If you are in Shanghai and want to throw away a cup of milk tea, be careful. You need to follow these steps: first, pour out any leftover(残留物)into a wet waste bin; second, put the paper wrapper(包装材料)into a recyclable waste bin; third, throw the single-use cup into a dry waste bin.

Sound difficult? You'll have to get used to it. From July lst, people in Shanghai are required to sort(分类)their garbage according to strict rules.

Why should we sort our garbage? The answer lies in the increasing amount of waste we are producing. Chinese cities produce over 200 million tons of waste each year, according to China Economic Net. Most of this waste is buried in landfills, which may pollute the water and soil. Moreover, we are running out of space for new landfills.

In fact, more than half of our waste can be recycled. Recyclable garbage can be made into new materials. For example, wet garbage can be used to make gas, heat and many other kinds of useful things. But in order to recycle garbage efficiently(有效地), we need to sort our garbage.

Can't garbage-processing companies do the sorting job? They can. But that requires a lot of work and costs lots of money. Things will become much easier if each of us can sort our own garbage. Besides, the difficult task of sorting might encourage people to produce less waste. Do you still want to buy that milk tea?

1.If you want to throw some paper, which of the following dustbins should you throw in?

A.a recyclable waste bin B.apoisonous waste bin

C.a dry waste bin. D.a wet waste bin

2.What does the underlined word "landfills" mean in Chinese?

A.沙漠 B.森林地区 C.郊区 D.垃圾填埋

3.What can be used to make gas and heat?

A.wet garbage. B.dry garbage.

C.recyclable garbage. D.harmful garbage.

4.What's the best title for the text?

A.The reasons for sorting garbage B.Wonderful ways of sorting garbage

C.An introduction of sorting garbage D.An environmental city-Shanghai

What do we mean by responsibility? To put it simply, it is a duty to consider the consequences(结果,后果)of our actions. In other words, we have a duty to control our behavior.

When we are children, we have few responsibilities. Our parents look after us and we generally don't have to worry about food or shelter(居所). As we grow up, we gradually need to be responsible for more and more things. We learn how to make our own decisions and realize that we have moral duties. We have to be responsible for our lives.

We also have responsibilities that go beyond ourselves. Parents have the responsibility to look after their children. Beyond the family, people have a responsibility towards the community as a whole. It is responsible for us as a society to make this world a safe and pleasant place for everyone.

When we fail in our responsibilities, the consequences are most serious. Teenagers who stop their studies might make their own lives bad. Parents who are not caring for their own children properly, will put them in danger. By not following the traf?c rules, careless drivers kill more than a million people around the world every year. Certain professions in our society, such as police officers, present to protect the public, and often risk their own lives in order to do their duty. However, their efforts depend on the support of ordinary people. If we pay no attention to our own responsibilities, society will become dangerous.

Whether we are shouldering heavy responsibilities, like doctors or lots, or simply taking responsibility for our own learning as students, we will always be judged on how well we perform our duties. For this reason, the hardest part of acting responsibly is admitting ( 承认 ) that we failed or that we made a mistake. Let's say you visit your friend's house and accidentally make an expensive teapot broken while your friend is in another room. The honest thing to do is of course to admit and apologize. Because this requires courage, some people take another way: they pretend that nothing happened. Perhaps a broken teapot might not be such a big deal, but in any given situation, we can choose to act responsibly.

Responsibilities are an important part of life since our actions have consequences. If everyone considered how their actions would affect( 影 响 )themselves and other people, the world would be a better place.

1.Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A.We should choose to act responsibly in any given situation.

B.Students have the same heavy responsibilities as the doctors.

C.We have to be responsible for ourselves and beyond ourselves.

D.Police of?cers often risk their own lives in order to do their duty.

2.The passage tells us that _________.

A.children have no responsibilities

B.adults often risk their own lives in order to do their duty

C.students should only be responsible for their own learning

D.our responsible actions would make the world a better place

3.According to the writer, the hardest part of taking responsibility is .

A.to control our behavior B.to make our own decisions

C.to admit our failure or mistakes D.to affect ourselves and other people

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A.Importance of Responsibility B.Consequence of Responsibility

C.Dif?cult Part of Responsibility D.Development of Responsibility

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