II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
Fan Lihong, her parents and her daughter are standing along Madang Road in Shanghai, cups in hand. Many ____1____ in the line are doing the same. From afar, such a scene ____2____ seem reminiscent of water rationing. But these individuals are simply after a caffeine fix, with sustainability in mind.
“I have been using my own cups to buy coffee this year. Using my own cup is ____3____ convenient and cost effective－it also helps with environmental protection,” says Fan. Another customer ____4____ was waiting in a line outside Manner Coffee, Liu Shiyun, echoes the same sentiment. “A latte at Manner Coffee costs 15 yuan ($2.24). If I use my own cup to buy the coffee, I get 5 yuan discount and will save at least 100 yuan per month,” Liu says.
Manner Coffee, which operates over 100 stores across China, sells nearly 100,000 cups of coffee per day. Around half of their customers bring their own cups, according to Ning Yihan, marketing representative of Manner. We started to encourage consumers to bring their own non-disposable cups to Manner stores since the day we ____5____ (establish). We hope to contribute to environmental protection with our customers. It is very interesting and meaningful while you see all kinds of people bringing their own cups. There are Japanese-style izakaya store owners ____6____(bring) beer mugs and security or sanitation workers with their thermoses,” she adds.
Other countries around the world have also set their eyes on reducing the use of disposable paper cups and encourage people ____7____ (use) more environmentally friendly options. For example, Ireland’s environment minister announced in November 2019 that consumers who use disposable cups will by 2021 be subjected ____8____ a “latte tax”. It was also reported that the United Kingdom uses 2.5 billion disposable paper cups a year, almost ____9____ of which are recycled. For this reason, British legislators have called for a tax on paper cups _____10_____ they believe that manufacturers of these products should pay more.clothing.
【答案】1. others
2. might/may
3. not only
4. who 5. were established
6. bringing
7. to use 8. to
9. none 10. as/since/for/because
