考研英语阅读练习模拟10

考研英语阅读练习模拟

10

全真模拟习题

Unit 3-Passage2

A line of water

bottles

that

had

become

a

symbol

of

environmental

responsibility

has

been

removed

from

the

shelves

of

Canada's

leading

outdoor

gear

retailer

over

concerns

about

a

chemical used in its manufacture.

The

Mountain

Equipment

Co-op,

which

is

based

in

Vancouver, British

Columbia,

removed the bottles, sold

under

the

brand

name

Nalgene,

and

other

polycarbonate

containers

from

its

11

large-scale

stores

on

Wednesday.

The

retailer said that it would not restock the bottles, which

are made by Nalge Nunc International in Rochester, a unit

of

Thermo

Fisher

Scientific,

until Health

Canada

completed

a

review

of

bisphenol-a,

or

B.P.A.,

a

chemical

used

to make

hard,

transparent

plastics

as

well

as

liners

for

food

cans.

''We've

been following

the

B.P.A.

issue

for

at

least

three

years,''

said

Tim

Southam,

a

spokesman

for

Mountain

Equipment. ''The decision we've taken this week does not

mean that polycarbonate products will never return to our

stores.

We're

just

seeking

some

certainty

about

this

chemical.''

Church and environmental groups in Canada have mounted

campaigns against bottled water because of concerns about

the

huge

amount

of

plastic

used

in containers.

As

a

result,

the

reusable

Nalgene

bottles

have

become

ubiquitous

on

college campuses and elsewhere.

Polycarbonate plastic, which can only be produced by

using B.P.A., creates bottles that are transparent and

almost

as

hard

as

glass,

but

particularly

shatter- resistant.

Recently,

however,

the

use

of

B.P.A.-based

plastics

in

food

containers

has

been

questioned

in

Canada

by

Environmental

Defence

,

a

Toronto- based

group.

Environmentalists

in

the

United

States

are also raising concerns about the chemical. Last year,

San

Francisco's

board

of

governors

passed

a

local

law

banning the use of the chemical in children's products.

B.P.A. was removed from the ordinance before it went into

effect, however, after an industry lawsuit. Critics point

to studies dating back to 1936 showing that the chemical

can disrupt the hormonal system.

While there is little dispute about that, the plastics

industry,

supported

by

several

studies from

government

agencies

in

Japan,

North

America

and

Europe, contends

that

polycarbonate bottles contain very little of the chemical

and release only insignificant amounts of B.P.A. into the

bodies of users. ''Rarely has a chemical been the subject

of

such

intense

scientific

testing

and

scrutiny, and

still,

important agencies across the globe agree that there is no

danger posed to humans from polycarbonate bottles,'' Tom

Cummins,

the

director

of research

and

development

at

Nalge

Nunc, said in a statement.

Rick Smith, the executive director of Environmental

Defence,

said

that

a paper

published

by

38

scientists

after

a

government-sponsored conference

in the

United

States

found that the lack of research on the effects of B.P.A. on

humans was a concern that required further investigation.

Steven G. Hentges, the executive director of the American

Chemistry

Council's

polycarbonate

group, takes

issue

with

that

report's

worries

and

points

to

a

separate

expert

panel

report published by the United States Department of Health

and Human Services last month. In its 396-page report,

which

looked

only

at

the

impact

of

B.P.A.

on reproduction,

the

panel

said

it

had

''negligible

concern''

about

the

chemical's effect

on

adult

reproductive

systems

but

raised

some concerns about its impact on children and pregnant

women.

1. The word

“

ubiq uitous

”

(Line 3, Paragraph 3) most

probably means_____

[A] omnipresent.

[B] popular.

[C] common.

[D] usual.

one of the following statements is TURE of the

local law passed by San Francisco's board of governors?

[A]

This

law

forbade

the

use

of

B.P.A.

in

food

containers

for children.

[B] This law was not enforced because of an industry

lawsuit that was against the use of B.P.A.

[C] This law was revised to allow B.P.A. be used in

children

’

s products.

[D]

This

law

went

into

effect

before

B.P.A.

was

removed.

3.

According

to

Tom

Cummins,

which

one

of

the

following

is NOT true of B.P.A.?

[A]

B.P.A.

is

rarely

tested

and

scrutinized

so

intensely.

[B]

The

testing

and

scrutiny

done

to

the

other

chemical

are no comparison with that to B.P.A.

[C]

That

Polycarbonate

bottles

containing

B.P.A.

are

not

dangerous to humans is supported by multiple evidence.

[D]

Polycarbonate

bottles

containing

B.P.A.

can

be

used

safely by humans.

the

separate

expert

panel

report

it

can

be

inferred that

[A] B.S.A. has no effect on reproduction.

[B]

B.S.A.

has

trifling

impact

on

children

and

pregnant

women.

[C] B.S.A. has trifling impact on adult reproductive

systems.

[D] B.S.A. has great effect on reproduction.

5.

The

author

’

s

attitude

to

the

use

of

Nalgene

bottles

is _____

[A] negative.

[B] positive.

[C] biased.

[D] unclear.

题目分析：

1. The word

“

ubiquitous

”

< br> (Line 3, Paragraph 3) most

probably

means_____1.

“

ub iquitou

”

(

第三段第三行< /p>

)

的意思

最有可能是

_____

[A] omnipresent.[A]

无所不在的。

[B] popular.[B]

普遍的。

[C] common.[C]

普通的。

[D] usual.[D]

平常的。

[

答案

]A

[

难度系数

]

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[

分析

]

猜词题。根据上下文来判断该词的意思，文章第四

段讲述当时由于加拿大教会和环境组织 因害怕制造容器大量使用

塑料，

所以发动了许多运动。