四、(2025·苏州市昆山、太仓期末)阅读理解。
新素材 社会百科 Have you ever heard of upcycling? It is a way of turning old or unnecessary things into something useful and often beautiful.
Is it the same as recycling? Recycling usually takes old things, like paper and glass, and breaks them down to make a new product. When you upcycle an item, you are probably doing something different. You can just refashion it. For example, you might make a bag out of an old T-shirt. Also, the upcycled item is usually of the same, or even better quality.
Upcycling isn't a new idea. Some of the best examples of modern-day upcycling come from the old times. In those days, things were repurposed over and over until they were not useful any more.
Upcycling is a way of life. Things shouldn't be just thrown away when they can be saved and turned into something useful.
It's clear that upcycling is greener. Upcycling only needs your own ideas and work, but recycling needs energy or water to break down things.
Grace, a young woman from the UK, takes used tea bags and turns them into dresses, shoes and even hats. Every day she drinks some tea, then dries out the tea bags with the tea still in them.
When they're dry, she takes the tea out and puts the bags together to make an item of clothing. This can take a long time, but Grace has made lots of artworks.
Making items from old things or buying upcycled products? Both are great for the environment and give you cool and useful things. Give it a try!
1. What does the underlined word “refashion” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Recycling useless things.
B. Reusing things directly.
C. Repairing broken things.
D. Repurposing for a new use.
2. How is upcycling different from recycling?
A. Upcycling is a greener way of life.
B. Upcycling is more useful.
C. Upcycling needs more energy.
D. Upcycling is new to the world.
3. What can we learn from Grace's story about upcycling?
A. Only skilled people can do it.
B. It needs new ideas and takes time.
C. It is simpler than recycling.
D. It needs some special tools.
4. 新考法 写作意图 What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To tell people the past and future of upcycling.
B. To introduce the history of upcycling.
C. To spread the habit of upcycling in the daily life.
D. To make people know the importance of recycling.
新素材 社会百科 Have you ever heard of upcycling? It is a way of turning old or unnecessary things into something useful and often beautiful.
Is it the same as recycling? Recycling usually takes old things, like paper and glass, and breaks them down to make a new product. When you upcycle an item, you are probably doing something different. You can just refashion it. For example, you might make a bag out of an old T-shirt. Also, the upcycled item is usually of the same, or even better quality.
Upcycling isn't a new idea. Some of the best examples of modern-day upcycling come from the old times. In those days, things were repurposed over and over until they were not useful any more.
Upcycling is a way of life. Things shouldn't be just thrown away when they can be saved and turned into something useful.
It's clear that upcycling is greener. Upcycling only needs your own ideas and work, but recycling needs energy or water to break down things.
Grace, a young woman from the UK, takes used tea bags and turns them into dresses, shoes and even hats. Every day she drinks some tea, then dries out the tea bags with the tea still in them.
When they're dry, she takes the tea out and puts the bags together to make an item of clothing. This can take a long time, but Grace has made lots of artworks.
Making items from old things or buying upcycled products? Both are great for the environment and give you cool and useful things. Give it a try!
1. What does the underlined word “refashion” mean in Paragraph 2?
A. Recycling useless things.
B. Reusing things directly.
C. Repairing broken things.
D. Repurposing for a new use.
2. How is upcycling different from recycling?
A. Upcycling is a greener way of life.
B. Upcycling is more useful.
C. Upcycling needs more energy.
D. Upcycling is new to the world.
3. What can we learn from Grace's story about upcycling?
A. Only skilled people can do it.
B. It needs new ideas and takes time.
C. It is simpler than recycling.
D. It needs some special tools.
4. 新考法 写作意图 What is the main purpose of the passage?
A. To tell people the past and future of upcycling.
B. To introduce the history of upcycling.
C. To spread the habit of upcycling in the daily life.
D. To make people know the importance of recycling.
答案：1. D【解析】根据画线词后的“For example, you might make a bag out of an old T - shirt.”可知，此处指将旧物品制作成新的东西重新利用，由此可推知，“refashion”意为“改造；重新设计”，与D项意思相近。
2. A
3. B【解析】根据第六段内容和第七段中“This can take a long time”可知，升级改造需要创意并且花费时间。
4. C
2. A
3. B【解析】根据第六段内容和第七段中“This can take a long time”可知，升级改造需要创意并且花费时间。
4. C