48 What is the biggest problem of the new gallon milk jug?
(A) It is time-consuming to transfer the new jug from one place to another.
(B) It is not easy to pour milk from the jug properly because of its design.
(C) It is impossible to keep the milk fresh enough in the new jug.
(D) It causes harm and damage to the natural environment.

A simple change to the design of the gallon加侖, 大量液體 milk jug容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐, adopted by the retail零售，零賣 giants巨人, 大企業, （ 成功且有影響的）偉人Wal-Mart and Costco, seems made for the times. The jugs容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 are cheaper to ship and better for the environment, the milk is fresher when it arrives in stores, and it costs less.

However, the jugs容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 have no real spout開口, （容器的） 嘴, and their unorthodox非正統的；非傳統 shape makes consumers feel like novices新手，初學者 at the simple task of pouring a glass of milk. “I hate it. It spills everywhere,” said a customer. Though the greener更環保、沒經驗 milk jug容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 isn’t widely welcomed, retailers零售商；零售店 are undeterred未被嚇住的；不灰心喪氣 because it has advantages from their perspective想法, （思考問題的）角度.

In an era時代 of soaring快速上升, 猛增 global demand and higher costs for energy and materials, virtually幾乎；實際上 every aspect特點, 方面；層面 of the economy needs to be reexamined復試，再調查 and many products must be redesigned重新設計 for greater efficiency.

The redesign of the gallon加侖, 大量液體 milk jug容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 is a typical example of this change. In the past, the bottling and shipping船舶, 運輸；（尤指）船運 of milk jugs容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 were inefficient and labor-intensive密集的，集中. Workers used a long hook to drag plastic crates（尤指分隔開用於裝瓶子的）板條箱，貨箱 loaded with裝載某物milk jugs容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 onto a conveyor belt傳送帶.

The crates（尤指分隔開用於裝瓶子的）板條箱，貨箱 were essential to prevent old-fashioned milk jugs容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐 from stacking（排放整齊的）堆，疊 atop one another but took a lot of room. With the new jugs容器, （帶柄及頂部有開口的）壺，罐, the crates（尤指分隔開用於裝瓶子的）板條箱，貨箱 are gone and the shipping船舶, 運輸；（尤指）船運 can cut labor by half. The whole operation is so much more efficient that milk coming out of a cow in the morning winds up（使自己）陷入，捲入at a store by that afternoon, compared with the next morning by the old method. The question now is whether customers will go along地方, （通常指未經仔細計劃）去. A shopper named Jodi Kauffman gave the jugs a glance瞥一眼. “Maybe,” she said.

補充：

deter翻譯：阻撓，阻止；威懾；使不敢。

conveyor belt翻譯：傳送帶，傳輸帶。

【題組】48 新加侖牛奶罐的最大問題是什麼？

（A）將新的水罐從一個地方轉移到另一個地方是很費時的。

（B）由於牛奶壺的設計，要把牛奶正確地從壺中倒出來並不容易。

（D）對自然環境造成傷害和破壞。  

答案：B

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【題組】48.新加侖牛奶壺最大的問題是什麼?
(A)把新水壺從一個地方搬到另一個地方很費時間。
(B)由於牛奶壺的設計，要把牛奶正確地從壺中倒出來並不容易。
(C)新罐裡的牛奶不可能保持足夠的新鮮。
(D)它對自然環境造成損害。

答案：B