Question

【题目】You go to a store to buy food for a party．But when you get to the cash register，there are no plastic bags for the things you buy．If you live in San Francisco，this situation might not surprise you．【1】Many cities and towns around the United States may ban plastic bags．【2】Instead，they'd like people to use their own cloth bags when they shop．【3】They say they wouldn't buy as much if they couldn't get a free bag．Store owners don't want to lose business．So they want to keep offering plastic bags．

Stores should be banned from using plastic bags．Here's why：

All those plastic bags fill up garbage dumps （垃圾站）．That hurts the environment．

People can use cloth bags instead．【4】Stores should not be banned from using plastic bags．Here's why：

People might buy less if stores don't offer plastic shopping bags．Some stores might go out of business．

Some people reuse plastic shopping bags for things like garbage．If they don't get them for free，they'll have to buy some．【5】That could get expensive．

A．These bags don't get thrown away until they've been used many times．

B．There should always be a choice．

C．If shoppers forgot a cloth bag，they would have to buy one．

D．But many people don't want to buy their own cloth bags．

E．Many people throw them away after using them．

F．That city has banned most plastic shopping bags from stores．

G．They hope that shoppers won't use paper bags either．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】F

【2】G

【3】D

【4】A

【5】C

【解析】试题分析：本文讲述为什么美国的一些城市不再提供塑料袋。

【1】F根据上文提到If you live in San Francisco, this situation might not surprise you如果你住在旧金山，这种状况就不会令你吃惊了，故选F这个城市被禁止使用塑料袋购物。

【2】G 根据上文提到Many cities and towns around the United States may ban plastic bags.许多城市禁止使用塑料袋，故选G他们也希望顾客不再用纸袋。

【3】D根据下文提到They say they wouldn’t buy as much if they couldn’t get a free bag如果他们没有免费的袋子提供的话，顾客说不会买东西，故选D许多人不想买他们提供的布制袋。

【4】A 根据上文提到People can use cloth bags instead人们会用布制袋，故选A这些袋子可以反复利用。

【5】C 根据下文提到That could get expensive他们可能有点贵故选C如果顾客忘记带着购物袋，他们不得不再买一个。

考点 ：七选五。