There was a time when a trip to the supermarket in the United States often ended with a seemingly simple question from the cashier，"Paper or plastic？" Well，which type of bag would you choose？
While both types of bags have some influence on the environment，it has long been supposed that paper bags are better.They are made from a renewable source，are broken down easily，burn without giving off thick smoke and can be recycled.However，the producing process behind paper bags uses more energy than that of plastic ones.How can this be true？
Studies show that paper bag production requires four times as much energy as plastic bag production.And the amount of water used to make them is twenty times larger.Besides，the influence on forests is very serious.It takes about fourteen million trees to produce ten billion paper bags，which happen to be the number of bags used in the United States yearly.In terms of recycling，the idea that paper bags are more environment-friendly than plastic ones can be quickly discarded.Research shows it requires about 98% less energy to recycle plastic than it does to recycle paper.
Even though paper bags might be more harmful than plastic ones，plastic still seems to be considered as the more harmful of the two by governments.In Ireland，for example，a tax has been introduced to discourage the use of plastic bags.People have to pay 22 cents for every plastic bag，and as a result，their use has dropped quickly.
There's no doubt that it makes more sense to reuse these bags.However，we don't seem to be doing that at present.That may be because they fall apart quickly.If so，cloth bags are better choice，but still，their production also has a bad influence on the environment.So what to do？How should we answer the question of "Paper or plastic？" It seems that we first need to ask ourselves one more general question： "What can I do to help the environment？"
（1）The question at the end of Paragraph 1 is used to AA.
A．introduce the point for discussion
B．tell readers how to save money
C．express the author's doubts
D．show the kindness of the cashier
（2）Compared with plastic bags，paper bags CC.
A．take more time to break down
B．require less energy to recycle
C．need more water to produce
D．have less influence on forests
（3）What does the underlined word "discarded" in Paragraph 3 probably mean？ DD
A．Share.
B．Put forward.
C．Discuss.
D．Give up.
（4）Which question does the author probably hope the cashier ask？ BB
A．Paper or cloth？
B．A new bag or your own one？
C．A small bag or big one？
D．Paper or plastic？
【答案】A；C；D；B
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1．The best-loved pig in Hong Kong is called McDull．His mom makes a wish that he would look like Chow Yun-fat or Tony Leung，two movie heartthrobs，but he is distinguished only by a birthmark around his right eye．
The cartoon piglet is not smart，either．Everything he tries，he fails．He wants to be an Olympic champion of qingbaoshan，but the sport of grabbing the most steamed buns from a pile doesn't really exist，of course．He dreams of going to the Maldives，but ends up on a one-day tour of a Hong Kong landmark instead．
However，the slow，dumb pig has won over Hong Kong people，often stereotyped as eager to quick success．So far，there are five McDull movies showed in both the mainland and Hong Kong．
The popularity of McDull occasionally confounds his creator Alice Mak．
"Maybe people see themselves and their friends in McDull，" she says．
Mak had never seen a real pig before she drew McDull．She was born and spent most of her life in Tai Kok Tsui，an ordinary Hong Kong community where she can still buy cheap food．It is also where McDull grows up．
Like McDull，Mak moves and speaks slowly．She describes herself as a simple person，who does not try to draw too much meaning from the McDull stories．As a Christian，she has some simple beliefs，such as God creates humans because he loves them and wants them to be happy．
In the late 1980s Mak worked at a press company as a summer intern．The company boss，Brian Tse，later became her husband and scriptwriter of all McDull movies and books．
McDull was at first a supporting character in a story about his cousin McMug，a smart piglet and "what parents expect of their children"．But it turned out that the woodenheaded McDull was more appealing．
When McMug promises his classmates that if he becomes the class president he will treat everyone to strawberry cakes，McDull struggles to utter one sentence in his speech： "If you choose me，you will be …painful．"
He gives up his favorite chicken thigh to his mom and practices sports he dislikes to make her happy．He has many dreams，most of which end up in disappointment．He is still happy，however．When he gets an "H"，he thinks it looks "only a bit different" from an "A"．According to his headmaster，he isn't that stupid，and he is just too kind．
"McDull reminds people they used to be as simple and happy as him，" Mak says． "If there is a theme in all the McDull movies，it is about how a simple person keeps his or her simplicity in a complicated world．"
Although many children love McDull，the story is far more than its surface funniness．It is delightful and acidic at the same time．
In one of the McDull movies，he talks to the audience： "I suddenly realized that there is something you just cannot have．No noodles，no Maldives，no golden medal，no treasure …it turns out that being stupid is not funny，it could mean failure．Disappointment is not funny，fat is not funny，fat does not even mean you have more strength When I grow up，when I face the stern world that is not funny，what should I do？"
"What he has been doing in the movies is to find new dreams．Most of them keep failing him，but he always starts again with a new one，" Mak says． "Maybe that's why both children and adults find him adorable．"
（1）Which of the following is TRUE？
A．McDull's mom expect him to be handsome like some famous actors．
B．McDull is quick and smart．
C．McDull is a leading character in the story about his cousin McMug．
D．McDull's dream of going to the Maldives comes true at last．
（2）The underlined word "confounds" most probably means？
A．contents
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C．convinces
D．confirms
（3）What can we infer form the passage？
A．HongKong people like McDull very much．
B．There're five McDull movies showed in HongKong．
C．The popularity of McDull is quite beyond the expectation of Mak．
D．Both Mak and McDull move and speak slowly．發(fā)布：2024/12/27 8:0:2組卷：1引用：1難度：0.5 -
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（4）Where is the passage most probably taken from？
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D．A research paper on kid's health．發(fā)布：2024/12/19 20:30:1組卷：36引用：3難度：0.7 -
3．Have you ever wondered what wild animals do when no one is watching？
Low cost，dependable and small modern cameras offered a big help.Cameras placed in hard-to-reach places have shot everything from small desert cats to larger snow-lowing cats in the northern Rocky Mountains.Scientists have been able to document the "private" moments of wildlife with leading technology.
Grant Harris is a government biologist with the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in Albuquerque，New Mexico.In his words， "there's no doubt that these wild cameras are important tools to learn new information on wildlife." Harris said some images help scientists see the effects of climate change.
Researchers with the Wyoming Migration Initiative，or WMI，are among those using wild cameras along with global positioning systems，or GPS.But WMI director Matthew Kauffman says as those devices are limited，so is the amount of information they can gather from GPS.However，cameras can be left in very wild areas for days，weeks or even months.They can provide information on how many animals are moving over a given period of time.
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D．Uncaring.發(fā)布：2025/1/1 9:30:1組卷：12引用：5難度：0.6
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