Question

    It might be hard at first glance to see what things like toothbrushes, tires, cigarettes, and shoes have in common. But look closer and you’ll find that, like so many objects in our daily lives, they’re often made to a greater or lesser degree of the magic stuff (东西): plastic.

That stuff is now a planetary problem. Sometimes, because the plastic is mixed with other materials — including other plastics, such as in shoes — it’s difficult or impossible to recycle. In many places, recycling or burying in a landfill isn’t an option, not to mention all the waste that ends up in rivers and oceans. And so, more often than not, after a short useful life, plastic objects enter what’s likely to be a centuries-long afterlife as rubbish.

They’re thrown into rivers and washed into the sea. They break down into tiny bits called micro plastics. Sea animals big and small eat those pieces. Some pieces get mixed in with sea salt and we wind up eating them, with uncertain effects. We breathe in even smaller pieces called nano plastics: Scientists recently discovered them on remote mountaintops and even in the Arctic, where they are carried by winds and mixed with rain and snow.

The magic stuff has now become the stuff of nightmares.

Increasingly the challenge is to have the former without the latter. “Reduce, reuse, and recycle” has been the environmentalists’ answer for half a century. Businesses that sell plastic products or packaging, however, have little motivation to encourage reducing or reusing, and recycling — once thought a cure-all — can be complex and expensive. But with plastic pollution now a global problem, the stakes (风险) are raised, and so is public awareness.

Plastic waste has started to worry us. Business owners are creating new options for avoiding it. The point is not to demonize（妖魔化）things that were invented for good reason and with good intentions; the point is to find a way to have our plastic and not eat it too.

1.Which of the following can best describe plastic in our life according to Paragraph 1?

A.Old-fashioned B.Widely-used

C.Harmful D.Useless

2.What can we infer about the solution to plastic pollution in the last 50 years?

A.It hasn’t worked properly.

B.It has been totally ignored.

C.It hasn’t gained support from the public.

D.It has encouraged the businesses to recycle.

3.Which of the following will the author agree with to solve plastic problem?

A.A ban on plastic production.

B.A law punishing plastic littering.

C.An alternative material replacing plastic.

D.A new method of using without pollution.

4.Where is the text most likely from?

A.A magazine. B.A guidebook.

C.A novel. D.A diary.

Answer

1.B

2.A

3.D

4.A

【解析】

本文为说明文。作者通过本文叙述了塑料难以分解，留下了很多后患，所以我们一定要努力循环利用减少它的危害。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段“ But look closer and you’ll find that, like so many objects in our daily lives, they’re often made to a greater or lesser degree of the magic stuff (东西): plastic”但细看,你会发现,在日常生活中许多物品一样,它们通常或多或少的神奇的东西——塑料制作而成的。由此可知，塑料是广泛使用的，故选B。

2.推理判断题。根据第五段 “Reduce, reuse, and recycle” has been the environmentalists’ answer for half a century. however, have little motivation to encourage reducing or reusing, and recycling — once thought a cure-all — can be complex and expensive. But with plastic pollution now a global problem, the stakes (风险) are raised,” “减少、重复使用和循环利用”已成为环保主义者半个世纪以来的答案。然而，销售塑料制品或塑料包装的企业几乎没有动力鼓励减少或重复循环使用塑料，因为回收——曾经被认为是包治百病的方法——可能复杂又昂贵。但是现在塑料污染已经成为一个全球性的问题，风险也随之增加。由此可知，过去的50年里塑料污染的解决方案是鼓励企业回收利用，但因为复杂又昂贵而没有被推行使用，致使它成为全球性问题，风险也大了。由此可知，这种解决塑料的方法没有很好地凑效，故选A。

3.细节理解题。根据最后一段“The point is not to demonize（妖魔化）things that were invented for good reason and with good intentions; the point is to find a way to have our plastic and not eat it too.” 问题的关键不是妖魔化那些出于正当理由和是有充分的理由而发明的东西;关键是要找到一种方法来使用塑料，而不是塑料也被吃掉。可知，作者会同意一种无污染使用的新方法，故选D。

4.推理判断题。作者通过文章描述了塑料难以分解，留下了很多后患，我们要努力循环使用减少其危害。可知文章 最有可能来源于报刊杂志，故选A。