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Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to electronic products that are no longer usable. This can include TVs, cell phones and computers and other office electronics, electronic toys and videos machines. Today, the average turnover(更换)rate for a computer in the United States is every two years, according to the environmental group, Greenpeace.

The group's Dai Yun says e-waste is a global problem. "The electronic industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. The high speed of growth in this industry means more and more electronic products are being wasted and thrown away. If no one decides to retrieve the old products and process them properly, the electronic waste will sweep over the earth like the huge wave behind me and pollute the Earth seriously."

Greenpeace works out that 20 to 50 million tons of e-waste are produced globally each year. The components(部件)in many electronic products contain harmful chemicals that pollute ground water and the environment.

At present , the U.S. has no federal law for the disposal (处理) of e-waste although a few states have e-waste recycling programs in place, but there is no law. The U.S. exports much of its e-waste to third world countries, such as India and China, where workers took apart computers for valuable parts, hoping to sell them for money. But harmful wastes expert, Dr. Bakul Rao, says that's a dangerous practice. "From now on, the recyclers are not very educated. All they know is they can retrieve copper or gold out of it. So, the easiest way to do that is leach (过滤) it out in an acid or burn it off to retrieve it. So, that's where they don't know how to deal with it, neither do they have any health systems in place. So, their exposure is more."

Which of the following is most likely not to be a form of e-waste?

 A. A mobile phone B. A radio  C. An e-bike        D. A table

What does the underlined word "retrieve" (paragraph 2) probably mean?

 A. look into   B. take apart   C. get back   D. throw away

What of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The U.S. has strict national laws for dealing with e-waste.

B. Third world countries import e-waste to get valuable parts, which is a safe and easy way to

make money.

C. The way uneducated workers deal with old computers does great harm to the environment as well as to their own health.

D. More and more electronic waste is being wasted and thrown away mainly because of

people's bad habits.

What is the purpose of writing the passage?

A. To attract more people's attention to e-waste.

B. To call on people not to throw away e-waste anywhere.

C. To tell people what e-waste is and how to deal with it well.

D. To warn people to break away from the electronic industry.

The next paragraph probably concerns_______.

A. how to deal with e-waste properly

B. how to protect ourselves from harm by e-waste

C. How to slow down the development in the electronic industry

D. how to make full use of e-waste

【小题1】D

【小题2】C

【小题3】C

【小题4】A

【小题5】A


解析:

【小题1】 本题考查理解文章细节信息的能力。由第一段 ''Electronic waste, or e-waste, refers to electronic products that are no longer usable. This can include TVs, cell phones and computers and other office electronics, electronic toys and videos machines.''可知答案为D.

【小题2】本题考查根据上下文信息判断词语含义的能力。结合上下文可知, retrieve的意思为 "回收", 本句的意思为: 如果没有人回收并合理地加工电子废物, 那么我们的地球上就会布满废物, 就会严重的危害我们的地球。

【小题3】本题考查根据文章相关段落进行正误判断的能力。由最后一段中 "So, that's where they don't know how to deal with it, neither do they have any health systems in place. So, their exposure is more."可知C项表述正确, 符合题意。由最后一段首句可排除A项;由 "But harmful wastes expert, Dr. Bakul Rao, says that's a dangerous practice."可排除B项;由第二段 "The high speed of growth in this industry means more and more electronic products are being wasted and thrown away."可排除D项。

【小题4】本题考查根据短文内容判断作者写作意图的能力。本文主要讲述了电子废物的是一个全球性问题, 至今还没有统一的法律法规来处理它们, 处理方式的滞后和不科学时刻危及着我们的生存环境, 因此作者呼吁人们对这一问题引起足够的重视。

【小题5】本题考查根据短文内容进行推理判断的能力。由最后一段最后 “So, that's where they don't know how to deal with it, neither do they have any health systems in place. So, their exposure is more."可以推出下面很可能要讲如何正确处理电子废物。

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