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专题三 完形填空
第四讲 说明文
真题验证
(2015·安徽高考)
In our modern world,when something wears out,we throw it away and buy a new one.The ____1.D____ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of ____2.B____ because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
How did we ____3.B____ a throwaway society? First of all,it is now easier to ____4.C____ an object than to spend time and money to repair it.____5.A____ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology,companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively.Products are plentiful and ____6.C____.
Another cause is our ____7.A____ of disposable (一次性的) products.As ____8.D____ people,we are always looking for ____9.A____ to save time and make our lives easier.Companies ____10.C____ thousands of different kinds of disposable products:paper plates,plastic cups,and cameras,to name a few.
Our appetite for new products also ____11.D____ to the problem.We are ____12.B____ buying new things.Advertisements persuade us that ____13.A____ is better and that we will be happier with the latest products.The result is that we ____14.D____ useful possessions to make room for new ones.
All around the world,we can see the ____15.D____ of this throwaway lifestyle.Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger.To ____16.D____ the amount of rubbish and to protect the ____17.B____,more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.____18.A____,this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.
Maybe there is another way out.We need to repair our possessions ____19.D____ throwing them away.We also need to rethink our attitudes about ____20.A____.Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
文章大意:本文是说明文。本文讲述了为什么我们的社会变成了一个垃圾成山、一次性物品充斥的社会,同时指出要保护环境、解决这一问题,除了回收资源以外,人们更应该改变的是消费习惯。
❶ A.key
B.reason
C.project
D.problem
解析:下文语境题。根据第一段末句中的“because people...than ever before”可知这里描述的是一种世界各国正在面临的问题。
❷ A.gifts
B.rubbish
C.debt