Part III Reading Comprehension (40 minutes)
Section A
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 26 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 27 , and the label says “pure water”. But maybe what’s inside is not so 28 . would you still be drinking it if you knew that more than 90 percent of all bottled water sold around the world 29 microplastics?
That’s the conclusion of a recently 30 study, which analysed 259 bottles from 11 brands sold in nine countries, 31 an average of 325 plastic particles per litre of water. These microplastics included a 32 commonly known as PET and widely used in the manufacture of clothing and food and 33 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 34 , 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 35 health risks of drinking water from plastic bottles.
A) adequateI) natural
B) admiringJ) potential
C) containsK) released
D) defendingL) revealing
E) evidenceM) sealed
F) instantN) solves
G) liquidO) substance
H) modified
答案解析：
26. B根据"wandering about on a Thai island or...the ruins of Angkor"可知，此处描述在泰国岛屿漫步或"欣赏"吴哥窟的场景，admiring(欣赏)与ruins构成动宾搭配，符合语境。
27. M根据"the label says 'pure water'"可知，瓶子是"密封的"以保证水质，sealed(密封的)与bottle形成逻辑关联。
28. I根据转折词But和后文提到的microplastics可知，瓶内水可能并非如标签所示那么"天然"，natural(天然的)与后文形成对比。
29. C根据"microplastics"可知，此处指瓶装水"含有"微塑料，contains(包含)为唯一符合主谓结构的动词。
30. K根据"a recently...study"可知，此处指研究"发布"的结论，released(发布)与study构成被动语态的常规搭配。
31. L根据"an average of 325 plastic particles"可知，研究"揭示"了每升水中的塑料颗粒数，revealing(揭示)与数据结果形成动宾关系。
32. O根据"commonly known as PET"可知，此处指一种"物质"，substance(物质)与化学名称PET形成解释关系。
33. G根据"containers"和前文提到的bottled water可知，此处指"液体"容器，liquid(液体)与food形成并列修饰containers的定语。
34. E根据"several manufacturers undertook their own studies"可知，面对研究"证据"采取行动，evidence(证据)与后文的研究结果形成因果关系。
35. J根据"health risks"可知，世卫组织审查的是"潜在"健康风险，potential(潜在的)修饰risks为常见搭配。
