sustainable product industries.

16．The traditional business model is harmful because of all the following EXCEPT that ________.

A．it makes the world warmer

B．it consumes natural resources

C．it brings severe damage to future

D．it makes growth hard to continue

答案　B　[细节理解题。根据第一段可知：传统经济发展模式的危害是使全球气候变暖、不能持续发展、给未来发展造成损失。所以B项正确。]

17．To fully develop the low­carbon markets governments can ________.

A．cut public expenses

B．forbid carbon emission

C．develop public resources

D．encourage energy conservation

答案　D　[细节理解题。根据第三段的"First，they can set high targets for reducing carbon emissions(排放)and targets for saving and reusing energy."可知选D。]

18．We can learn from the last paragraph that businesses have many chances to ________.

A．develop sustainable products

B．explore new natural resources

C．make full use of natural resources

D．deal with the major challenge

答案　A　[推理判断题。根据最后一段的"That is no small task，but it offers abundant new chances for sustainable product industries."可知选A。]

19．What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To introduce a new business model.

B．To compare two business models.

C．To predict a change of the global markets.

D．To advocate sustainable development.

答案　D　[写作意图题。文章由传统经济发展模式的弊端引出可持续经济发展的模式，作者通篇阐释了可持续经济发展的模式的好处及发展方向。所以作者提倡可持续发展。]

Toni Morrison was known as one of the most famous fiction writers in America.She has written nine novels，many essays and lectures and several children's books.

Toni Morrison was born in 1931 in Lorain，Ohio.She took the nickname Toni in college.She