Question

Can you get free plastic bags from supermarkets now? I'm afraid you can’t. Things have changed.

Free plastic bags can' t be used at shops and supermarkets in China, and people have to pay for plastic bags. Because our country tried to make litter_________.

The Chinese once used about 3, 000, 000,000 plastic shopping bags a day. They are_______to break, most of them can be used only once. And some people throw them away here and there, they have caused pollution for the environment. If they are burnt, they may cause bigger troubles. For example, they may cause illness for us. So the Chinese people_________to bring their own bags for shopping. Some students come up with a good idea. They make the shopping bags by ________. They use old clothes to make cloth bags, and send them to their parents as presents. They also ask their parents and friends to use cloth bags instead. They think it is their________to protect the environment.

1.A. fewer    B. more    C. less    D. better

2.A. hard    B. easy    C. difficult    D. strong

3.A. are encouraged    B. encourage    C. are invited    D. invite

4.A. them    B. themselves    C. him    D. himself

5.A. ability    B. change    C. chance    D. duty

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.B

5.D

【解析】

文章大意：这篇短文主要讲述的是为了保护环境，中国禁止使用免费的塑料袋。过去，中国人一天可以使用3，000，000，000个塑料袋，这对环境是极大的污染。所以应鼓励人们外出购物时带自己的袋子。一些学生还想到了另一个好主意，就是用旧衣服自己制成布袋，送给父母作为礼物，他们认为保护环境是他们的责任。

1.句意：因为我们国家试图减少垃圾。考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。A. fewer较少的；B. more更多；C. less更少；D. better更好。根据上文ple have to pay for plastic bags.人们必须花钱买塑料袋，可知这是让人们少使用塑料袋的一种方法，也就是减少垃圾，故答案选C。

2.句意：它们很容易损坏，大多数只能使用一次。考查形容词辨析及语境的理解。A. hard硬的、困难的；B. easy容易的；C. difficult困难的；D. strong强壮的。根据下文most of them can be used only once.它们大多数只能使用一次，可知此处是说“它们很容易损坏”，故答案选B。

3.句意：因此，鼓励中国人带自己的购物袋。考查动词辨析及语境的理解。A. are encouraged被鼓励；B. encourage鼓励；C. are invited被邀请；D. invite邀请。根据后面bring their own bags for shopping.自己带购物袋，联系上下文语境可知因为要保护环境，所以应鼓励人们带自己的购物袋，又因主语the Chinese people和动词encourage之间存在被动关系，所以应用被动语态，故答案选A。

4.句意：他们自己做购物袋。考查代词辨析及语境的理解。A. them他们，宾格；B. themselves他们自己，反身代词；C. him他，宾格；D. himself他自己，反身代词。根据They make the shopping bags他们做购物袋，由上下文可知是他们自己做，主语是they，所以应用themselves表示他们自己，故答案选B。

5.句意：他们认为保护环境是他们的责任。考查名词辨析及语境的理解。A. ability能力；B. change改变；C. chance机会；D. duty责任。根据后面to protect the environment.去保护环境，可知这是全民的职责，所以此处应是“他们认为保护环境是他们的责任”，故答案选D。