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2022年考研英语(二)章节习题14

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  1、Text 2 MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of throwaway"fast fashion"in the UK amid growing concerns that the multi-billion pound industry is wasting valuable resources and contributing to climate change.The inquiry,launched on Friday by the House of Commons environmental audit committee,will explore the carbon impact,resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle and supply chain.Inviting evidence on how the influential sector should remodel itself to be both"thriving and sustainable",it will look at how improved recycling rates of clothing could slash waste and pollution."Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth,"said Mary Creagh MP,chair of the committee."But the way we design,make and discard clothes has a huge environmental impact.Producing clothes requires climate-changing emissions.Every time we put on a wash,thousands of plastic fibres wash down the drain into the oceans.We don't know where or how to recycle end-of-life clothing."Despite recent troubles on the UK high street,the fashion sector has continued to grow.According to the British Fashion Council,the UK fashion industry contributed~28.lbn to national GDP in 2015,up from£21bn in 2009.But the globalised market for fashion manufacturing has facilitated a"fast fashion"phenomenon:a proliferation of cheap and cheerful clothing,with quick turnover that encourages consumers to keep buying,the committee warns.The raw materials used to manufacture clothes require land and water,or extraction of fossil fuels,while carbon dioxide is emitted throughout the clothing supply chain and some chemical dyes,finishes and coatings may be toxic.Research has found that plastic microfibres in clothing are released when they are washed,and enter rivers,the ocean and even the food chain.Last year the fashion designer Stella McCartney condemned her own industry as"incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment."A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation put the annual cost to the UK economy of landfilling clothing and household textiles at about~82m.It wamed that if the global fashion industry continues on its current growth path,it could use more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050.Key to the inquiry is how consumers could be encouraged to buy fewer clothes,reuse clothes and think about how best to dispose of clothes when they are no longer wanted.An estimated 300,000 tonnes of fashion waste goes straight into lan曲ll each year,despite growing efforis to encourage consumers to recycle their worn and unwanted clothing. The word"slash"(Para.2)most probably means_____

  A influence

  B plunge

  C relieve

  D eliminate

  答案:C  

  答案解析:词汇理解题。根据定位词定位到文章第二段。根据单词所在句句意,有影响力的行业应该如何改革以实现“繁荣和可持续发展”,有据可依,借此,时装行业将着眼于如何通过来浪费和污染,可知C项为正确选项。【干扰排除】A项influence“影响”、B项plunge“陷入”语义搭配不当,故排除;D项eliminate“消除”过于肯定,故排除。

  2、Text 2 MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of throwaway"fast fashion"in the UK amid growing concerns that the multi-billion pound industry is wasting valuable resources and contributing to climate change.The inquiry,launched on Friday by the House of Commons environmental audit committee,will explore the carbon impact,resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle and supply chain.Inviting evidence on how the influential sector should remodel itself to be both"thriving and sustainable",it will look at how improved recycling rates of clothing could slash waste and pollution."Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth,"said Mary Creagh MP,chair of the committee."But the way we design,make and discard clothes has a huge environmental impact.Producing clothes requires climate-changing emissions.Every time we put on a wash,thousands of plastic fibres wash down the drain into the oceans.We don't know where or how to recycle end-of-life clothing."Despite recent troubles on the UK high street,the fashion sector has continued to grow.According to the British Fashion Council,the UK fashion industry contributed~28.lbn to national GDP in 2015,up from£21bn in 2009.But the globalised market for fashion manufacturing has facilitated a"fast fashion"phenomenon:a proliferation of cheap and cheerful clothing,with quick turnover that encourages consumers to keep buying,the committee warns.The raw materials used to manufacture clothes require land and water,or extraction of fossil fuels,while carbon dioxide is emitted throughout the clothing supply chain and some chemical dyes,finishes and coatings may be toxic.Research has found that plastic microfibres in clothing are released when they are washed,and enter rivers,the ocean and even the food chain.Last year the fashion designer Stella McCartney condemned her own industry as"incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment."A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation put the annual cost to the UK economy of landfilling clothing and household textiles at about~82m.It wamed that if the global fashion industry continues on its current growth path,it could use more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050.Key to the inquiry is how consumers could be encouraged to buy fewer clothes,reuse clothes and think about how best to dispose of clothes when they are no longer wanted.An estimated 300,000 tonnes of fashion waste goes straight into lan曲ll each year,despite growing efforis to encourage consumers to recycle their worn and unwanted clothing. The inquiry launched by the House of Commons mainly focus on_____

