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13.To get a chocolate out of a box requires a lot of unpacking:the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived,the cellophane (玻璃纸) wrapper has to be torn off,the lid opened and the paper removed,the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper:But this overuse of wrapping is not limited to luxuries.  It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in beautiful wrapping.
The package itself is of no interest to the shopper,who usually throws it away immediately. Useless wrapping accounts for much of the refuse put out by the average London house-hold each week  So why is it done?Some of it,like the cellophane on meat,is necessary,but most of the rest is simply competitive selling.  This is absurd.Packaging is using up valuable energy and resources and polluting the environment.
Recycling is already happening with milk bottles which are returned to the dairies(牛奶场),washed out,and refilled. But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic. More dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles.
The trouble with plastic is that it does not rot.Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever increasing plastic containers is to throw away plastic altogether in the shops,a suggestion unacceptable to many producers who say there is no alternative (替代品) to their handy plastic packs.
It is evident that more research is needed into the recovery and reuse of various materials  and into the cost of collecting and recycling containers rather than producing new ones.  Unnecessary packaging,intended to be used just once,and make things look better so more people will buy them,is clearly becoming increasingly absurd.But it is.not so much a question of throwing away packaging as using it wisely.What is needed now is a more advanced approach to using scarce resources for what is,after all,a relatively unimportant function.
72. The underlined part"this overuse of wrapping is not limited to luxuries"(in Paragraph l)means.C
    A. more wrapping is needed for ordinary products
    B. more wrapping is used for luxuries than for ordinary products
    C. too much wrapping is used for both luxury and ordinary products
    D. the wrapping used for luxury products is unnecessary
73. Packaging is important to producers becauseB.
    A. it is easy to use it again
    B.they want to attract more shoppers
    C. shoppers are all interested in beautiful packaging
    D. packaged things will not go rotten
74. According to the passage,dairies areC.
    A. experimenting with the use of paper bottles 
    B.giving up the use of glass bottles
    C. increasing the use of plastic bottles        
    D.reusing their paper containers
75. Some environmentalists think thatD.
    A. plastic packaging should be made more convenient
    B. no alternative can be found to plastic packaging
    C. too much plastic is wasted
    D. shops should stop using plastic containers.

分析 本文属于说明文要的,文章向我们介绍了过度包装的问题,以及容器的回收利用问题.过度包装造成能源浪费和环境污染,环境保护学者认为商店应该停止使用一次性的塑料容器.

解答 72.C  句意理解题:根据第一段To get a chocolate out of a box requires a lot of unpacking:the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived,the cellophane (玻璃纸) wrapper has to be torn off,the lid opened and the paper removed,the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper:But this overuse of wrapping is not limited to luxuries.可知这句话的意思是,这种过度的包装不仅仅局限于奢侈品,说明奢侈品和普通的产品都有过度包装的现象.故选C.
73.B  推理判断题:根据第二段的句子:Some of it,like the cellophane on meat,is necessary,but most of the rest is simply competitive selling.可知商品包装的原因主要是生产商想以此来吸引顾客.故选B.
74.C  细节理解题:根据第三段的句子:But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic.More dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles.可知现在越来越多的乳制品使用塑料瓶.故选C.
75.D  细节理解题:根据第四段的句子:Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever increasing plastic containers is to throw away plastic altogether in the shops,可知环境保护学者认为商店应该停止使用塑料容器.故选D.

点评 考查学生的细节理解和推理判断能力.做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句,和题干进行比较,再做出正确选择.在做推理判断题时不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实,要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断.

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Life has a way of throwing these curve balls at us,when we start to get comfortable with a person,a place or a situation.A terrific neighbor moves away.A child in the family graduates.Another child finds new love through marriage.
Our ability to cope with change and disruption determines our peace,happiness and contentment in life.But how do we do that?
A friend of mine,Gibbon,who works for the government,is fond of reminding his colleagues that survivability depends upon adaptability.And there's Chris,the California surf-rat,who once told me that the answer to life's problems can be summed up in four words:"Go with the flow.""It's like surfing,"Chris explained,"You can't organize the ocean.Waves just happen.You ride them where they take you.Sure,you're always hoping for the perfect wave where you can get,but mostly you just take them the way they come."
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A.thankful       
B.pleased       
C.unhappy       
D.shameful
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C.Mark is leaving for an exciting new professional opportunity.
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D.people should spare no efforts to struggle for a brighter future.
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Fly on non-stop routes
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Choose larger aircrafts
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C.how they can avoid turbulence.
D.how to avoid injury.
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A.smaller aircrafts                
B.passengers
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C.Non-stop flights can reduce the complex steps of takeoff,climb,descent and landing.
D.It is dangerous for a passenger to pour hot drinks on a moving plane.
31.What is the best title of the passage?D.
A.How to Avoid Turbulence          
B.How to Fly a Plane
C.Larger Plane is Better           
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3.Puppy Food
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A.Pick up the dish with the remaining food.
B.Proper food is a basic necessity for your puppies.
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41.What's the main idea of the first paragraph?B
A.History is a difficult subject.
B.Grant suffered a serious dlsease.
C.The operation was successtul.
D.The tumor has spread all over.
42.From the second paragraph,we can infer thatA.
A.Grant was born a football fan
B.football makes a full man
C.interest is the best teacher
D.God helps those who help themselves
43.Why did Grant name his cancer Michigan?D
A.Because he dare not face it.
B.Because he doesn't want to die.
C.Because Michigan is his favorite team.
D.Because his favorite team can always beat Michigan
44.Apart from radiation and chemotherapy,Bis helping Grant beat the disease.
A.the semantics      B.his strong determination
C.the football game   D.his cat Buckeye
45.By saying that it's just a game,we can infer that the Reed familyC
A.has lost interest in the match between Ohio State and Michigan
B.believes Michigan will surely beat Ohio State this weekend
C.has a better understanding of life
D.views the match as a matter of life and death.
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For two years,this dream of swimming from Cuba to Florida had been part of her every waking hour.She was about to turn 60."I wanted to be filled with commitment to the best of myself so that 1wasn't looking back later saying,'What have I done with my life?'''says Nyad.
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"She just wouldn't quit.It was more amazing to see her not make it the way she fought than if everything had gone exactly right and she'd made it the whole way,"says Mark Sollinger,who piloted Nyad's lead boat.
At a press.conference in Key West after being pulled onto the support boat,Nyad choked back tears and said,"Sometimes the will is so strong.But I was shaking and freezing,and I thought,'There's no mind over matter anymore.'I think I'm going to have to go to my grave without swimming from Cuba to Florida."
But when Nyad returned home to Los Angeles,the pain began to fade."Something says to me the goal is still there,"says Nyad.

56.Nyad decided to swim from Cuba to Florida because sheD.
A.wouldn't swim against the current
B.wanted to prove she was stronger than before
C.had David Marchant as her navigator
D.wanted very much to fulfill her dream
57.We can learn from the passage that NyadD.
A.refused any help as she struggled in the water to make it
B.has given up the dream of swimming across the Florida Straits
C.appeared on the front page of the New York Times at the age of25
D.began the swim from Cuba to Florida when she was about 60years old
58.What can we conclude from what Mark Sollinger says in Paragraph 6?C
A.He didn't expect Nyad to succeed.
B.He was disappointed at Nyad's failure.
C.He really admired Nyad for her struggle.
D.He was not sure about Nyad's success.
59.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?B
A.A Highly Skilled Swimmer  B.The Unsinkable Diana Nyad
C.A Regrettable Experience  D.The Inspiring Adventure.

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