2019年12月英语四级真题 第1套
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Section A
Directions: In this section, there is a passage with ten blanks. You are required to select one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage. Read the passage through carefully before making your choices. Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter. Please mark the corresponding letter for each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre. You may not use any of the words in the bank more than once.
When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or 26 the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. It's the safe thing to do, right? The bottle is 27 , and the label says “pure water”. But maybe what's inside is not so 28 . Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world 29 microplastics?
That's the conclusion of a recently 30 study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, 31 an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics included a 32 commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and 33 containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organisation. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.
Confronted with this 34 , several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola undertook their own studies using the same methodology. These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless, the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the 35 health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
A) adequate
B) admiring
C) contains
D) defending
E) evidence
F) instant
G) liquid
H) modified
I) natural
J) potential
K) released
L) revealing
M) sealed
N) solves
O) substance
当你在海外旅行时，你是买塑料瓶装水还是会尝试饮用自来水？想象一下你正在泰国的一个岛上漫步，或者正在[26]欣赏吴哥窟的遗迹。天很热，所以你从当地小贩那里买了一瓶水。这样做是安全的，是吗？瓶子是[27]密封的，标签上写着“纯净水”。但也许里面的水并非那么[28]天然。如果你知道全世界90%以上的瓶装水都[29]含有塑料微粒，你还会喝吗？
这是最近[30]公布的一项研究得出的结论，该研究分析了九个国家销售的11个品牌的259瓶水，结果[31]显示，平均每升水含有325颗塑料微粒。这些塑料微粒含有一种通常被称为PET的[32]物质，该物质被广泛应用于服装、食品和[33]液体容器的生产制造中。这项研究是由纽约州立大学代表新闻机构Orb Media进行的。每分钟大约有100万瓶水会被卖出，购买者不仅有口渴的游客，还有全世界21亿生活在饮用水不安全的环境中的许多人。
面对这一[34]证据，包括雀巢和可口可乐在内的几家瓶装水制造商采用了同样的方法进行了各自的研究。这些研究表明，他们的水确实含有塑料微粒，但远远低于Orb的研究所显示的结果。不管怎样，世界卫生组织已经对塑料瓶装饮用水的[35]潜在健康风险发起了一项审查。
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