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【題目】A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you combine the two to do something for your local environment? As early as next year it may well be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone you will be able to bury it in a garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.

A biodegradable(生物所能分解的)mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage consumers to recycle.

Scientists have come up with a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other plastic and can be hard or soft, and is able to change shape. Over time it can also break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals. British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover that contains a sunflower seed. When this new type of cover turns into waste, it forms fertilizers. These feed the seed and help the flower grow.

Engineers have designed a small transparent(透明的)window to hold the seed. They have made sure it only grows when the phone is thrown away. “We’ve only put sunflower seeds into the covers so far. But we are working with plant experts to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time,” said one scientist.

As phone technology is developing so quickly, people are constantly throwing their mobiles away. This means manufacturers are under pressure to find ways of recycling them. Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year. Most of them will be thrown away within two years, adding plastic, heavy metal and chemical waste to the environment. A biodegradable cover can offer some relief for nature, according to the scientists.

“The seed comes out and the flower grows in the pot so you don’t have to concern yourself with the phone when you have finished using it,” said Kerry Kirwan. She leads the research team, which is based at the University of Warwick in Britain.

【1】What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To tell the popularity of biodegradable cell phones.

B. To persuade the reader to buy the biodegradable cell phone.

C. To discuss the development of phone technology.

D. To introduce an environmental-friendly cell phone to readers.

【2】People throw away their cell phones most probably because .

A. there is something wrong with them

B. no sunflowers can grow out of them

C. they are out of fashion

D. they are becoming cheaper and cheaper

【3】It could be learned from the passage that .

A. developing the new type of phone is mainly to protect the environment

B. phone-makers will benefit much more from the new type of phone

C. the new type of phone will certainly be popular with users all over the world

D. the phones that can be recycled are available only in Britain now

【4】What might be the most suitable title for this passage?

A. Sunflower and Phone. B. Plant Your Phone.

C. Protect Our Environment. D. No Worry about Phone.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】A

【4】B

【解析】

試題分析：本文是一篇說明文，介紹了一款有利于環(huán)境的手機(jī)。科學(xué)家們發(fā)明了一款能夠生物分解的手機(jī)，讓消費(fèi)者們學(xué)會再回收利用。同時又新發(fā)明了一款手機(jī)殼，這種手機(jī)殼不會污染環(huán)境，如果不要了扔了也不用擔(dān)心會污染環(huán)境。因?yàn)檫@種手機(jī)殼是用向日葵的種子和一種類似塑料的材料做的，如果扔在土里面也會自動分解不會產(chǎn)生有害物質(zhì)。而且科學(xué)家還在研究著能不能把手機(jī)殼里加的種子變成玫瑰。

【1】D推理判斷題。根據(jù)對全文的理解與判斷可知整篇文章都在介紹一款不污染環(huán)境的手機(jī)，所以可判斷作者寫這篇文章的目的是為了向我們介紹這款有利于環(huán)境的手機(jī)，故選D。

【2】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段As phone technology is developing so quickly, people are constantly throwing their mobiles away可知隨著手機(jī)科技的快速發(fā)展，人們也不斷地把他們的手機(jī)淘汰扔了。由此句意可判斷人們每次把手機(jī)扔了最有可能是因?yàn)槭謾C(jī)不流行了，所以被淘汰了，故選C。

【3】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)第二段A biodegradable(生物所能分解的)mobile phone was, this month, introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage consumers to recycle 和Over time it can also break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals可知科學(xué)家們發(fā)明這一款新的手機(jī)所用的材料是可分解的，而且還是有利于環(huán)境的，根據(jù)此可判斷發(fā)展這一款新的手機(jī)主要是為了保護(hù)環(huán)境。

【4】B推理判斷題。根據(jù)最后一段The seed comes out and the flower grows in the pot so you don’t have to concern yourself with the phone when you have finished using it可知手機(jī)被淘汰了以后可以把它種在地里面，它的材質(zhì)也不會破壞環(huán)境，可以由此判斷我們再用玩手機(jī)以后可以把手機(jī)“種”了，所以只有選項(xiàng)B最符合語境，故選B。