2023-2024学年外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册 Unit 6 Nurturing nature 选词填空 练习 作业（含解析）.docx

试卷第 =page 2 2页，共 =sectionpages 2 2页 外研版（2019）选择性必修第一册 Unit 6 Nurturing nature 选词填空 练习（含解析） After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A．manufacturing???B．replaced???C． discourage???D．sustainable??E. appeal F. shipping????G. purchased??H. wasteful???I. preferable??J. appetite??K. burden Is Renting Clothes Greener than Buying Them?Clothing rental is a hot new industry and retailers are demanding to get on board in hopes of attracting green shoppers. But is renting fashion actually more 1 than buying it, and if so, how much more? Journalist and author Elizabeth Cline investigated this question and concluded that it’s not as environmentally-friendly as it seems. Take 2 , for example, which has to go two ways if an item is rented—receiving and returning. Cline writes that consumer transportation has the second largest carbon footprint of our collective fashion habit after 3 . She writes,” An item ordered online and then returned can send out 20 kilograms of carbon each way, and increases up to 50 kilograms for rush shipping. By comparison, the carbon impact of a pair of jeans 4 from a physical store and washed and worn at home is 33.4 kilograms, according to a 2015 study by Levi’s.” Then there’s the 5 of washing, which has to happen for every item when it’s returned, regardless of whether or not it was worn. For most rental services, this usually means dry cleaning, a high impact and polluting process. All the rental services that Cline looked into have 6 perchloroethylene(全氯乙烯), a carcinogenic(致癌的)air pollutant that is still used by 70 percent of US dry cleaners, with hydrocarbon alternatives, although these aren’t great either. Lastly, Cline fears that rental services will increase our 7 for fast fashion, simply because it’s so easily accessible. There’s something called “share washing” th