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In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one.The __1__ is that countries around the world have growing mountains of rubbish because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
How did we __2__ a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to replace an object than to spend time and money to repair it.__3__ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively.Products are plentiful and __4__.
Another cause is our __5__ of disposable (一次性的) products.As busy people, we are always looking for __6__ to save time and make our lives easier.Companies __7__ thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.
Our appetite for new products also __8__ to the problem.We are __9__ buying new things.Advertisements persuade us that newer is better and that we will be happier with the latest products.The result is that we __10__ useful possessions to make room for new ones.
All around the world, we can see the __11__ of this throwaway lifestyle.Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger.To __12__ the amount of rubbish and to protect the environment, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials.__13__， this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem.
Maybe there is another way out.We need to repair our possessions __14__ throwing them away.We also need to rethink our attitudes about __15__.Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
这是一篇说明文。文章分析了为什么我们的社会变成了一个一次性物品充斥的社会，同时指出要解决这一问题，除了回收资源以外，人们更应该改变的是消费习惯。
1．A.key B．reason C．project D．problem
答案：D
解析：根据第一段末句中的“because people...than ever before”可知这里描述的是一种世界各国正在面临的问题(problem)。
2．A.face B．become C．observe D．change
答案：B
解析：文章第二段、第三段和第四段分析了我们变成一次性物品充斥的社会的原因。由此可知此句是总领性的句子——我们是怎样变成一次性物品充斥的社会的？
3．A.Thanks to B．As to C．Except for D．Regardless of
答案：A
解析：由于现代制造业和技术，公司可以更快地、更加低成本地生产东西。thanks to“幸亏，由于”。
4．A.safe B．funny C．cheap D．powerful
答案：C
解析：由上一句中的“produce products quickly and inexpensively”可知，产品应该是充足的和便宜的。故此空应填cheap。
5．A.love B．lack C．prevention D．division
答案：A
解析：由第三段可知，人们喜爱一次性产品是因为它可以节约时间，使人们的生活更轻松。这里表明人们对一次性产品的喜爱是另外一个原因。lack“缺少”；prevention“预防”；division“分开，分隔”。
6．A.ways B．places C．jobs D．friends
答案：A
解析：由语境可知此处是指寻找节省时间的方法，故选ways。
7．A.donate B．receive C．produce D．preserve
答案：C
解析：公司生产许多不同种类的一次性产品。根据后文的语境可知此处表示生产(produce)一次性产品。donate“捐赠”；receive“收到”；preserve“保护”。
8．A.adapts B．returns C．responds D．contributes
答案：D
解析：由本段内容可知，我们对新产品的强烈欲望也会引起这个问题。adapt to“适应”；return to“返回”；respond to“对……做出反应”；contribute to“是……的原因之一”。
9．A.tired of B．addicted to
C．worried about D．ashamed for
答案：B
解析：根据前句“我们对新产品的欲望也会引起这个问题”，以及后句“we will be happier with the latest products”推理可知此处应选B，be addicted to“对……上瘾”。
10．A.pick up B．pay for
C．hold onto D．throw away
答案：D
解析：根据后文“为新东西腾出空间”，可知此处是指扔掉(throw away)我们的物品。
11．A.advantages B．purposes
C．functions D．consequences
答案：D
解析：根据后句“Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger”可知此处指的是“这种抛弃型的生活方式造成的后果”。advantage“优点”；purpose“目的”；function“功能”；consequence“结果，后果”。
12．A.show B．record C．decrease D．measure
答案：C
解析：根据后句中的“more governments are requiring people to recycle materials”和文章最后一句中的“...to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment”可知，人们回收资源的目的是减少垃圾的数量和保护环境。decrease“减少”，符合语境。
13．A.However B．Otherwise C．Therefore D．Meanwhile
答案：A
解析：根据下一段内容以及空格后的“this is not enough to solve (解决) our problem”推理可知空格前后应为转折关系，故选择However。
14．A.by B．in favour of C．after D．instead of
答案：D
解析：维修东西和扔掉它们是对立的概念，因此选择instead of“而不是”。
15．A.spending B．collecting C．repairing D．advertising
答案：A
解析：根据前句中的“to repair our possessions __14__ throwing them away”以及后句中的“Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits...”可知选A。
