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【题目】Environmental protection is everywhere and Christmas is no exception. Going “green” has ___been so festive as in westernmost Canada_____two start-ups are offering an eco-friendly Christmas tree rental service for the holiday period.

For about 100 dollars, Evergrow Christmas Trees and Carbonsync Christmas will drop off a potted tree at your home or business and____three weeks later after all the____have been opened and Santa has parked his sleigh.

Carbonsync plans to donate its trees to habitat restoration groups for replanting, while Evergrow says it will_____them to a nursery to be____until next Christmas when they may be____out again.

Trees normally cost four times less on average, but are usually turned into mulch or sent to garbage dumps after the holidays in most North American cities.

“What (folks) are doing now is that they’re____these hordes of trees everywhere in the Fraser Valley to ship to Vancouver, ” Brad Major of Carbonsync Christmas told public broadcaster CBC.

“These trees grow anywhere from 6 to 12 years to be____one Christmas, and all these trees go to the landfill, and it’s a huge pile of trees, ” he said. “It’s like the biggest____of a resource. ”

The firm’s trees will also continue to____CO2 from the atmosphere, doing their bit to help curb global warming____ending up as waste.

And if a family____, they may even rent the same tree year after year from Evergrow, ____it has not grown too large to____their living room.

【1】A. ever B. never C. once D. recently

【2】A. where B. that C. which D. when

【3】A. pick it out B. pick it on C. pick it away D. pick it up

【4】A. cards B. boxes C. presents D. letters

【5】A. remove B. return C. replant D. resettle

【6】A. used for B. charged for C. cared for D. prepared for

【7】A. given B. donated C. rented D. sold

【8】A. donating B. renting C. growing D. replanting

【9】A. used for B. used as C. used to D. used during

【10】A. cost B. waste C. value D. usage

【11】A. draw B. breathe C. take D. absorb

【12】A. regardless of B. instead of C. in spite of D. in place of

【13】A. hopes B. expects C. wishes D. desires

【14】A. as soon as B. as much as C. as long as D. as quickly as

【15】A. turn in B. work in C. decorate in D. fit in

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】D

【4】C

【5】B

【6】C

【7】C

【8】C

【9】A

【10】B

【11】D

【12】B

【13】C

【14】C

【15】D

【解析】环保观念的增加催生了加拿大西部地区的圣诞树租赁任务。这些圣诞树被回收之后由专门的养护中心重新种植，来年继续出租。

【1】B

考查副词。A. ever 曾经； B. never从来没有； C. once 一旦； D. recently最近。根据语境可知，租赁圣诞树是前所未有的，故选B。

【2】A

考查地点状语从句。westernmost Canada为地点，在后面的定语从句中做地点状语，故选A。

【3】D

考查动词词组。A. pick it out 挑选； B. pick it on招惹，责备；C. pick it away 摘走；D. pick it up拾起，捡起。三个星期之后来取走，与前面的drop off相呼应，故选D。

【4】C

考查名词。A. cards 卡片； B. boxes 盒子； C. presents 礼物； D. letters信。等所有礼物都被打开，圣诞老人也收起了雪橇。圣诞树下放着朋友送的礼物，A. cards 卡片， B. boxes 盒子，D. letters信，均与语境不符，故选C。

【5】B

考查动词。A. remove移动； B. return归还； C. replant 移植； D. resettle重新定居。而Evergrow公司则表示将圣诞树送回养护中心去。根据语境可知，圣诞树是在租赁人家里，回收后送到养护中心。故选B。

【6】C

考查动词词组。A. used for用于； B. charged for 索取； C. cared for 关心； D. prepared for为---做准备。养护中心是护理花木的，故选C。

【7】C

考查动词。A. given给； B. donated 捐献； C. rented 租用； D. sold卖。在养护中心护理到下一个圣诞节，然后在租赁出去。因为这两家公司是租赁公司，因此他们还要将圣诞树租赁出去的。故选C。

【8】C

考查动词。A. donating捐献； B. renting 租赁； C. growing 种植； D. replanting移植。本句后半部分提及Fraser Valley，还提及将其运送到温哥华，由此推断，这些人是栽树的，故选C。

【9】A

考查动词词组。A. used for 用于； B. used as 用作为； C. used to 过去经常、习惯做某事； D. used during在---期间使用。这些书长到6至12岁时才能用作一次圣诞树，然后成了垃圾，就这么一大堆树，根据句意可知答案为A。

【10】B

考查名词。A. cost 花费； B. waste 浪费； C. value价值； D. usage使用。就像最大的资源浪费。综合Brad Major的话可知，他认为生长几年的树作为圣诞树只用一次就作为垃圾是浪费资源。故选B。

【11】D

考查动词。A. draw绘画； B. breathe呼吸； C. take 拿走，带走； D. absorb吸收。该公司的圣诞树将继续吸收大气中的二氧化碳，根据语境可知答案为D。

【12】B

考查复合介词。A. regardless of 不管； B. instead of 代替，而不是； C. in spite of 尽管； D. in place of取代（某人或某物）。为抑制全球变暖做贡献，而不是成为垃圾。故选B。

【13】C

考查动词。A. hopes 希望（后接从句或不定式）； B. expects期盼； C. wishes 希望，想要； D. desires渴望。如果某一家希望的话，他们可以来年租赁同一颗圣诞树。wish在此用作不及物动词，故选C。

【14】C

考查状语从句。A. as soon as一---就； B. as much as 多达---； C. as long as 只要；D. as quickly as同---一样快。只要这棵圣诞树没有长得太高，正好能摆在房间里。故选C。

【15】D

考查动词词组。A. turn in交上； B. work in 进入； C. decorate in在--- 装修； D. fit in适应。根据前面的large判断，此处与房间大小有关。A/B/C三项都与房间大小无关，故选D。