  A curbing the"fast industry"phenomenon

  B handling the used clothes properly

  C recycling the old clothes as many as possible

  D wearing the clothes as long as possible

  答案:B  

  答案解析:事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章最后一段,原文指出,调查的关键是如何鼓励消费者少买衣服,重新使用衣服,并考虑在他们不再需要这些衣服的时候如何最好地处理它们。观察各选项,B项符合文义,故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】根据以上分析可知,A、C、D项原文均未提及,故均排除。

  3、Text 2 MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of throwaway"fast fashion"in the UK amid growing concerns that the multi-billion pound industry is wasting valuable resources and contributing to climate change.The inquiry,launched on Friday by the House of Commons environmental audit committee,will explore the carbon impact,resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle and supply chain.Inviting evidence on how the influential sector should remodel itself to be both"thriving and sustainable",it will look at how improved recycling rates of clothing could slash waste and pollution."Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth,"said Mary Creagh MP,chair of the committee."But the way we design,make and discard clothes has a huge environmental impact.Producing clothes requires climate-changing emissions.Every time we put on a wash,thousands of plastic fibres wash down the drain into the oceans.We don't know where or how to recycle end-of-life clothing."Despite recent troubles on the UK high street,the fashion sector has continued to grow.According to the British Fashion Council,the UK fashion industry contributed~28.lbn to national GDP in 2015,up from£21bn in 2009.But the globalised market for fashion manufacturing has facilitated a"fast fashion"phenomenon:a proliferation of cheap and cheerful clothing,with quick turnover that encourages consumers to keep buying,the committee warns.The raw materials used to manufacture clothes require land and water,or extraction of fossil fuels,while carbon dioxide is emitted throughout the clothing supply chain and some chemical dyes,finishes and coatings may be toxic.Research has found that plastic microfibres in clothing are released when they are washed,and enter rivers,the ocean and even the food chain.Last year the fashion designer Stella McCartney condemned her own industry as"incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment."A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation put the annual cost to the UK economy of landfilling clothing and household textiles at about~82m.It wamed that if the global fashion industry continues on its current growth path,it could use more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050.Key to the inquiry is how consumers could be encouraged to buy fewer clothes,reuse clothes and think about how best to dispose of clothes when they are no longer wanted.An estimated 300,000 tonnes of fashion waste goes straight into lan曲ll each year,despite growing efforis to encourage consumers to recycle their worn and unwanted clothing. Which of the following features is odd about the"fast fashion"phenomenon?

  A Low price.

  B High sales.

  C Happy feeling.

  D Speedy update.

  答案:B  

  答案解析:事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章第三段。原文指出,但是该委员会警告称,全球化的时尚制造业市场促进了一种“快 速时尚”现象:廉价、令人愉悦的服装大量涌现,而服装的快  速更替又刺激消费者继续购买。只有B项原文未提及,故B项为正确选项。【干扰排除】根据以上分析可知,A项Low price“低价”、C项Happy feeling“愉悦感”、D项Speedy update“更新快”均符合原文,但不符合题干要求,故均排除。

  4、Text 2 MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of throwaway"fast fashion"in the UK amid growing concerns that the multi-billion pound industry is wasting valuable resources and contributing to climate change.The inquiry,launched on Friday by the House of Commons environmental audit committee,will explore the carbon impact,resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle and supply chain.Inviting evidence on how the influential sector should remodel itself to be both"thriving and sustainable",it will look at how improved recycling rates of clothing could slash waste and pollution."Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth,"said Mary Creagh MP,chair of the committee."But the way we design,make and discard clothes has a huge environmental impact.Producing clothes requires climate-changing emissions.Every time we put on a wash,thousands of plastic fibres wash down the drain into the oceans.We don't know where or how to recycle end-of-life clothing."Despite recent troubles on the UK high street,the fashion sector has continued to grow.According to the British Fashion Council,the UK fashion industry contributed~28.lbn to national GDP in 2015,up from£21bn in 2009.But the globalised market for fashion manufacturing has facilitated a"fast fashion"phenomenon:a proliferation of cheap and cheerful clothing,with quick turnover that encourages consumers to keep buying,the committee warns.The raw materials used to manufacture clothes require land and water,or extraction of fossil fuels,while carbon dioxide is emitted throughout the clothing supply chain and some chemical dyes,finishes and coatings may be toxic.Research has found that plastic microfibres in clothing are released when they are washed,and enter rivers,the ocean and even the food chain.Last year the fashion designer Stella McCartney condemned her own industry as"incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment."A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation put the annual cost to the UK economy of landfilling clothing and household textiles at about~82m.It wamed that if the global fashion industry continues on its current growth path,it could use more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050.Key to the inquiry is how consumers could be encouraged to buy fewer clothes,reuse clothes and think about how best to dispose of clothes when they are no longer wanted.An estimated 300,000 tonnes of fashion waste goes straight into lan曲ll each year,despite growing efforis to encourage consumers to recycle their worn and unwanted clothing. The most suitable title for this text would be____

