Question

【题目】 How do you deal with plastic bags from the supermarket? Throw them away or recycle them? How about eating them?

The bags are no harmful to the environment. Humans and animals can safely eat them. Indian company EnviGreen has made a bag with natural material. It looks and feels just like plastic, but can break down （分解）easily.

Ashwath Hedge who set up the EnviGreen company spent four years doing experiments with 12 natural material. They include potato, corn, vegetable oil and banana. He made the material into liquid and used the liquid to make the bag.

Although the EnviGreen bag is more expensive than a common plastic bag, but it has many advantages. According to the Wall Street Journal, it takes 1, 000 years for common plastic bags to break down. But an EnviGreen bag can naturally break down in less than 180 days. It also breaks down in less than a day in water, and in less than a minute in boiling water. Hedge was happy to show it in his interview with The Better India. In the interview, he put an EnviGreen bag in water and ate it with a smile.

There are more than 15, 000 tons of plastic waste every day. But only 9, 000 tons are processed. In China, 3 billion plastic bags are used every day. Maybe the EnviGreen hag could be a solution to the world problem of plastic pollution.

【1】According to paragraph 2, we can know the following EXCEPT ________.

A.the EnviGreen bag can break down easily

B.the EnviGreen bag is made from natural material

C.the EnviGreen bag can be eaten by humans and animals

D.the EnviGreen bag is a little harmful to the environment.

【2】Then main idea of the third paragraph is “_________”.

A.What Hedge think of the new bagB.How Hedge makes the EnviGreen bag

C.Who sets up the EnviGreen companyD.How long it takes Hedge to make the bag

【3】The underlined sentence in paragraph 4 shows that the EnviGreen bag _______.

A.is safe and can break down quicklyB.is useful although it is more expensive

C.looks and feels like a common plastic bagD.will be used more widely than a common bag

【4】The Envi Green bag breaks down fastest in _________.

A.hot airB.cold waterC.boiling waterD.natural air

【5】From the last paragraph, we can infer（推断）_______.

A.all of India`s public waste is processed

B.India has the most plastic waste in the world

C.China produces more plastic waste than India

D.the Envi Green bag may help solve the problem of plastic pollution

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】B

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了如何处理超市的塑料袋？印度的一个公司用天然材料做了一个袋子，它看起来和塑料袋一样，但可知很容易地被分解，Ashwath Hedge建立了一个公司，花了4年的时间用天然材料做实验，比普通塑料贵，但容易分解。

【1】推理判断。根据文中“The bags are no harmful to the environment. Humans and animals can safely eat them. Indian company EnviGreen has made a bag with natural material. It looks and feels just like plastic, but can break down （分解）easily. ” 这些袋子对环境无害。人类和动物可以安全地食用它们。印度envirengreen公司用天然材料制作了一个袋子。它看起来和感觉都像塑料，但很容易分解。可知，选项A“the EnviGreen bag can break down easily” EnviGreen公司的袋子容易分解，选项A正确；选项B“the EnviGreen bag is made from natural material” EnviGreen 公司的袋子由天然材料制成的；选项C “the EnviGreen bag can be eaten by humans and animals” 人类和动物可以安全地食用它们。选项D“the EnviGreen bag is a little harmful to the environment.” 环保袋对环境有点有害。这个说法错误。故选D。

【2】段落大意。通读整个第三段可知，主要讲述了Hedge是如何制作环保袋子的？故选B。

【3】词句猜测。Although the EnviGreen bag is more expensive than a common plastic bag, but it has many advantages.意思是“虽然环保袋比普通塑料袋贵，但它有许多优点。”可知，环保袋是有用的，虽然它很贵。故选B。

【4】细节理解。hot air热空气；old water冷水；boiling water沸水；natural air自然空气；根据文中“It also breaks down in less than a day in water, and in less than a minute in boiling water.”可知，环保塑料袋在沸水中很快分解。故选C。

【5】推理判断。通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要讲述了环保袋有助于解决塑料污染问题。故选D。