Have you ever stayed in a hotel? Most Chinese hotels often provide guests(客人) with things like disposable (一次性的) toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and slippers. Many guests like the idea because they don’t have to bring their own. But, if you travel to Beijing, remember to bring your own things. Starting from June, some hotels in Beijing will no longer provide guests with these disposables. They want to ask people to use less disposable things.
Many disposable things are made of plastic. People throw them away after only using them once. It is a waste of natural resources (资源) and is very bad for the environment. Do you know, one Chinese person makes as much as 400kg of waste a year! Most of that waste es from disposable things. In Beijing, people throw away about 19,000 tons of plastic bags and 1,320 tons of plastic lunch bowls every year! Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down. So the less plastic we throw out, the better. So, wherever you travel, bring your own things and use them again and again.
Back at home and school, you can also do something to make our world a better place. Try to do these things in your daily life: Use cloth shopping bags, not plastic ones. After using a plastic bag, wash it out and let it dry. Then you can use it over and over again. Do not use paper cups. At your school dining-room, use your own bowl and chopsticks instead of disposable ones.
To protect our environment and our home, it is very necessary and important for us to save natural resources.
11. Why do many hotels provide guests with some disposable things?
A. Let their guests be convenient during their traveling.
B. Hope their guests use less disposable things.
C. Wish their guests to save money.
D. Want their guests to use more disposable things.
12. Some Beijing hotels will no longer provide guests with .
A. cheap food and drink B. disposable things
C. good service D. free TV programs
13. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. Many disposable things are made of plastic.
B. Throwing disposable things away is a waste of natural resources.
C. Plastic is very bad for the environment.
D. Plastic breaks down easily.
14. What can we do to make our world a better place at home and school?
A. Use shopping bags made of plastic.
B. Do not throw away paper cups.
C. Use disposable plates, bowls and chopsticks.
D. Don’t forget to reuse daily necessities（日用品）.
15. We can tell from the story that .
A. people don’t like disposable things at all
B. we can’t use paper or plastic bowls at school
C. we should use less plastic things and protect our environment
D. hotels won’t provide disposable things because they want to save moneyA
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(答案→)A
解析：
【小题1】根据第一段的段意可知，很多酒店都提供一次性的牙刷、牙膏、洗发水和拖鞋等，这样，旅客就不用自己带了。是为了方便旅客的。Convenient“方便的”。故选A。
【小题1】根据第一段最后两句“no longer provide guests with these disposables”可知，北京有的酒店从六月开始不再提供一次性的用品。故选B。
【小题1】根据第二段的第一句可知，A正确；根据第二段“It is a waste of natural resources”可知，B正确；根据“is very bad for the environment”可知，乱扔一次性用品对环境有害，C正确；据第二段“Plastic can take between 100 and 400 years to break down”可知，塑料的分解要花费100-400年，D错误。故选D。
【小题1】A、B、C只是一个方面，D项概括最全面。故选D。
【小题1】A“人们根本不喜欢一次性制品”，不合题意；B“我们不能在学校用一次性纸和塑料碗”，是不提倡用而不是不能；C“我们应该少用塑料制品，保护环境”，符合题意；D“酒店不提供一次性制品是要节约成本”，与题意不符。故选C。