No one would be willing to pay one-third of the price for the packaging or wrapping of what he or she purchases. But over-packaging has become a disease that leads to an   50   waste of resources and   51   environmental pollution.

The wasted packaging materials are   52   to be worth about 280 billion yuan annually. And such packages and wrappings thrown away by customers   53   up half of the volume of solid waste in cities.   54  , it is high time that regulations were   55   to stop enterprises from spending too much on unnecessary packaging and wrapping.

To produce paper packaging or wrapping, many more trees have to be cut down. Over-packaging also limits the interest of consumers when they have to spend quite a high percentage on something that they will have to throw into the dustbin. The simple truth is that the more a producer spends on packaging, the   56   the products it sells will be.

Product packaging and wrapping used to be very simple 30 years ago. "Shabby" was the word many had used to   57   the way Chinese products were packaged. And shabby packaging was blamed for making Chinese products   58   in the international market.

It is   59   to pay enough attention to packaging or wrapping products in such a manner that they can be   60   to customers' eyes. But that does not definitely justify that packaging should even outshine what is inside.

In the Chinese proverb, “maidu huanzhu,” the buyer returns the pearl and just keeps the case because the   61   is too fancy and luxurious. It not only laughs at the poor   62   of the buyer, but also criticizes the unnecessary   63   the seller has made in making the case. Another message from the proverb is that over-packaging helps cultivate an   64   consuming attitude - to buy fancy-looking stuff but not what they really need.

 

50. A. enormous

B. available

C. invisible

D. illegal

51. A. results from 

B. contributes to

C. depends on

D. calls for

52. A. predicted

B. required

C. acknowledged

D. estimated

53. A. look

B. hold

C. make

D. add

54. A. However

B. Therefore

C. Otherwise

D. Furthermore

55. A. observed

B. broken

C. adopted

D. forbidden

56 A. better

B. more expensive

C. cheaper

D. more useful

57. A. recommend

B. praise

C. consider

D. criticize

58. A. popular

B. impressive

C. unattractive

D. qualified

59. A. ridiculous

B. incredible

C. unnecessary

D. reasonable

60. A. accustomed

B. appealing

C. similar

D. grateful

61. A. former

B. next

C. other

D. latter

62. A. judgment

B. eyesight

C. appetite

D. health

63. A. contributions

B. efforts

C. progress

D. use

64. A. unfamiliar

B. unhealthy

C. unnatural

D. unavoidable

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