19．Thrift stores are a refuge （避難所） for countless items from landing in garbage piles．
Value Vitlage，for example，saves more than 650 million pounds of clothing from landfills（垃圾填埋場） each year!making it one of the largest recyclers of used garments in the world．
Their stores give a second life to 1.8 million pounds of clothes every day，which is equal to 600 mid sized cars．Almost 100 percent of clothing and textiles are recyclable，yet 85 percent of it ends up in landfills．It's estimated that the average person throws away 70 pounds of clothing a year．
Lindsay Coulter is the so called"queen of Green"with the David Suzuki Foundation，
educating people on how to live a greener life by making changes around the house．She says that donating and shopping at thrift stores is an excellent way to exercise all three of the three R's reduce，reuse and recycle．She says，"whether it's a purse or a pair of shoes，it's really worth considering going to thrift stores as another point of contact to help reduce your consumption．"
Coulter points out that since landfills are air-tight，textiles take longer to break down．
"I'd imagine things like an old towel，a rag or an old-shirt will last a really long time，"
she says．The beauty of thrift shopping is that the supply is never-ending，so if you don't find what you're looking for one day，it's likely to show up in no time．
One person who knows this quite well is Jodi Jacyk，costume specialist in the theatre
and film department at the University of British Columbia．She says the majority of items for the university's productions are purchased second-hand．Because of her shrinking budget，items like clothing and shoes are thrifted from Value Village．"We are constantly thrifting and we re-use costumes for many years．Thrift shopping is a much easier，cheaper way to do things．"she says．
The next time you need to lighten your closet，take the opportunity to go thrift shopping to lighten both your carbon footprint and your financial burden at the same time．
32．What is a"thrift store"according to the text？B
A．It deals with daily garbage．
B．It sells second-hand items．
C．It exchanges new clothes．
D．It donates used items．
33．Why did Lindsay Coulter advise shopping at thrift stores？A
A．To be friendly to environment．
B．To make a change of lifestyle．
C．To reduce the cost of the family．
D．To collect money for the Foundation．
34．What do we know about Jodi Jacyk？C
A．She doesn't budget carefully．
B．She complains a lot about her job．
C．She is a fan of thrift shopping．
D．She is known as"Queen of Green'．
35．What is the author's attitude toward thrift shopping？D
A．Conservative．B．Cautious．C．Doubtful．D．Supportive．
分析 本文主要介紹了一種節(jié)儉環(huán)保的購物方式--節(jié)儉購物．二手物品商店是數(shù)不清的垃圾堆里物品的避難所，每天給180萬磅的衣服第二次生命，所以在二手物品商店購物是實行減少、再利用和再循環(huán)的一個極好的方法，作者認為節(jié)儉購物可以減輕你的碳足跡和你的財務(wù)負擔(dān)．
解答 32．B 詞義猜測題．根據(jù)第一段的"Thrift stores are a refuge （避難所） forcountless items from landing in garbage piles．Thrift stores是數(shù)不清的垃圾堆里物品的避難所"和"Theirstores give a second life to 1.8 million pounds of clothes every day，他們的商店每天給180萬磅的衣服第二次生命"以及第二段的"Shesays that donating and shopping at thrift stores is an excellent way to..她說，捐贈和在thriftstores購物是一個很好的方式．"可知，thrift store是出售二手物品的商店，故選B．
33．A 細節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第二段的"She says that donating and shopping at thriftstores is an excellent way to exercise all three of the three R's reduce，reuseand recycle．"可知，捐贈和在二手物品商店購物是實行減少、再利用和再循環(huán)的一個極好的方法．所以Lindsay Coulter建議在二手物品商店購物是為了環(huán)保，故選A．
34．C 推理判斷題．根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段的"We are constantly thrifting and we re-usecostumes for many years．"可知，她不斷地淘舊貨，而且多年穿舊服裝．所以Jodi Jacyk是一個節(jié)儉購物迷，故選C．
35．D 根據(jù)最后一段"The next time you need to lighten your closet，takethe opportunity to go thrift shopping to lighten both your carbon footprint andyour financial burden at the same time．下一次，你需要減輕你的衣柜，抓住機會去節(jié)儉購物，同時減輕你的碳足跡和你的財務(wù)負擔(dān)．"可知，作者對待節(jié)儉購物的態(tài)度是支持的，故選D．
點評 本文是政治經(jīng)濟類閱讀，考查學(xué)生對細節(jié)的理解把握和推理判斷能力，做題時一定要找到文章中的原句，和題干進行比較，再做出正確選擇．在做推理判斷題時不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實，要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷．
