单选题
In 2003, I was told by a restaurant owner on a Thai island that local fishermen used to wrap their lunch in banana leaves, which they would then casually toss overboard when done. That was OK, because the leaves decayed and the fish ate them all. But in the past decade, he said, plastic wrap had rapidly replaced banana leaves, so the beach was edged with a crust of plastic.
This is a worldwide problem—we can"t point the finger at Thai fishermen. The UK alone produces more than 170m tons of waste every year, much of it food packaging. Now we live in an absurd age where a packet of cookies can have seven layers of wrapping. While it has revolut-ionised the way we store and consume food, there is now so much of it that landfills (垃圾填埋场) can"t cope. Some of it is poisonous, and some of it never degrades. It can take 450 years for some types of plastic bottle to break down. Indeed, as Rachelle Strauss of the UK"s Zero Waste Week says, we never actually throw anything "away"—it"s really just put somewhere else.
It"s easy to despair at the scale of handling the plastic wrap, but it isn"t beyond humanity to solve it—look at how the world took action on CFCs (含氯氟烃): there are signs that the hole in the ozone layer is now closing. Food packaging ought to be a
doddle
.
Comment 1:
While as an individual I can do my best to avoid excessive packaging, it is really only government regulation that can force corporations to change their practices.
Comment 2:
I never understand why supermarket chains insist on covering products such as bananas and cucumbers in plastic wrap. Why? They have their own packaging—the skin or peel!
Comment 3:
I love packaging—if it"s well designed of course. It helps us be more hygienic and practical. The solution to these packaging necessities is clearly to encourage the use of bio-degradable packaging.
Comment 4:
Before, everything we threw out was bio-degradable and now it"s not. Guess it"s hard to change that behavior overnight.
单选题
What is the author"s view on the plastic problem in Thailand?
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 第二段第一句“This is a worldwide problem—we can"t point the finger at Thai fishermen. ”。
细节题。题目问的是关于泰国的塑料问题，作者的观点如何?根据定位句“这是一个世界性的问题——我们不能光指责泰国渔民。”说明这不是泰国独有的问题，而是一个世界普遍的问题。A项“这不是泰国独有的问题”符合题意，故选A。
单选题
"A packet of cookies" is mentioned in Paragraph 2 to ______.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 第二段第三句“Now we live in an absurd age where a packet of cookies can have seven layers of wrapping. ”。
细节题。题目问的是第二段提到“一包饼干”的目的是什么?根据定位句“现在我们生活在一个连一袋饼干都需要七层包装的荒谬时代。”可知，作者认为一包饼干有七层包装是一件非常荒谬的事情，由此表达了对过度包装的不满。A项“说明了过度包装的问题”符合题意，故选A。
单选题
The word "doddle" (Para. 3) probably means "something ______"
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[解析] 第三段最后一句“Food packaging ought to be a doddle. ”。
词汇题。题目问的是第三段中的“doddle”的意思是什么?根据定位句“食品包装也应该是一个doddle”可知，后面提到的臭氧层空洞的问题和前文提过的某个问题类似。前面几句提到虽然塑料包装问题严重，但并没有超过人的应对范围，并以造成臭氧空洞的CFCs为例，说空洞正在闭合，表示我们已经在逐渐消除这个问题了。这表明和臭氧空洞问题一样，塑料包装问题虽然可怕，但还是可以被解决的。A项“不再有用的”；B项“极困难的”；C项“超出想象的”；D项“轻松解决的”，综合考虑发现D项最接近，故选D。
单选题
Which of the comments is positive about packaging?