Domestic online shopping platforms have turned Nov 11 into a shopping carnival in China.In 2015 alone,the sales volume on Alibaba,a domestic online shopping platform,reached 91.2 billion yuan ($13.5 billion) within 24 hours on Nov 11.
But there is a drawback to the shopping carnival.Most,if not all,of the products sold on the day have to be packaged well and sent through couriers.And the proper disposal(处置)of the materials used to package them has become a problem.
According to the State Post Bureau,the number of express deliveries(快递)reached almost 100 million on Nov 11 last year,which means about 100 million boxes were needed to pack the parcels.
How many of those boxes were recycled?There is no national data on that,but several media reports last year said the percentage was quite low.In one interview after another interviews,most respondents said they felt sorry for throwing the boxes away and they would not have done that had they been told how to deal with them properly.Beijing News even quoted a woman as saying that she had more than 20 boxes at home last November and didn’t know what to do with them,yet she did not throw them away because she didn’t want to do “waste” them.
Considering the lack of a garbage sorting system in China,throwing away packaging materials more often than not means disposing of them with kitchen waste.That is not only a waste of recyclable materials but also harmful to the environment.
In this aspect,courier companies could do something.Such companies always need packaging materials,and by offering rewards to consumers who return them,they will reduce not only waste but also their packaging costs.
This model has a successful example:when a consumer places an order for fresh milk in cities like Beijing,he or she pays a certain amount of money above the price of the milk to the supplier,who pays it back after the consumer returns the glass bottle.The recycling or reuse of glass bottles has become standard practice,which courier companies can learn from.
With Nov 11 just a few days away,this recycling or reuse model could help reduce waste in the country.Since China faces an environmental challenge,we cannot afford to waste hundreds of millions of paper boxes any more.
29.The underlined word “drawback” probably means “ ”
A.benefit B.shortcoming C.decline D.shrink
30.The feeling for most interviewees after they threw boxes can be described as
A.indifferent B.considerate C.regretful D.disappointed
31.The successful example is mentioned in order to
A.call on consumers to return glass bottles.
B.show the reuse of glass bottle is very popular.
C.recommend a standard model to courier companies to follow.
D.ask all companies to handle waste with this method.
32.This passage mainly talks about
A.how to deal with package boxes.
B.how to package the goods
C.the cause of package waste
D.the lack of garbage sorting systems in China.
BCCA
A. Profits enlarging B. Technology developing C. Education investing D. Benefits transferring E. Dominance disappearing F. A nation rising |
The following is an imaginary diary entry written by US president. This diary is part of Global Trends 2025, which was written by the US National Intelligence Council
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The transition from old fuels to new will be slow, as will the development of new technologies that present feasible alternatives to fossil fuels or help eliminate food and water problems. All current technologies are inadequate, and new ones will probably not be commercially possible by 2025