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.
necessity 需要; 必需品。 此处 daily necessities 意为“日用品”, 日用品指多种东西, 所以选用复数。
a butcher‘s shop 肉店。 a grocer‘s shop 杂货店, 食品店。 a baker‘s shop 面包店。 a barber‘s shop 理发店。
语法题。 考察非限定性定语从句的引导词。 that 不可引导非限定性定语从句; where 在非限定性定语从句中只能作状语, 但句子缺主语, 所以须用 which 引导; what 不引导定语从句。
空格前面提到过去人们常常去各种不同的店里购买生活必需品, 而空格所在句子介绍现在人们通常在一家超市就能买到所有生活必需品。 前后存在转折之意, 所以填 however。
空格所在句子为定语从句, 缺少作地点状语的引导词, where 符合要求。
介词搭配。 under the same roof 固定搭配, 意为“在同一屋檐下, 同一房间里”。
这里指“为方便起见, 几乎超市里所有的商品都被预先包装好了”, in the name of“以......的名义” 符合句意。
联系上下文, 可知, 此处表达“但是随着这种便利方式带来的环境代价愈发明显” 之意, 所以 costs“成本,代价”, 符合句意。
根据上下文, 可知, 此处表达“消费者们已经开始质疑它的真正价值” 之意, 因此 question“怀疑, 质疑”,符合句意。
problem 指棘手的、难以解决的问题。文中指的是超市的包装带来了许多环境难题, 故 A 项符合句意。puzzle迷, 难题, 迷惑。 question 问题。 inconvenience 不便, 麻烦。
该句句意为: 对包装纸的需求促使世界范围内森林的砍伐。 encourage 鼓励, 怂恿。 在本句中可以翻译为“促使” 森林的砍伐。 improve 改善, 增进。promote“促进, 提升”, 多用于积极的意义。 maintain 维持,持续。
本题考查语法。 空格后的 huge amount of oil 是名词短语, 表明空格处 need 应为实意动词作谓语, 而且句子以动名词结构作主语, 所以 need 使用第三人称单数, 故 D 正确。
根据上下文, 可知, 此处表达“用来制造包装的自然资源” 之意, 因此 make“制造, 制作” 符合句意。
空格所在句子成分完整, 不缺少主语, 选用 we 作同位语。
该句句意为: 于是我们面临着一个大问题, 那就是处理我们扔掉的这些垃圾。 be faced with 为固定搭配,意为“面临, 面对”。
这里指这个问题可能看起来不太能够解决。 语气不确定, 所以选用情态动词 may 最合适。
根据上下文, 可知, 此处要表达“我们可以尽量买带包装尽可能少的商品” 之意。 with“有, 含有” 符合句意。
联系上下文, 可知, 此处要表达“我们可以拒绝使用超市给顾客提供的多余的袋子和包装” 之意, 因此refuse“拒绝; 抵制” 符合句意。
该处表达的意思是“......我们可以重复利用带回家的塑料袋或容器”。 or 意思为“或者”, 与前面的 any搭配最恰当。
根据句意, 此处表达假设。“如果消费者们共同加入到减少浪费、 包装再利用的队伍中来”, 故选 if。