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Disposing of the garbage we produce every day is a major problem in cities around the world. In the United States, over 160 million tons of garbage is produced every year. Ten percent is recycled, ten percent is burned, and the rest is put in landfills. But finding land for new landfills is becoming more difficult.

A city that has solved this problem in an unusual way is Machida in Tokyo. They have developed a totally new way of dealing with garbage. The key to the operation is that people should work together. Families must divide their garbage into six groups:

1. garbage that can be easily burned, such as kitchen and garden trash

2. garbage that doesn’t burn easily, such as plastic tools and plastic toys

3. products that are poisonous or that cause pollution, such as batteries

4. bottles and glass containers that can be recycled

5. metal containers that can be recycled

6. large items, such as furniture and bicycles

    The items in Groups 1 to 5 are collected on different days. Large items are only collected upon request. Then the garbage is taken to a centre that looks like a clean new office building or hospital. Inside the centre, special equipment is used to sort and deal with garbage. Almost everything can be reused: garden or kitchen trash becomes fertilizer; garbage that can burn is burned to produce electricity; metal containers and bottles are recycled; and old furniture, clothing, and other useful items are cleaned, repaired, and resold cheaply or given away. The work provides employment for the disabled and gives them a chance to learn new skills.

Nowadays, officials from cities around the world visit Machida to see whether they can use some of these ideas and techniques to solve their own garbage problems.

1. Each year people in the U.S.A. have to find places to put in _______ million tons of garbage.

A.160           B.128               C.16                    D.32

2.George’s family has the following garbage: wooden chairs, empty tins and branches. Into which group should he put the garbage?

A. Group 6, Group 5, Group 1.           B. Group 1, Group 3, Group 2.

C. Group 6, Group 5, Group 2.           D. Group 6, Group 4, Group 1.

3. From the text we know that ________ .

A. those who are working at the garbage disposal centre are disabled persons.

B. without people’s cooperation, the garbage disposal project would be a failure.

C. the items in Group1 and Group6 are not collected on the same day.

D. the garage is taken to a clean new office building for disposal.

 

【答案】

 

1.B

2.A

3.B

【解析】略

 

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60. Mu Er, a music fan and magazine editor, came to Golden Beach            
A. to see the best beach                  B. to be on holiday
C. to play his own music                D. to attend the music festival
61. Mu Er felt the most interested in        
A. buying postcards                   B. wandering around
C. experiencing the beach music         D. selling hats and T-shirts
62. It can be inferred that festival goers         
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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.
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【小题1】The most suitable title for this passage would be ______.

A.Places for Disposing WasteB.Waste Pollution Dangers
C.Ways of Getting Rid of Waste D.Waste Disposal Problem
【小题2】During the 18th century,people disposed their waste in many ways EXCEPT for ______.
A.burying it B.recycling it
C.burning it D.throwing it into rivers
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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.
【小题4】The main purpose of writing this article is to ______.
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

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