he’ll climb Everest or travel around the world”可知，这里是说补充说，故选A。
24．句意：在我们开车回家几周后，在一个打破纪录的季节，野火席卷了我的家乡。
date日期；century世纪；year年；season季节。此处说的是火灾发生的季节，故选D。
25．句意：它们导致了越来越严重的天气事件，包括干旱和冰暴。
predictions预测，预言；plans计划；events事件；warnings警告。根据“including droughts (旱灾) and ice storms”可知，这里说的是天气事件，故选C。
26．句意：当我儿子上大学的时候，他可能会更关心空气质量和避暑，而不是春假旅行计划。
escaping逃跑；facing面临；feeling感觉；standing站立。根据“he will likely care more about air quality and...the heat than spring break travel plans.”可知，这里指的是天气问题，与空气质量并列的应该是避暑问题，故选A。
27．句意：那天晚上，我问了丈夫一个问题：如果我们不再把钱放在儿子的大学基金里，而是开始用这笔钱来保护他免受天气变化的影响，会怎么样？
started开始；forgot忘记；regretted懊悔，惋惜；stopped停止。根据“putting money in our son’s college fund and started using that money to protect him from weather change”可知，此处是说停止往大学基金里面存钱，故选D。
28．句意：经过一些讨论，我们达成了协议。
discussions讨论；experiences经历；interviews采访；expressions表达。根据“we had reached an agreement”可知，通过讨论达成了一致，故选A。
29．句意：当我们面临天气问题的时候，为他的大学教育存钱是没有意义的。
take in吸收；make up弥补；take place发生、举行；make sense有意义。根据“Saving money for his college education when we’re facing a weather problem just doesn’t...”可知，如果存钱只为了大学教育，那么在面对天气问题时，这样的事情是没有意义的，故选D。
30．句意：相反，我们现在正计划用这笔钱来发展无碳生活方式，购买电动汽车，并在后院开办一个菜园。
change改变；accept接受；develop发展；invent发明。根据“a carbon-free lifestyle now by buying electric cars and starting a backyard vegetable garden.”可知，是发展无碳生活方式，故选C。
31．B 32．A 33．B 34．D 35．D 36．B 37．A 38．A 39．C 40．D
【导语】本文主要讲述了作者坚持捡拾垃圾的事情。
31．句意：但当我厌倦了看到附近的垃圾，并意识到没有人会去捡的时候。
see看见，动词原形；seeing看见，动名词；look看，动词原形；looking看，动名词。根据“litter”可知，此处强调看的结果，应用see；再根据get tired of doing sth.“厌烦做某事”可知，应用动名词。故选B。
32．句意：但当我厌倦了看到附近的垃圾，并意识到没有人会去捡的时候。
no one else没有其他人；I我；everybody每个人；anybody任何人。根据上文“I can’t remember when I started collecting litter.”可知，作者捡垃圾，是因为没有人去捡。故选A。
33．句意：我住在湖北省恩施市的一片森林附近。
school学校；forest森林；river河流；park公园。根据下文“to clean the forest”可知，作者住在一片森林附近。故选B。
34．句意：我可以在三分钟内走到那里！
months月；hours小时；days天；minutes分钟。根据上文“I live near a ... in Enshi, Hubei Province. ”可知，作者住在森林附近，推知三分钟可以走到那里。故选D。
35．句意：我以前很喜欢去那里和我的狗玩。
playing玩，动名词；play动词原形；of play戏剧的；to play动词不定式。根据“I used to love going there ... with my dog.”可知，去那儿是为了和狗一起玩，用不定式表目的。故选D。
36．句意：我想再次去那里感到快乐。
look看；feel感觉；make制作；see看见。根据上文“I became very unhappy”可知，作者看到很多垃圾后不快乐，于是打算去清理森林，想再次去那里时感到快乐。故选B。
37．句意：那天下午，我第一次去打扫森林。
first第一；third第三；fourth第四；fifth第五。根据上文“I used to love going there ... with my dog.”可知，作者之前去森林是去遛狗，而打扫森林这是他第一次去。故选A。
38．句意：开始捡垃圾十分钟后，我的袋子就满了！
after在……之后；later后来；before在……之前；of……的。根据“Ten minutes ... starting to pick up litter, my bag was full!”可知，作者的袋子满了是在开始捡垃圾十分钟后，after后接动名词。故选A。
39．句意：我经常在那里工作三个小时。
play玩；go去；work工作；sit坐。根据“ From then on, I went to the forest four times a year to pick up the litter.”可知，此处指作者每次去那里捡垃圾的时长是三个小时，work符合语境。故选C。
40．句意：为环境做点什么让我感觉很棒。
worried担忧的；sad伤心的；disappointed失望的；great极好的。根据“It makes me feel ... to do something for the environment.”可知，为环境做些事情在作者看来是很好的。故选D。
