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【题目】 A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you combine(联合) the two to do something for your local environment? It may be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone, you will be able to bury(埋) it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower.

A biodegradable(生物可降解的) mobile phone was introduced by scientists. It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage people to recycle. Scientists have thought of a new material over the last five years. It looks like any other plastic, but overtime it can break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals(有毒的化学物质). British researchers used the new material to develop a phone cover with a sunflower seed(种子). When this cover changes into waste, it forms nitrates(硝酸盐). These feed the seed and help the flower grow. “We have only put sunflower seeds into the cover so far. But we're trying 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 always throwing their mobile phones away. This means producers are under pressure(压力) 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(金属) and chemical waste to the environment. A biodegradable cover can reduce the harm to nature, according to the scientists. “The seed is released(释放) and the flower grows in the pot, so you don't have to worry about the phone when you have finished using it,” said Kerry Kirwan, the leader of the research team, which is based at the University of Warwick in Britain.

【1】Scientists did this type of research about biodegradable mobile phones in order to ________.

A.make the mobile phones more beautifulB.encourage people to recycle

C.find a new way to grow flowersD.produce more mobile phones

【2】Millions of mobile phones have been sold this year and people will ______ within two years.

A.bury most of them in the gardenB.put sunflower seeds into most of them

C.take out their coverD.throw most of them away

【3】What does the underlined phrase “break down” mean?

A.change into chemicalsB.not workC.be dividedD.break out

【4】We can infer(推断) from the passage that _________.

A.the new type of mobile phones is already on the market

B.some 650 million mobile phones have been sold within two years

C.British scientists are doing the research

D.roses perform best in this type of mobile phones

【5】What’s the best title of the passage?

A.the Harm to NatureB.the Developing Phone Technology

C.Phones and FlowersD.Mobile Phones and Environment

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【解析】

作者是介绍一种新型环保的手机，用户用完了以后可以种植的手机，这样可以减少环境的压力。

【1】细节理解题。根据文中It is hoped that the new type of phone will encourage people to recycle.希望这种新型手机能鼓励人们回收利用可知，本题应该选择B。

【2】细节理解题。根据文中Some 650 million mobile phones have been sold this year. Most of them will be thrown away within two years.今年已售出约6.5亿部手机其中大部分将在两年内扔掉可知，本题应该选择D。

【3】词义猜测题。根据文中It looks like any other plastic, but overtime it can break down into the soil without giving out any poisonous chemicals..它看起来像其他塑料，但随着时间的推移，它会分解成土壤，而不会释放出任何有毒的化学物质可知，本题应该选择A。

【4】推理判断题。根据文中“We have only put sunflower seeds into the cover so far. But we're trying to find out which flowers would perform best. Maybe we could put roses in next time,” said one scientist.“我们只把葵花籽放进了封面。但我们正在努力找出哪种花表现最好也许我们下次可以放玫瑰，”一位科学家说。可知，这个技术还在研发中，所以本题选择C。

【5】主旨大意题。根据文章第一段A sunflower is a sunflower. A mobile phone is a mobile phone. But can you combine(联合) the two to do something for your local environment? It may be possible. When you have finished with your mobile phone, you will be able to bury(埋) it in the garden or a plant pot and wait for it to flower. 以及整篇文章的理解可知，文章主要讲述的是科学家想发明一种可以分解的手机，再不用了之后会分解成植物的一种肥料，这样就不会造成环境污染了，所以本题选择D。