Question

【题目】 Out with the old, in with the new (旧的不去，新的不来). It's time to buy some new, fashionable clothes for the winter. But what do you do with your old clothes?

In the past, clothes were passed down to younger brothers or sisters. But now most of us are only children. The economy has developed and people are buying more clothes.

Every year in China, people throw away about 26 million tons of old clothes, according to the China Association of Resource Comprehensive Utilization (中国资源综合利用协会). Most of them are buried (填埋) or burned (焚烧) as waste. It's a huge waste of energy.

"In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes," Zhao Guoliang, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, told Beijing Morning Post. "It's the best solution to this problem."

In some countries, it can be fashionable to shop for used clothes at charity shops like Oxfam. British singer Victoria Beckham has said she buys from Oxfam. "It's amazing to see what people throw out and it's good to help such a great place," she told Heat magazine.

Recycling clothes is catching up in China. Fashion brand H&M is asking people to put their old clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. Some of the clothes will be resold after being cleaned. Some will be used to make other things, such as toys or cloth rags.

【1】How did people deal with old clothes in the past?

A.They gave clothes to younger kids.

B.They directly threw the old clothes away.

C.They buried or burned old clothes.

【2】What do we know from Zhao Guoliang?

A.Recycling old clothes will take lots of energy.

B.China has too many old clothes.

C.Recycling is a good way to deal with old clothes.

【3】The underlined word "collect" in Paragraph 4 probably means ______.

A.捐赠B.收集C.收藏

【4】What do H&M stores do with old clothes?

A.They pack them in boxes and then throw the boxes away.

B.They resell old clothes after cleaning them.

C.They resell old clothes with toys or cloth rags.

【5】The writer wrote this story to ______.

A.suggest ways to deal with old clothes

B.say that people should buy new clothes often

C.call on more people to protect the environment

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】B

【4】B

【5】A

【解析】

这篇文章讲述了人们怎样处理旧衣服呢？数年以前，旧衣服是留给兄弟姐妹穿，现在人们生活富裕了，每年扔掉的衣服垃圾达数千万吨。一些慈善团体和企业开始收售旧衣服或是用旧衣服做玩具等，可以节约能源，保护环境。

【1】

细节理解题。根据“In the past, clothes were passed down to younger brothers or sisters.”可知，过去，衣服是传给弟弟妹妹的。故选A。

【2】

细节理解题。根据“‘In many countries, charity shops collect and resell second-hand clothes,’ Zhao Guoliang, a professor at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, told Beijing Morning Post.”“在许多国家，慈善商店收集并转售二手衣服，”北京服装技术学院教授赵国梁告诉《北京晨报》。可知，回收是处理旧衣服的好方法。故选C。

【3】

词义猜测题。根据后文的句子“resell second-hand clothes”转卖二手衣服，可知，要转卖二手衣服，应该先收集。因此collect是“收集”的意思。故选B。

【4】

细节理解题。根据“Fashion brand H&M is asking people to put their old clothes into special boxes in their 45 stores in China. Some of the clothes will be resold after being cleaned.”时尚品牌H&M要求人们把他们的旧衣服放进他们在中国的45家商店的特殊盒子里。有些衣服洗了以后会转卖。可知，他们把旧衣服洗干净后再转卖。故选B。

【5】

主旨大意题。根据“But what do you do with your old clothes?”但是你怎么处理你的旧衣服？可知，这篇文章介绍了人们处理旧衣服的方法。故选A。