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组合练五
一、完形填空
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语填空,使语意通顺完整。第一个方框供1~4小题选用,第二个方框供5~8小题选用。每个选项只能使用一次,每框有一项剩余。
A.have a solution B.reduces C.products D.adult E.releases
The secret to protecting our environment might just be hidden in your teacher's coffee cup! Whether it's a wakeup cup or an afternoon cup in a coffee shop, at times it seems that the 1.________ world runs on coffee! This creates a lot of waste. After they've been used to make the coffee, the grounds often get thrown away. As it rots(腐烂), it 2.________ a greenhouse gas.
Two Scottish businessmen think they 3.________. Their company is developing a way to recycle this waste into an oil which could replace palm oil. Palm oil is used in many different foods and 4.________. It's made from the fruit of palm trees and is thought to be efficient. This means that it's quite easy to make a lot of palm oil quickly.
A.Room B.Include C.Responsible
D.for the time being E.sooner or later
However, many people believe it is 5.________ for the deforestation of the rainforest, as large areas are being burnt to create 6.________ for these palm trees. This is destroying the habitat of many endangered animals, such as the orangutans and tigers.
The two businessmen hope 7.__________ they will be able to collect waste coffee grounds from cafes and restaurants and extract the oil from them to use instead of palm oil. The business could even win a prize! It's been put forward as part of a competition for business ideas to improve the world. Other ideas competing for the prize 8.__________ a plan to make plastic biodegradable(可生物降解的) and new technology to help care for bees.
二、阅读理解
(2016·山东临沂中考改编)When we exercise hard, we burn fat(脂肪). But have you ever wondered where exactly the fat goes?
Some doctors think that fat is changed into heat and given off in the air. Others think the body burns it. Some even joke that someone comes and takes it. That's why you always weigh less in the morning.
Now a new study from Australia solve