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　　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】

　　這是一篇關(guān)于產(chǎn)品的環(huán)保問(wèn)題的專題報(bào)道。文中談到，消費(fèi)者常常被產(chǎn)品的宣傳所誤導(dǎo)而感到迷惑不解。國(guó)際消費(fèi)者協(xié)會(huì)的調(diào)查表明，很多聲稱環(huán)保的產(chǎn)品實(shí)際上名不副實(shí)，各種產(chǎn)品所稱的內(nèi)容往往具有欺騙性。要使消費(fèi)者意識(shí)到各類不同產(chǎn)品對(duì)環(huán)境的影響，還需要很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間。目前正在大力推進(jìn)的工作是使產(chǎn)品標(biāo)簽?zāi)軌蚍�合�?guó)際標(biāo)準(zhǔn)化組織(ISO)的要求。

　　1.推論題， B：各種產(chǎn)品生成的內(nèi)容常常含混不清或具有欺騙性。

　　參見(jiàn)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這句話中所提到的“ earthworm friendly” ，“non-polluting” ，“environmentally friendlier”均屬NCC發(fā)現(xiàn)的含混不清或具有欺騙性的內(nèi)容。

　　其他選項(xiàng)：A，所有被調(diào)查的產(chǎn)品都聲稱符合ISO標(biāo)準(zhǔn);C，消費(fèi)者愿意相信許多產(chǎn)品聲稱的內(nèi)容;D，很少有產(chǎn)品實(shí)際上證明是有利于環(huán)保的。

　　2.推論題，D：(消費(fèi)者)仍然不知道各種不同產(chǎn)品對(duì)環(huán)境的確切影響。

　　參見(jiàn)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,”這句話的意思是：盡管有許多有關(guān)的和有用的聲明，要確保購(gòu)買者充分了解不同產(chǎn)品對(duì)環(huán)境的確切影響，還有漫長(zhǎng)的道路要走。由此暗示消費(fèi)者仍然不知道各種產(chǎn)品對(duì)環(huán)境的確切影響。