Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)
Over the last few years, people (start) to think that plastic bottles are bad. There are many good reasons for this. Plastic bottles take a lot of time to break down, so there are always a lot of them in landfills（废弃物填埋场）.
As the world's largest drink company, the Coca-Cola Company is always able ( catch) a good opportunity. It (come) up with a new invention, the “Plant Bottle”. The new invention partly ( make) from plants. Usually, petroleum（石油） is the main material that (use) to produce bottles. Therefore, (use) plants to produce bottles can cut down the Coca-Cola Company's use of petroleum. Also, the Plant Bottle can be used again. The Coca-Cola Company (produce) two billion Plant Bottles by the end of this year.
Muhtar Kent, CEO of the Coca-Cola Company, ( tell) a reporter, “We are the first company (take) this kind of bottle to the market. This is an important step in our sustainable packaging journey.”
“The Plant Bottle is a kind of innovation. It ( show) how businesses can help to deal with climate change problems and put less stress on our valuable natural resources,” said Kate Krebs, the director of Sustainable Resources for the Climate Group.

Answer 1

【答案】have started；to catch；has come；is；used；is used；using；is going to produce；told；to take；shows
【解析】
⑴句意：在过去的几年里，人们开始认为塑料瓶是有害的。over the last few years是现在完成时的标志，故填have started。
⑵句意：作为世界上最大的饮料公司，可口可乐公司能够抓住这一好机会。be able to do sth能够做某事，故填to catch。
⑶句意：它已经提出了一个新发明，“植物瓶”。根据本段的所有动词的时态都是一般现在时可知本处应该用现在的某种时态，come up with 提出是一次性动作，不可能用一般现在时，根据语境只有用现在完成时最佳，表示‘已经提出了’，所以填has come。
⑷⑸句意：这个新发明部分是用植物做的。be made from由……制成。故填is made。
⑹句意：通常石油是被用来生产瓶子的主要原料。根据句意可知此处为被动结构，that是主语，指material原料，为第三人称单数，故填is used。
⑺句意：因此，用植物来生产瓶子能减少可口可乐公司对石油的使用。此处是句子的主语，因此用动词的-ing形式充当，故填using。
⑻句意：到今年底，可口可乐公司将生产20亿个植物瓶。by the end of this year是一般将来时的标志。故填is going to produce.
⑼句意：可口可乐公司总裁Kent告诉记者……。指过去的事情，因此填told。
⑽句意：我们是第一个生产这种瓶子的公司。the first to do 是第一个做某事的人。不定式作定语，因此填to take。
⑾句意：它表明，商业是如何帮助应对天气变化问题，以减少对有价值的自然资源的压力。根据上文可知用一般现在时，故填shows。