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【题目】All animals produce waste. We call it “waste”, but we all know it can be very useful. Farmers have long used animal and human waste as a fertilizer (肥料). In some parts of the world, animal waste or poop, is collected, dried and burned for cooking and heating. 【1】

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding has an unusual way of using animal waste. The pandas in it produce a lot of poop a day. 【2】 It’s not strange. After all, paper is made from plant fiber (植物纤维), which cannot be digested (消化) and simply goes through the body as waste.

Since pandas eat nothing but bamboo, their waste is perfect paper material. 【3】 Their stomachs haven’t fully developed for their vegetarian diet, so their bodies make use of just 20% of what they eat. The other 80% comes out as poop: very high in fiber and perfect for paper.

After the poop is collected, it is cleaned, crushed and poured into frames to dry.【4】 No one can guess where the paper comes from. And because of its good quality (质量) as well as the worldwide popularity of the panda, gift products made from the paper sell well.

【5】 They got the idea from the elephant dung paper (由大象粪便做的纸) made at the Elephant Conservation Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand. And Creative Paper Wales in the UK sells paper gifts made from sheep waste.

根据材料内容，将A—E五个句子填入文中空白处，使材料完整、通顺，并将其标号填写在下面题号后的横线上。

A. What’s more, pandas have a special advantage.

B. After this process, it becomes really good, strong paper.

C. But have you ever heard of paper that’s made from poop?

D. However, the Chinese aren’t the first to make paper from animal waste.

E. This material is being turned into a new product called Panda Poop Paper.

A. What’s more, pandas have a special advantage.

B. After this process, it becomes really good, strong paper.

C. But have you ever heard of paper that’s made from poop?

D. However, the Chinese aren’t the first to make paper from animal waste.

E. This material is being turned into a new product called Panda Poop Paper.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 C

【2】 E

【3】 A

【4】 B

【5】 D

【解析】

动物粪便也可能是非常有用的，例如农民们用动物的粪便作为肥料；还有的国家用动物粪便做燃料。而这篇短文给我们讲述了成都大熊猫繁育研究基地用熊猫的粪便造纸。

【1】上文介绍了动物粪便的作用，下文则提到了用动物粪便制纸，这也是整篇文章的主要内容，所以这句话是引出文章的主题句，故应选C，意为：但是你听说过用动物粪便制成的纸吗？

【2】根据这一段的内容可知，这里提到的是用熊猫的粪便制纸，故应选E，意为：这种材料被制成一种叫熊猫粪便纸的产品。

【3】根据文意可知，这里介绍的是利用熊猫的粪便制纸的有利因素，上面提到熊猫只吃竹子；下文提到由于熊猫不习惯素食，所以只能消化20%的食物，其他80%都成了粪便，这样可以为制纸提供很多的原料。故应选A。

【4】根据上句话After the poop is collected, it is cleaned, crushed and poured into frames to dry.可知，这里介绍了制造熊猫纸的过程，此空表示加工之后的结果，B选项“在这个过程之后，它就变成了好很好的、结实的纸”，符合上下文的意思，故选B。

【5】根据下句话They got the idea from the elephant dung paper (由大象粪便做的纸) made at the Elephant Conservation Center in Chiang Mai, Thailand.可知，中国人用熊猫粪便制纸的这一想法来自于泰国清迈用大象粪便制纸。因此D选项“然而，中国并不是第一个用动物粪便造纸的国家”这句话符合文意。