Ways of shopping for goods have changed a lot in the last 50 years. People used to go to several shops to buy their daily(1)________. For example, they went to a (2)________shop for meat, a fish market for fish and a farmer's market for vegetables, (3)________were often grown locally. These days, (4)________, people usually do all their shopping at a supermarket (5)________they can buy everything they need (6)________the same roof.
In the (7)________of convenience nearly everything in a supermarket is prepackaged. But as the environmental (8)________of this type of convenience have become clear, consumers have begun to (9)________its true value. The packaging used by supermarkets causes many environmental (10)________. The demand for paper for wrapping (11)________the cutting down of forests around the world. Making plastic shopping bags (12)________huge amounts of oil. The natural resources used to (13)________packaging are generally wasted because (14)________consumers only throw the packaging away. We are then (15)________with the big problem to deal with all the packaging we throw away.
The problems of supermarket packaging (16)________seem impossible to solve, but there are things consumers can do. First we can try to buy products (17)________as little packaging as possible. Second, we can (18)________the extra bags and packaging supermarkets offer consumers. Finally, we can bring our own bags to the supermarket and reuse any plastic bags (19)________containers we bring home. These measures may seem small, but (20)________consumers join together in reducing waste and reusing packaging we can make real progress in the effort to have both convenient lifestyles and a clean environment.
词义辨析题。句意：过去人们常常需要去几个商店来买生活必需品。necessary作名词时和necessity皆有“必需品”的含义。根据语义应选复数。故选 B。
词义辨析题。句意：人们去肉铺买肉。butcher，屠夫。grocer，杂货商。baker，面包师。barber，理发师。 故选 A。
语法题。句意：这些都是本地生长种植的。which代“vegetables, ” 在非限制性定语从句中作主语。故选 C。
逻辑关系题。句意：然而现在，人们通常在一个超市内就能完成购物。前后语义发生转折。故选 D 。
语法题。句意：在超市内，他们能买到所有必需品。where代“at a supermarket，”引导地点状语从句。故选 B。
固定搭配题。句意：在同一屋檐下。 under the same roof，住在一起；在同一屋檐下。故选 A。
固定搭配题。句意：为了方便，几乎所有的商品都是提前包装好的。 in the name of，在.......的名义下，为了...。故选 C。
词义辨析题。句意：随着这种方便带来的环境上的代价越来越明显。cost，代价，成本。price ,价格；价值。value，价值，重要性。worth，价值；财产。故选 B。
词义辨析题。句意：消费者逐渐开始质疑它的真正价值。question，怀疑；询问。ask，问；要求。demand, 要求，需要。inquire，查究，问明。故选C。
词义辨析题。句意：超市使用的包装带来许多环境问题。problem，问题，难题。puzzle，迷；困惑。question， 疑问；询问。inconvenience，不便，麻烦。故选A。
词义辨析题。句意：对包装用纸的需求鼓励了全球各地树木的砍伐。encourage，鼓励；促进。improve， 改善，增进。promote，提升；推销。maintain，维持；主张。故选B。
语法题。句意：生产塑料购物袋需要大量的油。动名词making作主语时，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。 故选 D。
词义辨析题。句意：通常用来制作包装的自然资源都被浪费掉了。make ,制造；使得。故选 A。
语法题。句意：因为我们消费者只不过把包装扔掉。customers作 we 的同位语，在句子中主语。a few 后加 of 与名词连用。故选 B。
固定搭配题。句意：然后我们就面临了如何解决掉被我们扔掉的包装的巨大问题。be face with，面临， 面对。confront，face，encounter都有面临，面对 （难题等）之意，但应为主动形式加名词。故选C。
词义辨析题。句意：超市包装的问题可能看起来似乎是无法解决的。may ,可能；可以。can，可以，能 够。shall，应；会。will，愿意；决心要。故选 C。
词义辨析题。句意：首先，我们可以尝试购买尽可能少包装的产品。with，用；随着。of，属于；...的。 without，没有；在...外面。for，为了；为。故选D 。
词义辨析题。句意：第二，我们可以不要超市提供给顾客的多余的袋子和包装。refuse，拒绝；抵制。reject, 排斥；驳回。receive，收到；接纳。accept，接受；承认。故选 A。
词义辨析题。句意：最后，我们可以携带我们自己的袋子到超市，并且重新利用我们带回家的塑料袋子 或容器。故选 B。
逻辑关系题。句意：这些措施看起来微不足道，但是只要消费者们共同做到减少浪费，循环利用包装， 我们就可以在创造方便的生活方式和安静的生活环境的努力中都能取得进步。if 表条件，意为“如果”， 引导条件状语从句。故选 D。