2009年6月英语四级阅读冲刺倒计时(倒数11天)

　　3. A study was carried out by Britain’s NCC to _______

　　A) find out how many claims made by products fail to meet environmental standards

　　B) inform the consumers of the environmental impact of the products they buy

　　C) examine claims made by products against ISO standards

　　D) revise the guidelines set by the International Standards Organization

　　4. What is one of the consequences caused by the many claims of household products?

　　A) They are likely to lead to serious environmental problems

　　B) Consumers find it difficult to tell the true from the false

　　C) They could arouse widespread anger among consumer

　　D) Consumers will be tempted to buy products they don’t need

　　5. It can be inferred from the passage that the lobby group Consumer International wants to ____.

　　A) make product labeling satisfy ISO requirements

　　B) see all household products meet environmental standards

　　C) warn consumers of the danger of so-called green products

　　D) verify the efforts of non-polluting products

　　【解析】

　　这是一篇关于产品的环保问题的专题报道。文中谈到，消费者常常被产品的宣传所误导而感到迷惑不解。国际消费者协会的调查表明，很多声称环保的产品实际上名不副实，各种产品所称的内容往往具有欺骗性。要使消费者意识到各类不同产品对环境的影响，还需要很长一段时间。目前正在大力推进的工作是使产品标签能够符合国际标准化组织(ISO)的要求。

　　1.推论题， B：各种产品生成的内容常常含混不清或具有欺骗性。

　　参见文章第2段：a German fertilizer described itself as， a brand of flour said it was and a British toilet paper claimed to be这句话中所提到的“ earthworm friendly” ，“non-polluting” ，“environmentally friendlier”均属NCC发现的含混不清或具有欺骗性的内容。

　　其他选项：A，所有被调查的产品都声称符合ISO标准;C，消费者愿意相信许多产品声称的内容;D，很少有产品实际上证明是有利于环保的。

　　2.推论题，D：(消费者)仍然不知道各种不同产品对环境的确切影响。

　　参见文中第4段：“ While many good and useful claims are being made , it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy,”这句话的意思是：尽管有许多有关的和有用的声明，要确保购买者充分了解不同产品对环境的确切影响，还有漫长的道路要走。由此暗示消费者仍然不知道各种产品对环境的确切影响。