共用题干 Paper or plastic?Take a walk along the Chesapeake Bay,and you are likely to see plastic bags floating in the water. Ever since these now ubiquitous symbols of American super-consumption showed up in the supermarkets,plastic shopping bags have made th
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Paper or plastic?
Take a walk along the Chesapeake Bay,and you are likely to see plastic bags floating in the water. Ever since these now ubiquitous symbols of American super-consumption showed up in the supermarkets,plastic shopping bags have made their______(51)into local waterways,and from there,into the bay,where they can______（52)wildlife. Piles of them一the______（53)takes centuries to decompose一show up in landfills and on city streets.Plastic bags also take an environmental toll in the form of millions of barrels of oil expended every year to produce them.
Enter Annapolis______(54)you will see plastic bags distributed free in department stores and supermarkets.Alderman Sam Shropshire has introduced a well-meaning proposal to ban retailers ______(55) distributing plastic shopping bags in Maryland's capital. Instead,retailers would be required to offer bags______(56)recycled paper and to sell reusable bags.The city of Baltimore is considering a similar measure.Opponents of the idea,however,argue that______(57)bags are harmful,too:they cost more to make,they consume more______(58)to transport,and recycling them causes more pollution than recycling plastic.The argument for depriving Annapolis residents of their plastic bags is．______（59)accepted.Everyone in this______(60)is right about one thing:disposable shopping bags of any type are______(61),and the best outcome would be for customers to reuse bags instead.Annapolis's mayor is investigating how to hand out free,reusable shopping bags to city residents,a proposal that can proceed regardless of whether other bags are banned.A less-expensive______(62)would be to encourage retailers to give discounts to customers______(63)bring their own,reusable bags,a policy that a spokesman for the supermarket Giant Food says its chain already has in place.And this policy would be more______(64)if stores imitated furniture mega-retailer Ikea and charged for disposable bags at the checkout counter. A broad ban on the use of plastic shopping bags,which would merely replace some forms of pollution with others,is not the______(65).
Paper or plastic?
Take a walk along the Chesapeake Bay,and you are likely to see plastic bags floating in the water. Ever since these now ubiquitous symbols of American super-consumption showed up in the supermarkets,plastic shopping bags have made their______(51)into local waterways,and from there,into the bay,where they can______（52)wildlife. Piles of them一the______（53)takes centuries to decompose一show up in landfills and on city streets.Plastic bags also take an environmental toll in the form of millions of barrels of oil expended every year to produce them.
Enter Annapolis______(54)you will see plastic bags distributed free in department stores and supermarkets.Alderman Sam Shropshire has introduced a well-meaning proposal to ban retailers ______(55) distributing plastic shopping bags in Maryland's capital. Instead,retailers would be required to offer bags______(56)recycled paper and to sell reusable bags.The city of Baltimore is considering a similar measure.Opponents of the idea,however,argue that______(57)bags are harmful,too:they cost more to make,they consume more______(58)to transport,and recycling them causes more pollution than recycling plastic.The argument for depriving Annapolis residents of their plastic bags is．______（59)accepted.Everyone in this______(60)is right about one thing:disposable shopping bags of any type are______(61),and the best outcome would be for customers to reuse bags instead.Annapolis's mayor is investigating how to hand out free,reusable shopping bags to city residents,a proposal that can proceed regardless of whether other bags are banned.A less-expensive______(62)would be to encourage retailers to give discounts to customers______(63)bring their own,reusable bags,a policy that a spokesman for the supermarket Giant Food says its chain already has in place.And this policy would be more______(64)if stores imitated furniture mega-retailer Ikea and charged for disposable bags at the checkout counter. A broad ban on the use of plastic shopping bags,which would merely replace some forms of pollution with others,is not the______(65).
_________(59)
A:on the contrary
B:at any rate
C:far from
D:by contrast
A:on the contrary
B:at any rate
C:far from
D:by contrast
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答案：C
解析：
make their way into表示“潜入”的意思。塑料购物袋进入水道。所以选择C。
通过常识可以判断，塑料袋肯定对野生动物是有害的，所以选择A。
element：元素；mixture:混合物；matter：事情，问题；material：物质，材料。通过比较发现，D选项最符合题意。
此处and起到承接的作用。
ban sb.from doing sth.：禁止某人做某事。选择A。
made of：由什么制作而成。
根据空格后句中的too可以推知，空格中的单词在文中出现过，而相对于plastic bags ,paper bags能够与之对应。
resources：资源。很显然，使用纸也是一种资源浪费，因为they consume more resources to transport（它们需要耗费更多能源去运输）。其他选项都与该句意思无关。
通过后一句the best outcome would be for customers to reuse bags instead（解决问题最好的方式是顾客重复利用塑料袋子），可以推知他们是反对禁塑的。所以选择far from accept（远未接受）。
debate：讨论，辫论。文章指出，人们讨论是使用塑料袋还是纸袋，这是一场辫论，所以选择D。
通过理解后一句的意思，可以推知人们认为一次性塑料袋是浪费，所以选 wasteful（浪费的，挥霍的）。
alternative：选择。less-expensive是经过比较才能产生的，所以选择A。
此处要表达的意思是给那些自带可重复使用的袋子的顾客以优惠，所以选择B。
effective：有效。此处的意思是如果商店……这种政策将会更加有效。
suggestion：建议；statement了观点；reply：回复，回信；answer：答案，答复。 answer更侧重于问题的答案、问题的解决之道，所以D选项最合适。
通过常识可以判断，塑料袋肯定对野生动物是有害的，所以选择A。
element：元素；mixture:混合物；matter：事情，问题；material：物质，材料。通过比较发现，D选项最符合题意。
此处and起到承接的作用。
ban sb.from doing sth.：禁止某人做某事。选择A。
made of：由什么制作而成。
根据空格后句中的too可以推知，空格中的单词在文中出现过，而相对于plastic bags ,paper bags能够与之对应。
resources：资源。很显然，使用纸也是一种资源浪费，因为they consume more resources to transport（它们需要耗费更多能源去运输）。其他选项都与该句意思无关。
通过后一句the best outcome would be for customers to reuse bags instead（解决问题最好的方式是顾客重复利用塑料袋子），可以推知他们是反对禁塑的。所以选择far from accept（远未接受）。
debate：讨论，辫论。文章指出，人们讨论是使用塑料袋还是纸袋，这是一场辫论，所以选择D。
通过理解后一句的意思，可以推知人们认为一次性塑料袋是浪费，所以选 wasteful（浪费的，挥霍的）。
alternative：选择。less-expensive是经过比较才能产生的，所以选择A。
此处要表达的意思是给那些自带可重复使用的袋子的顾客以优惠，所以选择B。
effective：有效。此处的意思是如果商店……这种政策将会更加有效。
suggestion：建议；statement了观点；reply：回复，回信；answer：答案，答复。 answer更侧重于问题的答案、问题的解决之道，所以D选项最合适。