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When travelling overseas, do you buy water in plastic bottles or take your chances with tap water? Imagine you are wandering about on a Thai island or【C1】the ruins of Angkor. It's hot so you grab a bottle of water from a local vendor. It's the safe thing to do, right? The bottle is【C2】, and the label says "pure water". But maybe what's inside is not so【C3】Would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world【C4】microplastics?
   That's the conclusion of a recently【C5】study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries,【C6】an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics included a【C7】commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and【C8】containers. The study was conducted at the State University of New York on behalf of Orb Media, a journalism organisation. About a million bottles are bought every minute, not only by thirsty tourists but also by many of the 2.1 billion worldwide who live with unsafe drinking water.
   Confronted with this【C9】, several bottled-water manufacturers including Nestle and Coca-Cola undertook their own studies using the same methodology. These studies showed that their water did contain microplastics, but far less than the Orb study suggested. Regardless, the World Health Organisation has launched a review into the【C10】health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
   A) adequate F) instant K) released
   B) admiring G) liquid L) revealing
   C) contains H) modified M) sealed
   D) defending I) natural N) solves
   E) evidence J) potential O) substance

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参考答案：1【C1】标准答案：B知识点解析：[语法判断]空格前面有or，说明空格所在部分______the ruins of Angkor与wandering about in a Thai island构成并列结构。并列结构前后成分要一致，因此本空应填入动词的-ing形式。[语义判断]本句是在设想出国旅游的情形。空格前面提到，想象你正在泰国的一个小岛上漫步，空格后面应该表示你在“欣赏”或者“游览”吴哥窟废墟。因此，本题答案为B)admiring。2【C2】标准答案：M知识点解析：[语法判断]空格前面是系动词is，因此可填入形容词或名词作句子的表语。[语义判断]本句中的The bottle指上文提到的随手从当地小贩那里买的a bottle of water，由此可以推断，瓶子是密封的、未打开的，故本题答案为M)sealed。3【C3】标准答案：I知识点解析：[语法判断]空格前面有系动词is和副词so，因此应填入形容词作句子的表语。[语义判断]本句中的But表示该句语义与上一句构成转折关系。前一句提到，瓶子的标签上写着“纯净水”，由转折关系可知，本句是在说明瓶子里面的水不一定是纯净的，因此应填入含有“纯净，天然”意义的形容词，故本题答案为I)natural。4【C4】标准答案：C知识点解析：[语法判断]分析句子结构可知，空格位于that引导的宾语从句中，这个从句缺少谓语动词，又因为从句主语是more than 90 pe...

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