Question

    Average humans can consume 15 or more drinks in plastic bottles a month. If you were born after 1998, and live until 80 years old, you will leave behind a minimum of 14, 4000 plastic bottles on this planet. These bottles take hundreds of years to break down into tiny pieces of plastic, never to completely disappear. Most of the waste is consumed by fish and birds, which has shortened their lifespans greatly.

The Plastic Bottle Village is just a great idea that might finally save us from being buried in plastic. It5s a community in Panama that is going to be made of used bottles. The design process begins with building steel frames, which are then filled with these bottles. Once this step is complete, and electrical and plumping lines are put inside, the plastic walls are covered with concrete (混凝土)—both inside and outside. So no one will actually be able to tell that the walls are made of plastic. Besides, the material will keep the house 17℃ cooler than the outside, which is the biggest benefit to people living inside.

The village is the idea of Robert Bezeau with the intention of setting up several environmental projects. Having started a recycling program four years ago, during which a number of plastic bottles were collected, he started to think of how they could be put to use. Soon enough, he decided to use them to build houses, and came up with a basic idea for the construction process.

The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment. The village will also create an education center that will teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter. Recycled bottles could neutralize (使……无效) the negative effect of your passage on this planet, and move closer to leaving only your “footprints”.

1.What do the figures in the first paragraph show?

A.The reason for buying fewer drinks. B.The seriousness of plastic pollution.

C.The amount of plastic waste. D.The difficult situation of wildlife.

2.Why are the homes in the village special?

A.They’re green buildings. B.They’re 17℃ warmer inside.

C.They stop plastic pollution. D.They’re entirely made of plastic bottles.

3.What can we know from the passage?

A.Plastic bottles are difficult to break down so that they are liked by fish and birds.

B.Robert Bezeau is leader of a community in, Panama responsible for the project.

C.The project of the Plastic Bottle Village can raise peopled environmental awareness.

D.Individuals can learn how to produce plastic bottles without polluting the environment.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.An Eco-Friendly Plastic Bottle Village

B.The Negative Effects of Plastic Bottles

C.How to Collect Deserted Plastic Bottles

D.How to Popularize the Use of Plastic Bottles

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.C

4.A

【解析】

文章主要介绍了巴拿马地区即将建立的塑料瓶社区的相关情况。

1.推理判断题。根据第一段内容可知，一个人会留下惊人的塑料瓶子，这些瓶子需要几百年才能分解成细小的塑料碎片，永远不会完全消失。以及这种废弃物对鱼和鸟类的寿命的消极影响。由此可知，第一段中的这些数字旨在说明塑料污染的严峻性。分析选项，可知B项是正确的。故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据文章第二段的内容可知，这个村庄的房子的主要建筑材料是用过的塑料瓶。由此可推断出，这些房子的特殊之处在于它们都是环保建筑，分析选项可知，A项是正确的。故选A。

3.推理判断题。根据最后一段的“The project hopes to make people conscious of the waste that these bottles create so that they can do more to protect the environment.”可知，此项目想让人们意识到这些瓶子制造的垃圾，这样他们就会为环保做的更好，即提高人们的环保意识，分析选项可知，选C项。考生易选错D项，此项的干扰性非常大，D项的依据在于他们只看到文中的“teach individuals from the world how to reuse plastic bottles as construction materials for shelter”并未注意到上下文中关于环保信息的暗示，考生要认识到此项目建造塑料房屋与环保紧密相关，而不是单纯地为巴拿马的当地居民提供住所。故选C。

4.主旨大意题。通读全文可知，本文主要讲述了一个人会留下惊人的塑料瓶子，这些瓶子要上百年才能分解但不会完全消失，可会让鱼类和鸟类缩短寿命，对环境有害。最终能让我们不再被塑料所掩埋，于是在巴拿马地区即将建立的塑料瓶房屋。这种房子非常环保。分析选项可知，A项符合题意。故选A。