2015年12月英语六级考试临考预测试卷四_第6页

　　Part V Cloze (15 minutes)

　　Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

　　注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

　　If you know where to find a good plastic-free shampoo, can you tell Jeanne Hegel? Last September, the 28-year-old Chicago resident __62__ to cut plastics out of her life. The marketing coordinator was concerned about __63__ the chemicals coming out of some common types of plastic might be doing to her body. She was also worried about the damage all the plastic __64__ was doing to the environment. So she __65__ on her bike and rode to the nearest grocery store to see what she could find that didn't __66__ plastic. "I went in and __67__ bought anything," Hegel says. She did __68__ some canned food and a carton (纸盒) of milk – to discover later that both containers were __70__ with plastic resin (树脂). "Plastic," she says, "just seemed like it was in everything."

　　She's right. Back in the 1960s, plastic was well __71__ its way to becoming a staple of American life. The U.S. produced 28 million tons of plastic waste in 2005 – 27 million tons of which __72__ in landfills (垃圾填埋场). Our food and water come __73__ in plastic. It's used in our phones and our computers, the cars we drive and the planes we ride in. But the __74__ adaptable substance has its dark side. Environmentalists feel worried about the petroleum needed to make it. Parents worry about the possibility of __75__ chemicals making their way from 76plastic into children's bloodstreams. Which means Hegel isn't the only person trying to cut plastic out of her life – she isn't __77__ the only one blogging about this kind of __78__. But those who've tried know it's __79__ from easy to go plastic-free. "These things seem to be so common __80__ it is practically impossible to avoid coming into __81__ with them," says Frederick vim Sail, a biologist at the University of Missouri.

　　62. A) resolved B) recovered

　　C) removed D) retreated

　　63. A) when B) what

　　C) who D) why

　　64. A) essence B) unit

　　C) crust D) rubbish

　　65. A) hinged B) hopped

　　C) stretched D) dipped

　　66. A) include B) induce

　　C) compose D) consist

　　67. A) slightly B) nearly

　　C) roughly D) barely

　　68. A) pursue B) prescribe

　　C) preserve D) purchase

　　69. A) rather B) ever

　　C) merely D) only

　　70. A) probed B) coupled

　　C) lined D) combined

　　71. A) by B) over

　　C) on D) under

　　72. A) ended up B) pulled up

　　C) put up D) set up

　　73. A) trapped B) adapted

　　C) wrapped D) adopted

　　74. A) interactively B) remotely

　　C) infinitely D) resolutely

　　75. A) sensible B) toxic

　　C) attractive D) absurd

　　76. A) household B) family

　　C) internal D) civil

　　77. A) hardly B) largely

　　C) even D) still

　　78. A) endeavor B) recreation

　　C) accomplishment D) diligence

　　79. A) well B) little

　　C) far D) much

　　80. A) while B) which

　　C) but D) that

　　81. A) fashion B) approach

　　C) contact D) agreement