Reading comprehension. The traditional tent cities at festivals such a

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Reading comprehension. The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory ofgreen business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receivefinancial support to produce eco-friendly tents made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and crowds have gone home. Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with amaterial that can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof. Taking inspiration from a Japane architect, who has ud cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr. Dunlop ud cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs. The design won an award at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr. Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business. To rai money for the idea, he toured the City's private companies which fund new business and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introduced his idea to four of Mint's directors and won their support.Mint has committed around ￡500,000 to MyHab and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr. Dunlop's business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year. Mr. Dunlop said that the design, which accommodates two people, could have other us, such as fordisaster relief and housing for the London Olympics. For music events, the cardboard hous will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab teambefore the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be personalized and the company will offer reductions on the expen if people agree to ll exterior (外部的) advertising space. The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where people camp in the UK. The eventsare becoming increasingly environmentally conscious. 1. "eco-friendly tents" in paragraph 1 refer to tents _____. A. economically desirable B. favorable to the environment C. for holding music performancesD. designed for disaster relief 2. Mr. Dunlop established his business _____. A. independently with an interest-free loan from Mint B. with the approval of the City's administration C. in partnership with a finance group D. with the help of a Japane architect 3. It is implied in the passage that _____. A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summer B. most performances at British festivals are given in the open air C. the cardboard tents produced by Mr. Dunlop can be ur-tailored D. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by urs. 4. The passage is mainly concerned with _____. A. an attempt at developing recyclable tents B. some efforts at making full u of cardboards C. an unusual success of a graduation project D. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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1-4: B C C A

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