星巴克重金寻环保咖啡杯
星巴克重金寻环保咖啡杯

After years of trying to produce a more environmentally friendly coffee cup, Starbucks said that it's giving a $10 million challenge to find designs for a cup. The cup is to recycle easily. The coffee cup at present is made from cardboard with a thin layer of plastic inside. This cup can keep the drink warm and prevent(防止) the cardboard from becoming water, but there is a shortcoming. It also makes the cup difficult to recycle. 
About 600 billion of these cups are distributed globally each year, and Starbucks accounts for about 6 billion of them, CNN reported. The coffee chain tried their best to solve the cup issue, but they failed. "We've always had a social impact agenda. Sustainability(可持续) is a big part of that agenda," Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson told CNN's Maggie Lake. 
In 2010 Starbucks promised 100% of their cups would be reusable or recyclable by 2015, but it didn’t happen. Starbucks is thinking about other solutions to reduce the consumption of cardboard cups before the greener cups are produced. In the near future, we believe they will find the greener cups. 

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1.What kind of cup does Starbucks want?

A The cup that is beautiful.

B The cup that is to recycle easily.

C The cup that is big.

D The cup that is small.

解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段The cup is to recycle easily.可知他们想要的杯子是可循环利用的，故选B。

2.The coffee cup at present is made from ______.

A cardboard with a thin layer of plastic outside

B cardboard with a thick layer of plastic inside

C cardboard with a thin layer of plastic inside

D cardboard with a thick layer of plastic outside

解析：选C。细节理解题。根据第一段The coffee cup at present is made from cardboard with a thin layer of plastic inside.可知是现在使用的杯子内附有一层塑料薄膜，故选C。

3.What is the shortcoming of the cup at present?

A The cup is easy to recycle.

B The cup is difficult to clean.

C The cup is easy to clean.

D The cup is difficult to recycle. 

解析：选D。细节理解题。根据第一段It also makes the cup difficult to recycle. 可知目前使用的杯子的缺点是很难循环利用，故选D。

4.What does the underlined phrase “accounts for” mean in Chinese?

A 占.

B 借了.

C 花费.

D 买.

解析：选A。词义猜测题。每年全球大约有6000亿个这种杯子在使用，其中星巴克约占60亿个。accounts for在此是“占”的意思，故选A。