Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Is it possible to make paper without trees? Australian businessmen Kevin Garcia and Jon Tse spent a year researching a possible 【1】 that could serve as a possible raw material for making paper. Then Garcia read about a Taiwanese company making commercial paper out of stone and a(n) 【2】 struck.

A year later, in July 2017, they launched Karst Stone Paper. The company produces paper without using wood or water. Their source is stone waste 【3】 from construction sites and other industrial waste dumps.

"If you look at the whole process of how paper is traditionally made, it 【4】 chopping trees, adding chemicals, using lots of water and then 【5】 , drying and flattening it into sheets of paper," said Garcia. "It contributes to high carbon emission and deforestation."

In 2019, Garcia estimates Karst's paper production has helped save 540 large limber trees (成材木) from being deforested, 83,100 liters (21,953 gallons) of water from being used and 25,500 kilograms (56,218 pounds) of carbon dioxide from being 【6】.

"We collect disposed limestone (石灰石) from wherever we can find it, wash it, and grind it into fine powder," he said. The powder is mixed with a HDPE resin(高密度聚乙烯树脂), which 【7】 over time from sunlight, leaving only calcium carbonate (碳酸钙) behind.

The paper can be as thin as notebook paper or as thick as a cardboard paper and is waterproof, 【8】 and difficult to tear. The notebooks cost $10 to $25. Karst's products are mainly sold through the company's website, but are also stocked in 100 stores, 【9】 throughout Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. "Over 70% of the customers are US-based," he said.

They hope to have the notebooks in 1,000 stores by the end of the year. Garcia said they are now thinking about 【10】 investors for the first time in order to scale up their operations. They declined to reveal how much the company makes or their annual revenue.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】G

【3】J

【4】H

【5】I

【6】K

【7】C

【8】F

【9】E

【10】A

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。讲述澳大利亚商人Kevin Garcia和Jon Tse找寻生产纸张的新原料。以及由新原料生产出来的纸张的优点以及对于环境的益处。

【1】考查名词。句意：澳大利亚商人Kevin Garcia和Jon Tse花了一年的时间研究一种可能的替代材料，作为造纸原料。分析句子，该处需要填一个名词来被前面的形容词possible修饰。再结合语境，此处需填“可替代的原料”。故选D项。

【2】考查名词。句意：后来，Garcia读到一家台湾公司用石头制作商业纸，于是灵感迸发。分析句子，该处需填一个名词被前面的a/an修饰。在根据前文的提示，Garcia的想法来自台湾的公司。结合语境，故选G项。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意：它们的来源是从建筑工地和其他工业废料中开采出来的石头废料。分析句意，需填一个动词来修饰前面的“石头废料”。根据句意，此处需填“mine”表示开采。又因为句中已经有动词，故mine需用非谓语。它和逻辑主语之间表示被动关系，所以需用过去分词。故选J项。

【4】考查动词和时态。句意：“如果你看看传统造纸的整个过程，会发现包括砍树、添加化学品以及大量用水。分析句子，从句部分需要一个动词充当it的谓语。又因为整个句子表达了客观实在性，所以时态需用一般现在时。分析句意，句中缺“包括”之意。故选H项。

【5】考查动名词。句意：然后再挤压、烘干、压扁成一张张纸。分析句子，该划线所处的整个句子都在讲述造纸的过程。划线后的动词都用了doing的形式，根据并列一致。故该处也需填doing的形式。再根据上下文语境，此处需填入表示“挤压”之意。故选I项。

【6】考查动名词。句意：2019年,Garcia估计岩溶的纸生产中拯救了540棵树被砍伐,83100升(21953加仑)的水被使用和25500公斤(56218磅)的二氧化碳的排放。分析句子，being后面缺少了done，和它搭配成为doing的被动式。再根据句意，此处缺少“排放”之意。故选K项。

【7】考查动词和时态。句意：这种粉混合了HDPE树脂。随着时间的推移,在阳光下分解后只留下碳酸钙。分析句子，定从部分缺“动词”来充当which 的谓语。且描述的是客观实在性。所以用一般现在时。再根据句意分析，此处需填入表示“分解”的动词。故选C项。

【8】考查形容词。句意：这种纸可以像笔记本纸那样薄，也可以像硬纸板那样厚，而且防水、可回收、不易撕破。分析句子，此处需填入形容词和and后面的difficult构成并列词性。表示这种纸的优点。根据句意分词，此处需填入“可回收的”。故选F项。

【9】考查副词。句意：Karst的产品主要通过公司网站销售，但也有100家门店，主要分布在澳大利亚、美国和英国。分析句子，此处需填入副词来修饰后面的“遍及在澳大利亚、美国和英国”这个短语。根据句意，此处需填入“主要地”且用副词形式。故选E项。

【10】考查动名词。句意：Garcia说，为了扩大经营规模，他们第一次正在考虑接近投资者。分析句意，该处需填入“接触”。又因为放在介词后，所以需要用动名词的形式。故选A项。