Question

【題目】Environmental protection is everywhere and Christmas is no exception. Going “green” has ___been so festive as in westernmost Canada_____two start-ups are offering an eco-friendly Christmas tree rental service for the holiday period.

For about 100 dollars, Evergrow Christmas Trees and Carbonsync Christmas will drop off a potted tree at your home or business and____three weeks later after all the____have been opened and Santa has parked his sleigh.

Carbonsync plans to donate its trees to habitat restoration groups for replanting, while Evergrow says it will_____them to a nursery to be____until next Christmas when they may be____out again.

Trees normally cost four times less on average, but are usually turned into mulch or sent to garbage dumps after the holidays in most North American cities.

“What (folks) are doing now is that they’re____these hordes of trees everywhere in the Fraser Valley to ship to Vancouver, ” Brad Major of Carbonsync Christmas told public broadcaster CBC.

“These trees grow anywhere from 6 to 12 years to be____one Christmas, and all these trees go to the landfill, and it’s a huge pile of trees, ” he said. “It’s like the biggest____of a resource. ”

The firm’s trees will also continue to____CO2 from the atmosphere, doing their bit to help curb global warming____ending up as waste.

And if a family____, they may even rent the same tree year after year from Evergrow, ____it has not grown too large to____their living room.

【1】A. ever B. never C. once D. recently

【2】A. where B. that C. which D. when

【3】A. pick it out B. pick it on C. pick it away D. pick it up

【4】A. cards B. boxes C. presents D. letters

【5】A. remove B. return C. replant D. resettle

【6】A. used for B. charged for C. cared for D. prepared for

【7】A. given B. donated C. rented D. sold

【8】A. donating B. renting C. growing D. replanting

【9】A. used for B. used as C. used to D. used during

【10】A. cost B. waste C. value D. usage

【11】A. draw B. breathe C. take D. absorb

【12】A. regardless of B. instead of C. in spite of D. in place of

【13】A. hopes B. expects C. wishes D. desires

【14】A. as soon as B. as much as C. as long as D. as quickly as

【15】A. turn in B. work in C. decorate in D. fit in

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【11】D

【12】B

【13】C

【14】C

【15】D

【解析】環(huán)保觀念的增加催生了加拿大西部地區(qū)的圣誕樹租賃任務(wù)。這些圣誕樹被回收之后由專門的養(yǎng)護(hù)中心重新種植，來年繼續(xù)出租。

【1】B

考查副詞。A. ever 曾經(jīng)； B. never從來沒有； C. once 一旦； D. recently最近。根據(jù)語境可知，租賃圣誕樹是前所未有的，故選B。

【2】A

考查地點(diǎn)狀語從句。westernmost Canada為地點(diǎn)，在后面的定語從句中做地點(diǎn)狀語，故選A。

【3】D

考查動(dòng)詞詞組。A. pick it out 挑選； B. pick it on招惹，責(zé)備；C. pick it away 摘走；D. pick it up拾起，撿起。三個(gè)星期之后來取走，與前面的drop off相呼應(yīng)，故選D。

【4】C

考查名詞。A. cards 卡片； B. boxes 盒子； C. presents 禮物； D. letters信。等所有禮物都被打開，圣誕老人也收起了雪橇。圣誕樹下放著朋友送的禮物，A. cards 卡片， B. boxes 盒子，D. letters信，均與語境不符，故選C。

【5】B

考查動(dòng)詞。A. remove移動(dòng)； B. return歸還； C. replant 移植； D. resettle重新定居。而Evergrow公司則表示將圣誕樹送回養(yǎng)護(hù)中心去。根據(jù)語境可知，圣誕樹是在租賃人家里，回收后送到養(yǎng)護(hù)中心。故選B。

【6】C

考查動(dòng)詞詞組。A. used for用于； B. charged for 索取； C. cared for 關(guān)心； D. prepared for為---做準(zhǔn)備。養(yǎng)護(hù)中心是護(hù)理花木的，故選C。

【7】C

考查動(dòng)詞。A. given給； B. donated 捐獻(xiàn)； C. rented 租用； D. sold賣。在養(yǎng)護(hù)中心護(hù)理到下一個(gè)圣誕節(jié)，然后在租賃出去。因?yàn)檫@兩家公司是租賃公司，因此他們還要將圣誕樹租賃出去的。故選C。

【8】C

考查動(dòng)詞。A. donating捐獻(xiàn)； B. renting 租賃； C. growing 種植； D. replanting移植。本句后半部分提及Fraser Valley，還提及將其運(yùn)送到溫哥華，由此推斷，這些人是栽樹的，故選C。

【9】A

考查動(dòng)詞詞組。A. used for 用于； B. used as 用作為； C. used to 過去經(jīng)常、習(xí)慣做某事； D. used during在---期間使用。這些書長到6至12歲時(shí)才能用作一次圣誕樹，然后成了垃圾，就這么一大堆樹，根據(jù)句意可知答案為A。

【10】B

考查名詞。A. cost 花費(fèi)； B. waste 浪費(fèi)； C. value價(jià)值； D. usage使用。就像最大的資源浪費(fèi)。綜合Brad Major的話可知，他認(rèn)為生長幾年的樹作為圣誕樹只用一次就作為垃圾是浪費(fèi)資源。故選B。

【11】D

考查動(dòng)詞。A. draw繪畫； B. breathe呼吸； C. take 拿走，帶走； D. absorb吸收。該公司的圣誕樹將繼續(xù)吸收大氣中的二氧化碳，根據(jù)語境可知答案為D。

【12】B

考查復(fù)合介詞。A. regardless of 不管； B. instead of 代替，而不是； C. in spite of 盡管； D. in place of取代（某人或某物）。為抑制全球變暖做貢獻(xiàn)，而不是成為垃圾。故選B。

【13】C

考查動(dòng)詞。A. hopes 希望（后接從句或不定式）； B. expects期盼； C. wishes 希望，想要； D. desires渴望。如果某一家希望的話，他們可以來年租賃同一顆圣誕樹。wish在此用作不及物動(dòng)詞，故選C。

【14】C

考查狀語從句。A. as soon as一---就； B. as much as 多達(dá)---； C. as long as 只要；D. as quickly as同---一樣快。只要這棵圣誕樹沒有長得太高，正好能擺在房間里。故選C。

【15】D

考查動(dòng)詞詞組。A. turn in交上； B. work in 進(jìn)入； C. decorate in在--- 裝修； D. fit in適應(yīng)。根據(jù)前面的large判斷，此處與房間大小有關(guān)。A/B/C三項(xiàng)都與房間大小無關(guān)，故選D。