Question

【題目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Is it possible to make paper without trees? Australian businessmen Kevin Garcia and Jon Tse spent a year researching a possible 【1】 that could serve as a possible raw material for making paper. Then Garcia read about a Taiwanese company making commercial paper out of stone and a(n) 【2】 struck.

A year later, in July 2017, they launched Karst Stone Paper. The company produces paper without using wood or water. Their source is stone waste 【3】 from construction sites and other industrial waste dumps.

"If you look at the whole process of how paper is traditionally made, it 【4】 chopping trees, adding chemicals, using lots of water and then 【5】 , drying and flattening it into sheets of paper," said Garcia. "It contributes to high carbon emission and deforestation."

In 2019, Garcia estimates Karst's paper production has helped save 540 large limber trees (成材木) from being deforested, 83,100 liters (21,953 gallons) of water from being used and 25,500 kilograms (56,218 pounds) of carbon dioxide from being 【6】.

"We collect disposed limestone (石灰石) from wherever we can find it, wash it, and grind it into fine powder," he said. The powder is mixed with a HDPE resin(高密度聚乙烯樹脂), which 【7】 over time from sunlight, leaving only calcium carbonate (碳酸鈣) behind.

The paper can be as thin as notebook paper or as thick as a cardboard paper and is waterproof, 【8】 and difficult to tear. The notebooks cost $10 to $25. Karst's products are mainly sold through the company's website, but are also stocked in 100 stores, 【9】 throughout Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. "Over 70% of the customers are US-based," he said.

They hope to have the notebooks in 1,000 stores by the end of the year. Garcia said they are now thinking about 【10】 investors for the first time in order to scale up their operations. They declined to reveal how much the company makes or their annual revenue.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】G

【3】J

【4】H

【5】I

【6】K

【7】C

【8】F

【9】E

【10】A

【解析】

這是一篇說(shuō)明文。講述澳大利亞商人Kevin Garcia和Jon Tse找尋生產(chǎn)紙張的新原料。以及由新原料生產(chǎn)出來(lái)的紙張的優(yōu)點(diǎn)以及對(duì)于環(huán)境的益處。

【1】考查名詞。句意：澳大利亞商人Kevin Garcia和Jon Tse花了一年的時(shí)間研究一種可能的替代材料，作為造紙?jiān)�料。分析句子，該處需要填一個(gè)名詞來(lái)被前面的形容詞possible修飾。再結(jié)合語(yǔ)境，此處需填“可替代的原料”。故選D項(xiàng)。

【2】考查名詞。句意：后來(lái)，Garcia讀到一家臺(tái)灣公司用石頭制作商業(yè)紙，于是靈感迸發(fā)。分析句子，該處需填一個(gè)名詞被前面的a/an修飾。在根據(jù)前文的提示，Garcia的想法來(lái)自臺(tái)灣的公司。結(jié)合語(yǔ)境，故選G項(xiàng)。

【3】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：它們的來(lái)源是從建筑工地和其他工業(yè)廢料中開采出來(lái)的石頭廢料。分析句意，需填一個(gè)動(dòng)詞來(lái)修飾前面的“石頭廢料”。根據(jù)句意，此處需填“mine”表示開采。又因?yàn)榫渲幸呀?jīng)有動(dòng)詞，故mine需用非謂語(yǔ)。它和邏輯主語(yǔ)之間表示被動(dòng)關(guān)系，所以需用過(guò)去分詞。故選J項(xiàng)。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞和時(shí)態(tài)。句意：“如果你看看傳統(tǒng)造紙的整個(gè)過(guò)程，會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)包括砍樹、添加化學(xué)品以及大量用水。分析句子，從句部分需要一個(gè)動(dòng)詞充當(dāng)it的謂語(yǔ)。又因?yàn)檎麄�(gè)句子表達(dá)了客觀實(shí)在性，所以時(shí)態(tài)需用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。分析句意，句中缺“包括”之意。故選H項(xiàng)。

【5】考查動(dòng)名詞。句意：然后再擠壓、烘干、壓扁成一張張紙。分析句子，該劃線所處的整個(gè)句子都在講述造紙的過(guò)程。劃線后的動(dòng)詞都用了doing的形式，根據(jù)并列一致。故該處也需填doing的形式。再根據(jù)上下文語(yǔ)境，此處需填入表示“擠壓”之意。故選I項(xiàng)。

【6】考查動(dòng)名詞。句意：2019年,Garcia估計(jì)巖溶的紙生產(chǎn)中拯救了540棵樹被砍伐,83100升(21953加侖)的水被使用和25500公斤(56218磅)的二氧化碳的排放。分析句子，being后面缺少了done，和它搭配成為doing的被動(dòng)式。再根據(jù)句意，此處缺少“排放”之意。故選K項(xiàng)。

【7】考查動(dòng)詞和時(shí)態(tài)。句意：這種粉混合了HDPE樹脂。隨著時(shí)間的推移,在陽(yáng)光下分解后只留下碳酸鈣。分析句子，定從部分缺“動(dòng)詞”來(lái)充當(dāng)which 的謂語(yǔ)。且描述的是客觀實(shí)在性。所以用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。再根據(jù)句意分析，此處需填入表示“分解”的動(dòng)詞。故選C項(xiàng)。

【8】考查形容詞。句意：這種紙可以像筆記本紙那樣薄，也可以像硬紙板那樣厚，而且防水、可回收、不易撕破。分析句子，此處需填入形容詞和and后面的difficult構(gòu)成并列詞性。表示這種紙的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。根據(jù)句意分詞，此處需填入“可回收的”。故選F項(xiàng)。

【9】考查副詞。句意：Karst的產(chǎn)品主要通過(guò)公司網(wǎng)站銷售，但也有100家門店，主要分布在澳大利亞、美國(guó)和英國(guó)。分析句子，此處需填入副詞來(lái)修飾后面的“遍及在澳大利亞、美國(guó)和英國(guó)”這個(gè)短語(yǔ)。根據(jù)句意，此處需填入“主要地”且用副詞形式。故選E項(xiàng)。

【10】考查動(dòng)名詞。句意：Garcia說(shuō)，為了擴(kuò)大經(jīng)營(yíng)規(guī)模，他們第一次正在考慮接近投資者。分析句意，該處需填入“接觸”。又因?yàn)榉旁诮樵~后，所以需要用動(dòng)名詞的形式。故選A項(xiàng)。