五、阅读理解
Do you know how to make good use of plastic bottles in our daily life? A company in San Francisco, California, has found a way to turn used plastic bottles into women's shoes.
Every day, millions of Americans drink water from plastic bottles. More than 60 million of them are thrown away each day. Many of the plastic bottles end up in the field or are burned with other waste products.
A San Francisco company called Rothy's, however, turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes. Roth Martin is one of the company's founders. He explains how they turn plastic into soft materials for your feet. They take the plastic, clean it, and break it down into small pieces. Then they put the pieces together through a machine that makes soft fibres. Those fibres are then put together. ▲ It's designed to stop waste while making the shoes. The fabric and the inner part of the shoes are then joined to the shoes' soles. The outer soles are also made from environmentally friendly material.
Rothy's shoes are sold online. They come in different colours and designs. They cost either $125 or $145 per pair, depending on the design. After an American actress discovered them last year, the sales of the shoes grew.
When the environmentally friendly shoes are worn out, customers can return them to a company that uses them to make other products. For now, the shoes are only sold in the United States. But more environmentally friendly products will appear all over the world.
()1. How do people usually deal with used plastic bottles?
A. By changing them into soft materials.
B. By making them into all kinds of shoes.
C. By returning them to factories for reuse.
D. By putting them into earth or burning them.
()2. Which of the following can be put into "▲"?
A. They have different colours.
B. This is done by a 3-D machine.
C. The workers checked them carefully.
D. This helped increase the sales of the shoes.
()3. What can we learn from the passage about the shoes?
A. They are only for men.
B. They won't be worn out easily.
C. They are sold all over the world.
D. They are environmentally friendly.
()4. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To describe how to make plastic shoes.
B. To ask people to buy a new kind of shoes.
C. To introduce a new way of reusing plastic waste.
D. To tell the importance of environmental protection.

1. D
2. B
3. D
4. C

【分析】
本题为英语阅读理解题，围绕“塑料瓶回收再利用制作环保鞋”的主题设置4道题目，涵盖细节理解、句子还原、主旨大意等考点。解题思路为：先通读全文把握核心内容，再针对每道题的问题关键词回原文定位相关语句，对比选项排除错误答案，结合上下文逻辑完成句子还原题，最后归纳文章主旨确定答案。
【解析】
1. 第1题：题干问人们通常如何处理用过的塑料瓶。回原文定位第二段最后一句“Many of the plastic bottles end up in the field or are burned with other waste products.”，对应选项D；A、B是旧金山Rothy's公司的特殊处理方式，并非人们通常的做法；C原文未提及，故答案为D。
2. 第2题：题干要求选择适合填入▲处的句子。上下文描述塑料变纤维、组合制作鞋子的流程，选项B“这是由3-D机器完成的”符合制作流程的逻辑衔接；A“它们有不同颜色”与制作流程无关；C“工人仔细检查”未提及；D“这帮助增加销量”是后续内容，故答案为B。
3. 第3题：题干问关于鞋子的信息。回原文定位第三段“turns this plastic waste into environmentally friendly shoes”，可知鞋子是环保的，对应选项D；A错误，原文提到是女鞋；B原文未提及耐穿；C错误，原文说目前仅在美国销售，故答案为D。
4. 第4题：题干问文章的目的。文章主要介绍旧金山公司将塑料瓶转化为环保鞋，即重复利用塑料垃圾的新方式，对应选项C；A仅描述制作方法，不是文章目的；B不是号召购买，而是介绍产品；D重点不是强调环保重要性，故答案为C。
【答案】
1.D
2.B
3.D
4.C
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意
【点评】
本文以环保为主题，介绍了塑料瓶回收再利用的新途径，题型贴合初中英语阅读理解常见考点，注重考查学生信息定位和逻辑推理能力，有助于培养学生的环保意识。
【难度系数】
0.6