Question

    Darshan Karwat is making headlines for having maintained an incredibly plain and continued lifestyle during his student years. The man gave up fast food, new clothes, and even toilet paper, until he got to a point where his trash（垃圾）for an entire year fit in just two plastic bags!

Karwat, who is originally from India, started the trash-free experiment when he lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and managed to keep it going for two and a half years. In the first year, he produced only 7.5 pounds of trash, and in the second year, he brought that number down to 6 pounds, which is a mind-blowing 0.4 percent of the 1,500 pounds of yearly trash produced by the average American.

Looking back, Karwat says that his inspiration to start the project came from a radio show The Story, on which he heard of a British couple who lived trash-free.

His trash mostly consisted of a few chip bags, glass milk-bottle caps, fruit stickers, and broken glass. He obviously had to make lots of sacrifices to achieve this – he stopped buying any kind of packaged food including cheeses, only drank milk from recycled glass bottles, and gave up on buying new clothes or stuff for his home – no gadgets, furniture, or even cups. He began carrying his own fork, spoon, plate, and a bowl everywhere he went, just to avoid plastic cutlery（餐具）.

“I needed to change the way I lived, and I had to get creative,” he added. “When a restaurant furnished a napkin-wrapped（包纸的）fork and knife, I asked the server to change them for cutlery without the napkin. I’d remember to say “No straw!” after asking for water and to make sure the veggie（素食者）burger I ordered didn’t come with a wooden pick holding it together. I did what I had to do, and it was awkward.”

1.What is the passage mainly about?

A.How a person inspires others

B.How Darshan Karwat gets famous.

C.Darshan Karwat and his no trash experiment.

D.A plain and sustainable lifestyle attracts the public.

2.Why did Darshan Karwat have the idea of living trash-free?

A.Because he is from India.

B.Because he has been in university.

C.Because he heard a story on the radio.

D.Because a British couple reminded to do so.

3.What did Karwat buy when he was making no-trash experiment?

A.Cheeses. B.Furniture.

C.Milk. D.Gadgets.

4.What Karwat said in the last paragraph shows that       .

A.he seldom went to a restaurant

B.it wasn’t convenient to live the life

C.the server seemed cold to him

D.he was proud of what he had been doing

Answer

1.C

2.C

3.C

4.B

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了来自印度的达山·卡尔瓦特坚持他的无垃圾试验的故事。

1.主旨大意题。通读全文，特别是根据第二段中的“Karwat, who is originally from India, started the trash-free experiment when he lived in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and managed to keep it going for two and a half years.”可知，来自印度的达山·卡尔瓦特在密歇根州的安娜堡开始了一项无垃圾试验，在两年半的时间里，他产生的垃圾少得惊人，本文讲述的就是卡尔瓦特和他的无垃圾试验的故事，故C项（达山·卡尔瓦特和他的无垃圾试验）正确。

2.细节理解题。根据第三段“Looking back, Karwat says that his inspiration to start the project came from a radio show The Story, on which he heard of a British couple who lived trash-free”可知，回顾过去，达山·卡尔瓦特说，他开始这个项目的灵感来自一个广播节目《故事》，他在节目中听到一对英国夫妇生活在没有垃圾的地方，由此可知，达山·卡尔瓦特之所以有了这个“生活在没有垃圾的地方”的想法是因为他在广播里听到了一个故事，故C项正确。

3.细节理解题。根据第四段中的“he stopped buying any kind of packaged food including cheeses, only drank milk from recycled glass bottles, and gave up on buying new clothes or stuff for his home – no gadgets, furniture, or even cups”可知，他不再购买包括奶酪在内的任何包装食品，只喝回收玻璃瓶里的牛奶，也不再买新衣服或为家里添置新东西，包括小配件、家具，甚至杯子，由此可知，在卡尔瓦特的无垃圾试验中，他只买牛奶，故C项正确。

4.推理判断题。根据最后一段中的““I needed to change the way I lived, and I had to get creative,” he added. “When a restaurant furnished a napkin-wrapped（包纸的）fork and knife, I asked the server to change them for cutlery without the napkin. I’d remember to say “No straw!” after asking for water and to make sure the veggie（素食者）burger I ordered didn’t come with a wooden pick holding it together. I did what I had to do, and it was awkward.””可知，卡尔瓦特说，“当一家餐馆提供餐巾纸时，我要求服务员把餐巾纸换成没有餐巾纸的餐具，我会记得在点完水后说“不要吸管！“并确保我点的素食汉堡不是用木镐夹来的，我做了我必须做的事，这很尴尬”，由此可知，卡尔瓦特的话表明了无垃圾的生活很不方便，故B项正确。