拖鞋英文英语四级真题试卷
2019年12月英语四级阅读真题
Passage One
Questions 46 to 50 are bad on the following passage.
师夷之长技以制夷The fifth largest city in US pasd a significant soda tax proposal that will levy (征税)1.5 cents per liquid ounce on distributors.
Philadelphil's new measure was approved by a 13 to 4 city council vote. It ts a new bar for similar initiatives across the country. It is proof that taxes on sugary drinks can win substantial support outside super-liberal areas. Until now, the only city to successfully pass and implement a soda tax was Berkeley, California, in 2014.
The tax will apply to regular and diet sodas, as well as other drinks with adder sugar, such as Gatorade and iced teas. It's expected to rai $410 million over the next five year
s, most of which will go toward funding a universal pre-kindergarten program for the city.
While the city council vote was met with applau inside the council room, opponents to the measure, including soda lobbyists, made sharp criticisms and a promi to challenge the tax in court.
"The tax pasd today unfairly singles out beverages — including low —and no-calorie choices," said Lauren Kane, spokeswoman for the American Beverage Association. "But most importantly, it is against the law. So we will side with the majority of the people of Philadelphia who oppo this tax and take legal action to stop it."
An industry-backed anti-tax campaign has spent at least $4 million on advertiments. The ads criticized the measure, characterizing it as a "grocery tax".
Public health groups applauded the approved tax as step toward fixing certain lasting health issues that plague Americans. "The move to recapture a small part of the profits from an industry that pushed a product that contributes to diabetes, obesity and heart dis
ea in poorer communities in order to reinvest in tho communities will sure be inspirational to many other places," said Jim Krieger, executive director of Healthy Food America. "indeed, we are already hearing from some of them. It's not 'just Berkeley' anymore."
Similar measures in California's Albany, Oakland, San Francisco and Colorado's Boulder are becoming hot-button issues. Health advocacy groups have hinted that even more might be coming.
46. What does the passage say about the newly-approved soda tax in Philadelphia?基本不等式的应用
A) It will change the lifestyle of many consumers.
B) It may encourage other US cities to fllow suit.
C) It will cut soda consumption among low-income communities.新浪cn邮箱
D) It may influence the marketing strategies of the soda business.
47. What will the opponents probably do to respond to the soda tax proposal?
A) Bargain with the city council.
B) Refu to pay additional tax.
C) Take legal action against it.
D) Try to win public support.
48. What did the industry-backed anti-tax campaign do about the soda tax proposal?蘑菇拼音是什么
A) It tried to arou hostile felings among consumers.
B) It tried to win grocers' support against the measure.
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C) It kept nding ltters of protest to the media.
D) It criticized the measure through advertising.脉金
49. What did public health groups think the soda tax would do?
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A) Alert people to the risk of sugar-induced dias.
B) Help people to fix certain long-time health issues.
C) Add to the fund for their rescarch on discas.
D) Benefit low-income people across the country.
50. What do we lear about similar measures concening the soda tax in some other citics?
A) They are becoming rather nsitive issues.
B) They are spreading panic in the soda industry.
C) They are reducing the incidence of sugar-induced dias.
D) They are taking away a lot of proft from the soda industry.
Passage Two
Questions 51 to 55 are bad on the following passage.
Popping food into the microwave for a couple of minutes may em utterly harmless, and Europe's stock of the quick-cooking ovens emit as much carbon as nearly 7million cars, a new study has found, and the problem is growing. With costs falling and kitchen appliances becoming "status" urs, owners are throwing many microwave after an average of eight years. This is pushing sales of new microwave which are expected to reach 135 million annually in the EU by the end of the decade.
A study by the University of Manchester worked out the emissions of carbon dioxide -- the main greenhou gas responsible for climate change -- at every stage of microwaves, from manufacture to waste disposal. "It is electricity consumption by microwaves that has the biggest impact on the environment," say the authors, who also calculate that the emissions from using 19 microwaves over a year are the same as tho from a car. According to the same study, efforts to reduce consumption should focus on improving consumer awareness and behaviour to u appliances more efficiently. For example, electricity consumption by microwaves can be reduced by adjusting the time of cooking to the type of food."
However, David Reay, professor of carbon management argues that, although microwaves u a great deal of enery, their emissions are minor compared to tho from cars. In the UK alone and the emit way more than all the emissions from microwaves in the EU. Backing this up, recent data show that pasnger cars in the UK emitted 69m tonnes of CO2 in 2015. This is 10 times the amount this new microwave oven study estimates for annual emissions for all the microwave ovens in the whole of the EU." further, the energy ud by microwaves is lower than any other form of cooking. Among common kitchen appliances ud for cooking, microwaves are the most energy efficient, followed by a stove and finally a standard oven. Thus, rising microwave sales could be en as a positive thing.
