[主体句式] The retailer said that it would not …until…
[结构分析] 这是一个简单句,宾语从句比较复杂。该宾语从句为带有时间状语从句的复杂句;该从句中,宾语bottles后有一个以which引导的非限定性定语从句,在该定语从句中,a unit…是前面Nalge Nunc International的同位语;在时间状语从句中,a chemical used …是前面B.P.A的同位语。
[句子译文] 该零售商称不会再重新进这些瓶子,直到“健康加拿大”完成了双酚a(B.P.A.)的调查后再考虑。这些瓶子是Thermo Fisher Scientific下属的一个单位,位于罗彻斯特的Nalge Nunc国际制造的。双酚a 是一种用于制造透明的高硬度塑料及食物罐镶条的化学物质。
(2) Rick Smith, the executive director of Environmental Defence, said that a paper published by 38 scientists after a government-sponsored conference in the United States found that the lack of research on the effects of B.S.A. on humans was a concern that required further investigation.
[主体句式] Rick Smith said that a paper found that…
[结构分析]这是一个简单句,有一个复杂的宾语从句;主语Rick Smith带有一个同位语the executive director of …;在宾语从句中,a paper后面是一个过去分词短语作它的定语,在从句的宾语从句中的宾语后面有一个that 引导的定语从句。
[句子译文] “环境防卫”执行理事里克·史密斯称美国38名科学家在一次政府资助的会议结束后发表了一篇论文,该论文发现B.S.A.对人类的影响方面的研究不足,需要进一步的调查。
题目分析:
1. The word “ubiquitous” (Line 2, Paragraph 3) most probably means_____.
1. “ubiquitou” (第三段第二行)的意思最有可能是_____。
[A] omnipresent
[A] 无所不在的
[B] popular
[B] 普遍的
[C] common
[C] 普通的
[D] usual
[D] 平常的
[答案]A
[难度系数] ☆☆☆
[分析] 猜词题。根据上下文来判断该词的意思,文章第四段讲述当时由于加拿大教会和环境组织因害怕制造容器大量使用塑料,所以发动了许多运动。而因为Nalgene瓶子可以重复使用,具有环保特征,因此在校园和许多地方应该是普及了,到处能看得到了。答案为A。
2.Which one of the following statements is TURE of the local law passed by San Francisco's board of governors?
2. 关于旧金山州长会议通过的法律,下列哪个选项是正确的?
[A] this law forbade the use of B.P.A. in food containers for children
[A] 该法律禁止在儿童的食品容器制作中使用B.P.A.
[B] this law was not enforced because of an industry lawsuit that was against the use of B.P.A
[B]该法律因为一个行业反B.P.A诉讼而没有得以实施。
[C] this law was revised to allow B.P.A. be used in children’s products
[C] 该法律经修订后允许在儿童产品中使用B.P.A.
[D] this law went into effect before B.P.A was removed
[D] 该法律在去除B.P.A之前已经生效
[答案] C
[难度系数] ☆☆☆
[分析] 细节题。文章第四段提到旧金山州长会议曾经就通过了一项法律,该法律禁止在儿童产品中使用B.P.A., 但是这个法律还没有实施的时候,就因为有一个行业诉讼,B.P.A.就从这项法律中免去了。可以推测,该法律可能同时规定了几种化学物质都不能用于儿童产品制造中,后来只是重新修订了该法律,将B.P.A.除去了。因此,答案C符合题意。
3. According to Tom Cummins, which one of the following is NOT true of B.P.A.?
3. 根据汤姆·卡明斯所说的,关于B.P.A.下列哪个选项是不正确的?
[A] B.P.A. is rarely tested and scrutinized so intensely.
[A] B.P.A.很少受到这么严格的审查和测验。
[B] The testing and scrutiny done to the other chemical are no comparison with that to B.P.A.
[B] 对其他化学物质所作的审查和测验和对B.P.A.所作的是没法比的。
[C] That Polycarbonate bottles containing B.P.A. are not dangerous to humans is supported by multiple evidences.
[C] 有多种证据显示含有B.P.A.的聚碳酸酯瓶子对人类没有危险。
[D] P
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