Ⅲ. Read and complete the tasks.
A. Complete the cloze test.
Have you ever thought about the plastic bottles you get every day? When finishing, you usually 1 the empty bottles into the dustbin. But do you know that these bottles can have a 2 life? With the help of recycling, old bottles can be 3 into new and useful products, such as cool backpacks and handbags.
The recycling journey begins at a recycling centre. First, ______ 4 ______ collect the plastic bottles and wash them carefully to ______ 5 ______ they are clean. Then, machines cut the bottles into ______ 6 ______ pieces. After that, these pieces are heated and stretched（拉伸）into long, thin threads（线）, which look like soft ______ 7 ______ .
Next comes the magic part. These threads are put together to 8 a new kind of fabric（纺织品）. This fabric is not only strong but also environmentally 9. Designers then use it for fashionable items. For example, it 10 about 18 plastic bottles to make a new backpack.
So the next time you hold a plastic bottle, please remember: It doesn’t have to end up 11 waste in a landfill. With creative ideas and proper recycling, it can be changed into 12 valuable. Your small action can make a big 13 to our planet and it reminds us that nothing is truly 14. Even old things can start a new journey and become beautiful 15.
()1. A. bring B. throw C. take D. hide
()2. A. first B. second C. last D. final
()3. A. thought B. become C. turned D. looked
()4. A. workers B. teachers C. doctors D. artists
()5. A. find out B. clear up C. make sure D. watch out
()6. A. thin B. soft C. tiny D. round
()7. A. stones B. silk C. metal D. wood
()8. A. create B. buy C. draw D. find
()9. A. clean B. beautiful C. friendly D. tidy
()10. A. takes B. makes C. builds D. requires
()11. A. through B. in C. at D. as
()12. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing
()13. A. decision B. difference C. mistake D. choice
()14. A. hopeless B. useless C. priceless D. careless
()15. A. again B. forever C. once D. already
B. Complete the table.

Process of turning plastic bottles into 1.
Step 1 Collect used plastic bottles and send them to a 2.
Step 2 Workers wash the bottles to make them clean, then cut them into 3.
Step 3 4 the pieces until they are soft, then stretch them into long, thin threads.
Step 4 Change the threads into strong fabric.
Step 5 5 use the fabric to make fashionable items.

A. 1. B 2. B 3. C 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. A 9. C 10. A 11. D 12. B 13. B 14. B 15. A
B. 1. bags
2. factory
3. tiny pieces / small pieces
4. Heat
5. Designers

【分析】
本题分为A、B两部分，A为完形填空，需先通读全文理解主旨，再结合语境、固定搭配、词义辨析逐一分析选项；B为表格补全，需根据表格步骤回到原文提取对应信息填空。整体需结合英语词汇知识与阅读理解能力解题。
【解析】
A. 完形填空解析：
1. 考查动词词义辨析。throw...into...为固定搭配，意为“把……扔进……”，符合“把空瓶子扔进垃圾桶”的语境，故选B。
2. 考查固定搭配。a second life意为“第二次生命”，符合“塑料瓶有新的用途”的语境，故选B。
3. 考查固定搭配。be turned into意为“被变成”，符合“旧瓶子被变成新产品”的语境，故选C。
4. 考查名词词义辨析。workers（工人）负责收集和清洗瓶子，符合回收流程，故选A。
5. 考查短语辨析。make sure意为“确保”，符合“清洗瓶子确保干净”的语境，故选C。
6. 考查形容词词义辨析。tiny pieces意为“小碎片”，符合机器切割瓶子的结果，故选C。
7. 考查名词词义辨析。silk（丝绸）与“长细线”的质感相似，符合语境，故选B。
8. 考查动词词义辨析。create意为“创造”，符合“线被组合成新织物”的语境，故选A。
9. 考查固定搭配。environmentally friendly意为“环保的”，符合塑料瓶回收的环保属性，故选C。
10. 考查动词词义辨析。It takes...to do sth.为固定句型，意为“花费……做某事”，符合语境，故选A。
11. 考查介词词义辨析。end up as意为“最终成为”，符合“塑料瓶最终成为垃圾”的语境，故选D。
12. 考查代词词义辨析。something valuable意为“有价值的东西”，符合“塑料瓶可变成有价值物品”的语境，故选B。
13. 考查固定搭配。make a difference意为“产生影响”，符合语境，故选B。
14. 考查形容词词义辨析。useless意为“无用的”，符合“旧东西并非无用”的语境，故选B。
15. 考查副词词义辨析。become beautiful again意为“再次变得美丽”，符合“旧物新生”的主旨，故选A。
B. 表格补全解析：
1. 根据原文“such as cool backpacks and handbags”可知塑料瓶可制成bags，故填bags。
2. 根据原文“recycling centre”及表格语境，送瓶子到factory，故填factory。
3. 根据原文“machines cut the bottles into tiny pieces”，故填tiny pieces / small pieces。
4. 根据原文“these pieces are heated and stretched”，步骤为加热，故填Heat。
5. 根据原文“Designers then use it for fashionable items”，故填Designers。
【答案】
A. 1.B 2.B 3.C 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.B 8.A 9.C 10.A 11.D 12.B 13.B 14.B 15.A
B. 1.bags 2.factory 3.tiny pieces / small pieces 4.Heat 5.Designers
【知识点】
英语完形填空、英语表格填空、固定搭配、词义辨析
【点评】
本题考查英语阅读理解与应用能力，分为完形填空和表格补全两部分，需学生结合上下文语境、词汇知识及原文信息作答，注重基础能力的考查。
【难度系数】
0.5