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m in Davos, Switzerland. This shopping model, called Loop, aims to replace throwaway containers with reusable ones. Loop is the idea of Terra Cycle, an Americanbased recycling pany. Its chief, Tom Szaky told the Associated Press (AP) that removing plastics from the ocean is not enough. He said the point is to get away from singleuse packages. Szaky said that Loop is the future of shopping. But it es from an idea of the past. He pared it to the milkman model of the 1950s in the United States. Back then, someone brought milk to your doorstep in glass bottles and then left with empty bottles. These could be cleaned and used again. The result is zerowaste. Jennifer Morgan from the environmental nonprofit organization Greenpeace also joined in the discussion about Loop at Davos. She said that Greenpeace weles the aim of the Loop Alliance to move away from throwaway culture and disposability. But Morgan questioned whether panies worldwide are ready to change their business models. Loop is set to launch later this year in three eastern . states, and also in Paris, France and some of the surrounding area. Then Loop plans to expand to the . West Coast, Toronto, Canada and Britain by the end of this year or 2020.(1)What does the author intend to do in Paragraph 2? A.Provide background information.B.Advocate zerowaste lifestyle.C.Explain the reason for trash.D.Introduce a new topic.(2)Where does the idea Loop e from? A.The World Economic Forum.B.Demand of some panies.C.Zerowaste model.D.The milkman model.(3)Which countries is Loop expected to expand to by 2020? A.United States and Switzerland.B.Switzerland and Britain.C.Canada and Britain.D.France and Canada.(4)What is the text mainly about? A.A new shopping model.B.The development of future city.C.The world39。s environmental issue.D.The concerns of future shopping.【答案】 (1)A(2)C(3)D(4)A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文,介紹美國一家公司推出一種新的零浪費(fèi)購物模式。 (1)考查推理判斷。根據(jù)第二段“The world39。s cities produce 2 billion tons of trash every year. By the year 2050 that number is expected to rise to 3 billion tons. The World Bank estimates that the largest amount of trash today, about 44 percent, is plastic. But we often have to buy packaged goods. And often that packaging is made of plastic.”可知,世界上的城市每年產(chǎn)生大量的垃圾,并且其中最大的垃圾量是塑料,結(jié)合下文可知,作者寫本段目的是為下文提出新的購物模式提供背景信息。故選A。 (2)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)第四段中的“Szaky said that Loop is the future of shopping. But it es from an idea of the past.”和第五段“He pared it to the milkman model of the 1950s in the United States. Back then, someone brought milk to your doorstep in glass bottles and then left with empty bottles. These could be cleaned and used again. The result is zerowaste.”可知,Loop購物模式的想法來自于過去送奶工模式,是一種可以杜絕零浪費(fèi)的模式。故選C。 (3)考查細(xì)節(jié)理解。根據(jù)最后一段“Loop is set to launch later this year in three eastern . states, and also in Paris, France and some of the surrounding area. Then Loop plans to expand to the . West Coast, Toronto, Canada and Britain by the end of this year or 2020.”可知,Loop計(jì)劃在2020年前將業(yè)務(wù)擴(kuò)大到加拿大和法國。故選D。 (4)考查主旨大意。根據(jù)第三段中的“A new environmentallyfriendly shopping model was recently launched at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.”及全文內(nèi)容可知,文章主要介紹美國一家公司推出一種新的零浪費(fèi)購物模式。故選A。 【點(diǎn)評(píng)】本題考點(diǎn)涉及細(xì)節(jié)理解,推理判斷和主旨大意三個(gè)題型的考查,是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀,考生需要準(zhǔn)確掌握細(xì)節(jié)信息,并根據(jù)上下文進(jìn)行邏輯推理,概括歸納,從而選出正確答案。5.犇犇閱讀理解 Wolves strike fear into the hearts of many species, humans included. Our fear of them has brought them to the edge of dying out, as we have cruelly killed them as petitors and troublemakers. But researchers are discovering that the very fear they put into prey(被捕食者)species is exactly what helps make ecosystems(生態(tài))healthy. Yellowstone National Park is a typical example of just how wolves can help repair an ecosystem. An October 2018 study analyzed 40 years of research on large animals inside the park. Yellowstone has benefited from the reintroduction of wolves in ways that we did not anticipate, especially the plexity of biological interactions(互動(dòng)) in the park, explained Mark Boyce, a professor in the Department of Biological Sciences. We were really surprised at that and we39。d never have seen these responses if the park hadn39。t adopted ecologicalprocess management—allowing natural ecological processes to take place with least human intervention. After the wolves were reintroduced at Yellowstone, willow and cottonwood trees increased in number. The population of bears and bison also rose and what was once a ruling deerwolf interaction is now more diverse. To learn more about just how wolves are beneficial, a short documentary from Quest explains how the presence of wolves influences the behavior of deer, which eventually makes entire ecosystems more biologically diverse and healthy. In this documentary, biologist Aaron Wirsing explored why wolves and other top predators (捕食者)were needed for diverse ecosystems to develop. Using a simple video camera, Wirsing is gaining a unique view point on predatorprey relationships and changing the way we think about wolves. The research is one more piece of evidence for why protecting these top predators is important not just for wolves as a species, but for hundreds of species at every level of an ecosystem. The fear they bring along may be the very angle that helps save them from dying out.(1)What does the underlined word anticipate in paragraph 3 probably mean? A.Expect.16