3. A study was carried out by Britain’s NCC to _______

　　A) find out how many claims made by products fail to meet environmental standards

　　B) inform the consumers of the environmental impact of the products they buy

　　C) examine claims made by products against ISO standards

　　D) revise the guidelines set by the International Standards Organization

　　4. What is one of the consequences caused by the many claims of household products?

　　A) They are likely to lead to serious environmental problems

　　B) Consumers find it difficult to tell the true from the false

　　C) They could arouse widespread anger among consumer

　　D) Consumers will be tempted to buy products they don’t need

　　5. It can be inferred from the passage that the lobby group Consumer International wants to ____.

　　A) make product labeling satisfy ISO requirements

　　B) see all household products meet environmental standards

　　C) warn consumers of the danger of so-called green products

　　D) verify the efforts of non-polluting products

　　【解析】

　　這是一篇關于產品的環保問題的專題報道。文中談到，消費者常常被產品的宣傳所誤導而感到迷惑不解。國際消費者協會的調查表明，很多聲稱環保的產品實際上名不副實，各種產品所稱的內容往往具有欺騙性。要使消費者意識到各類不同產品對環境的影響，還需要很長一段時間。目前正在大力推進的工作是使產品標簽能夠符合國際標準化組織(ISO)的要求。

　　1.推論題， B：各種產品生成的內容常常含混不清或具有欺騙性。

　　參見文章第2段：a German fertilizer described itself as， a brand of flour said it was and a British toilet paper claimed to be這句話中所提到的“ earthworm friendly” ，“non-polluting” ，“environmentally friendlier”均屬NCC發現的含混不清或具有欺騙性的內容。

　　其他選項：A，所有被調查的產品都聲稱符合ISO標準;C，消費者愿意相信許多產品聲稱的內容;D，很少有產品實際上證明是有利于環保的。

　　2.推論題，D：(消費者)仍然不知道各種不同產品對環境的確切影響。

　　參見文中第4段：“ While many good and useful claims are being made , it is clear there is a long way to go in ensuring shoppers are adequately informed about the environmental impact of products they buy,”這句話的意思是：盡管有許多有關的和有用的聲明，要確保購買者充分了解不同產品對環境的確切影響，還有漫長的道路要走。由此暗示消費者仍然不知道各種產品對環境的確切影響。