A small town in Tasmania, an island off the south coast of mainland Australia, is making itself an environmental role model by becoming the country's first plastic bag-free town.
Since April 28, Coles Bay's population of 175 and its tourist shoppers have been using reusable paper or cloth bags to carry their shopping.
Ben Keamey, a local businessman who supports the bag ban, said it would cut  the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife that try to eat the plastic.
"Most businesses here come from the tourism and that's all based on the environment, so people were pretty supportive," he said.
Every year Australians use more than six billion plastic bags. More than half of these come from the supermarket. Since it takes years for the bags to biodegrade（生物遞減分解）, tens of millions end up polluting the environment. They kill about 100,000 sea-birds and animals, which mistake bags for food, every year.
Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting on their use of plastic bags. Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee like that in Ireland. There, since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each, their use has been cut by 90 per cent.
Pollution caused by plastic bags is a big headache for countries all over the world. As early as 1999, Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used. This was to encourage them to be used again and again, since an average of six million plastic bags are used there every there every single day.
小題1:Which might be the best title for this passage?
A．Deadly Plastic BagsB．The End of Plastic Bags
C．How to Reuse Plastic BagsD．The Present Situation of Plastic Bags
小題2:Plastic bags will not be used by the native people of Coles Bay because they ______.
A．cause the environmental pollutionB．a(chǎn)re not easy to be reused
C．a(chǎn)re not as good as cloth bagsD．a(chǎn)re not strong enough
小題3:Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A．Plastic bags kill many animals in Australia each year.
B．Most Australian supermarkets have begun cutting on their use of plastic bags.
C．People at Coles Bay think poor environment may affect their tourism.
D．You have to pay for the plastic bags if you go shopping in Ireland.
小題4:The example of Coles Bay is to show that ______.
A．people take serious actions to deal with the plastic bag problem
B．people begin to realise the harm of using plastic bags
C．Australia is the first country in solving the plastic bag problem
D．Australians are aware of the importance of protecting the small town
小題5:Which of the following measures on plastic bags is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A．To forbid to use them by law.
B．to charge fee for plastic bags.
C．To make them thick enough to be reuseable.
D．To make them environmentally friendly.

小題1:B
小題2:A
小題3:B
小題4:A
小題5:D

試題分析：本文主要講述了在澳大利亞的一個島上的人們開始禁止使用塑料袋，同時也提及了在世界各地人們已經(jīng)慢慢地開始重視環(huán)境的保護(hù)。
小題1:B 主旨大意題。本文主要講述的在澳大利亞的一個島國上進(jìn)行的禁止使用塑料袋的活動。故B項(xiàng)與課文相符。
小題2:A 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章第三段it would cut  the amount of waste and prevent damage to native wildlife that try to eat the plastic."Most businesses here come from the tourism and that's all based on the environment, so people were pretty supportive,"說明人們主要做，主要是為了減少污染。故A正確。
小題3:B 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)Only in the past few months have major Australian supermarkets begun cutting on their use of plastic bags.文章只是說在大超市里人們開始減少使用塑料袋，ACD三項(xiàng)都是文章里講述的內(nèi)容。故B項(xiàng)符合要求。
小題4:A 推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段可知在這個島上人們已經(jīng)采取了措施來保護(hù)環(huán)境，不再使用塑料袋。故Ａ正確。
小題5:D 細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段Environmental groups are pushing for a plastic bag fee like that in Ireland. There, since plastic bags cost 10 pence (about 1 yuan) each, their use has been cut by 90 per cent.說明B項(xiàng)提及了。根據(jù)文章最后一段As early as 1999, Beijing said that only plastic bags of certain thickness could be used.說明C項(xiàng)提及了；根據(jù)文章第一段說明A項(xiàng)提及了。只有D項(xiàng)在文章中沒有提到。故D項(xiàng)符合要求。
點(diǎn)評：本文主要講述了在澳大利亞的一個島上的人們開始禁止使用塑料袋，本文細(xì)節(jié)題居多，答題時在文章找到對應(yīng)的地方，用筆進(jìn)行標(biāo)記，這有利于后期有時間檢查時可以立刻找到答案的位置。仔細(xì)理解作者所講的意思，再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)，通過排除法和自己對全文的把握，選出正確答案
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