閱讀理解B

Live with roommates? Have friends and family around you? Chances are that if youre looking to live a more sustainable lifestyle, not everyone around you will be ready tojump on that bandwagon.

I experienced this when I started switching to a zero waste lifestyle five years ago, as I was living with my parents, and I continue to experience this with my husband, as he is not completely zero waste like me. Ive learned a few things along the way though,which I hope youll find encouraging if youre doing your best to figure out how you can make the change in a not-always-supportive household.

Zero waste was a radical lifestyle movement a few years back. I remember showing my parents a video of Bea Johnson,sharing how cool I thought it would be to buy groceries with jars, and have so little trash! A few days later,I came back with my first jars of zero waste groceries, and my dad commented on how silly it was for me to carry jars everywhere.It came off as a bit discouraging.

Yet as the months of reducing waste continued,I did what I could thatwas within my own reach.I had my own bedroom, so I worked on removing things I didnt need. Since I had myown toiletries（洗漱用品），I was able to start personalising my routine to be more sustainable.I also offered to cook every so often, so I portioned out abit of the cupboard for my own zero waste groceries. Perhaps your household wont entirely make the switch, but you may have some control over your own personal spaces to make the changes you desire.

As you make your lifestyle changes, you may find yourself wanting to speak up for yourself if others comment on what youre doing,which can turn itself into a whole household debate.If you have individuals who are not on board,your words probablywont do much and can often leave you feeling more discouraged.

So here is my advice:Lead by action.

24.What do the underlined words“jump on that bandwagon”mean in the first paragraph?

A.Share an apartment with you.

B.Join you in what youre doing.

C.Transform your way of living.

D.Help you to make the decision.

25. What was the attitude of the authors father toward buying groceries with jars？

A.He disapproved of it.

B.He was favorable to it.

C.He was tolerant of it.

D.He didnt care about it.

26.What can we infer about the author?

A. She is quite good at cooking.

B.She respects othersprivacy.

C.She enjoys being a housewife.

D.She is a determined person.

27.What is the text mainly about?

A.How to get on well with other family members.

B.How to have ones own personal space at home.

C.How to live a zero waste lifestyle in a household.

D.How to control the budget when buying groceries.

參考答案：BADC

文章主旨：本文是一篇記敘文，作者是一個踐行零廢棄生活方式的人，但得不到家人理解和支持，盡管如此，她仍堅持自己的生活方式，并闡述了當我們的行為得不到別人理解和支持時，請"用行動說話"。

答案解析

24.B 本題為詞義猜測題，難度較大，因為題目出現在第一段，但答案線索出現在第二三段，內容還特別多。根據第二段第一句I experienced this when I started switching to a zero waste lifestyle five years ago, as I was living with my parents, and I continue to experience this with my husband, as he is not completely zero waste like me.當我五年前開始轉向零浪費的生活方式時，我就經歷了這一點，當時我和父母住在一起，我繼續和我丈夫一起經歷這一點，因為他不像我一樣完全是零浪費的。和第三段第二、三句I remember showing my parents a video of Bea Johnson,sharing how cool I thought it would be to buy groceries with jars, and have so little trash! A few days later,I came back with my first jars of zero waste groceries, and my dad commented on how silly it was for me to carry jars everywhere.我記得我給父母看了Bea Johnson的視頻，分享了我認為用罐子買雜貨有多酷，而且垃圾這么少!幾天后，我帶著我的第一罐零廢物雜貨回來，我爸爸評論說，我去哪里都帶著罐子是多么愚蠢。由此可知，作者五年前開始零廢棄的生活方式時，作者并沒有得到父母以及她的丈夫的支持和理解。由此可知B選項Join you in what youre doing加入你正在做的事情與jump on that bandwagon意思相近。

25.A 本題為觀點態度題，根據第三段倒數第二句A few days later,I came back with my first jars of zero waste groceries, and my dad commented on how silly it was for me to carry jars everywhere.幾天后，我帶著我的第一罐零廢物雜貨回來，我爸爸評論說，我去哪里都帶著罐子是多么愚蠢。由此可知，作者的父親不贊成帶著罐子去買雜貨的行為。

26.D本題為推理判斷題，根據文章第二、三、四段可知，作者的零廢棄生活方式得不到家人的理解和支持，但是作者一直堅持自己的生活方式，說明他是一個堅定的人，最后一段作者的建議“用行動說話”更加表明了作者是一個堅定的人。

