【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 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的模式。故選C。 （3）考查細節(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計劃在2020年前將業(yè)務(wù)擴大到加拿大和法國。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購物模式。故選A。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解，推理判斷和主旨大意三個題型的考查，是一篇環(huán)保類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文進行邏輯推理，概括歸納，從而選出正確答案。5．犇犇Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. The Rapid Rise and Fall of Robot Babysitters During the winter of 2017, an 18year old college student named Canon Reeves spent much of his time trailing a kneehigh robot around Fayetteville, Arkansas, as it delivered Amazon packages to students. The robot, created by a startup called Starship Technologies in 2014, is basically a cooler on wheels。 it uses radars, sensors, and nine cameras to make deliveries. Reeves39。s job was to monitor how it handled various grounds, field ments from the public, and press the off switch if necessary. He said, People would also ask if it could deliver beer. It couldn39。t. Broadly speaking, jobs of caring for robots fall under the umbrella of careers in automation, which include maintenance, engineering and programming. The demand for people with this skill set is considerable, with 20 million to 50 million new jobs to be expected in this category by 2030, according to the Mckinsey Global Institute. In the year that ended in June 2018, had almost three times the number of positions on the recruitment mittee that ended in June 2016. Over the last year, a 34yearold businessman named David Rodriguez spent hundreds of hours following a machine called the KiwiBot around UC Berkeley39。s campus while it delivered Red bull and other drinks to students. To retrieve (檢索) orders, the app encourages students to give the robot a wave。 the robot39。s digital eyes will roll depending on its mood. Rodriguez, who heads business development for the startup, was tasked, early on, with monitoring the KiwiBot for problems – even carrying it, should the motors fail. Since April 2018, though, the KiwiBot has largely been left unattended, and the majority of human interactions involve technical checks and loading food into the robot. To eliminate the boring work, the team is developing a restaurant robot to collect and load orders – which could happen in 2020. However, Rodriguez assured me that his staff won39。t be out of work. Everyone holds double roles in the pany. Greater robot selfgoverning just means employees will shift their focus to accounting, engineering, and design. Mckinsey estimates that millions of jobs globally could be lost to automation by 2030. A huge number of jobs will be produced as autonomous vehicles are released into the environment, Ramsey said. In 2016, Bosch started training students from Schoolcraft College, a munity college in Michigan, in autonomousvehicle repair。 Toyota has trained students in maintenance as well. We might even see a return to lowlevel jobs where people e and fuel the car for you, Ramsey said. Until we can wirelessly charge, someone needs to refuel them. The hardesttoautomate industries, as it happens, are the ones that require looking after humans, such as childcare, education and health care. Robot babysitters might feel