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【题目】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 【1】 (increase) difficult.

During the eighteenth century, it was usual for several neighboring towns to get together to select a faraway spot 【2】 a dump site (垃圾场). People 【3】 (transport) household rubbish, rotted wood, and old possessions to the site. Regularly some of the trash was burned and the rest was buried. The 【4】(pleasant) sights and smells caused no problem because nobody lived close by. Factories, mills (制造厂), and other industrial sites also had waste to be disposed of. Those located on rivers often just dumped the unwanted 【5】(remaining) into the water. Others built huge burners with chimneys to deal with the problem.

Several facts make these choices 【6】(accept) to modern society. The first problem is space. Dumps, 【7】 are now called landfills, are most needed in heavily populated areas. Such areas rarely have empty land suitable for this purpose. The land is either too expensive or too close to residential neighborhoods. A long distance dump has been a common practice, 【8】 once farm areas are refusing to accept rubbish from elsewhere, cheap land within trucking distance of major city areas is nonexistent. 【9】(aware) 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.

【10】(recycle) 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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】increasingly

【2】as

【3】transported/ would transport

【4】unpleasant

【5】remains

【6】unacceptable

【7】which

【8】but

【9】Awareness

【10】Recycling

【解析】本文是一篇说明文，介绍了垃圾处理在现代社会一直是个难题。

【1】increasingly 考查副词用法。文中表示越来越困难，修饰形容词difficult，故用副词形式。

【2】as 考查介词。句意：在18世纪，几个相邻的城镇通常会一起选择一个偏远的地点作为垃圾场。as作介词意为“作为，当作”。

【3】transported/ would transport 考查谓语动词的时态。人们把垃圾运送到垃圾场。讲的是18世纪的事，故用一般过去时或过去将来时。

【4】unpleasant 考查形容词。根据上文，满地垃圾的场面和发散的气味是难闻的，故用unpleasant。

【5】remains 考查名词。把不想要的垃圾倒入河水里，故用名词remains。

【6】unacceptable 考查形容词。句意：几个事实使这些选择不被现代社会所接受。故用unacceptable。这里用形容词作make的宾语补足语。

【7】which 考查非限制性定语从句的引导词。句意：Dumps，现在被称作landfills(垃圾填筑地)。非限制性定语从句的先行词为事物dumps，故用which来代指dumps。

【8】but 考查上下文联系。上句说在郊外建造的垃圾场现在是一种常见的措施，下句写农场一旦拒绝倾倒垃圾，那么这种造价低的垃圾场就不存在了。上下句为转折，故用but。

【9】Awareness 考查名词辨析。该句指污染危险的意识已经促使制定了更加严格的垃圾处理制度。空白处在句中作主语，故用名词awareness。

【10】Recycling 考查动名词。回收利用方面的举措已经成为了常态。空白处起修饰作用表用途，故用动名词 Recycling。