2 . Production of bottled water has grown over the past thirty years from nothing into a $16 billion-per-year business. However, more and more people have been against bottled water use, and environmentalists are _______ people to go back to the tap.
The first reason why you should seriously think about _______ bottled water, they say, is that it’s bad for the environment. Producing plastic bottles _______ vast quantities of oil. As a result, factories create poisonous waste and send it into the environment. What is more, the vast majority of plastic water bottles aren’t _______. In almost every part of the world, unwanted water bottles take up landfills (垃圾填埋地) and send dangerous gases into air and water when they are burned. In other words, bottled water is a major _______ to global warming.
Secondly, the _______ of bottled water requires a lot of fuel. In the USA alone, one billion bottles of water are moved around each week in trucks, giving off polluting gases. In fact, some high-priced water is _______ from one side of the planet to the other.
Finally, bottled water isn’t even better for your health. Tap water rules in many countries are far _______ than those for bottled water. Furthermore, tap water contains fluoride, which is added to help build strong teeth and prevent tooth decay (龋齿). Consequently, as the use of bottled water has _______, tooth decay has become more serious.
To sum up, by stopping the use of bottled water, and encouraging others to do so, you will be doing the planet an enormous favor and ________ your own health as well.
1. A.allowing | B.training | C.calling on | D.commanding |
2. A.giving up | B.turning to | C.preparing for | D.believing in |
3. A.creates | B.attracts | C.requires | D.shares |
4. A.sold | B.recycled | C.found | D.limited |
5. A.answer | B.solution | C.contributor | D.service |
6. A.test | B.design | C.competition | D.transportation |
7. A.shipped | B.wasted | C.developed | D.collected |
8. A.older | B.fewer | C.stricter | D.simpler |
9. A.dropped | B.changed | C.increased | D.disappointed |
10. A.damaging | B.benefiting | C.challenging | D.respecting |