Question

The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.

Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.

Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr. Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.

The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business

To raise money for the idea, he toured the city’s private companies which fund new business and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint’s directors and won their support. Mint has committed around ??500,000 to MyHabs and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr. Dunlop’s business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.

Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics.

For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhabs team before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior (外部的) advertising space. 

The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.

11. “Eco-friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents _______.

  A. economically desirable  B. favorable to the environment

  C. for holding music performances1   D. designed for disaster relief

12. Mr. Dunlop established his business        .

  A. independently with an interest-free loan from Mint

  B. with the approval of the City’s administration

  C. in partnership with a finance group

  D. with the help of a Japanese architect

13. It is implied in the passage that _______.

  A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer 

  B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air

  C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr. Dunlop can be user-tailored

D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users.

14. The passage is mainly concerned with        .

A. an attempt at developing recyclable tents

B. some efforts at making full use of cardboards

C. an unusual success of a graduation project

D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals

15. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?

A. Don’t Use Tents Again

B. The Advantages of Tents

C. How to Produce Tents

D. The Development of Recyclable Tents

Answer 1

11-15  BCCAD

解析:

本文主要介绍开发和使用可再利用的帐篷。

11.  词义猜测题。根据第一段最后一句可知，eco-friendly tents是用纸板做，在乐队和人群离开回家后，可以重复使用的，显然是对环境有利的。另外，根据eco-friendly的构成也可猜出其含义为“环境友好的”，上文environmentally-ware(有环境意识的)也有提示作用。

12.  细节理解题。根据第五段内容可知，Mr. Dunlop与财团Mint为合作关系，Mint财团为其MyHabs项目提供50万英镑的资金支持，Mr. Dunlop提供技术并负责实施该项目，作为回报，Mint财团将获得Mr. Dunlop企业的30％的股份，故选C。A项获得Mint的无息贷款，显然错。Mr. Dunlop寻求的是the City’s private companies 的支持，而非城市管理部门的批准，B错。他的创意是受到日本建筑师的启发，而非得到其帮助，D错。

13.  推理判断题。倒数第二段最后一句“They can be personalized"暗示可以根据用户的要求裁剪式样。根据第二段最后一句可推知英国夏季多雨，但不能推出changeable(易变，多变)的，A错。根据倒数第三段可知，这种帐篷只能睡两个人，显然不是为搭建露天演出棚所用，只是为那些观看节目演出，而又难以承担或不愿支付居住高额旅馆的年轻(学生)野外露宿所用，演出应不是露天，至少不能推出B正确。根据倒数第二段首句，这种帐篷可在网上订购，但该公司将派安装队负责安装和拆除，可见安装和拆除不是很容易，D错。

14.  主旨大意题。文章关注的是开发和使用可再利用的帐篷，A正确。这种帐篷将利用纸板，但这不是根本目的，B错。这种帐篷的确是Mr. Dunlop最后一年的课题，但文章聚集的不是大学生的课题，而且该项目尚不能说取得了成功，还有待实践去检验，C错。现在尚只是使用，效果如何尚是未知，D错

15.  主旨大意题。纵览全文得知，文章讲的是开发和使用可再利用的帐篷问题，所以D正确。