【高考领航】（课标版）2015届高三英语一轮复习辅导与测试 第1部分 Unit 1 Living well课时训练 新人教版选修7.docVIP

Living well Ⅰ.阅读理解 (2014·郑州毕业班质检)Would the voice of Amanda Holden saying “your city had talent” encourage you to use a litter bin？Or maybe former Monty Python star Michael Palin telling you no one had expected“the Spanish binquisition”？ Organizers of a plan persuading celebrities (名人)to lend their voices to “talking bins” believe it can make a real difference to keeping Britain tidy.They hope that by using humor，they will succeed where fines and warnings have failed in keeping streets and parks clean. A similar experiment in Sweden found a talking bin received nearly three times as much rubbish as an ordinary one because people were attracted by its novelty value. Twentyfive specially adapted bins to be installed (安装) in the streets of London and Liverpool next month will use a sound card to play a themed message when litter is placed inside.For example，one near the Royal Opera House will play a “thankyou” message sung by Janis Kelly to the tune of Nessun Dorma.Bins installed in Liverpool will play Beatlesthemed messages.For others，Britains Got Talent judge Holden is expected to record the message：“This is Amanda，and this citys got talent.” The campaign，entitled Bin Thinking，is being organized by art group Sing London.If successful，talking bins could become a familiar feature on Britains streets. Colette Hiller，director of Sing London，said，“The idea is to reward people in a small way for changing their behavior and raise awareness through a sense of fun.” 1．What is the plan persuading celebrities to lend their voices to“talking bins”aimed at? A．Attracting passersby attention on celebrities. B．Encouraging people to use the litter bins to keep Britain tidy. C．Making fun of those who wont keep the streets and parks clean. D．Thanking people for cleaning the litter bins through a sense of fun. 2．The following stars voices are to be lent to “talking bins”except________. A．Amanda Holdens　　　 B．Michael Palins C．Janis Kellys D．Nessun Dormas 3．We can infer from the text that_