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Scientists have known that...

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26-30 LDKMB 31-35 AINCO

26.L) revealed
27.D)interact
28. K) reinforces
29. M) significant
30.B) closed
31.A) adaptable
32.l) readily
33.N)specific
34.C) distribution
35.O)speculate

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If we care about plastic waste, why won't we stopdrinking bottled water?

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36-40 EHBLG
41-45 CKA I F

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36.Judging from the slowing rate of sales growth,there is still hope toombat bottled water
【答案】 E
【定位】第1句:Hopeis notentirely out ofreach,The rate of growth has begun to ease (sales were up 7% in the year, compared with 8% theprevious year).

37.Bottled water manufacturers base theirarguments against bans of plastic bottles onhealth concerns rather than on profits.
【答案】H
【定位】第1-2句:Water bottlers,unsurprisingly,don't support bans. But they raise concerns about health rather than profit margins.

38.Sales of bottled water in Britain hit a record high last year even though people are increasingly aware that plastics are environmentally unfriendly.
【答案】 B
【定位】第1-3包:yekmiotled water marketif livelier than ever, lt defies our increasing awareness of the harm plastics do to the environment and a broader, growing sense that something has to change. Sales in the Uk were worth a record f558.4 million this past year, an increase of 7% according to the latest figures from
the market analyst Kantar.

39.lt often happens that people can lack reasonwhen faced with skillful marketing
【答案】 L
【定位】第1句:Asis so often the case,clever marketing can beat reason, awareness is rarely enough.

40,One city on the west coast ofAmerica has banned single-use bottles from its property and events.
【答案】G
【定位】倒数第2句:San Francisco has banned and events. them from city property.

41.Manufacturing and shipping of plastic water bottles consume a tremendous amount of fossil fuels.
【答案】C
【定位】倒数第3句:Plastic water bottles require oceans offossil fuels to make and ship.

42.One large beverage company has adapted its operations when confronted with challenges from health and environmental advocates.
【答案】K
【定位】第1-3句:As the owner of multiple sugary drink brands and bottled water, PepsiCo is facing challenges on health and environmental fronts, Last year, the company bought SodaStrcam(a drinks company that sells machines for making tap water bubbly and then consumers add flavours) forS$3.2 billion.lt also launched a range of fancy bottles that work with tap water and flavour packets.

43. Bottled water isconsiderably more expensiva
than tap water.
【答案】A
【定位】第2-3句:Alitreoftap water, the stut we have cleverly piped into our homes, costs less than half a penny.Alitre of bottled water can cost well over a pound,especially for something fancy that has been sucked through a mountain.

44. Fountains could be seen in cities before bottled water became-popular.
【答案】I
【定位】第3句:Before plasticand the marketing that made people think they needed bottled waterin the first place,fountains were an urban fixture.

45.More people have taken to bottled water because of their health awareness.
【答案】F
【定位】第2包;動hl#语duction ofthe "sugir tax" on juices and soda drinks has pushed more people to bottled water, while health awareness has boostedits desirability.


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As a university student,l’ ve come to realise just
how little l know about money.
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46-50 BABDC

46. What has the author come to realise sinceentering university?
B) He is very much lackingin financial literacy

47. How did the author feel in today's moneyworld?
A) Badly equipped to survive.

48. What did the author realise after talking to hisfriends?
B) The schooling system was to blame for his trouble.

49. What is the author's idea of a financial education course?
D) lt should be integrated into high school education.

50. What would financial literacy do to young people?
C) Render them confident and secure in terms of money management.

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Engineeringin the U.S. has long been a male-dominated profession. Fifty years...

51-55 BDBDB
51. B) lt witnessed asighificant increase in womeh engineersin the 1970s.
52.D)Not to lose self-confidence though constantly discouraged or unfairly treated.
53.B) Excluded from the group.
54.D)The increase in their number.
55.B)They have reaped the benefits ofbeing flexible.