To get a chocolate out of a box requires a considerable amount of unpacking: the box has to be taken out of the paper bag in which it arrived; the cellophane wrapper has to be tom off，the lid opened and the paper removed; the chocolate itself then has to be unwrapped from its own piece of paper. But this insane amount of wrapping is not confined to luxuries. It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in cellophane, polythene, or paper.
A machine has been developed that pulps paper then processes it into packaging, e.g. egg-boxes and cartons. This could be easily adapted for local authority use. It would mean that people would have to separate their refuse into paper and non-paper, with a different dustbin for each. Paper is, in fact, probably the material that can be most easily recycled; and now, with massive increases in paper prices, the time has come at which collection by local authorities could be profitable.
Recycling of this kind is already happening with milk bottles, which are returned to the dairies, washed out, and refilled. But both glass and paper are being threatened by the growing use of plastic. More and more dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles, and it has been estimated that if all the milk bottles necessary were made of plastic, then British dairies would be producing the equivalent of enough plastic tubing to encircle the earth every five or six days!
The trouble with plastic is that it does not rot. Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever growing mounds of plastic containers is to do away with plastic altogether in the shops, a suggestion unacceptable to many manufacturers who say there is no alternative to their handy plastic packs.
1.“This insane amount of wrapping is not confined to luxuries” (line 4) means（ ）.
2.The “local authorities” are （ ）.
3.If paper is to be recycled （ ）.
4.British dairies are （ ）.
5.The environmentalists think that（ ）.
问题1选项
A.not enough wrapping is used for luxuries
B.more wrapping is used for luxuries than for ordinary products
C.it is not only for luxury products that too much wrapping is used
D.the wrapping used for luxury products is unnecessary
问题2选项
A.the Town Council
B.the police
C.the paper manufacturers
D.the most influential citizens
问题3选项
A.more forests will have to be planted
B.the use of paper bags will have to be restricted
C.people will have to use different dustbins for their rubbish
D.the local authorities will have to reduce the price of paper
问题4选项
A.producing enough plastic tubing in less than a week
B.giving up the use of glass bottles
C.increasing the production of plastic bottles
D.re-using their old glass bottles
问题5选项
A.more plastic packaging should be used
B.plastic is the most convenient form of packaging
C.too much plastic is wasted
D.shops should stop using plastic containers
第1题:C
第2题:A
第3题:C
第4题:A
第5题:D
第1题:
细节事实题。文章第一段最后两句话提到“但是这种疯狂的大量包装并不仅仅限于奢侈品。现在很难买到没有被玻璃纸、聚乙烯或者纸包装的东西了”（But this insane amount of wrapping is not confined to luxuries. It is now becoming increasingly difficult to buy anything that is not done up in cellophane, polythene, or paper），因此选项C“不仅奢侈品被包装，普通商品也一样”符合题意。
第2题:
推理判断题。文章第二段第三句话提到“这种机器很容易为local authority 所用。它意味着人们需要将垃圾分为纸质或非纸质垃圾”（It would mean that people would have to separate their refuse into paper and non-paper, with a different dustbin for each），这个authority管理居民分垃圾的事情，说明是相关政府机构，选项A符合题意。
第3题:
细节事实题。文章第二段第一句话提到“有一个机器能够把纸熔化成纸浆再加工成外包装纸，比如装鸡蛋的箱子，和纸板盒”（A machine has been developed that pulps paper then processes it into packaging, e.g. egg-boxes and cartons）；第三句话提到“它意味着人们需要将垃圾分为纸质或非纸质垃圾”（It would mean that people would have to separate their refuse into paper and non-paper, with a different dustbin for each），选项C“人们将用不同的垃圾桶来装垃圾”符合题意。
第4题:
推理判断题。文章第三段提到“越来越多的乳制品正在尝试塑料瓶，如果所有牛奶瓶相关材料都使用塑料制品，可以预计英国乳制品五六天生产的塑料管就可以围绕地球转一圈”（More and more dairies are experimenting with plastic bottles, and it has been estimated that if all the milk bottles necessary were made of plastic, then British dairies would be producing the equivalent of enough plastic tubing to encircle the earth every five or six days），选项A“在不到一周的时间里生产足够的塑料管”符合题意。
第5题:
细节事实题。文章最后一段提到“一些环保人士认为解决这个问题的唯一办法是制止商店使用塑料”（Some environmentalists argue that the only solution to the problem of ever growing mounds of plastic containers is to do away with plastic altogether in the shops），因此选项D符合题意。
