OG13 RC考试复习资料.docx

7.4 Practice QuestionsEach of the reading comprehension questions is based on the content of a passage. After reading thepassage answer all questions pertaining to it on the basis of what is stated or implied in the passage.For each question, select the best answer of the choices given.Line 2Ecoefficiency (measures to minimize environmentalimpact through the reduction or elimination of wastefrom production processes) has become a goal forcompanies worldwide, with many realizing significant(5) cost savings from such innovations. Peter Senge andGoran Carstedt see this development as laudable butsuggest that simply adopting ecoefficiencyinnovations could actually worsen environmentalstresses in the future. Such innovations reduce(10) production waste but do not alter the number ofproducts manufactured nor the waste generatedfrom their use and discard; indeed, most companiesinvest in ecoefficiency improvements in order toincrease profits and growth. Moreover, there is no(15) guarantee that increased economic growth fromecoefficiency will come in similarly ecoefficient ways,since in todays global markets, greater profits maybe turned into investment capital that could easily bereinvested in old-style eco-inefficient industries. Even(20) a vastly more ecoefficient industrial system could,were it to grow much larger, generate more totalwaste and destroy more habitat and species thanwould a smaller, less ecoefficient economy. Sengeand Carstedt argue that to preserve the global(25) environment and sustain economic growth,businesses must develop a new systemic approachthat reduces total material use and total accumulatedwaste. Focusing exclusively on ecoefficiency, whichoffers a compellingbusiness case according to(30)established thinking, may distract companies frompursuing radically different products and businessmodels.Questions 1-3 refer to the passage above.The primary purpose of the passage is toexplain why a particular business strategy hasbeen less successful than w