The UK’s first online shopping service that delivers food, drink and household essentials from leading brands in reusable packaging is to launch on Wednesday, aiming to kickstart moves to reduce single use plastic that stalled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Customers can place online orders for goods that normally come in single-use plastic packaging. They will be delivered instead in durable, refillable containers that can be collected from the doorstep and cleaned for reuse up to 100 times.

思考题：

The online shopping service as mentioned in the text__.

A.is a result of the Covid-19 epidemic

B.is launched to promote less packaging

C.intends to offer greener delivery option

D.intends to ban the use of plastic material

词汇突破：

online shopping service 在线购物服务

household essentials 家庭必需品

leading brands 知名品牌

reusable 可回收

packaging 包装

kickstart 开始

stall 停止

Covid-19 pandemic 新冠疫情

place online orders 下网络订单

refillable 可重复充装

containers 容器

句子解析：

句：

The UK’s first online shopping service that delivers food, drink and household essentials from leading brands in reusable packaging is to launch on Wednesday, aiming to kickstart moves to reduce single use plastic that stalled as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

参考译文：英国首 家采用可重用包装递送知名品牌的食品、饮料和家庭必需品的线上购物服务将于周三推出，旨在启动因Covid-19大流行而停滞的削减一次性塑料的举措。

第二句：

Customers can place online orders for goods that normally come in single-use plastic packaging.

参考译文：客户们可以在线订购通常使用一次性塑料包装的商品。

第三句：

They will be delivered instead in durable, refillable containers that can be collected from the doorstep and cleaned for reuse up to 100 times.

参考译文：它们将被放在耐用的可重复充装的容器中递送，这些容器可从家门口收集，清洁后再使用多达100次。

思考题解析：

The online shopping service as mentioned in the text__.

文章中提到的在线购物服务_______

这个题干的命制灵感来自1999年的52题;

52题：Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to ________.

A. was a result of the Covid-19 epidemic

(新冠肺炎疫情的后果)

当然不对，这个服务不是疫情的结果。

文中疫情的结果是，对一次性用品的控制停滞了。

A选项错误。

B. was launched to promote less packaging

(为了鼓励减少包装而发起)

不是为了鼓励更少的包装而是更环保的包装。

这里的“less packaging”的表述不清楚，所以不是最 佳答案。

如果没有C的话这个选项勉强可以选!

B选项错误。

C. intends to offer greener delivery option

(旨在提供更绿色的递送选项)

最 佳选项!这个题选C!

D. intends to ban the use of plastic material

(旨在禁止使用塑料)

不是禁止而是减少!D选项错误。

真题链接：

52题：Manufacturers as mentioned in the passage tend to ________.

[A] satisfy customers by writing long warnings on products

[B] become honest in describing the inadequacies of their products

[C] make the best use of labels to avoid legal liability

[D] feel obliged to view customers’ safety as their first concern

真题原文：

While warnings are often appropriate and necessary -- the dangers of drug interactions, for example -- and many are required by state or federal regulations, it isn’t clear that they actually protect the manufacturers and sellers from liability if a customer is injured. About 50 percent of the companies lose when injured customers take them to court.

文章来源背景和来源：

UK launches first online service for groceries in reusable packing

英国推出首 家可重用包装百货在线服务

Source: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/jul/15/uk-launches-first-online-service-for-groceries-in-reusable-packing

背景：突发事件常常让人们主动改变原以为根深蒂固的信念或生活方式，例如这次疫情让我们和一次性用品和公共交通的日常关系发生了极大的变化。在这半年间，出于对卫生的严苛要求，我们使用了大量一次性用品和包装，尽可能地避免公共交通，但在环保方面的进展却有所滞后。最近，英国终于推出了酝酿已久的环保购物线上服务Loop。在这个网站上，用户可以购买150余种常见商品，但这些商品将采用可复用的容器递送，用户在使用后可将容器放在门口，递送人员会将其消毒后重新使用，预计可复用100多次。此网站的设计理念是利用送奶工的模式，让网购消费绿色环保。