题目内容
For several years, Americans have enjoyed teleshopping---watching TV and buying things by phone. Now teleshopping is starting in Europe. In some 36 countries, people can turn on their 37 and shop for clothes, jewelry, food, toys and 38 things.
Teleshopping is becoming 39 in Sweden. 40, the biggest Swedish company 41 different kinds of things on TV in fifteen European countries, and in one year, it makes $10 million. In France, there are two teleshopping 42, and the French 43 about $20 million a year in buying things through those channels.
In Germany, 44 last year teleshopping was only possible on one channel for one hour every day. Then the government allowed more teleshopping. Other channels can 45 for telebusiness, 46 the largest American teleshopping company and a 24-hour teleshopping company. German 47 are hoping these will help them sell more things.
Some people like teleshopping because it allows them to do their shopping without 48. With all the 49 problems in cities, going shopping is not an easy thing. But at the same time, other Europeans 50 like this new way of buying things. They call teleshopping “ junk on the air.” Many Europeans usually 51 the quality of the things 52 on TV. They think high quality is the most important thing, and they don’t believe they can be sure about the quality of the things 53.
The need of high quality means that European teleshopping companies will have to be 54 the American companies. They will have to be more careful about 55 of the things they sell. They will also have to work harder to sell things that the buyers can’t touch or see by themselves.
36. A. European B. American C. African D. Asian
37. A. radios B. switches C. TVs D. lights
38. A. some else B. the other
C. another many D. many other
39. A. relaxed B. popular C. disappointing D. surprising
40. A. Such as B. For example C. Therefore D. In other words
41. A. buy B. admit C. sell D. organize
42. A. websites B. exhibitions C. posters D. channels
43. A. take B. cost C. spend D. pay
44. A. until B. to C. unless D. by
45. A. make B. leave C. turn on D. open
46. A. including B. except C. adding D. exchanging
47. A. people B. businessmen C. women D. officials
48. A. going out B. buying things C. money D. time
49. A. equipment B. traffic C. substance D. lifestyle
50. A. still B. don’t C. even D. won’t
51. A. relate to B. give up C. pick up D. worry about
52. A. selling B. having sold C. sold D. to sell
53. A. in the shop B. on TV C. they bought D. by this way
54. A. the same as B. different from C. as big as D. larger than
55. A. the quality B. the places C. the number D. the time
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Disposing(处理)of waste has been a problem since humans started producing it.As more and more people choose to live close together in cities,the waste-disposal problem becomes increasingly difficult.
During the eighteenth century,it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot as a dump site.Residents or trash haulers(垃圾拖运者)would transport household rubbish,rotted wood,and old possessions to the site.Periodically some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried.The unpleasant sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by.
Factories,mills,and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of.Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted remains into the water.Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.
Several facts make these choices unacceptable to modern society.The first problem is space Dumps,which are now called landfills,are most needed in heavily populated areas.Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose.Property is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods.Long-distance trash hauling has been a common practice but once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere,cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is almost nonexistent.
Awareness of pollution dangers has resulted in more strict rules of waste disposal.Pollution of rivers,ground water,land and air is a price people can no longer pay to get rid of waste.The amount of waste,however,continues to grow.
Recycling efforts have become commonplace,and many towns require their people to take part.Even the most efficient recycling programs,however,can hope to deal with only about 50 percent of a city’s reusable waste.
【小题1】The most suitable title for this passage would be ______.
A.Places for Disposing Waste | B.Waste Pollution Dangers |
C.Ways of Getting Rid of Waste | D.Waste Disposal Problem |
A.burying it | B.recycling it |
C.burning it | D.throwing it into rivers |
A.Farm areas accept waste from the city in modern society. |
B.There is cheap land to bury waste in modern society. |
C.It is difficult to find space to bury waste in modern society. |
D.Ways to deal with waste in modern society stay the same. |
A.draw people’s attention to waste management |
B.warn people of the pollution dangers we are facing |
C.call on people to take part in recycling programs |
D.tell people a better way to get rid of the waste |