27.C 本題為主旨大意題，文章第二三段講述了作者五年前在家里開始轉向零廢棄的生活方式，但得不到家人的理解和支持，第四段描述作者仍然堅持自己零廢棄的生活方式。最后兩段闡述了當自己的行為得不到理解和支持時要"用行動說話"。整篇文章講述的是如何在家庭中踐行零廢棄的生活方式。

重難詞匯

sustainable adj可持續的sustainv維持，保持lifestylen 生活方式 switch vn改變，轉變encouraging adj令人鼓舞的，振奮人心的not-always-supportive adj并不總是給予支持的household n家庭，一家人radical adj激進的，前衛的discouraging adj使人沮喪的，令人泄氣的discouraged adj灰心的，喪氣的trashn垃圾，廢物removev移開，移走personalisev使個性化personal space n 個人空間debaten討論，辯論v individual n個人；favorable adj贊同的，支持的supportiveadj 支持的，擁護的determined adj堅定的，堅決的determine v 決定，控制determination n決心，堅定；決定transformv使改觀，使變形，使轉化privacyn隱私 budgetn預算

重難點短語

(the)chances are (that)可能... look to 期望，指望live a more sustainable lifestyle過更可持續的生活方式jumpon the bandwagon 追隨潮流switch to轉變為a zero waste lifestyle 零廢棄的生活方式figure out 弄清楚，弄明白comment on 對...作出評論come off 達到預期效果 within ones reach 在某人力所能及的范圍內work on從事于…every so often 有時,偶爾portion out 分配have control（over/of）（對…）有發言權/控制權 speak up（for sb/sth）（尤指為……）說好話，辯護turn...into把...變成on board 喜歡，支持disapprove of 反對，不贊成get on with sb 與某人和睦相處 betolerant of對……容忍（或寬容）

長難句分析

1.I experienced thiswhen I started switching to a zero waste lifestyle five years ago, as I was living with my parents, and I continue to experience this with my husband, as he is not completely zero waste like me.當我五年前開始轉向零浪費的生活方式時，我就經歷了這一點，當時我和父母住在一起，我繼續和我丈夫一起經歷這一點，因為他不像我一樣完全是零浪費的。

句式分析：這是由and連接的兩個并列句，主要結構為I experienced thisand I continue to experience this with my husband,前面并列句中包含兩個時間狀語從句when I started switching to a zero waste lifestyle five years ago, as I was living with my parents。后面并列句中包含一個原因狀語從句as he is not completely zero waste like me。

2.As you make your lifestyle changes,you may find yourself wanting to speak up for yourself if others comment on what youre doing,which can turn itself into a whole household debate.當你改變你的生活方式時，你可能會發現如果別人評論你所做的事情，你會想為自己說話，這可能會變成一場全家人的爭論。

句式分析：這是一個復合句，主要結構為you may findyourself wanting to speak up for yourself，前面為as 引導的時間狀語從句，后面為為if引導的條件狀語從句，其中what引導賓語從句做介詞on的賓語，which引導非限制性定語從句，先行詞為前面整個句子。

參考譯文：

和室友住在一起?身邊有朋友和家人嗎?如果你想過一種更可持續的生活方式，可能不是你周圍的每個人都準備好跟上潮流了。

當我五年前開始轉向零浪費的生活方式時，我就經歷了這一點，當時我和父母住在一起，我繼續和我丈夫一起經歷這一點，因為他不像我一樣完全是零浪費的。在這個過程中，我學到了一些東西，我希望如果你在一個不總是支持你的家庭中盡最大努力去弄清楚如何做出改變，你會感到鼓舞。

幾年前，零浪費是一個激進的生活方式運動。我記得我給父母看了Bea Johnson的視頻，分享了我認為用罐子買雜貨有多酷，而且垃圾這么少!幾天后，我帶著我的第一罐零廢物雜貨回來，我爸爸評論說，我去哪里都帶著罐子是多么愚蠢。這聽起來有點令人沮喪。

然而，隨著幾個月來減少浪費的持續進行，我做了我力所能及的事情。我有自己的臥室，所以我把不需要的東西搬走。自從我有了自己的洗漱用品，我就能夠開始個性化我的日常生活，使之更加可持續。我還經常主動提出自己做飯，所以我把櫥柜里的一部分分給了我自己的零浪費食品雜貨。也許你的家人不會完全改變，但你可以控制自己的私人空間來做出你想要的改變。

當你改變你的生活方式時，你可能會發現如果別人評論你所做的事情，你會想為自己說話，這可能會變成一場全家人的爭論。如果有人不同意你的觀點，你的話可能起不到什么作用，而且往往會讓你感到更沮喪。

所以我的建議是:用行動來說話。