Question

A small town in Tasmania, an island off the south coast of mainland Australia, is making itself an environmental role model by becoming the country's first plastic bag-free town.

Since April 28, Coles Bay's population of 175 and its tourist shoppers have been using reusable paper or cloth bags to carry their shopping.

Ben Keamey, a local businessman who supports the bag ban, said it would cut  the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife that try to eat the plastic.

"Most businesses here come from the tourism and that's all based on the environment, so people were pretty supportive," he said.

Every year Australians use more than six billion plastic bags. More than half of these come from the supermarket. Since it takes years for the bags to biodegrade（生物遞減分解）, tens of millions end up polluting the environment. They kill about 100,000 sea-birds and animals, which mistake bags for food, every year.

Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting on their use of plastic bags. Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee like that in Ireland. There, since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each, their use has been cut by 90 per cent.

Pollution caused by plastic bags is a big headache for countries all over the world. As early as 1999, Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used. This was to encourage them to be used again and again, since an average of six million plastic bags are used there every there every single day.

1.Which might be the best title for this passage?

A．Deadly Plastic Bags                      B．The End of Plastic Bags

C．How to Reuse Plastic Bags                 D．The Present Situation of Plastic Bags

2.Plastic bags will not be used by the native people of Coles Bay because they ______.

A．cause the environmental pollution          B．are not easy to be reused

C．are not as good as cloth bags               D．are not strong enough

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．Plastic bags kill many animals in Australia each year.

B．Most Australian supermarkets have begun cutting on their use of plastic bags.

C．People at Coles Bay think poor environment may affect their tourism.

D．You have to pay for the plastic bags if you go shopping in Ireland.

4.The example of Coles Bay is to show that ______.

A．people take serious actions to deal with the plastic bag problem

B．people begin to realise the harm of using plastic bags

C．Australia is the first country in solving the plastic bag problem

D．Australians are aware of the importance of protecting the small town

5.Which of the following measures on plastic bags is NOT mentioned in the passage?

A．To forbid to use them by law.

B．to charge fee for plastic bags.

C．To make them thick enough to be reuseable.

D．To make them environmentally friendly.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

4.A

5.D

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了在澳大利亞的一個島上的人們開始禁止使用塑料袋，同時也提及了在世界各地人們已經慢慢地開始重視環境的保護。

1.B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的在澳大利亞的一個島國上進行的禁止使用塑料袋的活動。故B項與課文相符。

2.A 細節題。根據文章第三段it would cut  the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife that try to eat the plastic."Most businesses here come from the tourism and that's all based on the environment, so people were pretty supportive,"說明人們主要做，主要是為了減少污染。故A正確。

3.B 細節題。根據Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting on their use of plastic bags.文章只是說在大超市里人們開始減少使用塑料袋，ACD三項都是文章里講述的內容。故B項符合要求。

4.A 推理題。根據文章第一段可知在這個島上人們已經采取了措施來保護環境，不再使用塑料袋。故Ａ正確。

5.D 細節題。根據文章倒數第二段Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee like that in Ireland. There, since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each, their use has been cut by 90 per cent.說明B項提及了。根據文章最后一段As early as 1999, Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used.說明C項提及了；根據文章第一段說明A項提及了。只有D項在文章中沒有提到。故D項符合要求。

考點：考查環境保護類短文閱讀

點評：本文主要講述了在澳大利亞的一個島上的人們開始禁止使用塑料袋，本文細節題居多，答題時在文章找到對應的地方，用筆進行標記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細理解作者所講的意思，再結合選項，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案