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请认真阅读下面短文,填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Did you know jeans waste water more than you can even imagine? In fact, the clothing industry uses 1. (much) water than most other industries. It's said that 2. (make) one pair of jeans needs about 3,781 liters(升) of water. That's enough drinking water for one person for about 5 years! Even 3. simple cotton T-shirt uses almost 3 years of drinking water.
Making jeans in the 4. (tradition) way usually takes many steps. First, workers dye threads. Then they weave cloth. In the last step, they wash the fabric(织物). People make special
designs like faded colors 5. hand. This process uses plenty of water and chemicals. Things can get worse when 6. (factory) pour dirty water into rivers without cleaning it. A study 7. (find) heavy metals in one of the rivers in Guangzhou. One sample had cadmium(镉) levels 128 times over the safe limit! 8. (important), too, workers face health risks. Their hands turn blue from the dyes. Some have skin problems. Others may even get a bad 9. (ill) after several years.
To solve these problems, a brand called SHEIN stepped up. They created a new technology called "Cool Transfer Denim(冷转印牛仔工艺技术)". Patterns are designed on computers first 10. then printed directly onto fabric with special ink. This avoids the old water-washing steps. We can now save 70% of water with no harmful chemicals. Workers stay healthy, and colors look brighter and last longer, too.
This shows us that fashion can be both cool and Earth-friendly. With smart ideas like this, we can save water and protect workers, all while wearing cool jeans!
素材来源: New Scientist
英语嗨吧

1. more 考查比较级。句中出现标志词than,因此much需变为比较级more,表示“服装业比大多数其他行业用水更多”。
2. making 考查非谓语动词。用动名词making作主语。
3. a 考查冠词。T-shirt是可数名词单数,且此处表示泛指,需用不定冠词。
4. traditional 考查形容词。way是名词,需用形容词修饰。名词tradition的形容词形式为traditional。
5. by 考查介词。by hand是固定短语,意为“手工”。
6. factories 考查名词的数。factory是可数名词,空前无冠词,因此需变为复数factories。
7. found 考查时态。一项研究在广州某河流中发现重金属。研究动作已完成,属于过去发生的事实,因此需用一般过去时。
8. Importantly 考查副词。此处需用副词修饰整个句子,强调“工人面临健康风险”这一情况的重要性。形容词important的副词形式为importantly,注意句首单词首字母大写。
9. illness 考查名词。bad是形容词,修饰名词。形容词ill的名词形式为illness。
10. and 考查连词。空处连接两个顺承的动作,因此用and。