课时素养检测 十七 Unit 5 Period 1 Ⅰ. 阅读理解 A A small town in southwest Britain is banning plastic bags in an attempt to help the environment and cut waste—a step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe. Shopkeepers in Modbury, population 1,500, 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 shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out. Bangladesh already bans them, and so do at least 30 remote Alaskan villages. Modbury, about 225 miles southwest of London, has also declared a bag amnesty(宽限期), allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that have piled up at home. They will be sent for recycling. The Modbury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking, who saw the effect of bags on marine life while working in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman. She said response(反应) in the town so far had been “really positive”. “Modbury is quite an old-fashioned town and a lot of people have wicker baskets to go out shopping anyway,” Hosking told Sky News Television. The Worldwatch Institute, an environment research agency, states that 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone. More than 500 are used yearly around the world. 【语篇概述】英国西南部的小镇Modbury成为欧洲首个为保护环境禁止使用塑料袋的地方。 1. What was Rebecca Hosking? A. A lawyer. B. An environmentalist. C. A sailor. D. A photographer. 【解析】选D。细节理解题。根据第五段“as a wildlife camerawoman”可知,她是一名摄影师。 2. The underlined word “disposable” in the passage probably means_____. ? A. acceptable B. valuable C. throw-away D. long-lasting 【解析】选C。词义猜测题。根据句子内容可知, 小镇禁止给顾客分发一次性的塑料袋,即可扔掉的。 3. It can be inferred from the passage that _____. ? A. most of the people in Modbury continue to use plastic bags B. fewer and fewer plastic bags will be used in the world C. San Francisco is the first city to ban plastic bags in the world D. most countries in the world have passed laws to ban plastic bags 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章内容可知,随着人们环保意识的提高,塑料袋的使用会变少。 4. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage? A. Environmental Protection B. Big Cities Banning Plastic Bags C. Effect of Plastic Bags on Sea Animals D. British Town Banning Plastic Bags 【解析】选D。主旨大意题。根据文章首段内容可知,英国小镇禁止使用塑料袋是文章的主旨。 B Off the coast of Tanzania lies the exotic island of Zanzibar. This amazing place is home to beautiful old houses, leafy forests and white sandy beaches. Some friends and I had the adventure of a lifetime there last year. We took a two-hour ferry ride from Dares Salaam, Tanzania, ... ...
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