单选题
Sarah Beatty: At the Forefront of Green Living

Green living marketplace is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic sectors today.
①The eco-friendly or green lifestyle is being embraced by more and more consumers, from personal care products to automobiles to home building and decor and other aspects of living.
②Sarah Beatty is one of the women at the forefront of the green living movement. She founded Green Depot in November 2005, the largest supplier of environment-friendly building materials on the east coast.
How did she start her business? In an. interview with Good Housekeeping magazine, she related:
③A week before I was due to deliver my first child, my husband and I discovered mold contamination in our newly remodelled home and were told our home may not be a safe living environment. I was shocked--and hormonal!
④At the time there were not many resources for information or non- toxic products out there.
⑤My husband owns a traditional building supply company and I had just left my job in TV production, so I suggested we start a satellite business, which ultimately became Green Depot.
⑥Since its founding, Sarah's company Green Depot now has stores in Boston, Brooklyn, Newark, Philadelphia with the Manhattan store soon to be completed.
⑦Her success is an example that great business ideas can come from ordinary problems in our everyday life.

单选题 Business contributing to the healthy development of ecosystem is welcomed by many people.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该题干的改写是对原文信息点的概括。
文中信息点1指出:人们越来越欢迎对生态环境无害的绿色生活方式,从个人护理产品到汽车,
以及房屋建筑与装修和生活的其他方面。而题干意为:有助于生态环境健康发展的产业为多数
人所欢迎。这与信息点意思相符,故答案为A。
单选题 Sarah Beatty is the initiator of the green living movement.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该题干的改写是对信息点中关键词词义范围的缩小。
文中信息点2指出:Sarah Beatty是处于绿色生活运动前沿的女士之一。而题干意为:Sarah Beatty是绿色生活运动的发起者。“处于前沿”的意思可以指是该运动的提出者、倡导者、支持者、积极投身于这方面的人,文中并没有明确指出Sarah Beatty到底属于其中的哪一类,题干内容在文中没有明确说明,故答案为C。
单选题 Finding mold pollution inspired Sarah to start her own business.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该题干的改写是对原文信息点的提炼和概括。
文中信息点3指出:在Sarah Beatty生第一个孩子前一周的时候,她和丈夫在重新改造的房子里发现了发霉污染的痕迹,并被告知他们的家不是安全的生活环境。正是由于这个原因,Sarah Beatty最终决定开办自己的公司给大众提供各种信息资源和无毒产品资源。而题干意为:发现发霉污染给了Sarah Beatty开办自己产业的灵感。这与原文的信息点和后文的叙述相符合,故答案为A。
单选题 Non-toxic products were hardly found in people's daily life.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该题干的改写是对原文信息点关键词的篡改。
文中信息点4指出:那时,信息资源和无毒产品资源并不多。而题干意为:无毒产品在人们的日常生活里几乎没有。根据原文,无毒产品资源少,在日常生活等各方面使用的不多,但还是有一些的,并非几乎没有,所以题干叙述是错误的,故答案为B。
单选题 The focus of business of her husband's company shifted from building supply to satellite.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该题干的改写是对信息点含义的一种推测演绎。
文中信息点5指出:Sarah Beatty的丈夫有一家传统的建筑材料供应公司。而她自己刚刚离开电视制作工作,所以她建议丈夫和她一起开发卫星业务,该业务最终促成Green Depot公司的成立。而题干意为:Sarah Beatty丈夫公司的业务中心从建筑材料供应转到卫星服务。由原文可推断,Sarah Beatty丈夫可能分出公司的一部分资源和她一起开始新业务,也可能是他们两人合伙开办了另一家公司,或者是其他情况,原文并没有明确指出,故答案为C。
单选题 Sarah's company has functioning branches in Boston, Brooklyn, Newark, Philadelphia and Manhattan.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】该题干的改写侧重考查对信息点关键词的理解。
文中信息点6指出:Sarah的Green Depot公司自建成到现在已在Boston,Brooklyn,Newark,Philadelphia开设分店,而Manhattan的分店也即将建成。而题干意为:Sarah的Green Depot公司在Boston,Brooklyn,Newark,Philadelphia和Manhattan有经营运作中的分店。对照原文信息点可发现,Manhattan的分店还没有建成,因此不处于运作状态,题干叙述不正确,故答案为B。
单选题 Daily life generates business inspiration.
A. Right B. Wrong C. Doesn't say
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该题干的改写是对原文信息点的概括。
文中信息点7指出:她的成功作为一个例子向我们表明,伟大的商业思路来源于我们日常生活中的普通问题。而题干意为:日常生活激发商业灵感。这与原文信息点相符,故答案为A。