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Passage Two


Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need. We are dealing with the results of that overconsumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is especially true of food. But it is also applied to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more Of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collecting. We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb.

What can be inferred from Paragraph 4

A.Unpackaged products are of bad quality.

B.Supermarkets care more about packaging.

C.It is improper to judge quality by packaging,

D.Other products are better packaged than foo

答案

参考答案:C

解析: 推理判断题。第四段讲述了人们对于包装不好的物品的固有认识,即:人们普遍认为包装不好的物品质量肯定差,所以C项为正确答案。

材料题

阅读下列材料: 

材料一  在(公元)1500年以前,阿拉伯和意大利商人在亚欧大陆上从一个地区运货到另一个地区,而货物主要是奢侈品、香料、丝绸、宝石及香水。但是到18世纪后期新世界的种植场生产的大量砂糖、咖啡及棉花等大部分运往欧洲出售;西班牙人也向新世界引进欧洲各种水果,如橄榄以及葡萄。美洲的特产也被流向世界各地,如玉米、马铃薯、西红柿、番薯、花生、各种豆类及南瓜、可可等。                                ——吴于廑、齐世荣主编《世界史?近代史》  

材料二  从顺治元年至嘉庆十二年(1644—1807年)160年间,银钱比价表现出较长时期的相对稳定,始终是在一千文左右波动。在鸦片战争前夕,一两白银所换制钱已达一千二三百文,最高达一千六百文。1845年银价上涨更甚,御史刘良驹奏称:“银价之昂未有甚于今日者,京中纹银每两易制钱乃二千文,外省则每两易制钱二千二三百文不等”,而且“其势日就增加,尚无底止”。中国“银贵钱贱”现象日益严重。

材料三

蒸汽轮船和蒸汽机车
19世纪后期英国海外贸易示意图

请回答:(1)材料一告诉我们18世纪后期世界发生了哪些变化?简析其原因。________________________________________________________________________________(2)材料二中出现“银贵钱贱”和“其势日就增加,尚无底止”现象的原因分别是什么?指出这些现象与世界市场形成之间的关联度。________________________________________________________________________________(3)材料三中图1和图2之间存在怎样的因果关系?从图2中可以获知哪些重要的信息?________________________________________________________________________________

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