  A MPs to Encourage Recycle ofUsed Clothes

  B MPs to Explain the"Fast Fashion"Phenomenon

  C MPs to Illustrate the Environmental Issues Caused by Clothes

  D MPs to Examine Environmental Footprint of UK Fashion Industry

  答案:D  

  答案解析:主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是英国“快  速时尚”现象,也就是时装行业对环境造成的影响及解决办法,故D项最符合题意。【干扰排除】A项,回收旧衣服只是解决环境问题的其中一项措施,并不是文章主旨,故排除;B项,文章不仅解释“快  速时尚”现象,主要是调查并找到解决办法,故排除;C项比较片面,不能准确表达本文主旨,故排除。

  5、Text 2 MPs are to investigate the environmental impact of throwaway"fast fashion"in the UK amid growing concerns that the multi-billion pound industry is wasting valuable resources and contributing to climate change.The inquiry,launched on Friday by the House of Commons environmental audit committee,will explore the carbon impact,resource use and water footprint of clothing throughout its lifecycle and supply chain.Inviting evidence on how the influential sector should remodel itself to be both"thriving and sustainable",it will look at how improved recycling rates of clothing could slash waste and pollution."Fashion shouldn't cost the Earth,"said Mary Creagh MP,chair of the committee."But the way we design,make and discard clothes has a huge environmental impact.Producing clothes requires climate-changing emissions.Every time we put on a wash,thousands of plastic fibres wash down the drain into the oceans.We don't know where or how to recycle end-of-life clothing."Despite recent troubles on the UK high street,the fashion sector has continued to grow.According to the British Fashion Council,the UK fashion industry contributed~28.lbn to national GDP in 2015,up from£21bn in 2009.But the globalised market for fashion manufacturing has facilitated a"fast fashion"phenomenon:a proliferation of cheap and cheerful clothing,with quick turnover that encourages consumers to keep buying,the committee warns.The raw materials used to manufacture clothes require land and water,or extraction of fossil fuels,while carbon dioxide is emitted throughout the clothing supply chain and some chemical dyes,finishes and coatings may be toxic.Research has found that plastic microfibres in clothing are released when they are washed,and enter rivers,the ocean and even the food chain.Last year the fashion designer Stella McCartney condemned her own industry as"incredibly wasteful and harmful to the environment."A report from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation put the annual cost to the UK economy of landfilling clothing and household textiles at about~82m.It wamed that if the global fashion industry continues on its current growth path,it could use more than a quarter of the world's annual carbon budget by 2050.Key to the inquiry is how consumers could be encouraged to buy fewer clothes,reuse clothes and think about how best to dispose of clothes when they are no longer wanted.An estimated 300,000 tonnes of fashion waste goes straight into lan曲ll each year,despite growing efforis to encourage consumers to recycle their worn and unwanted clothing. Wc can learn that the"fast industry"in UK is characterized by____.

  A disposable

  B worrisome

  C dwindled

  D prosperous

  答案:A  

  答案解析:事实细节题。根据定位词定位到文章第一段。原文指出英国下院议员们将调查一次性“快  速时尚”在英国对环境的影响,disposable与throwaway为同义替换,故A项为正确选项。【干扰排除】B项womsome“令人烦恼的”、C项“衰落的”、D项“繁荣的”均不符合文义,故排除。

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